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The U.S. government is imposing limits on the number of fish that commercial and recreational fishermen can catch in the waters it controls in the Caribbean, saying previous types of restrictions haven't protected dwindling populations of dozens of species.
Lawmakers in Puerto Rico have been accused of corruption, cocaine use and domestic violence, feeding scorn among a public already seething over a dismal economy and rampant crime.
A 16-year-old girl from New York state is in critical condition after a jet ski collided with the banana boat on which she was riding in the Cayman Islands.
It's a good news-bad news deal for tourism in the sun-soaked Caribbean. Visits are surging but revenues are not keeping pace.
The 8-year-old boy was found in his bed bleeding from a fatal blow to the head. His house in a gated coastal community showed no apparent signs of forced entry. In fact, at least five people were home when the boy was injured.
Police in the Dominican Republic have been responsible for an alarming number of killings and torture over a five-year period, Amnesty International said in a report released Tuesday.
It would be the tallest structure in the Caribbean and among the tallest statues in the world, a monument to Christopher Columbus in a region where he has not been regarded highly for many years.
A new tropical depression has formed in the Atlantic south of the Cape Verde Islands and could soon become a tropical storm.
Puerto Rico's governor is urging people to stay home as the island begins cleaning up from Hurricane Irene.
Irene reached hurricane strength early Monday after it began moving across Puerto Rico, pounding the U.S. Caribbean territory with torrential rains and winds and threatening to move toward the U.S. later in the week.
Tropical Storm Irene began moving across Puerto Rico early Monday, pounding the U.S. Caribbean territory with torrential rains and winds as forecasters warned it could turn into a hurricane.
A Dubai man has been charged with killing a medical school classmate from New Jersey and is being held under psychiatric observation on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao, authorities said Tuesday.
A U.S. enforcement agency has filed a federal lawsuit accusing a wholesale jewelry and beauty products company of discriminating against men by hiring only women for its managerial positions.
A Spanish law crafted in 1886 still governs development along Puerto Rico's sprawling coastline, worrying activists and legislators who say the ancient mandate has allowed construction along ecologically sensitive beaches.
Former NBA player Jose Ortiz was arrested in Puerto Rico after federal agents seized 218 marijuana plants at his house along with 40 rounds of assault-rifle ammunition, the U.S. Attorney's office said Thursday.
An influential former senator whose testimony helped convict an ex-colleague and has bolstered federal investigations against other high-ranking politicians was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison after having pleaded guilty to corruption charges.
Puerto Rico's governor is proposing to solve soaring energy prices on this oil-dependent U.S. island with a massive natural gas pipeline that would cross some of the territory's most fragile ecosystems and archaeological sites.
Robert Traylor, the former NBA and University of Michigan big man nicknamed "Tractor" because of his hulking frame, has died. He was 34.
Jose Antonio Torres Martino, a Puerto Rican painter and writer who helped create and expand art and journalism institutions on the U.S. island, died Friday. He was 94.
The number of Puerto Ricans identifying themselves solely as black or American Indian jumped about 50 percent in the last decade, according to new census figures that have surprised experts and islanders alike.
Puerto Rican lawmakers closed ranks Thursday around a senator convicted of bribery, ignoring the U.S. island's governor who ousted him from their political party and demanded he resign his legislature seat.
Masked gunmen raided a waterfront resort casino early Wednesday, forced gamblers to the floor and fled with more than $200,000, leaving a trail of bills fluttering along the beach, police said.
A judge on Tuesday reinstated a conspiracy charge that he had dismissed against a high-profile senator from Puerto Rico following a guilty verdict in a corruption trial.
A jury convicted a prominent Puerto Rico senator and an island businessman of bribery Monday in a high-profile trial that featured allegations the lawmaker accepted a trip to Las Vegas to see a boxing match in exchange for political favors.
A federal appeals court in the United States has ordered gated communities across Puerto Rico to grant access to Jehovah's Witnesses so they can engage in their First Amendment right to proselytize.
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