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Cleveland Indians' infielder Francisco Lindor celebrates a home run against the Cincinnati Indians during the fifth inning of game one of a two-game MLB Series at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, April 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

A homer at home: Lindor’s shot helps Indians top Twins 6-1

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2015, file photo, Puerto Rico plays Dominican Republic at the Caribbean Series baseball tournament at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Cleveland Indians and Minnesota Twins play baseball in San Juan on April 17-18. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo, File)

On eve of MLB games, mayor says San Juan ‘open for business’

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Pedestrians cross Nicollet Ave., running to catch a bus during a snowstorm in Minneapolis, Minn., Saturday, April 14, 2018. The National Weather Service predicts 9 to 15 inches of snow across a large swath of southern Minnesota including the Twin Cities before it's all over. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)

Twins ready for Puerto Rico, Chisox to Oakland after snowout

By BRIAN HALL - Associated Press

In this Oct. 19, 2017, file photo, homes in the Cantera area are covered with FEMA tarps, where buildings from the Hato Rey area stand in the background in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded contracts to deliver hurricane supplies without adequately researching whether winning bidders could deliver what they promised, according to a new investigation by Democrats on a Senate oversight committee. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

‘People are still suffering’: MLB back in storm-hit San Juan

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Puerto Rico town to dismiss 200 in largest such layoffs

By DANICA COTO - Associated Press

In this March 27, 2018 photo, Kimberly Hernandez, 23, from San Juan, Puerto Rico, displays certifications she earned in the country during an interview in Hartford, Conn. Many of the tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans who have relocated to the U.S. mainland since Hurricane Maria struck last September are struggling to find jobs in their fields. A single mother, Hernandez has been staying at a Hartford, Conn., hotel with federal housing benefits that expire later in April as she searches for employment of any kind at restaurants, factories, nursing homes. &quot;If I don't find work, I may need to go to a shelter with my baby,&quot; she said. (AP Photo/Michael Melia)

Job licensing details trip up storm-displaced Puerto Ricans

By MICHAEL MELIA - Associated Press

Chicago mayor, congressman part of Puerto Rico delegation

Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2017 file photo, downed power lines and debris are seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Exactly six months after being hit by the hurricane the U.S. territory is still struggling to recover from the strongest storm to hit the island in nearly a century. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Needs go unmet 6 months after Maria hit Puerto Rico

By DANICA COTO - Associated Press

Vermont students travel to Puerto Rico for hurricane relief

By DEREK CARSON - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Sept. 23, 2017, file photo showing Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa wears a message on his cap for those affected by the Hurricane in Puerto Rico during the second inning of a baseball game. Correa skipped the Astros’ visit to the White House, Monday, March 12, 2018, to help arrange for more relief supplies for shipment to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, where he grew up. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Astros’ Correa skipped White House visit to aid Puerto Rico

By CHUCK KING - Associated Press

A resident of a public housing project (behind right) watches police conduct an anti-drug raid in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, on July 9, 2010. (Associated Press) **FILE**

U.S. agents arrest 14 in Puerto Rican drug trafficking investigation

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

NY governor launches new effort to help Puerto Rico

Associated Press

In this In Feb. 28, 2018, photo, diver and Force Blue Co-Founder Rudy Reyes handles a crate full of coral to replace corals ripped off the reef during Hurricane Maria, as part of a nearly $1.5 million coral reef restoration effort largely funded by the federal government, off the coast of Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The group is focusing on the island's northeast region, where swaths of mostly elkhorn and staghorn corals received the brunt of large swells generated during the hurricane. (Jim Hellemn via AP)

Crew with seeds, corals restore environment in Puerto Rico

By DANICA COTO - Associated Press

In this Monday, Feb. 26, 2018 photo, 69-year-old retiree Carmen Acosta stands in the hotel room she shares with her 44-year-old son, months after Hurricane Maria ripped the corrugated metal roof of her residence, in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. So far, FEMA has provided $113 million in rental assistance to 129,000 people who were in Maria's path in Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Puerto Ricans still stranded in hotels 6 months after storm

By CLAUDIA TORRENS and GISELA SALOMON and DANICA COTO - Associated Press

In this Sept. 28, 2017 file photo, destroyed communities are seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's governor is demanding action, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, from U.S. Congress after announcing that the Treasury Department has cut a nearly $5 billion disaster relief loan by more than half. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Huge waves slam into Puerto Rico, force evacuations

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

Harvard panel will explore Puerto Rico’s hurricane recovery

Associated Press

Activists hold up a flag of the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which was devastated by Hurricane Maria in September, during a protest outside the Connecticut state Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018, in Hartford, Conn. They are urging state lawmakers to support legislation that will provide financial help to the thousands who've sought refuge in the state. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh)

Lawmakers urged to help Puerto Ricans living in Connecticut

By SUSAN HAIGH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017 file photo, the foundation of a heavily damaged house stands amid broken trees in the mountains after the passing of Hurricane Maria in the San Lorenzo neighborhood of Morovis, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's governor Ricardo Rossello said Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, that experts at George Washington University will lead an in-depth review to determine the number of deaths caused by Hurricane Maria amid accusations that the U.S. territory has undercounted the toll. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa,File)

University experts to lead Puerto Rico storm death review

By DANICA COTO - Associated Press

No Takers for Puerto Rico's 4% Corporate Tax Rate Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The failing tax haven of Puerto Rico

By Julio Rivera

FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2017 filw photo, barrio Patron resident Karina Santiago Gonzalez works on a small power plant in Morovis, Puerto Rico. A federal control board requested on Friday, Feb. 6, 2018, $300 million loan for Puerto Rico's power company after a federal judge rejected a previous $1 billion loan request despite warnings the U.S. territory would have to start rationing electricity. Some 400,000 customers remain in the dark five months after Hurricane Maria. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

Crews to leave Puerto Rico as $750M Fluor contract nears end

By DANICA COTO - Associated Press