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A Senate committee is investigating whether a prominent cryptocurrency investor violated federal tax law to save hundreds of millions of dollars after he moved to Puerto Rico, a popular offshore tax haven, according to a letter reviewed by The New York Times. Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, sent the letter on Jan. 9 to…
A large, 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean on Saturday night, triggering a tsunami warning across much of the region, including Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Honduras and Cuba. The quake struck 209 kilometers (about 130 miles) south-southwest of Georgetown, Cayman Islands, at 6:23 local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The warning was lifted…
A gunman was arrested after killing a security guard and injuring another person outside the Honduran consulate near Atlanta on Monday afternoon, officials said. A suspect was taken into custody at the scene, and the police believe there are no other threats to the public, said Emily Heenan, the spokeswoman for the city of Doraville,…
Everyone needs a Puerto Rico story. Photo: commons.wikimedia.org by Steven Isaacson, Puerto Rico flag painted on the side of a structure This is mine: Of a late afternoon on the beach fronting the San Juan Ritz Carlton this author sat reading the description of an execrably worthless mother given by Long Day’s Journey Into Night,…
