YOU WONT BELIEVE: 3 | Mind Blowing Facts

A 1952 Pan Am plane crash transformed passenger safety procedures – a former airline pilot explains how

On Good Friday, April 11 1952, a Pan American Douglas DC-4 named Clipper Endeavor took off from San Juan in Puerto Rico, bound for New York. On board were 64 passengers including six infants, plus five crew.

The Conversation · Jul 24

Infamous Pan Am Plane That Crashed In 1952 Finally Found 74 Years After Tragedy That Claimed 52 Lives

For families who spent generations wondering where the aircraft had disappeared, the discovery offered a long-awaited sense of closure.

Bored Panda · Jul 23

The Nation's Largest Tire Retailer Just Got Bigger: Mavis Tire Buys Pep Boys

Mavis Tire is acquiring Pep Boys in a $700 million deal, adding nearly 800 service locations across the US and Puerto Rico.

Motor1 · Jul 22

Puerto Rico announces emergency water rationing as drought worsens

Puerto Rico is imposing water rationing measures as a drought grips the U.S. territory, worsening chronic water shortages that have forced the governor to declare a state of emergency

The Independent UK · Jul 16

‘As if a hurricane had passed’: Puerto Ricans at breaking point after weeks without water

Shortages triggered by pipeline rupture drive up costs and deepen frustrations, as pressure grows on water utility

The Guardian - US · Jul 13

Bad Bunny Scores Partial Legal Victory as Puerto Rico Court Allows 'Bad Bunny Baby' Lawsuit to Move Forward

Bad Bunny has secured a partial victory in the long-running legal battle over the iconic "Bad Bunny Baby" voice tag, after Puerto Rico's courts ruled that only part of the lawsuit filed by his former girlfriend, Carliz De La Cruz Hernández, can continue.

Latin Times · Jul 9

Washington Promised Puerto Rico $14 Billion To Fix Its Grid. Most of the Money Is Still Stuck.

A new GAO report attributes the delays to onerous regulations and poor coordination among government agencies.

Reason · Jul 9

‘Immediately was enchanted’: Viral Puerto Rico song gets its own music video shot on island

The song creator Bill Stiteler worked with Discover Puerto Rico to create a video that highlights some of the island’s top tourist attractions.

Euronews · Jul 9

‘A counter-narrative of history’: Schomburg Center’s 100 years of celebrating Black culture

A Puerto Rico-born New Yorker’s relentless collecting on the African diaspora is still the core of a Harlem institution

The Guardian - US · Jul 9

Nine years after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico is still waiting for help

Lawmakers have released a federal audit that found that only 25% of some $14 billion in federal funds obligated for Puerto Rico’s power grid after Hurricane Maria razed it almost a decade ago has reached the U.S. territory

The Independent UK · Jul 2