Puerto Rico

The two parties that have dominated Puerto Rican politics for decades are losing their grip as they face the stiffest competition yet from a younger generation fed up with the island’s corruption, chronic power outages and mismanagement of public funds.

Last month, the Puerto Rican Dominican singer appeared onstage with Trump at a rally endorsing him.

His remarks came after recent data found that 75% of all newly eligible voters under age 21 in the U.S. territory hadn’t registered to vote and amid a decline in voter turnout.

Puerto Rico has lost thousands of its doctors in the past decade, many having fled to the U.S. mainland for better pay. That’s why one doctor, Pedro Juan Vázquez, who is better known by his rapper stage name PJ Sin Suela, is trying to fill the gaps.

The U.S. government says $325 million in federal funds will be available for solar and battery storage installations across Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory struggles with chronic power outages.

A widespread power outage has hit Puerto Rico and left more than 340,000 customers without electricity after two of the U.S. territory’s power plants shut down.

More than a week after a Massachusetts Marine disappeared in Puerto Rico, his loved ones are holding out hope for closure. Samuel Maturi, a 26-year-old Worcester man, was swept away last week by a strong current on La Pared beach in Luquillo. The active search for him ended Monday, but his fiancée, Natasha Castillo, is not giving up. “That’s...

A U.S. Marine from Massachusetts who was swept away by the current at a Puerto Rico beach on Wednesday has been identified amid an ongoing search. The U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies were still searching for 26-year-old Samuel Maturi Wanjiru, who disappeared from the beach, authorities said. The incident occurred at about 3:58 p.m. Wednesday at La Pared Beach...

Daddy Yankee, known for hits such as “Gasolina” and “Despacito,” said he hopes to “evangelize the world” and live for Jesus

The Puerto Rico Status Act is legislation which would allow the U.S. territory to vote on whether to become the 51st state or secede as an independent country.

Looking for an escape from the cold? One of the most iconic hotels in Puerto Rico, Fairmont El San Juan Hotel perfectly teeters the line between international Caribbean charm and domestic vacation bliss. The hotel is located on Isla Verde Beach, only minutes from the cobblestone streets and colorful colonial buildings of Old San Juan. Its only a three- to four-hour direct...

Derek Zagami brings us inside the presidential suite and ocean front villa at the Fairmont El San Juan, the views of the ocean are spectacular from each room.

A man killed his partner, then himself, in Puerto Rico early Thursday, days before they were set to return to Massachusetts, in a shooting heard by the woman’s daughter, according to authorities and the woman’s family. Zuleyka Santiago Fuentes, 36, was shot by her partner, identified as 31-year-old Benny J. Nieves Cabrera, after an argument near a gas station...

One of the men accused in the 2022 murder of a 17-year-old in Quincy, Massachusetts, pleaded not guilty at a Tuesday court appearance. Keniel Diaz-Romero was arrested in Puerto Rico, and is now back in Massachusetts. Quincy police and Massachusetts State Police actually traveled to Puerto Rico to take Diaz-Romero into custody last week. He was arraigned Tuesday in Norfolk…

Video obtained by Telemundo affiliate WKAQ-TV shows the moment at least seven shots were fired near the court’s entrance as a reporter who was preparing for a broadcast fled the area.

Puerto Rico endured temperatures that felt as hot as 125 degrees Fahrenheit this week, according to the National Weather Service, as the U.S. territory experiences excessive heat conditions that will continue for another week.

An inmate who tried to mutilate his genitals at the Pedro Joel Rodriguez Matos maximum security prison in Ponce, Puerto Rico, will receive therapy and psychological treatment until he completes his sentence in August.

Spirit Airlines apologized to a Puerto Rican family after one employee did not allow them to board a flight from Los Angeles to Puerto Rico because their toddler did not have a passport.

A man is facing serious charges after FBI officials said he placed a hidden camera inside a public restroom on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship that filmed more than 150 people including children.