An active search is underway for a United States Marine from Massachusetts who was swept away amid high surf and life-threatening rip currents at a beach in Puerto Rico on Wednesday afternoon, officials announced Thursday. Samuel Wanjiru, a 26-year-old who lives in the Bay State, was visiting the island with his family when he came […]
The U.S. Coast Guard said Thursday it is searching for a U.S. Marine who went swimming in high surf off Puerto Rico’s northeast coast while on vacation. Officials identified him as 26-year-old Samuel Wanjiru from Massachusetts and said he was visiting the island with his family. He went missing Wednesday afternoon after going into the water at […]
Vice President Kamala Harris was captured on camera clapping to a Puerto Rican protest song during her visit to San Juan on Friday, stopping short once an aide translated what singers added to the lyrics. After making remarks in Puerto Rico’s capital, Harris visited the Goyoco community center in the Santurce neighborhood of San Juan […]
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, senior White House correspondent Gabe Gutierrez reports on the efforts from Joe Biden’s campaign and White House […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Ricans on the island can’t vote for president this November. But those who are from the U.S. territory and live on the mainland are becoming a major priority for Joe Biden’s campaign. Trading in chilly Washington for tropical temperatures, Vice President Kamala Harris landed in Puerto Rico on Friday […]
An enchanting property with historical significance has landed on the real estate market in Puerto Rico for $16 million. It’s a breathtaking coffee farm — complete with the capability to produce its own electricity — and people on a popular social media page are charmed. Exterior Screen grab from Realtor “Enriched in history and grand […]
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On a March day in 2023, Edmanuel Victoria walked into a PNC Bank in Hollywood and handed a note to the bank teller that read “Give money gun.” Then, prosecutors say, he lifted his shirt to show the teller the black pistol tucked into his waistband. Victoria, 29, fled with over $2,000 that day, and […]
A jury convicted a former legislator for Puerto Rico and her husband of stealing thousands in a yearslong scheme while she was in office. María Milagros “Tata” Charbonier was a legislator in the Puerto Rico House of Representative from 2013 to 2020, according to an August 2020 indictment filed in the United States District Court […]
A Florida teen’s Christmas holiday plans were slightly delayed after he boarded the wrong plane. Instead of going to Ohio, the 16-year-old who was traveling without a guardian found himself days before the holiday in sunny Puerto Rico. Florida teen endured an extended travel day when he traveled from Florida to Puerto Rico, back to […]
Jan. 6—In the years after World War II, immigrants from all walks of life came to this country. That included Puerto Ricans, people from an island in the Gulf of Mexico that is a part of the United States, but not a state. According to the Library of Congress, between 1945 and 1946, the population […]
STORY: Royal Caribbean’s cruise liner ‘Icon of the Seas’ docks in Puerto Rico The company says it is the world’s largest cruise ship Location: Ponce, Puerto Rico The 1,198-foot ship can accommodate up to 10,000 people (Hector Agosto, Ponce Port Executive Director) “The importance of having chosen the Ponce Port is to bring the ‘Icon […]