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Oprah Winfrey is opening her wallet on behalf of Puerto Rico to the tune of $2 million, inspired by the artistic efforts of Lin-Manuel Miranda to help the U.S. territory that is still struggling to recover from the 2017 hurricane season.

April 9, 2019

Lin-Manuel Miranda cried as he grasped the hands of his “Hamilton” costars during curtain call on opening night here, later raising a Puerto Rican flag and waving it high before wrapping it around his shoulders and exiting stage right.

Jan. 12, 2019

Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez has acknowledged losing the primary of her pro-statehood party to Pedro Pierluisi, who briefly served as the U.S. territory’s governor last year amid political turmoil.

Aug. 17, 2020

The Adventure of the Seas cruise ship is set to bring relief supplies to Puerto Rico on Friday morning, and then begin regular sailings Saturday from the island hit hard two weeks ago by powerful Hurricane Maria.

Oct. 6, 2017

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Sept. 28, 2017

Stephen Curry scored 17 points and the U.S. national team pulled away in the second half to beat Puerto Rico 112-86 on Friday night in its final home exhibition game before the FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Aug. 22, 2014

Coinciding with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” performances in Puerto Rico, Jimmy Fallon took “The Tonight Show” to the island for Tuesday night’s episode.

Jan. 16, 2019

News reports about Puerto Rico are grim: Power outages are expected to continue indefinitely, many roads are impassable and many people still don’t have clean drinking water or phone service nearly a month since Hurricane Maria struck.

Oct. 17, 2017

Expansion: The giant coffee chain plans to open stores in Puerto Rico and Mexico, testing the waters in the challenging Latin American market.

Aug. 30, 2002

Many Puerto Rico voting centers had not received ballots by afternoon on election day, leading officials to call for the resignation of the U.S. territory’s elections commission president.

Aug. 9, 2020