Puerto Rico’s governor has signed a bill to increase the U.S. territory’s minimum wage for the first time in more than 12 years

Rob Marciano has the latest developments on a new tropical storm that formed overnight near Puerto Rico and is expected to move toward the Florida Keys in the coming days.

Roughly 1.5 million Puerto Ricans rely on Medicaid for health care.

Residents have reported an increase in the number of power outages after LUMA, a power company, took over the island's electric grid in June.

Amid power failures and hurricane season, Puerto Ricans are concerned about the stability of the electric grid run by LUMA Energy.

A sudden power failure left more than 337,000 customers in the dark across Puerto Rico, enraging many who were recovering from a massive outage that hit the U.S. territory just days ago

The energy company that powers Puerto Rico's grid said it expects all customers to have their power restored by Friday evening.

A private company that took over power transmission and distribution in Puerto Rico this month has struggled with widespread outages and growing anger

A private company has taken over the transmission and distribution operations of Puerto Rico’s power authority, which has been struggling with blackouts and bankruptcy and a history of corruption and mismanagement

As gender-based killings continue to grab headlines in Puerto Rico, victims' families are concerned about the government's commitment to handling the ongoing crisis.

Protests have broken out after the alleged murder of pregnant 27-year-old Keishla Rodriguez

Puerto Rico police say they arrested a man accused of shooting and killing a dog that had stolen his ball on a golf course at a well-known resort

Authorities say Keishla Rodríguez died at the hands of her boyfriend, Félix Verdejo.

Organizations in Puerto Rico have been demanding the government take action to end gender violence.

A grand jury has indicted Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo in the killing of his pregnant lover in a case that is eligible for the death penalty

The arrest of a professional boxer for murder has renewed efforts to combat gender-based violence in Puerto Rico.

Boxer Félix Verdejo has been questioned by police and his car was seized.

Puerto Rico's future has been a question in the U.S. territory for many years. Here's what to know.

As Puerto Ricans strive to change the island’s territorial status with the U.S., opinions vary as to what that change should be.

Transportation issues cause outrage in Puerto Rico in wake of Hurricane Maria, and amid COVID-19.

The reopening of hiking trails and various white-sand beaches on two tiny Puerto Rican islands long used as Navy bombing ranges will be delayed more than a decade

Authorities in Puerto Rico say too many tourists are flouting pandemic health measures, including the mask mandate, the nightly curfew and a requirement to stay in isolation pending coronavirus tests

Newly elected Pedro Pierluisi discusses the need for equality in funding to tackle COVID and Puerto Rico declaring a state of emergency over violence against women.

Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi issued an executive order Sunday declaring a state of emergency to allocate resources to deal with gender violence in the island.

The new governor is vowing to achieve statehood for the U.S. territory.

The telescope at the famous Arecibo Observatory, built in the 1960s, had already been badly damaged. It was featured in the movies ‘Golden Eye’ and ‘Contact.’

Many scientists, students and Puerto Ricans are mourning the collapse of the iconic radio telescope in Arecibo.

A huge, already damaged radio telescope in Puerto Rico that has played a key role in astronomical discoveries for more than half a century has now completely collapsed

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.