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Five people are killed and four others are critically injured in a drive-by shooting in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico.
2024-02-13

Hurricane Fiona makes landfall in the Dominican Republic after causing massive devastation in Puerto Rico, killing three people.
2022-09-19

Voters in Puerto Rico vote on whether they wish to be a state or not. If voters decide on statehood, the territory could work to join the union and fully become incorporated into the United States.
2020-11-3

Two simultaneous tropical storms, Laura and Marco, threaten Gulf Coast residents in the coming days. Laura is currently over Puerto Rico, while Marco is making its way through the Yucatan Channel. This would mark the first time in over 60 years in which two tropical storms were active simultaneously in the Gulf of Mexico.
2020-08-22

Hurricane Isaias is expected to head towards Florida, prompting the state to close their COVID-19 test sites. The hurricane has made landfall in Puerto Rico, causing landslides, flooding, and power outages.
2020-07-30

Amid growing disillusionment with Puerto Rico's territorial status, Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced announces a referendum in November to decide whether Puerto Rico should be made a U.S. state.
2020-05-16

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announces it has fined Bank of America Merrill Lynch $7 million for failure to supervise the use of leverage in its brokerage accounts, especially in connection with Puerto Rico municipal bonds.
2016-11-30

Puerto Rican professional boxer Héctor Camacho is shot multiple times in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The driver of Camacho's car is killed in the attack. Camacho was shot in the neck and face and taken to St. Paul's Hospital in Río Piedras, where he was pronounced to be in critical condition shortly thereafter.
2012-11-21

The death toll from Hurricane Irene reaches 40 in the contiguous United States plus three people in the Dominican Republic and one in Puerto Rico.
2011-08-30

Tropical Storm Emily is expected to make landfall on Haiti where it is expected to cause heavy flooding.
2011-08-4