President Donald Trump issued a slew of pardons this week, a White House official said, including granting clemency again to ...

Puerto Rico hadn't updated the laws that define a person's day-to-day life since 1930. Seeing an urgent need to replace them in a way that reflects modern society, Gov. Wanda Vázquez signed a new ...

Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) is retiring from Congress at the end of her term after serving for over three decades in the House. Velázquez, the first Puerto Rican woman elected to Congress, announced ...

MANILA, Philippines — Ivana Carolina of Puerto Rico bested 39 other hopefuls to emerge as the third-ever winner of the Universal Woman crown. Outgoing queen Maria Gigante of the Philippines ...

CHICAGO -- Brenda Torres-Figueroa is an Afro-Puerto Rican who examines gender and racial identity as a visual and performance artist. "Performance is an art form that works with identity politics and ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WVEC) -- Five months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico many on the island are still struggling. Marilyn Rivera from Newport News organized a supply drive to help those in ...

Mia Irizarry planned to spend her birthday last month celebrating with friends at Caldwell Woods, a sprawling forested area on Chicago's Far Northwest Side. She purchased a permit to rent a picnic ...