SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – An updated penal code signed into law Monday by the Puerto Rican governor increases prison sentences for homicide, assault and other offenses as the U.S. island territory ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A grand jury has indicted Puerto Rican boxer Félix Verdejo in the killing of his pregnant lover in a case that is potentially eligible for the death penalty. Thursday's ...

The shooting happened in the predawn hours at a nightspot called “Shelter for Mistreated Men” in La Perla, a coastal ...

Second-class citizens: Your report about the growing drug-related bloodshed in Puerto Rico paints a powerful picture (“Bloody Tide,” Michael E. Miller, March 21), but what do you expect? This is an ...

A Havelock man who the Greenville Police Department said fled the country to avoid a rape charge was located by federal agents in Puerto Rico and will be extradited to Pitt County. Special agents in ...

SAN JUAN (Reuters) - An anti-crime initiative that put more federal agents in Puerto Rico and boosted coordination with the U.S. mainland is making streets safer in both places, top U.S. and Puerto ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Puerto Rico’s police chief quit late Wednesday, less than a year after being appointed to lead a department that federal agents have accused of corruption, illegal ...

ST. LOUIS — A hotel in Puerto Rico is back open after a fire allegedly set by a St. Charles County woman damaged the building. Luichy's Seaside Hotel, and its Bar Marea restaurant, reopened this week, ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A tourist from the U.S. mainland who was visiting Puerto Rico for Bad Bunny’s residency was fatally shot early Sunday at La Perla, a popular seaside shantytown, police ...