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[ad_1] CNN  —  US Customs and Border Protection officers seized 877 pounds of cocaine on board the San Juan-Santo Domingo Ferry at the Pan American Dock in Puerto Rico last month. The drugs, which have an estimated value of $9.1 million, were spotted on December 26 during a routine cargo …

[ad_1] CNN  —  One US Customs and Border Protection agent is dead and two others injured after a shootout with suspected drug smugglers off the coast of Puerto Rico, according to agency spokesperson Jeffrey Quiñones. “An agent that was transported directly to a hospital in Mayagüez, we were told just …

[ad_1] Omar Marques | LightRocket | Getty Images Shares of DraftKings were down 26% Friday after the sport betting company reported slower monthly customer growth in the third quarter that fell short of estimates. The company raised its revenue guidance for the year, however, after revenue for the quarter came in …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A new power couple has taken the stage. A former Miss Argentina and former Miss Puerto Rico shocked and delighted fans by announcing their surprise marriage on Instagram. Mariana Varela and Fabiola Valentín met at the 2020 Miss Grand International competition in Thailand, where they represented Argentina …

[ad_1] President Joe Biden offered his unwavering support for Puerto Rico’s recovery from Hurricane Fiona, even as Florida reels from Hurricane Ian. “We are not leaving here, as long as I’m president, until everything — I mean this sincerely — every single thing that we can do is done,” he …

[ad_1] A Northwell Health staff member holds the monkeypox vaccine, at Cherry Grove on Fire Island, New York, where monkey pox vaccines were administered on July 14, 2022. James Carbone | Newsday | Getty Images Health authorities in Ohio reported the death of an adult male who had monkeypox, the …

[ad_1] CNN  —  A deadly hurricane that battered multiple island nations in the Caribbean this week is now impacting Bermuda before crashing into Canada this weekend, where residents are being warned to prepare for dangerously high winds and heavy rainfall. Officials in Bermuda as well as Canada’s Nova Scotia and …

[ad_1] CNN  —  More than a million people in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic are without power or running water again Thursday as crews work to repair critical utilities disabled by Hurricane Fiona, which is now a Category 4 monster heading toward Bermuda. The first major hurricane of this …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Fiona has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane, with sustained winds of 80 mph and gusts of up to 100 mph as it churns in the Caribbean about 50 miles south of Puerto Rico, bringing with it the threats of flooding and mudslides, according to the National …