Puerto Rico

Greene's comments came after the New York Demcorat tweeted about the plight of her grandmother and Puerto Ricans following Hurricane Maria in 2017.

Wayne Stensby, CEO of Luma Energy, which took over the transmission and distribution operations of Puerto Rico's power authority on Tuesday, said the company has enough resources to withstand a Category 2 hurricane and can bring in more workers and equipment if a storm stronger hits.

"I have ordered an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the use of two motor vehicles on beaches that are presented to be in Puerto Rico," Marchargo said in a statement.

Mexico's Andrea Meza claimed the Miss Universe title last night, while Miss Brazil Julia Gama was declared the runner-up.

A man from San Juan, Puerto Rico, was arrested Saturday evening for killing a dog after shooting it multiple times. He was later released on $60,000 bond.

Verdejo, who represented Puerto Rico at the Olympics in boxing, turned himself in to federal agents.

Pierluisi's comments come shortly after Puerto Rican police identified Tariq Quadir Loat, a 24-year-old tourist from Wilmington, Delaware, as the individual found dead in La Perla.

Puerto Rico Police identified 24-year-old tourist Tariq Quadir Loat, of Wilmington, Delaware, using his fingerprints.

About half of all Democrats support statehood for both Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, while only one-quarter of Republicans agree, according to a new poll.

The Puerto Rican radio producer was involved in a government extortion scandal in Puerto Rico.

Currently the vaccine is available for appointments at select stores in Indiana, Massachusetts, New York and Puerto Rico.

"Use your vote and evaluate who represents and thinks about Puerto Ricans in their most difficult time," Vázquez Garced said. "It is Donald Trump."

Sen. Mitch McConnell has said the Senate will not consider granting statehood to Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico if he is Majority Leader after November's elections.

"The woman the GOP picked as their 'proud' Latina to tout 'immigrant experience' didn't seem to know that Puerto Rico is already part of the United States," the Democratic congresswoman tweeted.

At one point on Tuesday, Genevieve clocked wind speeds of around 130 miles per hour, making it a powerful Category 4 hurricane. It has now weakened to a tropical storm after lashing Baja California.

The Lincoln Project is continuing their pivot to targeting Latino voters in the critical states of Florida, Arizona, and Texas, Newsweek has learned exclusively.

At least 400,000 residents of Puerto Rico were reportedly left without power after outages struck the territory only hours before Tropical Storm Isaias was expected to form.

The dust has brought hazy skies and poor air quality to large parts of the Caribbean.

"This is the most significant event in the past 50 years," said environmental health scientist Pablo Méndez Lázaro.

"I just want some respect for our fallen heroes," said Tony Molina, the president of the Puerto Rican Veteran Monument Square Association.

The Democratic candidate for 2020 described violence against the transgender community as an "epidemic."

On April 29, the asteroid will come within around 3.9 million miles of our planet.

"Every year that goes by seems to bring a new round of record-breaking weather events, many with devastating consequences," researcher Douglas Le Comte said.

The passenger fell from the deck of the Oasis of the Seas ship while it was in San Juan Bay in Puerto Rico.

The telescope consists of a single dish, which has a diameter of around 1,640 feet.

Voters urged to remember Trump's response to Hurricane Maria ahead of VP's 'Latinos for Trump' talk.

At 8:54 a.m. AST today, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake happened 13 kilometers southeast of Guanica

President Donald Trump was accused of harboring "hatred" for Puerto Rico by a Democratic Florida state representative in the wake of a devastating earthquake on the island Tuesday.

Puerto Rico was hit by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake Tuesday which left one man dead and hundreds of thousands without running water.

Tuesday's earthquake killed at least one person and injured multiple others.