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New Mexico city celebrates $450M drinking water project

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

Argentina's Defense Minister Oscar Aguad attends a press conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018. Argentina's navy announced early Saturday that they have located the missing submarine ARA San Juan in the Atlantic, a year after it disappeared with 44 crew members aboard.(AP Photo/Pablo Stefanec)

Argentina minister says country without means to rescue sub

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2017 file photo, Nestor Serrano walks on the upstairs floor of his home, where the walls were blown off, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. President Donald Trump's assertion on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, that the federal government's response to Hurricane Maria was &quot;an incredible, unsung success&quot; is falling flat in Puerto Rico, where islanders are still struggling to recover a year later. For many, Trump's boast is hard to square with their daily reality: Blackouts remain common, and nearly 60,000 homes have only a makeshift roof. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

The Latest: WH: ‘Liberal media,’ mayor spread misinformation

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Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Jose Berrios throws in the fourth inning of the final game of a two-game Mayor League Series against the Cleveland Indians at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, April 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

LaMarre’s single lifts Twins over Indians 2-1 in 16 innings

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

Cleveland Indians All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor visits his former grammar school, Villa Marina Elementary School, to lead a special baseball clinic for approximately 250 students in Gurabo, Puerto Rico, Monday, April 16, 2018. Next Tuesday and Wednesday, the Cleveland Indians and the Minnesota Twins will meet in a two-game series at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

For some, MLB’s Puerto Rico trip is a homecoming

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 21, 2015, file photo, Carolyn Yazzie fills in her ballot at the Shiprock Chapter House in Shiprock, N.M., during the Navajo Nation's referendum election to decide the language qualifications for future leaders. Navajos who once worried they'd have to drive hours to cast their ballots in Utah say a new settlement is a step forward as tribes challenge what they call discriminatory voting practices around the United States. The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah said Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, the settlement that requires tribal-accessible polling places and Navajo-language help is a victory for voting rights after a switch to mail-in voting left behind native voters. (Jon Austria/The Daily Times via AP, File)

Navajos settle Utah voting rights case over mail-in ballots

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST - Associated Press

Ducks perch on the branch of a tree next to a home destroyed by Hurricane Maria in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. Federal officials on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 blamed a lack of leadership, money and communication in Puerto Rico for setting back hurricane recovery efforts in the U.S. territory. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

Explosion at Puerto Rico main power substation causes blackout

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Destroyed power lines, broken utility poles and a demolished building, a result of Hurricane Maria, are seen in the small southern coastal town of Playa Punta Santiago, Puerto Rico on January 1. (Laura Kelly)

After Hurricane Maria devastation, Puerto Rico rises up

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby gives details about how the redistricting process was determined to San Juan County residents attending the meeting in Monticello, Utah, on Nov. 16, 2017. A federal judge is approving new county election districts in southeastern Utah after finding the boundaries discriminated against American Indians who make up roughly half the population. The new San Juan County voting districts are designed to give native residents an equal voice in local races, but commissioner Phil Lyman said Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, they are unfair and the county plans to appeal. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

New voting districts drawn in native discrimination suit

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and BRADY MCCOMBS - Associated Press

Relatives of Mario Armando Toconas, crew member of the missing ARA San Juan submarine, hug outside the navy base in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. Argentina has ended a rescue operation for 44 crew members aboard submarine that went missing on Nov. 15, but it will continue the search for the sub, the Navy informed Thursday Nov. 30. (AP Photo/Marina Devo)

Missing sub crew families ask Argentina to continue rescue

By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA - Associated Press

Relatives of ARA San Juan submarine crew members are seen at the Mar de Plata Naval Base after they were told a sound detected during the search for the missing submarine is consistent with that of an explosion, in Mar de Plata, Argentina, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017. A Navy spokesman said that the search will continue until there is full certainty about the fate of the missing submarine. He said there was no sign the explosion might be linked to any attack on the sub. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

AP Explains: The search for Argentina’s missing submarine

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

Comandante Espora Argentine ship sails off the navel base in Mar del Plata, Argentina, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017. This ship is is part of a searching crew to find a submarine that hadn't been heard from in three days. Authorities last had contact with the German-built diesel-electric sub, the ARA San Juan, on Wednesday as it was on a voyage from the extreme southern port of Ushuaia to Mar del Plata. (AP Photo/Vicente Robles)

AP Explains: The search for Argentina’s missing submarine

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2017 file photo, a brigade from the Electric Power Authority repairs distribution lines damaged by Hurricane Maria in the Cantera community of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's government scored a big win in court Monday, Nov. 13, 2017 after a judge rejected the appointment of a former military officer to oversee the U.S. territory's troubled power company. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

Whitefish Energy halts power work in Puerto Rico over $83 million owed

By Danica Coto - Associated Press

In this Friday, Oct. 20, 2017 photo, the streets of Old San Juan are dark after sunset one month after Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Tourism, a rare thriving sector on the island in a deep economic slump, is practically nonexistent a month after Hurricane Maria swept though. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Clarification: Hurricane Maria-Tourism story

By COLLEEN LONG - Associated Press

In this Friday, Oct. 13, 2017 photo, a resident tries to connect electrical lines downed by Hurricane Maria in preparation for when electricity is restored in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. A month after the storm rolled across the center of Puerto Rico, power is still out for the vast majority. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

What Puerto Rico is doing to get the power back after storm

By BEN FOX - Associated Press

Efrain Diaz Figueroa, right, walks by his sister's home destroyed in the passing of Hurricane Maria, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. Maria sent tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans fleeing to the U.S. mainland to escape the immediate aftermath of the storm. The 70-year-old is waiting for a sister to come take him to stay with family in Boston. “I’m going to the U.S. I’ll live better there,” he said. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Puerto Ricans leave for US mainland as storm woes linger

By GISELA SALOMON and CLAUDIA TORRENS - Associated Press

Accompanied by Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rossello, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence flashes two thumbs upon his arrival at the Muniz National Guard Air Base, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, Oct. 6, 2017. The trip comes days after U.S President Donald Trump visited Puerto Rico and praised relief efforts without mentioning the criticism that the federal response has drawn. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

The Latest: Pences hand out sandwiches in Puerto Rico

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People wait in line to buy bread at Ortiz bakery after the passing of Hurricane Maria, in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Thursday, September 21, 2017. As of Thursday evening, Maria was moving off the northern coast of the Dominican Republic with winds of 120 mph (195 kph). The storm was expected to approach the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas late Thursday and early Friday. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Mental health concerns in aftermath of Puerto Rico hurricane

By MICHAEL MELIA and DANICA COTO - Associated Press

People wait in line to buy bread at Ortiz bakery after the passing of Hurricane Maria, in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, Thursday, September 21, 2017. As of Thursday evening, Maria was moving off the northern coast of the Dominican Republic with winds of 120 mph (195 kph). The storm was expected to approach the Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas late Thursday and early Friday. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Mental health concerns in aftermath of Puerto Rico hurricane

By MICHAEL MELIA and DANICA COTO - Associated Press