Former Governor Ralph Paiewonsky signed the Virgin Islands-Puerto Rico Friendship Day bill into law Feb. 20, 1964, ...

This is the colonial catch-22: Puerto Rico remains a colony because it has no leverage in Congress, and it has no leverage in ...

Police in Puerto Rico say they have rescued 170 animals from a home in a mountain town and arrested their owner ...

The comet, which will be visible to the naked eye, orbits the sun roughly once every 80,000 years—the last time it passed ...

Protests over the high cost of living in the French Caribbean island of Martinique have turned violent, with demonstrators ...

Vieques, a small island off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico, is renowned for its untouched beaches and one of the world's ...

Vieques, a small island off Puerto Rico 's eastern coast, uniquely combines natural wonders with rich colonial history. It is ...

Although United States ships have seen disaster in combat, there are a few non-combat incidents that have been just as ...

By Kim Porter Dear Neighbor, She was in her 90s, sitting in a rocker, smoking a cigarette. Her home was old, worn, but warm. Her story was moving and tore my heart apart. She lived on the island of ...

10."Nothing quite compares to the serenity of kayaking through the Bioluminescent Bay in Vieques, Puerto Rico. Paddling under the stars, the water glows around you with each stroke due to the ...

Federal officials seized $33 million worth of cocaine left on a beach in Puerto Rico in early September. The 3,600 pounds of drugs were left on a beach on the popular tourist island of Vieques in the ...