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Donnie Cardenas recovers from the flu at the Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, Calif. The San Diego County resident said he was battling a heavy cough for days before a spike in his temperature sent him into the emergency room on Jan. 10. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Healthcare

Congress looks to reauthorize pandemic program as flu cases swell

Kimberly Leonard -

January 30, 2018 5:01 am

San Juan, Puerto Rico Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz feuded with Trump in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

News

Kirsten Gillibrand bringing San Juan mayor who feuded with Trump to State of the Union

Caitlin Yilek -

January 29, 2018 2:48 pm

The CDC found that areas with local transmission of Zika saw a 21 percent increase in births with outcomes linked to the mosquito-borne virus in the last half of 2016 from the first half of 2016. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Healthcare

CDC finds more birth defects in areas affected by Zika

Robert King -

January 25, 2018 6:36 pm

Four months after Hurricane Maria rolled across the center of Puerto Rico, power is still out for nearly 30 percent of people as the work to restore miles of transmission and distribution lines grinds on. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Energy and Environment

Puerto Rico to privatize bankrupt power utility

Josh Siegel -

January 22, 2018 10:55 pm

Puerto Rico authorities said that nearly half of power customers in the U.S. territory still lack electricity more than three months after Hurricane Maria. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

National Security

Watch: Kids, teachers rejoice when power returns to Puerto Rico school after 112 days in the dark

Anna Giaritelli -

January 17, 2018 2:23 pm

Gov. Ricardo Rossello of Puerto Rico said reports that President Trump called certain foreign nations

Immigration

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello: Trump’s ‘shithole’ remarks are ‘unacceptable,’ ‘surreal’

Naomi Lim -

January 13, 2018 5:38 am

In a recent column in Puerto Rico's Nuevo Dia, or New Day, newspaper, Wilda Rodriguez poses the question,

Beltway Confidential

Columnist for Puerto Rico’s largest paper: I’m sorry you thought my ‘Jews control Congress’ article was anti-Semitic

Becket Adams -

January 12, 2018 3:44 am

The storm plunged much of the island into darkness, increased economic hardship, and contributed to a police sickout. And then there's the gang turf war. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Crime

Puerto Rico fears murder surge after Maria

Associated Press -

January 11, 2018 10:23 pm

Gov. Ricardo Rossello told the Washington Examiner last summer that the island would not burden the U.S. with its financial woes if approved as a state. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

News

Puerto Rico demands statehood, introduces shadow lawmakers to Congress

Anna Giaritelli -

January 10, 2018 7:30 pm

Scientists have predicted for years that killer tsunamis could strike the Caribbean, which lacks an adequate warning system even though its seabed is gouged by some of the world's deepest trenches where tidal waves are generated. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

News

Tsunami advisory issued, then canceled for Puerto Rico after massive earthquake

Daniel Chaitin -

January 10, 2018 3:28 am

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Tag: Puerto Rico

Congress looks to reauthorize pandemic program as flu cases swell

Kirsten Gillibrand bringing San Juan mayor who feuded with Trump to State of the Union

CDC finds more birth defects in areas affected by Zika

Puerto Rico to privatize bankrupt power utility

Watch: Kids, teachers rejoice when power returns to Puerto Rico school after 112 days in the dark

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello: Trump’s ‘shithole’ remarks are ‘unacceptable,’ ‘surreal’

Columnist for Puerto Rico’s largest paper: I’m sorry you thought my ‘Jews control Congress’ article was anti-Semitic

Puerto Rico fears murder surge after Maria

Puerto Rico demands statehood, introduces shadow lawmakers to Congress

Tsunami advisory issued, then canceled for Puerto Rico after massive earthquake

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