Puerto Rico’s governor informed President-elect Donald Trump on Monday that she is ready to work with him on responding to Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s “open threat” to invade the ...

Puerto Rico is the easternmost island group in the Greater Antilles and a paradise for outdoor adventurers. However, because it is an island in the Caribbean, many people do not realize -- or ...

Puerto Rico is a political paradox: part of the United States but distinct from it, enjoying citizenship but lacking full political representation, and infused with its own brand of nationalism ...

Puerto Rico has been immersed in darkness after a power grid failure sparked a blackout across much of the island. The outage happened in the early hours of Tuesday, the last day of 2024.

Puerto Rico’s new Republican governor is drawing attention to Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro’s military threats against the U.S. island in the wake of President-elect Trump’s calls for ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A street is dark during a blackout in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after sunset on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP ...

Puerto Rico suffered the latest in a string of widespread power outages Tuesday that at one point had nearly 1.3 million businesses or homes — most of the island — in the dark. An ...

Puerto Rico was once again plunged into darkness by the latest failure of its troubled power grid on Tuesday. Power went out across the territory starting at 5:30 a.m. according to LUMA Energy ...

FILE - A utility pole with loose cables towers over a home in Loiza, Puerto Rico, Sept. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo, File) ...

Christmas, Navidad in Puerto Rico, extends far beyond Dec. 25. The island proudly proclaims itself as having the "longest holiday season in the world," according to the website Discover Puerto Rico.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Jenniffer Gonzalez Colon waves alongside her husband Jose Yovin Vargas during her swearing-in ceremony as ...