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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,…

Benzinga

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.

Reuters

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

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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…

The Independent UK

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

Dublin Live

‘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.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

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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Commentary: Puerto Rico is a federal territory that deserves federal aid

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court decisively rejected the principle of equality under the law when it comes to Puerto Rico. While seemingly limited in scope, we must not minimize the far-reaching implications of the court´s 8-1 decision in United States v. Vaello Madero.

Chicago Tribune

Thienna Huynh, Sara Im never trail in final match to win U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship in Puerto Rico

"Can you believe that we're USGA champions?”

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Pfizer Recalls Some Batches Of Another Hypertension Drug Over Cancer-Causing Impurity

Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) said it is voluntarily recalling five batches of its Accupril blood pressure tablets after finding elevated levels of a potential cancer-causing agent in the medicine. Accupril is indicated for hypertension to lower blood pressure. It is also indicated for the management of heart failure as adjunctive therapy when added to…

Benzinga

Highly contagious marine epidemic rips through Caribbean’s coral reefs

Frustration among scientists as many islands, hard hit by Covid and hurricanes, struggle to fight stony coral tissue loss disease

The Guardian - UK

Justice Gorsuch Calls for Overruling the Insular Cases

In a forceful concurring opinion, he argues the Supreme Court should overrule longstanding precedents denying many constitutional rights to residents of Puerto Rico and other "unincorporated" US territories. Gorsuch is absolutely right. But he would do well to cast the same critical gaze on the very similar precedents that exempt…

Reason

US top court rules Puerto Rico not entitled to welfare programme

Supreme Court justices say denying benefits to residents of Puerto Rico does not violate their constitutional rights.

Al Jazeera

U.S. Supreme Court declines to extend federal benefits to Puerto Rico

Congress can prevent people in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico from participating in a federal program that provides benefits to low-income elderly, blind and disabled people, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.

Reuters

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Court upholds Puerto Ricans' exclusion from benefits program

The Supreme Court has upheld the differential treatment of residents of Puerto Rico, ruling that Congress was within its power to exclude them from a benefits program that’s available in all 50 states and the District of Columbia

Roll Call

Supreme Court backs Congress on Puerto Rico resident benefits - Roll Call

The 8-1 decision keeps Puerto Rico residents from receiving Supplemental Security Income for aged, blind and disabled individuals.

Los Angeles Times

Jean Guerrero: Puerto Rico's future status should not be a pawn in political gameplay

For Democrats who want to stop the right-wing assault on democracy, statehood for Puerto Rico can seem like a simple fix — one so enticing it may be easy to forget the will of the Puerto Rican people.

Tribune News Service

Mets' Taijuan Walker lands on injured list; Edwin Diaz rejoins team in Philly

PHILADELPHIA — Taijuan Walker landed on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with right shoulder bursitis.

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Evening Standard

How to spend the perfect week in Puerto Rico

There is more to Puerto Rico than Old San Juan and its pastel-coloured facades, as Radhika Aligh finds out

The Independent UK

Puerto Rico Olympian's mother killed at home by stray bullet

The mother of a Puerto Rican Olympian has been killed by a stray bullet while sewing in her Connecticut home

The Independent UK

Power restored in Puerto Rico nearly 5 days after blackout

A private company says power has been fully restored to Puerto Rico’s 1.5 million customers nearly five days after a fire at a main power plant sparked an island-wide power outage

Orlando Sentinel

Virgin Voyages’ 3rd ship completes sea trials, heads to Puerto Rico this fall

Richard Branson’s cruise venture Virgin Voyages will be full up in Miami as it brings two ships to sail from the Magic City this fall. So for its newest ship Resilient Lady, the line is venturing to Puerto Rico to take on the Southern Caribbean.

Orlando Sentinel

El apagón masivo en Puerto Rico mantiene a los boricuas en la isla a oscuras desesperados por ayuda

Un apagón que ocurrió alrededor de las 8:45 p.m. del miércoles ha mantenido a Puerto Rico en la oscuridad reviviendo escenarios del huracán María donde el sonido de los generadores, el calor abrasador de la isla y la preocupación por la falta de servicios esenciales para las personas enfermas y…

Orlando Sentinel

Massive power outage in Puerto Rico keeps island in the dark and in dire need of help

A blackout that occurred at about 8:45 p.m. Wednesday night has kept much of Puerto Rico in the dark, with residents reliving Hurricane Maria scenarios where the sound of generators, the scorching heat and concern for lack of essential services were rising Friday.

Evening Standard

Ponce guide: where to go, eat and stay in Puerto Rico’s underrated historic city

Enjoy Old San Juan's delightful charm with a quarter of the crowds, says Radhika Aligh

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