By midday Monday, about 1,000 people in Puerto Rico had been rescued by emergency crews, said Maj. Gen. José Reyes, adjutant general of the Puerto Rico National Guard.
(CNN) — The United States is more diverse and more multiracial than ever before, according to new 2020 Census data released on Thursday. “Our analysis of the 2020 Census results show that the US population is much more multiracial, and more racially and ethnically diverse than what we measured in the past,” said Nicholas Jones, […]
The new documentary “Mucho Mucho Amor” about the beloved Puerto Rican astrologer, Walter Mercado, is currently trending on Netflix. He was a bastion of love and peace to many and according to the film, he was a star now a constellation. Manny the Movie Guy takes us behind-the-scenes of the film with producer Alex Fumero […]
The House of Representatives approved on Friday a $4.7 billion disaster relief package for Puerto Rico, an effort to help recovery efforts after a series of earthquakes hit the US territory in recent months. President Donald Trump has threatened to veto the bill, and it is unlikely to advance in the Republican-held Senate. The legislation includes funding […]
Puerto Rico residents spent the night outside as aftershocks rocked the island following a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that knocked out power and water services in some areas. The quake was the strongest and likely the most damaging of hundreds of temblors that have struck the island since December 28. It hit before dawn Tuesday, leaving a man dead and […]
The man who was holding his young granddaughter when she slipped out of his grasp and fell to her death from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship said he thought there was glass in the window where they were standing. “It’s like it disappeared. It’s like the glass disappeared.” In July, Salvatore “Sam” Anello was playing with […]
An Illinois man who harassed a woman for wearing a Puerto Rico flag shirt has been found guilty of hate crime. A jury convicted Timothy G. Trybus of two felony hate crime charges Wednesday, the Cook County State’s Attorney told CNN affiliate WLS. Trybus was caught on camera June 14, 2018, berating Mia Irizarry at a […]
Federal prosecutors charged one of the top FEMA officials to respond to Puerto Rico after the hurricane there in 2017 with conspiracy to commit bribery and disaster fraud after she allegedly took gifts and favors from and steered recovery work toward a contractor on the island. Ahsha Nateef Tribble, a FEMA deputy regional administrator who’d […]
