Bad Bunny fans have marked the anniversary of Hurricane Maria with a powerful concert in Puerto Rico.

An island-wide blackout hit Puerto Rico this week, leaving 1.4 million customers without power and more than 400,000 without water.

A power blackout has hit all of Puerto Rico as the heavily Catholic U.S. territory prepares to celebrate the Easter weekend.

Jenniffer González Colón has been sworn in as Puerto Rico’s new governor as the island held for a normally ebullient ceremony overshadowed by widespread anger over a blackout that hit the U.S. territory days ago.

Electric power has been restored to nearly all affected customers across Puerto Rico after a sweeping blackout plunged the U.S. territory into darkness on New Year’s Eve.

A blackout has hit nearly all of Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory prepares to celebrate New Year’s.

Last year, Puerto Rican superstar Rauw Alejandro was in outer space with “Playa Saturno.”.

Jenniffer González of Puerto Rico's pro-statehood New Progressive Party is leading polls in a historic gubernatorial election that could see her party secure a third consecutive term for the first time.

Kamala Harris devoted much of her final full day on the campaign trail to reaching Latino voters in Pennsylvania, a swing state that Democrats consider part of their “blue wall” in the Electoral College.

Residents say a speaker calling Puerto Rico garbage before a packed Donald Trump rally in New York was the latest humiliation for an island territory that has long suffered from mistreatment.

Officials in Puerto Rico have rejected a petition to extend the voter registration deadline.

A growing number of government officials in Puerto Rico are demanding answers from two private electric companies as the U.S. territory struggles with persistent power outages.

Puerto Rico has lost thousands of its doctors in the past decade, many having fled to the U.S. mainland for better pay.

The U.S. government says $325 million in federal funds will be available for solar and battery storage installations across Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory struggles with chronic power outages.

A widespread power outage has hit Puerto Rico and left more than 340,000 customers without electricity after two of the U.S. territory’s power plants shut down.

Puerto Rico will hold a Democratic presidential primary, the only opportunity for Democrats on the island to officially weigh in on the race for the White House.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has visited Puerto Rico as part of a whirlwind trip to tout the federal aid the U.S. territory has received following deadly hurricanes and attend a Democratic fundraiser.

San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero has signed a new measure to prohibit alcohol sales after certain hours in the capital of Puerto Rico, renowned for its all-night partying.

President Joe Biden promises to “rebuild it all” after visiting Puerto Rico on Monday to survey damage from Hurricane Fiona, as tens of thousands of people remain without power two weeks after the storm hit.

Half of Puerto Rico is without power more than five days after Hurricane Fiona struck the U.S. territory — including an entire town where not a single work crew has arrived.

President Joe Biden says the full force of the federal government is ready to help Puerto Rico recover from the devastation of Hurricane Fiona.

Hurricane Fiona has struck Puerto Rico’s southwest coast as it unleashed landslides, knocked the power grid out and ripped up asphalt from roads and flung the pieces around.

Tropical Storm Fiona is heading for Puerto Rico and forecasters are warning it likely will grow into a hurricane before hitting on Sunday with extremely heavy rains.

Former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez has been arrested on bribery charges related to the financing of her 2020 campaign, the latest hit to an island with a long history of corruption that brought fresh political upheaval to the U.S. territory.

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.

More than a million customers in Puerto Rico remain without electricity after a fire at a main power plant caused an island-wide blackout that forced the U.S. territory to cancel classes and shutter government offices in the biggest outage yet this year.

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Pedro Pierluisi, gubernatorial candidate with the New Progressive Party (PNP), arrives at Vivo Beach Club to celebrate a slim lead of the pro-statehood party in the Puerto Rican general elections, in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)SAN JUAN – Pedro Pierluisi of Puerto Rico’s pro-statehood New Progressive Party won a majority of votes to become the U.S. territory’s next governor, according to official preliminary results released late Saturday. The results come four days after Puerto Rico held general elections, an unusual delay blamed on a record number of early and absentee votes that overwhelmed officials. It's also the first time that Puerto Rico's two main parties fail to reach 40% of votes. Other results released late Saturday included those of a tight race for the mayor of Puerto Rico's capital.

Voters across Puerto Rico are choosing new leaders they believe would help heal a U.S. territory wracked by corruption, hurricanes, earthquakes and the pandemic. “There’s still a lot at play.”Another hotly contested race is that for mayor of Puerto Rico’s capital. The elections commission has not certified any winners in those races or others. The president of Puerto Rico’s elections commission, Francisco Rosado, said he wasn’t satisfied with the job that the administrative board responsible for counting those votes is doing. “The elections commission was one of the few institutions that had credibility,” he said.

(AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)SAN JUAN – People across Puerto Rico awaited final results Wednesday of elections that saw long lines of voters and produced a tight gubernatorial race in the U.S. Caribbean territory. Meanwhile, Jenniffer González, Puerto Rico’s current representative in U.S. Congress and Pierluisi's running partner, easily won a second term. The race to become mayor of Puerto Rico's capital also was extremely tight, with only hundreds of votes separating two candidates, including one from a new party. Pierluisi briefly served as governor following last year’s protests and previously represented Puerto Rico in Congress for eight years. “Puerto Ricans have a short memory,” he said, adding that he remains hopeful a non-traditional party will eventually lead Puerto Rico.

Election observers, however, note Puerto Ricans have weaker voter turnout rates than other Hispanic groups that favor Republican candidates. You better vote for me, Puerto Rico.” Many were quick to note that those living on the island don’t have that right. “If you are born in Puerto Rico, it will be part of your life until the last day.”As the election draws near, pressure keeps growing on Puerto Ricans on the island and on the mainland. Despite the aid Puerto Rico has received under the Trump administration, Mediavilla and his brother, Omar, who lives in Puerto Rico, remain unswayed. “They’re our voice carrying our complaints ... It’s important that Puerto Ricans over there give us this opportunity.”Some who live on the island remain wary of the campaigning to influence Puerto Ricans on the mainland.

“I’m the best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico," he said at a White House press conference, "no one even close.”Residents of Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory of more than 3 million people, cannot vote in the general election. “The Trump Administration delayed, dragged its feet and resisted allocating these badly needed funds,” said Velázquez, who was born in Puerto Rico. Democrats earlier this year posted an image of the scene on a billboard in Kissimmee, a heavily Puerto Rican city in central Florida. “I think you are going to see a rebuilding of Puerto Rico,” he said. It said $2 billion would be for the Puerto Rico Department of Education to repair schools across the island.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch for Puerto Rico on Tuesday morning as Tropical Storm Dorian continues to move across the Caribbean toward the island. The storm, which weakened a bit overnight as the system hit Barbados, is expected to pass near, or just south of Puerto Rico Wednesday afternoon and evening as a strong tropical storm. A hurricane watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within 48 hours and a tropical storm warning means tropical storm conditions are expected within 36 hours. "St. Lucia seems to be the bull's eye (Monday night) for tropical storm conditions," including strong winds and heavy rain, Brink said. Tropical storm conditions are possible throughout the Lesser Antilles through Tuesday morning and over Puerto Rico Wednesday, the center said.

Tropical Storm Dorian is churning just east of the Lesser Antilles today and could turn into a hurricane by Tuesday. Tropical Storm Dorian has intensified in the Atlantic Ocean, whipping 60 mph winds Monday as it churned west toward several Caribbean islands. "Hurricane watches and tropical storm watches and warnings have been issued for parts of the Leeward and Windward Islands, where Dorian is expected move through on Tuesday morning," CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen said. "The storm is still forecast to be a hurricane as it approaches Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic on Wednesday and Thursday." We're in the peak of hurricane seasonDorian is the fourth named storm of this hurricane season.

As of Monday, August 26, 2019, tropical Storm Dorian is strengthening as approaches the Lesser Antilles. A tropical storm watch for Puerto Rico was issued later in the day. A tropical storm watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible within 48 hours. "The storm is still forecast to be a hurricane as it approaches Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic on Wednesday and Thursday," Hennen said. Task Force 1 headed to Puerto Rico Monday and Task Force 2 headed to Saint Croix.

Thousands of Puerto Ricans filled the streets, even shutting down a highway in San Juan. Wanda Vzquez Garced, Puerto Rico's secretary of justice, does not want to be governor of the US territory, she said on Twitter Sunday. Vzquez was next in line for the job after the current embattled leader, Ricardo Rossell, announced his resignation on Wednesday. "I have no interest in occupying the position of Governor," Vzquez said on Twitter. According to Puerto Rico's order of succession, the secretary of state should be next in line after the governor.

Puerto Rico Secretary of Justice Wanda Vazquez Garced is next in line to the governorship when Gov. Now that Puerto Rico Gov. Still, she will have to convince many Puerto Ricans that she is more committed to them than to the disgraced governor and their pro-statehood New Progressive Party. "It's no surprise that Puerto Ricans don't want her either." She earned her bachelor's degree in social sciences from the University of Puerto Rico and her law degree from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law, the organization says.

Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - As protests against Puerto Rico Gov. "While Puerto Ricans attempt to heal from Hurricane Mara, he mocks victims for a cheap laugh," de Blasio said. "This has never happened in Puerto Rico before," Rosa said. "This is an opportunity to Puerto Rico to clean house, to start over," said Ediris Rivera, 23. But Puerto Ricans aren't a violent people, she said, so they don't want to bring Rossell down by force.

David Begnaud, a CBS News correspondent who has spent months in Puerto Rico, tweeted that CPI "has done great work exposing alleged corruption." CPI is essentially the ProPublica of Puerto Rico -- calling to mind the New York-based nonprofit that produces investigative journalism. The deadly category 5 hurricane struck Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands in September 2017. Mark-Viverito told CNN Business that CPI's role in Puerto Rico, particularly after Maria, "has been an invaluable contribution." In the wake of the hurricane, Mark-Viverito has been talking "about the importance of contributing" to the organization.

A Louisiana police officer posted a comment on his Facebook page calling U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a "vile idiot" and suggesting that she be shot. North Carolina: A father of six has died after a wave struck him on a North Carolina beach and slammed him to the sand, breaking his neck, his wife said on Twitter. A father of six has died after a wave struck him on a North Carolina beach and slammed him to the sand, breaking his neck, his wife said on Twitter. Florida: A lightning strike Sunday at a Florida beach injured eight people, Clearwater Police Department Lt. Michael Ogliaruso said. POLITICS headlines:ENTERTAINMENT headlines:Tweets by Local4NewsCopyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

People protest after Ricardo Rossello, the governor of Puerto Rico, met with mayors from his party inside the Yolanda Guerrero Cultural center on July 21, 2019 in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. He also said he was looking forward to defending himself against the process of impeachment, whose initial stages are being explored by Puerto Rico's legislature. A graduate of MIT with a doctorate in genetics, he is the son of former Puerto Rico Gov. The governor belongs to the New Progressive Party, which seeks statehood for the island, and he is also a Democrat. Another concern is the recent string of arrests involving federal corruption charges targeting Puerto Rico officials, among them two former agency heads, including former education secretary Julia Keleher.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CNN) - Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer Gonzlez-Coln, Puerto Rico's resident commissioner in Washington, also called for his resignation Sunday. Puerto Rico Senator Eduardo Bhatia told CNN that Rossell "is totally disconnected from reality" and that the impeachment process must begin. In one, Christian Sobrino Vega, then Puerto Rico's chief financial officer, appeared to joke about those who died in Hurricane Maria. "I thank this group of lawyers for giving a step forward in this historic moment for Puerto Rico.

"It's important to read this, do it collectively," Claudio, 32, of San Juan, said. 'You left us to die'Thousands of protesters gathered Friday night in the capital of San Juan calling for Rossell's resignation. "But with the publication of the chats, people in Puerto Rico saw how the corruption affected the response to the hurricane. The scandal made people snap out of their complacency, a restaurant manager in Old San Juan said. CNN's Mayra Cuevas reported from San Juan, while Jason Hanna and Amir Vera reported and wrote in Atlanta.

(CNN) - Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard joined thousands of protesters in Puerto Rico Saturday in demanding that Gov. "Americans in Puerto Rico are holding Governor (Rossell) accountable for his disgraceful comments (and) corruption," Castro tweeted Friday morning. "I've been standing with the people of Puerto Rico in their protests against corruption and their governor's behavior. Velzquez was born in Puerto Rico and Ocasio-Cortez is of Puerto Rican descent. In an open letter posted on both Twitter and Facebook, Gonzlez-Coln said it's time for Puerto Rico to move forward.

American support for Puerto Rico statehood has remained between 59% to 65% since 1962, according to Gallup. But even with consistent support from a majority of the American public, Puerto Rico statehood remains an elusive challenge. Legislation declaring Puerto Rico a US state would have to navigate Congress and a Republican Party that holds less support for granting the island statehood. Thursday's poll found a majority of Republicans -- 48% -- oppose statehood for Puerto Rico while 45% support it. In September 2018, President Donald Trump said he did not support Puerto Rico statehood.