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November's election may shape Puerto Rico's future

As the 5th of November approaches, attention is focused on the presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. The date also sees elections for the US House of Representatives, the Senate, gubernatorial and state legislative seats, as well as several referendums. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the upcoming vote in Puerto Rico has […]

Cimone Dawson drowns trying to save girlfriend in Puerto Rico

An Indiana woman drowned while trying to save her boyfriend from a rip current during a short trip to Puerto Rico. The body of Simone Dawson, 22, was discovered in San Juan on Monday, nearly 24 hours after she disappeared overboard. The U.S. Coast Guard announced this. Dawson had been visiting the island with friends […]

Puerto Rican Day Parade descends on NYC’s Fifth Avenue for 67th year

A national parade celebrating Puerto Rican Day took place Sunday down Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, in what organizers called the “largest display of cultural pride” in the United States. Now in its 67th year, the raucous event began near 44th Street and wound its way uptown along Manhattan’s boulevards, winding its way to East 79th Street […]

52 US-bound migrants packed inside rickety boat apprehended off Puerto Rico

The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday captured dozens of migrants crammed into “makeshift” boats near Puerto Rico to make the perilous journey to the United States. The 30-foot-long white ship with “J5” painted on the side was picked up about 47 nautical miles southwest of Puerto Rico’s Mona Island, with 51 desperate migrants and suspected […]

Missing Ga. girl, 7, found in Puerto Rico, mom charged with custodial interference

A 7-year-old girl who went missing from Georgia has been found in Puerto Rico, more than a week after she was allegedly abducted by her non-custodial mother. Stella Brennan Salter had been missing since March 29, when she and her mother, children’s book author Wendy Salter, 46, were last seen in Metter, about 105 miles […]