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"This stretch of beach is where Leatherback turtles lay their eggs, and the other stretch of beach is where Hawksbill turtles lay eggs," our local volunteer Ricardo pointed out to us as we stood on the wide sandy beach northeast of Luquillo, Puerto Rico.

Debbie Young reads to her grandchild, Langston Young-Taft, 4, in the living room of her home in Gunbarrel on Friday.

Pobres aquellos que critican a pedro julio serrano que aunque no lo conozco en persona me place llamarlo un ser humano digno de seguir.

The Puerto Rican government on Thursday announced that it will issue driver's licenses to undocumented foreigners, a measure that could benefit more than 100,000 immigrants on the island, most of them Dominicans.

The other day I asked the garage attendant who was of Puerto Rican ancestry and listening to Salsa music as she worked, which group was the most influential band in her estimation La Sonora Poncena or El Gran Combo.

Pobres aquellos que critican a pedro julio serrano que aunque no lo conozco en persona me place llamarlo un ser humano digno de seguir.

Often the resolutions of the United Nations' Committees are worthy of laughter. So it happens with the recent resolution by the Decolonization Committee, ratifying the right of Puerto Rico to self-determination.

More than two months after it was purchased by an online competitor, Alaska's largest newspaper will undergo a name change with Sunday's edition.

Pobres aquellos que critican a pedro julio serrano que aunque no lo conozco en persona me place llamarlo un ser humano digno de seguir.

The public is invited to attend the second in a series of three stakeholder workshops for the pre-National Environmental Policy Act NEPA phase of the Rico-West Dolores travel management process at the Dolores Community Center on Thursday, July 24, at 6 p.m.At this workshop, members of a stakeholders panel will review research articles,...

Municipal bond mutual fund investors are panicking this weekend after the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's Legislature passed a new law allowing public agencies to default on their debt.

Rita Moreno feels love-hate for film 'West Side Story', despite her Oscar as Anita, she said July 9 in D.C. Rita Moreno feels love-hate for film 'West Side Story', despite her Oscar as Anita, she said July 9 in D.C. Rita Moreno , who won an Oscar for her role as Anita in " West Side Story ", says she "hated" to speak with an exaggerated Puerto ... (more)

Rising welterweight prospect Prichard 'Digget' Colon has been added to the August 9 show at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Keith Martin-Smith and Jun Po Denis Kelly Roshi will speak about and sign their new book "The Heart of Zen."

Human bones were uncovered in downtown Rico on Sunday, reports the Dolores County Sheriffx2019s Office.No foul play is suspected, said Sheriff Jerry Martin, but the case is being investigated.x201cIt appears they are from the early 20th century, probably a miner,x201d Martin said.

Newington High School sophomore Ariana Martinez remembers the final moments before she took the stage at the Miss Puerto Rico beauty pageant in Hartford in May. The months of preparation--and the countless hours her and her mother, Jennifer, spent crafting the dress she wore--would not avert a near disaster that occurred as she was about to meet ... (more)

User groups of the vast network of roads and trails in the Rico-West Dolores portion of the San Juan National Forest each gave short presentations on the importance of their activities at a workshop in Dolores.The event on June 12 kick-started a U.S. Forest Service planning process that will determine a travel management plan for 244,550...

During the three decades following World War II, Puerto Ricans and European immigrants settled next door to each other and sometimes competed for worship space.