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American Eagles face the UMKC Kangaroos
UMKC Kangaroos (3-2) vs. American Eagles (1-4) Bayamon, Puerto Rico; Friday, 4:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: UMKC and American square off in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The Eagles are 1-4 in non-conference play. American has a 1-2 record in games decided by 10 or...
Apartment buildings wrap up $1B in HUD funds for lower utility bills and climate upgrades
Renters in affordable housing felt forgotten and left out of the nation's transition to clean energy. They lived in older buildings that had been repaired over the years but had leaky windows and old appliances that consumed a lot of energy. They didn't have solar power. That was...
Rafael Campos goes from new father to first-time PGA Tour winner with a victory in Bermuda
SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda (AP) — Rafael Campos always dreamed of being a PGA Tour winner. He never could have imagined when it would happen and just how much it would mean. He had missed five straight cuts and was in danger of not having a card on any tour. Campos arrived in Bermuda...
Rauw Alejandro on Puerto Rico, salsa and working with Pharrell on his new album
MIAMI (AP) — Last year, Puerto Rican superstar Rauw Alejandro was in outer space. “Playa Saturno,” the 2023 surprise spinoff to his 2022 record “Saturno,” brought his R&B-informed reggaeton to new heights on an extraterrestrial concept album. A year later, and he's...
Jenniffer González of Puerto Rico's pro-statehood party edges ahead in gubernatorial election
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jenniffer González of Puerto Rico's pro-statehood New Progressive Party was leading polls on Wednesday in a historic gubernatorial election that could see her party secure a third consecutive term for the first time. González had 39%, or 438,183 votes...
Puerto Rico awaits historic results in four-way gubernatorial election
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico awaited election results late Tuesday that will be historic regardless of which of the two top candidates in the lead wins. If Jenniffer González of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party wins Tuesday's election, it will mark the first...
Harris campaign spends final hours reminding Pennsylvania of a Trump ally's joke about Puerto Rico
READING, Pa. (AP) — The day before Election Day, 17-year-old girl Carmen Hernandez held a cardboard sign with the Puerto Rican flag outside Trump’s rally in Reading, Pennsylvania, a city that is two-thirds Hispanic. “What you call trash is our treasure,” the sign read. ...
Puerto Rico prepares for Election Day as a third-party candidate makes history
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The two parties that have dominated Puerto Rican politics for decades are losing their grip as they face the stiffest competition yet from a younger generation fed up with the island’s corruption, chronic power outages and mismanagement of public funds. ...
Biden suggests he'd like to smack 'macho guys' during final campaign stop
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden returned to his birthplace in Pennsylvania, making a final campaign stop Saturday for Vice President Kamala Harris and again let loose — offering the kind of unfiltered political sentiments that have become fairly common in recent weeks. ...
Top House Republicans seeking documents regarding Biden's 'garbage' comment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Top House Republicans called on the White House to produce all documents and internal communications regarding President Joe Biden's statement earlier this week in which he appeared to take a swipe at supporters of Donald Trump. White House press officials altered...
