The National Science Foundation announced Thursday it will begin plans to decommission the famous 305-meter telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.

Cables in one of the largest single-dish radio telescopes are slowly unraveling.

The vote was nonbinding and some doubt it will have any affect on Congress.

Pierluisi is a member of Puerto Rico’s pro-statehood New Progressive Party.

Puerto Ricans have forced voting centers to remain open past past official closing times as they stand in long lines to choose new leaders they hope can help heal a U.S. territory wracked by corruption, hurricanes, earthquakes and the coronavirus pandemic

They have the ear of hundreds of thousands of potential voters in Florida

FEMA lost track of more than a quarter-billion dollars in supplies intended for Puerto Rico during its response to 2017 hurricanes Irma and Maria, according to a report.

The island is still recovering from Hurricane Maria, which hit exactly three years ago.

Federal agents have arrested an accountant as part of an ongoing investigation into a corruption case involving Puerto Rico’s former education secretary

Puerto Rico’s governor is adding new demands to conflicting proposals for rescuing the U.S. territory’s botched primary election

Two candidates who both served as replacement governors in the wake of a Puerto Rican political crisis are competing against each other for a chance to win the job in their own right as the disaster-struck U.S. territory holds primary elections

A federal judge has ruled that it is unconstitutional to deny Puerto Ricans living in the U.S. territory access to three federal welfare programs in a major decision cheered by many

The CEO of Puerto Rico’s state-owned power company is resigning as thousands of clients remain without electricity since last week’s tropical storm that further weakened a grid still trying to recover from previous hurricanes and earthquakes

San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz talks about the storm’s impact on the island and how tourism has led to a rise in coronavirus cases.

Puerto Rico’s governor says she plans to hold a referendum on whether public pension payments should be protected by the U.S. territory’s Constitution for the first time in the island’s history

Thousands of residents on the island are going without water amid the drought, and some say this makes it hard to follow safety guidelines in wake of the pandemic.

Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vazquez is responding to allegations that she fired a government minister after the official had called for a probe into Vazquez' administration.

The island still recovering from Hurricane Maria faces new challenges as those who live there fight for a better future.

Two strong earthquakes have shaken Puerto Rico, but there have been no reports of injuries in the latest of a series of tremors that have hit the U.S. territory since late December

COVID-19 has made food insecurity worse in Puerto Rico; a local food bank doubles the amount of food given out.

Puerto Rico will hold a nonbinding referendum in November to decide whether the island should become a U.S. state

Coronavirus hits Puerto Rico, still in turmoil from Hurricane Maria, an unprecedented financial crisis, earthquakes and government scandals.

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has hit Puerto Rico at a shallow depth and was felt across the U.S. territory

Police in Puerto Rico say an online scam that targeted government agencies attempted to steal more than $4 million, deepening concerns about the management of local government finances

A senior Puerto Rico official says the island's government has lost more than $2.6 million after falling for an email phishing scam

The Democratic-controlled House has passed a $20 billion-plus aid package for Puerto Rico, where a swarm of earthquakes last month set back the island territory's slow, troubled recovery from the hurricane devastation of 2017

Puerto Rico has opened only 20% of its public schools following a strong earthquake that delayed the start of classes by nearly three weeks as fears linger over the safety of students

Bloomberg coupled the release of his plan with another aimed at the economic advantages statehood would offer Puerto Rico.

A passenger on the Royal Caribbean cruise ship "Oasis of the Seas" has died after going overboard in Puerto Rico.

The supplies were distributed to the towns hardest hit by recent earthquakes.

An abandoned warehouse filled with supplies that dated back to Hurricane Maria was discovered.

New shelter communities are popping up across southwest Puerto Rico as people refuse to return home after a series of strong earthquakes

More than 2,000 people in shelters

After two back-to-back earthquakes in Puerto Rico, almost 1 million residents are without power and over 2,000 are in shelters.

Puerto Rico has declared a state of emergency after multiple earthquakes and aftershocks rocked the island, including a 6.4 magnitude quake that killed one man and knocked out electricity for millions.

A 5.8 magnitude quake hit Puerto Rico before dawn, unleashing small landslides, causing power outages and collapsing some homes, as well as a famed tourist attraction

There is no tsunami threat and no reports of major damage.

His daily TV appearances entertained many across Latin America.

The Supreme Court seems likely to leave in place the oversight board established by Congress in response to Puerto Rico's financial crisis

Already bracing for a tropical system in the next 24 hours, Puerto Rico was hit by an earthquake late Monday.

The island is preparing for a tropical depression.

Three people were arrested in connection with a misused $1.8 billion contract.

Tropical Storm Dorian is moving west over the Caribbean as residents in Puerto Rico prepare for a possible impact.

Puerto Rico's governor has declared a national emergency ahead of a storm threatening the same area destroyed by Hurricane Maria in 2017.

Gov. Wanda Vázquez did not explain why she was suspending the deal.

Puerto Rico swore in Wanda Vazquez, the third governor Puerto Rico has had in the past week after Governor Ricardo Rossello officially resigned a few weeks ago.

Vazquez, the island's justice secretary, became governor Wednesday after she was sworn in by Puerto Rico's Supreme Court.

The ruling clears the way for Puerto Rico's Justice Secretary Wanda Vazquez, who initially turned down the job, to become the island's governor.

Puerto Rico Justice Secretary Wanda Vázquez has been sworn in as the island's new governor, culminating weeks of political turmoil

Puerto Rico's Supreme Court agrees to rule on a lawsuit that the island's Senate filed in a bid to oust a veteran politician recently sworn in as the island's governor