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April 2, 2019 at 3:45 am

Puerto Rico education, public safety secretaries resign

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two of Puerto Rico's most high-profile government officials are resigning following heavy criticism by residents of the U.S. territory...

A family arrives at the Department of Family Affairs where many come to apply for the nutritional assistance program, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Friday, March 29, 2019. Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans are feeling the sting of what the territorial government says are insufficient federal funds to help the island recover from the Category 4 storm amid a 12-year recession. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) CGPR304 CGPR304

March 29, 2019 at 8:50 am

Puerto Ricans struggle to buy food amid funding shortfall VIEW

"Elderly people here are not living with dignity," said one woman, noting that her mother has had to stop taking one of the two insulin...

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March 21, 2019 at 8:42 am

US military vet recounts arrests in Haiti to AP VIEW

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An American security contractor at the center of a mysterious case roiling Haitian politics says that he and a group of...

CORRECTS TO READ THAT TEAM LEADER IS TYING A STRING TO BALLOON – In this March 13, 2019 photo, Project OWL team leader Bryan Knouse ties a string to a helium-filled balloon carrying a tiny transmitter, aided by D.A. Koons, of the Information Technology Disaster Resource Center, during a field test in Isabela, Puerto Rico. Other tech companies have jumped at the opportunity to provide connectivity in the storm’s aftermath, including Google, which obtained an experimental license from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to provide emergency cellular service through Loon balloons. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti) CGPR309 CGPR309

March 20, 2019 at 12:55 pm

Puerto Rico lures tech developers as hurricane season looms VIEW

Several groups of tech developers are roving Puerto Rico with laptops, Velcro, balloons, tiny transmitters and drones to test new systems that could help disaster...

March 20, 2019 at 11:15 am

Last customers being reconnected to Puerto Rico power grid

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Crews shut down generators Wednesday that have powered an island off Puerto Rico's coast — the last customers to...

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March 15, 2019 at 3:42 pm

Puerto Ricans decry austerity, hurricane help at hearing

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hundreds of Puerto Ricans filled a coliseum on Friday to speak at a first of its kind public hearing...

March 11, 2019 at 12:13 pm

Puerto Rico looks to rebuild with AI, ‘internet of things’

BAYAMON, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's governor said Monday that he hopes a new technology center can help the U.S. territory incorporate artificial intelligence...

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March 6, 2019 at 6:04 am

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