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FILE - Bryan Pérez hauls a five-gallon water jug to his apartment in the Villa Kennedy public housing complex in San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Danica Coto, File)

Puerto Rican cities hit with water rationing measures as record dry conditions persist

By Dánica Coto - Associated Press

Fans in San Juan, Puerto Rico, watch Bad Bunny's performance on television during the halftime show of the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

Puerto Rico stops for 13 minutes to applaud history and bask in Bad Bunny’s glow

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

Lin-Manuel Miranda speaks to attendees during the closing event of the Flamboyan Arts Fund at the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

Lin-Manuel Miranda gave millions to Puerto Rican artists after Hurricane Maria. He’s pledging more

By Gabriela Aoun Angueira - Associated Press

A visitor on a guided tour poses at checkout lane 10 of a supermarket where Bad Bunny once worked as a bagger and cashier in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

Puerto Rico cashes in on Bad Bunny as thousands flock to the island for his concerts

By Dánica Coto and Rio Yamat - Associated Press

Voters line up at a polling station during general elections in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

As delays plague Puerto Rico election certification process, judge issues ruling

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A campaign poster promoting the Puerto Rico’s Independence Party and the Citizen Victory Movement gubernatorial candidate Juan Dalmau, is displayed on an electrical box in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

Puerto Rico prepares for Election Day as a third-party candidate makes history

By Dánica Coto - Associated Press

A wooden Puerto Rican flag is displayed on the dock of the Condado lagoon in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sept. 30, 2021. The U.S. territory is seeing a growing number of displaced renters and a spike in housing costs, according to a Feb. 21, 2024 report by the Hispanic Federation. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

The number of short-term rentals in Puerto Rico has surged. A new report says that’s a problem

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Nancy Galarza looks at the damage that Hurricane Fiona inflicted on her community, which remained cut off four days after the Category 1 storm slammed the rural community of San Salvador in the town of Caguas, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Danica Coto)

Puerto Ricans seething over lack of power days after Fiona

By Dánica Coto - Associated Press

Traffic lights are out of service on a street in San Juan, Puerto Rico, early Thursday, April 7, 2022. More than a million customers in Puerto Rico remained without electricity on Thursday after a fire at a main power plant caused the biggest blackout so far this year across the U.S. territory, forcing it to cancel classes and shutter government offices. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Major outage forces Puerto Rico to shutter schools, offices

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

The San Jose Church stands in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. The second oldest Spanish church in the Americas is reopening following a massive reconstruction that took nearly two decades to complete. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Puerto Rico to reopen historic church after long restoration

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

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 Danica Coto - Associated Press

This satellite photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, shows a could of dust coming from the Sahara desert arriving to the Caribbean Monday, June 22, 2020. The massive cloud of dust is blanketing the Caribbean as it heads to the U.S. with a size and concentration level that meteorologists say hasn't been seen in roughly half a century. (NOAA via AP)

Sahara dust blankets Caribbean, air quality hazardous

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

FILE - This June 13, 2016 file photo shows Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents in Florida. On Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, the FBI arrested U.S. federal narcotics agent Jose Irizarry and his wife, Nathalia Gomez Irizarry, at their residence in Puerto Rico, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the arrest. He has been charged with conspiring to launder money with the very same Colombian drug cartels he was supposed to be fighting. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

AP Exclusive: DEA agent accused of conspiring with cartel

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

Puerto Rico police seek clues in killing of US tourist

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The coffin containing the remains of television astrologer Walter Mercado is blanketed with lilies and roses during a public wake, in the Santurce neighborhood, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. Mercado, whose glamorous persona made him a star in Latin media and a cherished icon for gay people in most of the Spanish-speaking world, died Saturday. He was 88. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Fans say farewell to legendary Puerto Rico astrologer

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

The Latest: Trop Storm Karen weakens north of Puerto Rico

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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, for a short trip to the White House after returning from the G-7 Summit in Biarritz, France (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

In 7 days of tweets, Trump lets the bedbugs bite

By CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

In this file photo, senior hurricane specialist Stacy Stewart monitors the progress of Tropical Storm Dorian at the National Hurricane Center, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

The Latest: Dorian strengthens as it eyes Southeast US

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Pedro Pierluisi, sworn in as Puerto Rico's governor, speaks during a press conference, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, Aug. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)

Puerto Rico crisis deepens amid clash over sworn-in governor

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

Pedro Pierluisi, who has been nominated Puerto Rico's Secretary of State, arrives to the Senate with his sister Caridad Pierluisi, his spokesperson, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. Puerto Rican politics were in full-blown crisis as confirmation of Pierluisi, the nominee to succeed departing Gov. Ricardo Rossello, was delayed into next week, casting doubt over who will become governor when Rossello leaves office. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello resigns as promised; successor sworn in

By Danica Coto - Associated Press