Fans of Puerto Rico cheer and sing their country's national anthem, prior to the men's preliminary round group C basketball match between Puerto Rico and Serbia during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games ...

This means that if Puerto Rico (for the first time since Congress passed the 1947 Elective Governor Act) were to elect a governor from the Independence Party, the island’s status as an American ...

Puerto Rico’s exclusion from the federal electoral process is an affront to the democratic values our great nation holds dear. The time to act is now. Some say, “if you don’t have a seat on ...

Puerto Ricans will elect a new governor on Tuesday. For the first time in decades, an upstart political movement is posing a viable challenge to the island's two main parties.

A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate New Year’s, leaving more than 1.3 million clients in the dark. Officials said it could take up ...

Puerto Rico became a U.S. territory in 1917, and the first large wave of migration occurred after World War II to ease labor shortages. There are now more Puerto Ricans in the U.S. than on the island.

UPDATE (August 3, 2024, 1:20 p.m. ET): On Saturday, the U.S. men's basketball team held off Puerto Rico, winning 104-83. For the first time since 2004, the Puerto Rico men’s basketball team is ...

One U.S. jurisdiction that is ready and in a perfect position to partner in this effort is Puerto Rico, where pharmaceutical manufacturing is already a more than $50 billion industry. With ...

Puerto Rico has held a series of nonbonding votes on its relationship with the U.S., most recently in 2020 in which more than half of voters said the island should be granted statehood.

U.S. men’s basketball faces off against Puerto Rico in Group C at the Paris Olympics. Follow for live updates as LeBron James and Stephen Curry take the court.

But while an additional 3.3 million Puerto Ricans live on the island, a U.S. territory, they won't be able to vote for president. However, Puerto Rico residents are able to help choose each party ...