El Coquí, the 1-inch musical tree frog that is Puerto Rico’s cultural icon, has more common sense than the island’s public officials. When rising temperatures made the coast uninhabitable and caused ...

Puerto Rico is participating in the U.S. presidential primaries in late April: Republicans selected delegates for the Republican National Convention (RNC) on April 21, and Democrats hold their ...

The year is 1898. The United States had 45 states. William McKinley was president. Candy corn, ice cream scoops and semi-trucks had just been invented. Up north, Canada was still a British colony.

Last week marked the official start of hurricane season. Forecasters predict it will be another active one -- though not as brutal as last year's, when three major storms made landfall in parts of the ...

Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington ...

The best Airbnbs in Puerto Rico allow travelers to make this Caribbean archipelago a true home away from home. Outfitted with kitchens ideal for preparing authentic meals and thoughtful amenities like ...

Puerto Rico is a political paradox: part of the United States but distinct from it, enjoying citizenship but lacking full political representation, and infused with its own brand of nationalism ...

A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early Tuesday, leaving more than 1.3 million people in the dark as they were preparing to celebrate New Year’s. The outage hit the US territory at dawn, ...

It's a question the federal government asks us every 10 years at census time. But in the year 2000, that was a new question for the residents of Puerto Rico. For half a century before then, the U.S.