Puerto Rico

Tokyo Olympics 2020: 2016 tennis gold medallist Monica Puig to miss Summer Games

Puig was unseeded at the Rio Olympics, but capped a run of upsets by beating three-time Grand Slam champion Angelique Kerber in the singles final.

Watch: Arecibo Observatory, second-largest in the world before and after its violent collapse

The observatory provided the first solid evidence for a neutron star and identify binary pulsars – a discovery that won the Physics Nobel in 1993.

Dilapidated Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory telescope collapses after receiver falls into radio dish

Photographs showed clouds of dust rising into the air and the remains of the telescope instruments scattered across the site.

Repair work for Arecibo telescope too dangerous, will be dismantled after 57 years of service

The telescope is one of the largest in the world and has been a tool for many astronomical discoveries.

Puerto Rico's Arecibo Observatory is falling apart, leaving astronomers worried about their research

Last week, one of the telescope’s main steel cables that was capable of sustaining 544,000 kilograms snapped under only 283,000 kilograms.

'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Laura makes landfall in southwestern Louisiana near Texas

With hours of violent weather ahead, officials said the extent of destruction likely wouldn't be clear until daybreak, when search and rescue missions will begin

Storm Marco expected to make landfall in Louisiana today; 'Laura' kills 11 in Dominican Republic, Haiti

The National Hurricane Center cautioned that Storm Marco could still cause life-threatening storm surges and dangerous winds along the Gulf Coast

Two tropical storms advance across Caribbean for double blow to US Gulf Coast

The last time two storms made landfall in the United States within 24 hours of each other was in 1933

South Africa's Zozibini Tunzi becomes Miss Universe 2019; Puerto Rico's Madison Anderson declared first runner-up

India's Vartika Singh could not make it to the top 10 of Miss Universe 2019.

Hurricane Dorian to strengthen over weekend, make landfall on 2 September; Georgia, Florida declare emergency

Hurricane Dorian, now a Category 2 storm, is likely to intensify over the weekend and make landfall in the state of Flordia on Monday