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Puerto Rico to receive nearly $4B in US pandemic funds

By Dánica Coto Jun. 28, 2021 06:09 AM EDT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Monday that Puerto Rico will receive nearly $4 billion in federal education pandemic...

Puerto Rico to reopen bars, clubs for 1st time amid pandemic

Jun. 03, 2021 05:23 PM EDT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico will reopen bars and clubs for the first time since the pandemic began following a significant drop in COVID-19 cases...

FILE - In this March 10, 2021 file photo, people stand in line outside the Maria Simmons elementary school waiting to be inoculated with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as part of a mass vaccination campaign, in Vieques, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico seemed to be sprinting toward herd immunity this spring before people began letting their guard down against COVID-19 and new variants started spreading across the U.S. territory. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)
Puerto Rico groans under pandemic as health, economy suffer

By Dánica Coto May. 02, 2021 09:08 AM EDT

Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, center, attends a mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19 at the Maria Simmons school in Vieques, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Government officials are urging everyone in Vieques to get vaccinated so the tiny island popular with tourists can achieve herd immunity, but noted that many residents have been reluctant to be inoculated against the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Puerto Rico to open vaccinations to all amid COVID-19 spike

By Dánica Coto Apr. 07, 2021 07:09 PM EDT

This December 2020 photo provided by Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation, Village Service Chief Dr. Elizabeth Roll holds a COVID-19 vaccine in Napakiak, Alaska. Getting the vaccine to the world's farthest corners means delivering it by boat to Maine's islands, traveling by snowmobile to villages in Alaska and navigating complex waterways in Brazil's Amazon. (Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation via AP)
The Latest: 11 new COVID-19 cases in China's lone outbreak

By The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2021 01:29 AM EDT

Puerto Rico awarded $900M to help boost island's education

By Dánica Coto Mar. 22, 2021 04:35 PM EDT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government on Monday was granted access to more than $900 million in federal education funds less than two weeks...

Students arrive at the Ramon Marin Sola primary school for the first time in nearly a year amid the COVID-19 pandemic as some public schools reopen in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Danica Coto)
Puerto Rico reopens public schools amid COVID-19 fears

By Dánica Coto Mar. 10, 2021 09:24 AM EST

Puerto Rico rejects key deal with creditors to reduce debt

By Dánica Coto Feb. 23, 2021 08:40 AM EST
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor announced Tuesday that a federal control board reached a key deal that would reduce the U.S. territory’s...

Puerto Rico tweaks COVID-19 rules amid slight drop in cases

Feb. 04, 2021 01:28 PM EST
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor on Thursday announced slight changes to ongoing COVID-19 measures as he noted that the number of cases and...

Puerto Rico's governor unveils budget priorities amid crisis

By Dánica Coto Feb. 03, 2021 12:09 PM EST
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s new governor said Wednesday that modernizing government services, repairing roads and increasing the salaries of...

FILE - In this July 11, 2020, file photo, party members have their temperature checked and sanitize their hands as a precaution against the coronavirus at the national congress of the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party in Dodoma, Tanzania. Tanzania's President John Magufuli openly expressed doubt about COVID-19 vaccines and accused people who were vaccinated outside the East African nation of bringing new infections into the country. (AP Photo/File)
The Latest: S Korea curbing travel, gatherings for holiday

By The Associated Press By Feb. 02, 2021 05:31 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020 file photo, 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. Puerto Rico’s new governor Pierluisi announced Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, that he will reopen beaches, marinas and pools, eliminate a Sunday lockdown and shorten a curfew that has been in place since the pandemic began to control the number of COVID-19 cases. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)
Puerto Rico to reopen beaches, relax coronavirus curfew

By Dánica Coto Jan. 05, 2021 03:32 PM EST

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. Pierluisi briefly served as governor following last year's massive protests that led to the resignation of former Gov. Ricardo Rosselló. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
New governor sworn in as a wary Puerto Rico demands changes

By Dánica Coto Jan. 02, 2021 12:29 PM EST

Officials count early votes at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum where social distancing is possible amid the COVID-19 pandemic, during general elections in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. In addition to electing a governor, Puerto Ricans are voting in a nonbinding referendum on statehood. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Tight gubernatorial contest as Puerto Rico counts votes

By Dánica Coto Nov. 03, 2020 12:02 AM EST

Remnants of a city sign lay on the beach damaged by Tropical Storm Laura in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020. Laura began flinging rain across Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands on Saturday morning and was expected to drench the Dominican Republic, Haiti and parts of Cuba during the day on its westward course. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
5 parties field candidates for Puerto Rico governor

By Dánica Coto Nov. 02, 2020 12:07 AM EST

A volunteer assists voters in Loíza, Puerto Rico, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. Thousands of Puerto Ricans on Sunday got a second chance to vote for the first time, a week after delayed and missing ballots marred the original primaries in a blow to the U.S. territory’s democracy. (AP Photo/Dánica Coto)
Puerto Rico governor loses primary of pro-statehood party

By Dánica Coto Aug. 16, 2020 07:40 PM EDT

An electoral official, right, tells a voter that the ballots haven't arrived at a voting center in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. Puerto Rico's primaries were marred on Sunday by a lack of ballots in a majority of centers across the U.S. territory, forcing frustrated voters who braved a spike in COVID-19 cases to turn around and go back home. (AP Photo/Danica Coto)
Puerto Rico set for 2nd voting round after botched primaries

By Dánica Coto Aug. 13, 2020 12:23 PM EDT

Electoral officials wait for ballots to arrive at a voting center in Carolina, Puerto Rico, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. Puerto Rico's primaries were marred by a lack of ballots in a majority of centers across the U.S. territory, forcing frustrated voters who braved a spike in COVID-19 cases to turn around and go back home. (AP Photo/Danica Coto)
Puerto Rico halts primary voting in centers lacking ballots

By Dánica Coto Aug. 09, 2020 09:35 AM EDT

FILES - This combo of two file photos shows Pedro Pierluisi, left and Wanda Vazquez in San Juan, Puerto Rico. At left, Secretary of State Pedro Pierluisi attends his confirmation hearing at the House of Representatives on Aug. 2, 2019, and at right, Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vazquez gives an interview at La Fortaleza governor residence on Aug. 16, 2019. Both served as replacement governors in the wake of a Puerto Rican political crisis and are competing against each other for a chance to win the job in their own right as the disaster-struck U.S. territory holds primary elections on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo, Files)
Voters weary as Puerto Rico prepares for historic primaries

By Dánica Coto Aug. 07, 2020 10:34 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 29, 2015 file photo, the Puerto Rican flag flies in front of Puerto Rico's Capitol as in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A federal control board that oversees Puerto Rico’s finances submitted a proposed $10 billion budget on Thursday, June 11, 2020, as federal legislators debate whether to curtail the board’s power over the U.S. territory. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File)
Puerto Rico gov unveils budget critics say is unrealistic

By Dánica Coto Jun. 18, 2020 09:29 PM EDT