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Puerto Rico's famous stray cats will be removed from grounds surrounding historic fortress

Officials say that hundreds of stray cats that roam a historic seaside tourist area of Puerto Rico’s capital will be removed over the coming year

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Jeff Bezos's fund has now given almost $640 million to help homeless families

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ fund to support homeless families announced $117 million in new grants on Tuesday to organizations across the U.S. and Puerto Rico

The Independent UK

Rescue underway for man believed to have fallen overboard from cruise ship

Alarm was raised as MSC Cruises vessel sailed off the coast of Puerto Rico

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Judge's ruling advances plan to restructure $10 billion debt of Puerto Rico's power company

A federal judge has tentatively approved a portion of the newest plan to restructure $10 billion of debt owed by Puerto Rico’s power company amid heated negotiations between creditors and the U.S. territory’s government

The Independent UK

Beer industry enters fray in battle over rum tax benefits - Roll Call

The squabble between beer brewers and liquor distillers is putting some new heat on the “rum cover-over.”

Roll Call

Senate Democrats make the case for Puerto Rico self-determination - Roll Call

“These things … seem impossible until they’re not,” says Sen. Martin Heinrich, who introduced a Senate bill this week that would present three options.

Roll Call

Liberty Latin America Buys Dish’s Spectrum and Subscribers Assets in Puerto Rico and USVI

The $256M acquisition strengthens Liberty Latin America’s 5G network in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

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US announces $440 million to install solar panels on low-income homes in Puerto Rico

The U.S. Department of Energy says it will disburse $440 million to install solar panels on low-income homes in Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory struggles with ongoing power outages and a crumbling electric grid

The Independent UK

500-year-old lion drawing in Puerto Rican cave may have been made by an enslaved African

There were no lions in 16th-century Puerto Rico — so was the cave drawing made by someone who'd actually seen one?

LiveScience

Biden names technology hubs for 32 states and Puerto Rico to help the industry and create jobs

The White House says the dozens of U.S. technology hubs President Joe Biden is announcing will help communities across the country become centers of innovation critical to its competitiveness

The Independent UK

Indiana art teacher found dead while on holiday in Puerto Rico

Amanda Webster, 44, was last seen at the Casa Parcha guest house near El Yunque National Park in Naguaboo

The Independent UK

Why Microsoft got a $29 billion tax bill from the IRS

In the largest tax audit in U.S. history, the IRS rejected Microsoft’s efforts to assign profits to a small factory in Puerto Rico.

Fortune

This 1500-Year-Old Human Poop Sample Reveals Something Strange About Ancient Diets

Mummified poop from pre-Columbian humans Huecoid and Saladoid shows a diet of maize, sweet potato, peanuts, and traces of tobacco and cotton.

Inverse

Luis Salgado: From Puerto Rico To Broadway, Living The Dream

International director and choreographer conquers the world, celebrates culture in new production

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Parties, jetskis, second homes: how tourism threatens one of the world’s only bioluminescent bays

In Lajas, Puerto Rico, wealthy newcomers bring construction that reduces the bay’s oxygen levels and affects local plankton

Salon

Bad Apples vs. Bad Genes

When is corruption a case of “bad apples” rather than systemic failure?

The Independent UK

Jenniffer González, Puerto Rico's resident commissioner, to challenge island's governor in primary

Puerto Rico’s representative in Congress, Jenniffer González, says she will run for governor of the U.S. territory

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Live! brings ‘best and brightest’ artists from across the cultural spectrum to the lakefront

“We can display not only our skills but also what our cultures have to offer,” said Janet Santoyo, a performer with the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance.

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The Independent UK

Escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante told officials he planned to carjack someone and flee US

A murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania jail and was captured two weeks later told authorities he'd been planning to carjack someone and flee to Canada or Puerto Rico

The Independent UK

Hurricane Lee swirls through open waters on a path to Atlantic Canada

Hurricane Lee is whirling north of Puerto Rico as a Category 3 storm, with forecasters noting it would remain in open waters through this week while on a path to Atlantic Canada

The Independent UK

Puerto Rico’s public schools clamor for air conditioning to get relief from record-breaking heat

Students and teachers are sweltering in public schools across Puerto Rico and demanding that the government install air conditioners as the U.S. Caribbean territory bakes under record heat this year

The Independent UK

Puerto Rico's public schools clamor for air conditioning to get relief from record-breaking heat

Students and teachers are sweltering in public schools across Puerto Rico and demanding that the government install air conditioners as the U.S. Caribbean territory bakes under record heat this year

Al Jazeera

Hurricane Lee strengthens into ‘dangerous’ Category 5 storm

Swells and rips expected as storm’s core set to move north of the Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

WEKU

Hurricane Lee strengthens to a Category 5 storm as it approaches the Caribbean

Hurricane Lee strengthened to a Category 5 storm late Thursday night, forecasters said, and could present potentially dangerous beach conditions on the U.S. East Coast as early as this Sunday.

Al Jazeera

Hurricane Lee charges through Atlantic, expected to be ‘major’ storm

Large oceans swells are expected to reach the Lesser Antilles, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico through the weekend.

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