Many bridges in Puerto Rico considered risky
By DANICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rico's salty ocean air is corroding dozens of bridges across the U.S. territory, continually weakening the structures and posing a challenge for officials trying to prioritize which ones to repair first....
Guinness officials say world’s smallest dog, measured by height, lives in Puerto Rico
By Danica Coto, The Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico can now boast it is home to the world's smallest dog — at least when it comes to height. The brown Chihuahua named Miracle Milly is shorter than a soup can, standing at 3.8 inches (9.65...
Is Puerto Rico the next Detroit?
by Julio Saenz • August 29, 2013 • 9:25 am This week’s issue of Barron’s financial newspaper has Puerto Rico as its cover story. The in-depth story compares Puerto Rico’s precarious financial situation to Detroit’s recent bankruptcy and warns it could be 10 times...
Puerto Rico’s new budget
By Cate Long April 29, 2013 Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla unveiled a $9.83 billion operating budget Thursday night during a state of the commonwealth address in which he pledged to reduce crime, create jobs, boost school attendance and expand the U.S....
Gun Control: Why Latinos Should Care About the Second Amendment
By Raúl Mas Canosa | Published January 15, 2013 | Fox News Latino All of us grieved last December when a deranged madman shot and killed his mother, stole her weapons and then killed dozens of innocent children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary. Such evil is...
Puerto Rico Statehood Vote UPDATE
Puerto Rico referendum historic, but complex: 809,000 vote for statehood, only 73,000 for independence, and 441,000 for sovereign free association Elections in Puerto Rico are always more complicated than they seem. The referendum on the island’s future was, in fact,...
Puerto Rico Voters Signal Desire for Statehood
61 percent said they would pick U.S. statehood if continuing as a self-governing commonwealth were off the table, even as they ousted pro-statehood Governor Luis Fortuno. By Reuters | Published: Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 5:45 PM | Updated: Wednesday, November 7,...
Easier as a Latino? Actually
Politics Rosie Perez mocks Mitt Romney’s ‘it would be helpful to be Latino’ comment in new video... Rosie Perez mocks Mitt Romney in new video. Mitt Romney says it “would be helpful to be Latino” to gain the White House. “Actually,” actress Rosie Perez says, it would...
Philadelphia cop punching woman in the face during Puerto Rican Day parade
Video from Philadelphia’s Puerto Rican Day parade over the weekend shows a uniformed cop punching a woman in the face. The blow leaves the woman’s mouth bloody. The officer — identified as Lt. Jonathan Josey — then handcuffs her and another cop leads her away. ...
ISS Crew Makes Safe Landing
ISS Crew Makes Safe Landing A Russian Soyuz capsule has returned to Earth with its three-man crew after they spent 123 days at the International Space Station. Launch of Manned Soyuz TMA-04M with Expedition 31 crew Alternate views from Russia of the Soyuz TMA-04M...
Puerto Rico Voting On Constitutional Amendments To Reduce Government Size
By DANICA COTO SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico is holding a two-part referendum on Sunday that could see the island amend its constitution for the first time in nearly half a century. The referendum would reduce the size of the U.S. territory's government by...
International Space Station
Expedition 31 begins with the Soyuz TMA-22 undocking in April 2012. Three new crew members will arrive shortly thereafter on Soyuz TMA-04M. Soyuz TMA-04M Crew: Joe Acaba, Gennady Padalka, Sergei Revin. Launch: May 14, 2012
Mission Update from Joe Acaba
The initial goal of approximately 2.5 years of training is finally coming to fruition. I am currently in Baikonur, Kazakhstan performing final preparations for my May 15 Soyuz launch to the International Space Station (ISS) where I will be spending 4 months living and...
World’s Smallest Chihuahua Puppy
“Standing at less than "3" inches tall and weighing no more than the average mobile phone, this chihuahua puppy could soon qualify as the world’s smallest dog. Three-month-old Milly has barely grown since her birth and can perch in the palm of a hand. Now her owners...
Michelle Rodriguez Traces Family Roots in PBS Series
Michelle Rodríguez is known for her hard-core female roles in action-packed flicks. But now the actress is taking time to trace her familial roots in an episode of PBS' 10-part series "Finding Your Roots," with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Other stars and public figures...
Rick Santorum to Puerto Rico: No English, No Statehood
Rick Santorum isn't about to allow some Spanish-speaking territory to become America's 51st state. Santorum meanwhile has expressed reservations, telling reporters that a simple majority in the fall referendum wouldn't necessarily convince him that its residents want...
Strong earthquakes strike Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Two strong earthquakes have struck Puerto Rico within minutes of each other. The quakes, with magnitudes of 5.1 and 5.3 respectively, occurred three minutes apart just after 2 a.m. local time Saturday in the Mona Passage, just to the west of...
The Jones–Shafroth Act
The Jones–Shafroth Act (1917) was a 1917 Act of the United States Congress by which, Puerto Ricans were collectively made U.S. citizens, the people of Puerto Rico were empowered to have a popularly-elected Senate, established a bill of rights, and authorized the...
