Meteorologists are warning that Fiona has the potential to be one of the most severe storms in the country’s history.
Puerto Rico
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Advocates see Puerto Rican statehood as a way to fix its problems
“It’s time to end the 120-year injustice of Puerto Rico being a colony,” a House lawmaker said.
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Puerto Rico is part of the US despite what the White House says
In one morning, Trump issued two tweets separating it from the mainland and a spokesman called it a “country” twice.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, National Sports
Alex Cora arrives in Puerto Rico as fans celebrate Red Sox’s World Series win
CAGUAS, Puerto Rico — Hundreds of arms stretched into the sky in the hometown of Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora on Saturday as fans took pictures and video of the first man from Puerto Rico to lead a team to a World Series championship. Cora held up the trophy that he had been cradling […]
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Alex Cora guides Red Sox, inspires team back home in Puerto Rico
Alex Cora spent this season rewarding the support of Jackie Bradley Jr., David Price and the rest of the Boston Red Sox organization with a record-breaking year and a run deep into the playoffs. The rookie manager’s accomplishments go further than the baseball diamond, too. Having seen his homeland of Puerto Rico devastated by Hurricane […]
Posted inNation / World
Trump questions number of deaths from Hurricane Maria, claims Democrats inflated count to make him look bad
President Donald Trump took issue Thursday with the number of deaths attributable to Hurricane Maria, falsely saying a higher count had been generated by Democrats to “make me look as bad as possible.” A sweeping report from George Washington University released last month estimated there were 2,975 “excess deaths” in the six months after the […]
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Puerto Rican evacuees hunt for housing as vouchers expire
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Like many Puerto Ricans who fled to the mainland after Hurricane Maria, Jose Santiago has been scrambling to find a place to live. The federal vouchers that pay for his hotel room near the Orlando airport expire at checkout time Friday. He has visited apartment complexes, but his name gets put […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills
Four-footed hurricane victims get help from RPC
RINCON, Puerto Rico — On Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, at 6:15 a.m., Hurricane Maria made landfall just south of Yabucoa Harbor in Puerto Rico. What happened was in the news worldwide. The island was devastated. People were and still are without power, drinking water, medical care, food, shelter. Since then, news reports continue to share the progress, […]
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Four-footed hurricane victims get help from RPC
RINCÓN, PR — On Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017 at 6:15 a.m., Hurricane Maria made landfall just south of Yabucoa Harbor in Puerto Rico. What happened was in the news worldwide. The island was devastated. People were and still are without power, drinking water, medical care, food, shelter. Since then, news reports continue to share the progress or lack […]
Posted inMaine
Shelter, Mainers come to the rescue of stray dogs from storm-ravaged Puerto Rico
LK Weiss and her wife, Laura Kloosterman, saw the photo on the Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland website on a Wednesday afternoon in January. A snowstorm that was being described as a “bomb cyclone” would be in full force during adoption hours at the Westbrook shelter the following day, but the two women didn’t […]