Puerto Rico

New federal report scrutinizes Puerto Rico’s tax incentives luring wealthy Americans

December 20, 2025 Dánica Coto

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico tax incentives that have lured thousands of rich Americans to the U.S. territory for over a decade are under scrutiny after federal legislators released a new report last […]

Puerto Rico to privatize power generation amid outages

January 20, 2023 Danica Coto, Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Nearly two hours after meeting behind closed doors, the governing board of Puerto Rico’s power company emerged Thursday to briefly announce it was approving a plan to privatize electric generation […]

US opts to not rebuild renowned Puerto Rico telescope

October 18, 2022 Danica Coto, Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The National Science Foundation announced that it will not rebuild a renowned radio telescope in Puerto Rico, which was one of the world’s largest until it collapsed nearly two years […]

Hurricane Fiona rips through powerless Puerto Rico

September 18, 2022 Danica Coto, Associated Press

Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico’s southwest coast on Sunday as it unleashed landslides, knocked the power grid out and ripped up asphalt from roads and flung the pieces around. Forecasters said the storm would cause […]

US to modernize, speed up work on Puerto Rico power grid

February 7, 2022 Danica Coto, Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Three federal agencies promised Wednesday to help modernize Puerto Rico’s outage-plagued power grid and speed up efforts to strengthen it more than four years after Hurricane Maria razed it. More […]

Tokyo Olympics Day 10: A silver lining to Keni Harrison’s Olympic story

August 2, 2021 Brett Friedlander

It took several minutes for the photo finish to determine second and third place in the women’s Olympic 110 meter hurdles in Tokyo on Monday. But Keni Harrison wasn’t waiting for the outcome to be […]

New governor sworn in as a wary Puerto Rico demands changes

January 4, 2021 Danica Coto, Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Pedro Pierluisi vowed to achieve statehood for Puerto Rico and fight against poverty, corruption and COVID-19 after he was sworn in Saturday as the U.S. territory’s new governor. Pierluisi, a […]

Cable failures endanger renowned Puerto Rico radio telescope

November 19, 2020 Danica Coto, Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The giant, aging cables that support one of the world’s largest single-dish radio telescopes are slowly unraveling in this U.S. territory, pushing an observatory renowned for its key role in […]

5 parties field candidates for Puerto Rico governor

November 2, 2020 Danica Coto, Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Candidates from five parties are vying Tuesday to become Puerto Rico’s next governor, facing voters in the U.S. territory weary of corruption and seeking relief from an onslaught of hurricanes, […]

Puerto Rico, unable to vote, becomes crucial to US election

October 20, 2020 The Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The campaigns of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are rallying people in a place where U.S. citizens cannot cast ballots but have the ear of hundreds […]