The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted dozens of migrants on Tuesday who were crammed inside a “makeshift” boat near Puerto Rico making a treacherous journey to the U.S. The rickety, 30-foot-long, white-colored vessel, which had “J5” painted across its side, was picked up about 27 nautical miles southwest of Puerto Rico’s Mona Island with 51 desperate migrants and a suspected smuggler …
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Drone footage captured the moment a pregnant woman was airlifted from a Disney cruise ship by the U.S. Coast Guard on Monday. A rescuer could be seen rappelling down from an MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter onto the Disney Fantasy, floating in the Atlantic Ocean northwest of Puerto Rico, in video shared by the Coast Guard. The 35-year-old woman was strapped to …
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President Biden has a long history of attempting to tie himself to a variety of ethnic groups and cultures. Biden reminded guests at the White House for a Greek Independence Day celebration this week of his claim that he inherited the nickname “Biden-opoulos” in his home state of Delaware. Attributing his early political success to the Greek community, Biden said …
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A nonprofit organization said Thursday that it sued the U.S. National Park Service over a plan to remove Puerto Rico’s famous stray cats from a historic district in the U.S. territory. The lawsuit filed by Maryland-based Alley Cat Allies comes four months after the federal agency announced it would contract an animal welfare organization to remove an estimated 200 cats …
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Puerto Rico has declared an epidemic as the number of dengue fever cases continues to skyrocket in the U.S. territory. According to Puerto Rico’s Department of Health, at least 549 cases have been reported so far and more than 340 people have been hospitalized. “As of March 21, 2024, the Department of Health’s epidemiological surveillance of diseases has observed a …
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Vice President Kamala Harris was captured on camera clapping to a Puerto Rican protest song during her visit to San Juan on Friday, stopping short once an aide translated what singers added to the lyrics.After making remarks in Puerto Rico’s capital, Harris visited the Goyoco community center in the Santurce neighborhood of San Juan where she took a tour and …
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