Armed gangs now dominate or contest large stretches of Port-au-Prince, where sporadic gunfights have erupted just outside ...

The US has five territories: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. Insider spoke to residents who reject the label "American" and have mixed ...

Editor’s Note, 12/20/2021 5:30pm EST: An earlier version of this article stated that all five unincorporated United States territories are in the Caribbean. This has been corrected. We hope you ...

The Caribbean is strategically vital as the southeast maritime approach to the United States. It is a key hub and transit area for commercial logistics serving the eastern coast of the United States ...

Located about a thousand miles from Florida in the Caribbean Sea, Puerto Rico is a United States territory—but it's not a state. U.S. citizens who reside on the island are subject to federal ...

In 1899, the United States began to seek additional territories beyond the continental borders, scooping up imperial acquisitions in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. But these acquisitions ...

Want to see America beyond the 50 states? From Guam to Puerto Rico, check out the fabulous travel opportunities in US territories. (And you’ll love this list if you like beaches).

Ferguson was forced to grapple with the relationship the United States would have with its newly acquired territories in the Pacific and Caribbean. What resulted was a series of cases that are ...

Alaska. The U.S. purchased Alaska, a territory from Russia, in 1867 for 586,412 square miles of territory for $12 per square mile, less than two cents an acre, for a total of $7.2 million.Alaska ...

Dependent territories in the Caribbean are getting the COVID-19 vaccine thanks to their continued ties with the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands and France. Meanwhile, other ...