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Researchers using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) have mapped the geology of the Mona Rift and made some astonishing discoveries.

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The head of the Democratic Party of Puerto Rico is endorsing Andrew Cuomo for mayor of New York City, marking an unusual foray into Big Apple politics for the organization, which typically only ...

Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court has reached a decision to allow nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people to update their birth certificates. The action was brought about by six non-binary ...

Many travelers these days aren’t slowing down after the sun sets. Nocturnal tourism – commonly known as noctourism – has been a major travel trend for 2025, with vacationers interested in everything ...

Puerto Rico is in the dark—literally and figuratively. On New Year’s Eve 2024, the lights went out across the island while families prepared to celebrate. Roughly 1.4 million customers lost power.

Power has been restored to nearly 99% of customers, LUMA Energy said in an update early Friday. LUMA Energy gave an update at 5 a.m. on Friday morning, saying that almost 1.5 million people -- or ...

San Juan, Puerto Rico — Crews worked early Thursday to restore power to Puerto Rico after a blackout across the entire island that affected the main international airport, several hospitals and ...

A massive island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as residents were looking ahead to the Easter weekend. A spokesman for Luma Energy, which oversees the transmission and distribution of ...

All 1.4 million Luma Energy clients across Puerto Rico were without power on Wednesday. The blackout comes less than five months after another island-wide power outage on New Year's Eve.

The Puerto Rico Power Authority has also grappled with chronic financial problems. Facing $9 billion in debt, the troubled power company effectively filed for bankruptcy in summer 2017.