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Lack of water in Puerto Rico town sparks federal lawsuit

Puerto Rico’s water and sewer company has been hit by a federal lawsuit demanding that it provide services to thousands of residents who lack potable water on a daily basis

The Independent UK

Canada fugitive ‘Johnny Williams’ was a honeybee-loving philanthropist. Then his arrest in Puerto Rico revealed a dark past

Johnny Williams carried himself through the countryside of Puerto Rico like a wealthy but down-to-earth “gringo” with a generous heart. In the run-up to Christmas, he would organize toy drives for children of the barrio, which earned him the respect of everyone in his neighborhood in the town of Canóvanas.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Traveling this summer? Here are book picks for all 50 states (and then some)

Poets laureate and other literary luminaries from all 50 states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico recommend quintessential reads that illuminate where they live.

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Review: 'We Feed People' chronicles chef José Andrés' efforts to help people in crisis

Ron Howard's absorbing new documentary about chef José Andrés and his nonprofit relief organization, World Central Kitchen, opens with Andrés' team navigating flooded roads to deliver food after 2018's Hurricane Florence. Soon enough we'll see him visiting Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake, then Puerto Rico and the Bahamas in…

Los Angeles Times

5 most radical SCOTUS decisions of 2022

Here is what a Supreme Court now stacked with a strong conservative majority has quietly changed

Salon

Puerto Rico food scene thriving after string of disasters

The Puerto Rican food scene had reached its peak

The Independent UK

US lawmakers urge binding vote on Puerto Rico statehood

A group of Democratic congress members is proposing a binding plebiscite to decide whether Puerto Rico should become a state or gain some sort of independence

The Independent UK

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Search for survivors suspended in Haitian migrant boat capsize near Puerto Rico that left 11 dead

After days searching more than 6,600 square miles of ocean, the U.S. Coast Guard stopped looking for possible survivors Sunday night after an overloaded boat carrying Haitian migrants overturned near Puerto Rico’s western coast last week.

Miami Herald

Coast Guard ends search after rescuing 38 near Puerto Rico

The U.S. Coast Guard says it has suspended the search for potential survivors of a capsized boat after finding 11 bodies and rescuing 38 migrants

The Independent UK

For global phenomenon Bad Bunny, Puerto Rico remains his playground, battleground and muse

If you're young, Latino and slightly prone to melodramatics, you might be the kind of person who stays up for a midnight Bad Bunny album release.

Los Angeles Times

Survivor search continues after migrant boat capsizes near Puerto Rico, leaving 11 dead

Federal and state authorities in Puerto Rico continued searching for survivors Friday morning after a boat carrying Haitian migrants capsized near the U.S. territory’s western coast the day before, leaving 11 women dead.

Miami Herald

Fatal boat trip highlights Haitians fleeing violence

Haitians are fleeing in greater numbers to the neighboring Dominican Republic, where they step onto rickety wooden boats as they attempt to reach Puerto Rico — a trip in which 11 Haitian women drowned this week, with dozens of other migrants believed missing

The Independent UK

Eleven dead after Haitian migrant vessel capsizes near Puerto Rico

At least 11 people drowned when a vessel carrying Haitian migrants capsized near Puerto Rico, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday, amid a steady increase in migrants attempting reach U.S. shores in dangerous marine voyages.

Reuters

11 dead and 31 rescued after boat capsizes in waters off Puerto Rico

Overturned craft was initially spotted by a US Customs and Border Protection helicopter

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In Puerto Rico, the arrests of elected officials worsen trust in government

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Benjamin Torres Gotay, a reporter and columnist for Puerto Rico's El Nuevo Dia, about recent arrests of elected officials related to corruption.

Miami Herald

At least 11 people dead after boat carrying Haitian migrants capsizes near Puerto Rico

At least 11 people died and 31 people were rescued after a boat carrying Haitian migrants overturned Thursday near an uninhabited island off Puerto Rico’s western coast, according to federal authorities.

Miami Herald

Boat suspected to be carrying migrants capsizes off Puerto Rico. A rescue is underway

Federal and state authorities in Puerto Rico are looking for possible survivors after a boat suspected to be carrying undocumented migrants overturned on Thursday near Desecheo Island, a national wildlife refuge off Puerto Rico’s western shores.

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Car Shipping To And From Puerto Rico (2022 Guide)

Discover how to transport a car across the Caribbean to Puerto Rico.

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Why Hemisphere Media Shares Are Soaring Today

Gato Investments LP agreed to acquire Hemisphere Media Group, Inc (NASDAQ:HMTV) at $7 per share. The offer price implies a premium of 86% over Hemisphere's closing share price on May 6, the last trading day before the announcement. Hemisphere will become a private company wholly owned by Gato. Hemisphere CEO Alan Sokol said,…

Reuters

U.S. DOJ says two mayors in Puerto Rico arrested and charged with taking bribes

The mayors of two municipalities in Puerto Rico were arrested on public corruption charges, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday, confirming an earlier media report that caused Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi to demand for their resignations.

The Independent UK

Builders hurt protected areas in climate-weary Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico's Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into destruction in an ecological reserve that protects one of the island’s most extensive mangrove forests

The Independent UK

Ruling threatens US power as world's high-seas drug police

A little-noticed federal appeals court ruling this year threatens a key weapon in the United States’ war on drugs: A decades-old law that gives the U_S_ broad authority to make high-seas drug smuggling arrests anywhere in the world, even if those drugs aren't bound for the U_S_ The Maritime Drug…

Dublin Live

Boxing legend Katie Taylor deserves 'big' homecoming celebration after huge win

World champ Katie won the biggest ever fight in women’s boxing history on Saturday when she beat Puerto Rico’s Amanda Serrano

McClatchy Washington Bureau

‘He’s a little crook’: As British Virgin Islands chief faces US drug charge, his government faces crackdown

As the top politician in the sun-soaked British Virgin Islands, Andrew Alturo Fahie had spent 20 years in the trenches of the tiny British overseas territory near Puerto Rico to become its “head coach.” And he wasn’t about to lose it all in 20 minutes.

The Independent UK

Trump-appointed justice Neil Gorsuch praised for ‘eloquent’ statement on US colonialism in Puerto Rico case

The conservative justice called US colonial policy in the region ‘implausible and embarrassing’ in recent opinion

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