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The Latest: Belgium routs Puerto Rico 86-36 in World Cup

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Hundreds mark Hurricane Maria anniversary near Trump resort

By ELLIS RUA - Associated Press

Michigan State to study communication after Hurricane Maria

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Board finalizes a Puerto Rico debt deal for $17B in savings

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NY to send more college students to help Puerto Rico recover

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In this Sept. 4, 2018 photo, Maria Gonzalez Munoz, right, and Juan Manuel Gonzalez, pose with an image of Jesus surrounded by photos of her sister Ramona, when she was sick and during her funeral, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ramona, a disabled, 59-year-old who suffered from a degenerative brain disease, did not drown when Hurricane Maria drenched Puerto Rico, but instead she died a month later from sepsis, caused, says her family, by an untreated bedsore. Maria spent 30 days after the storm caring for her sister in her blacked-out home. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Maria’s death toll climbed long after rain stopped

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and ANA CAMPOY and OMAYA SOSA - Associated Press

In this Sept. 8, 2018 photo, Alma Morales Rosario poses for a portrait between the beams of her home being rebuilt after it was destroyed by Hurricane Maria one year ago in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Rosario, who is incapacitated by diabetes and a blood disease, took a loan to upgrade her home before the storm hit, and lost everything. After the storm, Rosario rented a home until she could no longer afford it on her monthly $598 dollar pension and now splits her time living with her mother and daughter. Rosario said she already spent her $7,000 dollars of FEMA aid, and is now using money from a relative, who is also helping her with the labor of rebuilding her home, but says she knows there's not enough money for all the materials. &quot;I hope with God's help to have the house closed on the outside, walls and ceiling in November. But if it's not possible, I'll make a room with the wood I have under the structure and live there until I can finish it. I never thought this was going to happen to me,&quot; she said. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Puerto Rico marks 1 year since Maria with song and sadness

By DANICA COTO - Associated Press

President Donald Trump walks to board Air Force One for a trip to tour areas impacted by Hurricane Florence, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump comforts storm-ravaged Carolinas with hot dogs, hugs

By CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

In this Sept. 8, 2018 photo, 42-year-old dialysis patient Sandra Medina waits inside a plane at the airport in Vieques, Puerto Rico. After Hurricane Maria hit, authorities began flying kidney patients in Vieques to the Puerto Rican mainland. The storm had ruined the only dialysis center on this tiny island; without treatment, the patients would die. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

A year after Maria, Puerto Rican kidney patients fear death

By DANICA COTO - Associated Press

This Sept. 8, 2018 photo shows the burial site of Argeo Caraballo at the municipal cemetery in Vieques, Puerto Rico. Argeo, 70, was one of the dialysis patients who died hoping the mobile unit that federal officials purchased to provide dialysis on Vieques would arrive after Hurricane Maria ruined the only dialysis center on this tiny island . &quot;The trips were way too exhausting,&quot; said his daughter, who would travel with her father to the Puerto Rican mainland for his treatments three times a week. The mobile unit remains stuck in California. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Puerto Rico dialysis patients fear death 1 year after Maria

By DANICA COTO - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, second from right, kisses Cuban-American restaurant owner Irina Vilariño, second from left, during a Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. Luis G. Rivera Marín, Secretary of State and Lt. Governor of Puerto Rico, watches at right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Hispanic group in Congress boycotts White House event

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2017 file photo, three containers for holding corpses, right, sit parked outside the Institute of Forensic Science, brought to give support in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where the institute press spokesman confirmed their facilities no longer provided enough space to store bodies, and that several hospital morgues are also full. Along with post-storm conditions, each death has a complex mix of causes that can include serious pre-existing conditions and individual decisions by patients, caregivers and doctors, making it difficult to definitively apportion blame in every case. But critics say many could have been saved by better preparation and emergency response. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

Puerto Rico sues insurance companies amid unresolved claims

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In this Sept. 11, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump, left, talks about Hurricane Florence during a briefing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington as FEMA Administrator Brock Long listens at right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump plays down hurricane death estimates

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long arrives to testify before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, during a hearing on the federal response to the 2017 hurricane season. Long said the challenge presented by hurricanes Irma, Harvey and Maria is unprecedented in the history of his agency. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Brock Long, FEMA chief, avoids Trump Hurricane Maria death toll controversy

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FEMA chief: Too much blame around on Puerto Rico deaths

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In this Sept. 11, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump, left, talks about Hurricane Florence during a briefing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington as FEMA Administrator Brock Long listens at right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s blustery myths on hurricanes, income

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, left, talks about Hurricane Florence during a briefing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, as FEMA Administrator Brock Long listens at right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump claims Hurricane Maria death toll rose ‘like magic’

By CATHERINE LUCEY and ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

In this Sept. 6, 2018, file photo, Florida Gov. Rick Scott speaks to supporters at Republican rally in Orlando, Fla. Top Florida Republicans including Scott have been quick to say President Donald Trump is wrong about the death toll in Puerto Rico. Scott said he disagreed with the president and that he has seen the “devastation firsthand.” (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Trump complicates Florida GOP’s play for Puerto Rican voters

By GARY FINEOUT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2017 file photo, three containers for holding corpses, right, sit parked outside the Institute of Forensic Science, brought to give support in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where the institute press spokesman confirmed their facilities no longer provided enough space to store bodies, and that several hospital morgues are also full. Along with post-storm conditions, each death has a complex mix of causes that can include serious pre-existing conditions and individual decisions by patients, caregivers and doctors, making it difficult to definitively apportion blame in every case. But critics say many could have been saved by better preparation and emergency response. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

Telling the stories of Puerto Rican victims of Maria

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and ANA CAMPOY and OMAYA SOSA - Associated Press

In this Sept. 4, 2018 photo, Maria Gonzalez Munoz, right, and Juan Manuel Gonzalez, pose with an image of Jesus surrounded by photos of her sister Ramona, when she was sick and during her funeral, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ramona, a disabled, 59-year-old who suffered from a degenerative brain disease, did not drown when Hurricane Maria drenched Puerto Rico, but instead she died a month later from sepsis, caused, says her family, by an untreated bedsore. Maria spent 30 days after the storm caring for her sister in her blacked-out home. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Maria’s death toll climbed long after rain stopped

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and ANA CAMPOY and OMAYA SOSA - Associated Press