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Puerto Rico Battles Sargassum with Shovels, Drones, and Sheer Willpower
LatinAmerican Post
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August 14, 2025
As a record tide of sargassum suffocates Puerto Rico’s coastline, ordinary citizens and overwhelmed officials rush to fight decay, protect marine life, and salvage tourism—one rake, one crate, one dawn patrol at a time. A Morning Fight at...
Science United Press International NASA seeks student entries for Human Exploration Rover Challenge
Yahoo News
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Aug. 15 (UPI) -- NASA is accepting contest entries from student teams to design, build and test rovers on the moon and Mars. In the Human Exploration Rover Challenge, students need to make models that are capable of going over a course while...
New RoviSys Office in Puerto Rico Strengthens Regional Support for Critical Industries
TMCNet
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August 14, 2025
AURORA, Ohio, Aug. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- RoviSys, a leading provider of automation and information solutions, is proud to announce the opening of a new office in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This strategic expansion positions RoviSys to better...
Passion and purpose guide incoming Class of 2029
Cornell Chronicle - New York
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August 18, 2025
Isabella Rodriguez hopes to discover ways mechanical engineering can help untangle society’s challenges. Matthew Jordan wants to explore how politics can change people’s daily lives. And Sara Horvath plans to pivot after 21 years in the U.S. Navy...
Battery storage systems are keeping lights on during energy crunches in Puerto Rico
The New Zealand Herald
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August 14, 2025
For a system that’s always in crisis mode, that buffer can make a big difference. LUMA, which through agreements with homeowners can use stored power in emergencies, has already called in the back-up batteries 30 times this year to ease shortages....
Commentary: Bad Bunny is loud, but Puerto Rican voters have spoken on statehood
Orlando Sentinel - Florida
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August 14, 2025
Puerto Rico has long enriched American life — from its influence on Broadway and Major League Baseball to the global explosion of reggaetón. And yet, one of the island’s loudest cultural voices, Bad Bunny, is using his global platform to promote a...
In new book, Farred breaks down his long-time sports fandoms
Cornell Chronicle - New York
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August 18, 2025
Grant Farred remembers the exact moment that 52 years of intense allegiance to Liverpool Football Club (LFC) began. He also remembers how and when it took on a new, less-consuming form. Farred, a professor in the Africana Studies and Research...
Sobbing couple blame ChatGPT for missing their flight to Puerto Rico after they asked it about visa requirements… and arrived with the wrong paperwork
Daily Mail
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August 14, 2025
By SABRINA PENTY, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 05:27 EDT, 14 August 2025 | Updated: 05:47 EDT, 14 August 2025 A young influencer couple said they were barred from boarding their flight to Puerto Rico after ChatGPT gave them the wrong visa...
Duos Technologies Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:DUOT) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Insider Monkey
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August 16, 2025
Duos Technologies Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:DUOT) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript August 14, 2025 Duos Technologies Group, Inc. misses on earnings expectations. Reported EPS is $-0.3 EPS, expectations were $-0.22. Operator: Good afternoon. Welcome to...
Private School Students Lead University of Puerto Rico Admissions for the First Time
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
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August 12, 2025
During academic year 2025–2026, the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) will admit more students from private schools than from the public system, a shift not seen in the past two decades, according to official data available since 2006 and analyzed...
This Exhibition in NYC is Celebrating Puerto Rican Comics
REMEZCLA
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August 13, 2025
Puerto Rican comic book fans, this news is for you. ¡Wepa! Puerto Ricans in the World of Comics is a new exhibition celebrating Boricua representation in comics opening at The New York Public Library on October 4, 2025. The bilingual exhibition...
Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas Returns to Puerto Rico Following Major Pier Upgrade
Caribbean Journal
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August 13, 2025
Puerto Rico’s upgraded pier can now host the world’s largest cruise ships — and soon, the newest Icon-class vessels. San Juan has reclaimed its place among the world’s elite cruise destinations. This week, Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas...
Ecological Farming Practices Are Extremely Complex, Just Ask The Ants
Sprudge - Oregon
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August 18, 2025
There has been a push in coffee growing, and global agriculture at large, toward a more holistic approach to production. Beyond “organic”, many farmers to incorporating biodynamic and/or regenerative practices, which works with the land to ensure...
Puerto Rico’s ongoing journey from manufacturing hub to innovation enterprise
PharmaVoice
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Known for more than half a century as a major U.S. manufacturing hub for Big Pharma, Puerto Rico is also now drawing smaller biotechs seeking facilities, financial incentives and talent on the island. With high tariffs levied against core...
Stronger, bigger Hurricane Erin forecast to create dangerous surf along US coast (World)
Castanet Kamloops
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August 18, 2025
Photo: AP People fish along the shore in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, as Hurricane Erin brings rains to the island, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. A stronger and bigger Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and...
Puerto Rico Youth Among 2025 International Young Eco-Hero Award Winners
The Weekly Journal
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Today, Action for Nature announced that Ana Lucía Pérez Escalera, a 13-year-old from Salinas, Puerto Rico is one of fifteen young environmental activists from across the globe to receive recognition in the 2025 International Young Eco-Hero Awards....
Hurricane Erin forecast to create dangerous surf along East Coast this week
Baltimore Banner - Maryland
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MIAMI — A stronger and bigger Hurricane Erin pelted parts of the Caribbean and was forecast to create dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week. It reintensified to a Category 4 storm with 130 mph maximum sustained winds...
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Typhoon Erin grows and more powerful, showers the Caribbean and threatens United States east coast
Web NewsWire
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August 18, 2025
A more powerful and bigger Hurricane Erin damaged areas of the Caribbean and was anticipated to trigger extreme browse and rip currents along the United States East Coast today. According to the United States National Hurricane Center in Miami, it...
New Study by EVERFI® and the MassMutual Foundation Underscores the Critical Importance of Multiple Financial Educational Interventions
TMCNet
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August 18, 2025
Today, EVERFI® and the MassMutual Foundation announced findings from the third and final year of a three-year, longitudinal study of financial capability among adolescents. The release of this new data occurs as the MassMutual Foundation's...
A Reporter’s Fatal Quest Reshapes How We Imagine the Amazon Today
LatinAmerican Post
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August 18, 2025
Dom Phillips set out to write a book about saving the Amazon without heroes or villains. After his murder with Bruno Pereira in Brazil’s wildest frontier, that book—finished by friends—became a blueprint for how to listen, not just look. A Mission...