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Dr. Pedro Juan Vázquez, better known by his stage name PJ Sin Suela, attends to a patient in Loiza, Puerto Rico, Saturday, May 25, 2024. The 34-year-old doctor travels from the San Juan capital to the island’s southern and central regions to treat communities struggling in the aftermath of hurricanes. After hanging up his doctor’s scrubs, Vázquez spends his time producing new music that relays the island’s issues. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
As doctors leave Puerto Rico in droves, a rapper tries to fill the gaps
Puerto Rico has lost thousands of its doctors in the past decade, many having fled to the U.S. mainland for better pay.
 
Reggaeton singer Jowell cheers during a basketball game between the Guaynabo Mets and the Bayamón Vaqueros, at the Ruben Rodríguez Coliseum in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, Monday, July 1, 2024. Puerto Rico’s professional basketball league is experiencing a renaissance thanks to reggaeton stars like Bad Bunny, Ozuna and Anuel AA, who are stepping into the financial game, buying local teams and helping to stack up a loyal fan base. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
How reggaeton stars are driving a basketball boom in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico’s professional basketball league is experiencing a renaissance thanks to reggaeton stars like Bad Bunny, Ozuna and Anuel AA. They’re stepping into the financial game, buying local teams and helping to stack up a loyal fan base.
 
FILE - Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, left, speaks to Transitional Council President Edgard Leblanc Fils, during Conille's swearing-in ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, June 3, 2024. U.S. officials asked Conille on July 2, 2024, to prioritize the establishment of an electoral council as the country strives to rebuild its government. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
US asks Haiti to prioritize electoral council amid gang violence and a humanitarian crisis
U.S. officials have asked Haiti’s prime minister to prioritize the establishment of an electoral council as the country strives to rebuild its government amid rampant gang violence. U.S.
 
FILE - A server ladles soup into a container as children line up to receive food at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 14, 2024. Gang violence in Haiti has displaced over 300,000 children since March, according to a new report from the U.N. children's agency released late Tuesday, July 2, as the Caribbean country struggles to curb killings and kidnappings. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
Haiti’s gang violence has displaced 300,000 children, the UN says
The U.N. says criminal gang violence in Haiti has displaced more than 300,000 children since March. UNICEF said Tuesday that children are more than half of the nearly 580,000 people that have been internally displaced so far in the last four months.
 
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi and his fiancee Fabiola Ansotegui Blanc arrive at a polling station to vote in the gubernatorial primaries, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)
Puerto Rico will include status plebiscite in November’s general elections
Puerto Rico’s territorial status will be on the ballot in the U.S. territory’s general elections this November, marking the first time that the island’s current status as a U.S. territory will not be an option in the plebiscite. Gov.
 
Puerto Rico approves electricity rate increase weeks after massive blackout
Puerto Ricans have been hit with a 4.6% increase in electricity rates increase through September. The increase is a blow to the 3.2 million people who struggle with chronic power outages as the U.S. territory’s grid keeps deteriorating.
 
FILE - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority workers repair distribution lines damaged by Hurricane Maria in the Cantera community of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 19, 2017. The private operator of Puerto Rico’s power grid confirmed Monday, June 24, 2024, the deferral of $65 million worth of maintenance and improvement projects in the U.S. territory, with some repairs postponed for at least a year because of budget constraints. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)
Puerto Rico issues an island-wide heat advisory for the first time as power outages persist
Meteorologists have for the first time issued a heat advisory for the entire island of Puerto Rico as it struggles with chronic power outages. All 78 of the U.S. territory’s municipalities were placed under a heat advisory or warning on Tuesday.
 
FILE - A Puerto Rican national flag flies in front of the Capitol building in San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 29, 2015. The island’s two biggest political parties hold gubernatorial primaries on Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File)
Puerto Rico sues former officials accused of corruption to recover more than $30M in public funds
Puerto Rico’s Justice Department says it is suing at least 30 ex-government officials accused of corruption to recover more than $30 million in public funds.
 
FILE - Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority workers repair distribution lines damaged by Hurricane Maria in the Cantera community of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 19, 2017. The private operator of Puerto Rico’s power grid confirmed Monday, June 24, 2024, the deferral of $65 million worth of maintenance and improvement projects in the U.S. territory, with some repairs postponed for at least a year because of budget constraints. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)
Puerto Rico power company suspends $65M worth of maintenance projects, sparking outcry amid outages
The private operator of Puerto Rico’s power grid has confirmed the deferral of $65 million worth of maintenance and improvement projects in the U.S. territory. Some repairs have been postponed for at least a year because of budget constraints.
 
Police guard outside the hospital where Haiti's newly selected prime minister, Garry Conille was hospitalized in Port-au-Prince, Haiti late Saturday, June 8, 2024. Louis Gérald Gilles, a member of the transitional presidential council that recently chose Conille said he was en route to the hospital and did not have further information. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Gang violence in Haiti has displaced nearly 580,000 people, a new UN report says
A new report from the U.N. migration agency says that surging violence in Haiti from clashes with armed gangs has displaced nearly 580,000 people since March.
 
FILE - A utility pole with loose cables towers over a home in Loiza, Puerto Rico, Sept. 15, 2022. Towns in central and southern Puerto Rico are struggling to emerge from a prolonged power outage that forced authorities in the U.S. territory to activate an emergency response team on Monday, June 10, 2024, as they requested food distribution to those in need. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo, File)
Puerto Rico restores power after a massive blackout as lawmakers call for a state of emergency
A power company in Puerto Rico has restored electricity to most areas affected by a massive outage that hit the U.S. territory this week.
 
FILE - A Puerto Rican national flag flies in front of the Capitol building in San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 29, 2015. The island’s two biggest political parties hold gubernatorial primaries on Sunday, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File)
Voting machine contract under scrutiny following discrepancies in Puerto Rico’s primaries
Puerto Rico’s elections commission says it’s reviewing its contract with a U.S. electronic voting company after hundreds of discrepancies were discovered following the island’s heated primaries.
 
FILE - A utility pole with loose cables towers over a home in Loiza, Puerto Rico, Sept. 15, 2022. Towns in central and southern Puerto Rico are struggling to emerge from a prolonged power outage that forced authorities in the U.S. territory to activate an emergency response team on Monday, June 10, 2024, as they requested food distribution to those in need. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo, File)
Extended power outage that hit Puerto Rico angers and worries many during heat advisories
Towns in central and southern Puerto Rico are struggling to emerge from a prolonged power outage that has forced authorities in the U.S. territory to activate an emergency response team.