The island of Puerto Rico (formerly Porto Rico) is the most easterly of the Greater Antilles group of the West Indies island chain. Located more than a thousand miles southeast of Miami, Puerto Rico is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on...

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After months of denials, Puerto Rico's governor acknowledged Monday he is the target of a U.S. grand jury investigation into campaign finances _ a revelation further jeopardizing his bid for re-election.Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila insisted he has not done anything illegal, dismissing speculation he would...

Dozens of foreign-trained doctors accused of obtaining Puerto Rican medical licenses through fraud or bribery were arrested in raids across the island Thursday.A federal grand jury indicted 88 doctors following an investigation into members of the U.S. Caribbean territory's medical licensing board, who allegedly altered...

Authorities have arrested three people in the slaying of a Puerto Rican labor leader, including the administrator of a beachfront vacation complex for union members that was under scrutiny for financial irregularities, the island's top police official said Wednesday.A fourth suspect was still being sought...

A Puerto Rican police officer assigned to a DEA anti-drugs unit has been charged with carrying out a $515,000 armored car heist with three relatives and another man, and the FBI said Saturday it is studying whether they were involved in other robberies.Angel Fernandez Ramos,...