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October 22, 2019

HUD Secretary Carson clashes with Dem rep over withheld Puerto Rico funds: 'Nothing to hide'

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson clashed Tuesday with Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., as a hearing on the Trump administration's housing plans turned to the subject of disaster relief funds for Puerto Rico. 

September 24, 2019

Tropical systems menace Puerto Rico, Bermuda as Lorenzo forecast to become 'large and powerful' hurricane

A trio of tropical systems are swirling in the Atlantic basin on Tuesday, with two of them forecast to impact land while a third is expected to become a major hurricane out in the open ocean. 

September 24, 2019

6.0-magnitude earthquake has struck near Puerto Rico, rousing many from their sleep

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake has struck near Puerto Rico, rousing and scaring many from their sleep in the U.S. territory.

September 20, 2019

Puerto Rico Police Department Agent Alfred Sanyet-Perez, father of 8, had memorable laugh and work ethic

Alfred Sanyet-Perez, a 52-year-old father of eight and an agent with the Puerto Rico Police Department, was in a San German store Feb. 15 engaged in just such a perilous operation when things went sideways.

September 10, 2019

Ex-FEMA officials, contractor accused of Puerto Rico hurricane relief fraud

Federal authorities announced Tuesday that two former officials from the Federal Emergency Management Authority (FEMA), as well as the former president of the main relief contracting agency in Puerto Rico, have been arrested and indicted on charges of taking bribes during restoration efforts after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in 2017.

September 6, 2019

Hurricane Dorian's path: What you need to know

The fourth named storm of the hurricane season, Dorian, weakened to Category 1 strength early Friday as its eye passed just east of Cape Lookout, N.C. The storm, which had reached Category 5 strength earlier in the week, devastating the Bahamas, where the death toll rose to 30 on Thursday.

August 30, 2019

Hurricane Dorian already stirring political storm as Dems rip Trump

As Florida stared down a massive hurricane that could soon engulf the state, a political storm is already brewing over President Trump's response. 

August 30, 2019

Ex-Clinton aide on Puerto Rico: Trump doesn't think non-white people are as important

Joe Lockhart, the former White House press secretary for President Clinton, argued that President Trump harbors racial bias by allegedly showing greater concern for Florida than Puerto Rico in the face of a massive hurricane.

August 29, 2019

Hurricane Dorian roars toward Florida as state of emergency declared

Hurricane Dorian is moving through the Caribbean and is expected to bring heavy rains to the Bahamas, Florida and the southeast U.S. by this coming weekend, the National Weather Service said, urging people in its potential path to start preparing.

August 28, 2019

Dorian becomes hurricane near US Virgin Islands, may threaten Florida as Category 3 storm

The fourth named storm of the hurricane season, Tropical Storm Dorian, strengthened overnight Wednesday as it continues to spin toward the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the Bahamas — and by the weekend it may lurk off Florida's coast as a Category 3 hurricane.