Puerto Rico

The FBI says a passenger tried to get into the cockpit midair, having to be restrained.

A passenger on a JetBlue flight from Boston to Puerto Rico allegedly stormed the cockpit and had to be restrained by flight attendants.

JetBlue flight 261 was on its way from Boston to San Juan, Puerto Rico, when the incident unfolded just before landing.

A man was detained after allegedly kicking a flight attendant and trying to get into the cockpit of a plane traveling from Boston to Puerto Rico.

A man had to be detained on a flight from Boston to Puerto Rico after allegedly kicking a flight attendant, trying to get into the cockpit and telling crew members to shoot him, according to the FBI. The incident happened Wednesday night on JetBlue Flight 261. The FBI says the passenger rushed toward the flight deck a short time before…

Unvaccinated travelers are gravitating to Caribbean islands that will let them in, while the vaccinated want places that keep the unimmunized out.

Laid-off workers didn’t have to look for work to collect unemployment benefits early in the Covid pandemic. Most states have re-imposed the requirement.

Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won gold in the women’s 100-meter hurdles on Monday.

A private company that took over power transmission and distribution in Puerto Rico this month has struggled with widespread outages and growing anger as it scrambled Thursday to control a large fire at a main substation that left hundreds of thousands of clients in the dark.

Sue O’Connell sat down with Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo to talk about the recently proposed Self Determination Act and how it could reshape Puerto Rico’s relationship with the U.S.

A new fellowship co-sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will provide $25,000 for emerging and established Puerto Rican writers.

The IRS extended the federal tax deadline to May 17, 2021, but when is the last day Americans can realistically wait to file their taxes?

Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo turned himself in to federal agents Sunday night to face federal charges just hours after authorities identified the body of a dead woman as his 27-year-old pregnant lover, officials said.

An investigation is underway after the burned body of a missing Delaware man was found in Puerto Rico over the weekend.

Puerto Rico’s population fell 11.8 percent to 3.3 million over the past decade, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Monday.

The administration of former President Donald Trump obstructed an investigation looking into why officials withheld about $20 billion in hurricane relief for Puerto Rico following the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Maria in 2017, one of the deadliest U.S. natural disasters in over 100 years, a new report says.

Puerto Rico’s governor says officials will start vaccinating all those 16 and older on April 12, an unexpected move that prompted celebrations across a U.S. territory facing a spike in COVID-19 cases.

Some cities are offering up to $16,000 in cash incentives for people to move there, according to MakeMyMove.com.

Travelers from three new states no longer need to quarantine when they arrive in Massachusetts starting Saturday, health officials announced Friday. Missouri, Oregon and Washington state were designated lower-risk states Friday. Puerto Rico and Hawaii had been the only locations in the United States considered low-enough risk for quarantine-free travel. The change for travelers from Missouri, Oregon and Washington goes…

Travelers from one more state must quarantine when they arrive in Massachusetts starting Saturday, health officials have announced. North Dakota, which had been added to the low-risk list of Massachusetts’ COVID travel order two weeks ago, was taken off again Friday. That leaves Puerto Rico and Hawaii as the only locations in the United States considered low-enough risk for quarantine-free…