Topic - Puerto Rico

Concerning the ill-advised cries for statehood for Washington and Puerto Rico, I say this: Our country was founded as a confederation of states, with each having equal standing in the union.

Letter to the editor: Why no statehood push for Guam, too? →

LUMA, Puerto Rico’s national power company, said it had restored more than 1.4 million customers’ electricity 96 hours after the storm’s passage late Saturday but service data Sunday morning showed more than 60,000 without power.

Ernesto sends powerful swells, rip currents to U.S. East Coast →