Heavy rains pelt the Cayman Islands as southeast US prepares for a major hurricane
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Heavy rains and big waves lashed the Cayman Islands on Tuesday as forec...
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Southeast US under major storm warning as hurricane watch issued for parts of Cuba and Mexico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane watches were issued for parts of Cuba and Mexico on Monday as...
Families from Tennessee to California seek humanitarian parole for adopted children in Haiti
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — At only 6 years old, Esai Reed has endured three emergency evacuations ...
Oversight board says it will help speed up projects to fix Puerto Rico’s electric grid
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal control board that oversees Puerto Rico’s finances announced ...
Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall on Bermuda as a category 1 storm
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Ernesto made landfall on the tiny British Atlantic territory ...
Hurricane Ernesto barrels toward Bermuda as wealthy British territory preps for storm
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Ernesto charged toward Bermuda on Friday as officials on the ...
Hurricane Ernesto aims for Bermuda after leaving many in Puerto Rico without power or water
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Ernesto barreled toward Bermuda on Thursday after leaving hun...
Tropical Storm Ernesto pummels northeast Caribbean and leaves hundreds of thousands in the dark
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Ernesto dropped torrential rain on eastern Puerto Rico e...
Tropical Storm Ernesto batters northeast Caribbean and aims at Puerto Rico as it strengthens
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Ernesto battered the northeast Caribbean on Tuesday as i...
Puerto Rico bans discrimination against those who wear Afros and other hairstyles on diverse island
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor on Wednesday signed a law that prohibits discrim...
Puerto Rico finalizes details of upcoming referendum on political status amid criticism over cost
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Plans to hold a nonbinding referendum on Puerto Rico’s political status...
Hurricane Beryl rips through open waters after devastating the southeast Caribbean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters on Tuesday as a monstrous Ca...
Hurricane Beryl takes aim at southeastern Caribbean as a powerful Category 3 storm
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Beryl bore down on the southeast Caribbean early Monday as a ...
Hurricane Beryl strengthens into a Category 4 storm as it nears the southeast Caribbean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Beryl strengthened into what experts called an “extremely dan...
Puerto Rico’s two biggest parties hold primaries as governor seeks 2nd term and voters demand change
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The future of Puerto Rico’s political status and its rebounding but fra...
What we know about the young missionaries and religious leader killed in Haiti
The bodies of a young missionary couple from the U.S. who were attacked and fatally shot by gang mem...
What we know about the young missionaries and religious leader killed in Haiti
The local director of a mission group in Haiti and a missionary couple from the U.S. were attacked a...
Violence is traumatizing Haitian kids. Now the country’s breaking a taboo on mental health services
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Students often throw up or wet themselves when gunfire erupts outside t...
Haitians demand the resignation and arrest of the country’s police chief after a new gang attack
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A growing number of civilians and police officers are demanding the dis...
Gangs in Haiti launch fresh attacks, days after a new prime minister is announced
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs in Haiti laid siege to several neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, b...
Haiti is preparing itself for new leadership. Gangs want a seat at the table
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Politicians across Haiti are scrambling for power after Prime Minister ...
Grenada police say a US couple whose catamaran was hijacked were likely thrown overboard and died
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Grenada said Monday that they believe an elderly U.S. couple ...
Haitians suffering gang violence are desperate after Kenyan court blocks police force deployment
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Radio stations across Haiti got jammed with calls just hours after a co...
Racially diverse Puerto Rico debates bill that aims to ban hair discrimination
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Legislators in racially diverse Puerto Rico have opened a public debate...
St. Croix tap water remains unsafe to drink as US Virgin Islands offer short-term solutions
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — With no date in sight for when it will be safe to drink tap water again...
Police in Puerto Rico capture a rhesus macaque monkey chased by a crowd at a public housing complex
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Puerto Rico captured a rhesus macaque monkey on Friday that w...
Cesarean deliveries surge in Puerto Rico, reaching a record rate in the US territory, report says
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Cesareans are surging in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which has o...
Experts warn that foreign armed forces headed to Haiti will face major obstacles
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An international armed force slated to fight violent gangs in Haiti thi...
Millions infected with dengue this year in new record as hotter temperatures cause virus to flare
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dengue is sweeping across the Western Hemisphere in numbers not seen si...
Guyana’s president says country is preparing to defend itself from Venezuela over disputed area
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali told The Associated Press on Wednesday th...