4.6-magnitude earthquake rattles Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN — A 4.6 magnitude earthquake struck near Puerto Rico around last night, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake hit at 11:07 p.m. Tuesday about 5.59 miles (9…
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Coast Guard Calls Off Search For Missing Boater
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Coast Guard air and surface crews suspended the search for a missing boater on Monday afternoon. The main search included the sea and land areas around Coki…
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Coast Guard searching for boater ejected after vessel crashed, spun out of control
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Air and surface crews with the U.S. Coast Guard searched the waters off St. Thomas for a boater who was ejected from his vessel after it crashed…
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Social Security Cards Are Safer At Home
Scams to steal your personal information are at an all-time high. That’s why it remains critical to safeguard important personal documents like your Social Security card. A Social Security card…
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Cesarean deliveries surge in Puerto Rico, because ‘women are afraid of vaginal birth’
SAN JUAN (AP) — Cesareans are surging in the Puerto Rico, which has one of the world’s highest rates with more than 50% of babies now delivered via surgery compared with…
Hazardous Marine and Life-Threatening Rip Current Conditions Forecast For This Week
SAN JUAN — Pulses of a northerly swell will continue to spread across the Atlantic waters and local passages to maintain hazardous marine conditions with life-threatening rip current conditions along…
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What is the Feast of the Epiphany? Why is it also called Three Kings Day?
FREDERIKSTED (AP) — Christians around the world will mark the Feast of the Epiphany today with a series of celebrations that go from parades and gift-giving for children to the blessing of…
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Florida teen on wrong flight ends up in Puerto Rico instead of Ohio
SAN JUAN — A Florida man is demanding answers after his teenage son, who was flying alone on a Frontier Airlines flight, ended up in Puerto Rico instead of Ohio.…
5.7 magnitude earthquake hits northeast of the Dominican Republic; no tsunami warning
SANTO DOMINGO — A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off the coast of the Dominican Republic this afternoon, but there were no reports of damage or injury, officials said. The earthquake…
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O’Malley Sworn In as New Social Security Commissioner
WASHINGTON — Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley was sworn in as the new Commissioner of Social Security on Wednesday, the Social Security Administration said. O’Malley’s term runs through January 19,…