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All customers who lost power in yesterday's island-wide outage on Puerto Rico have electricity, power authority says.

New austerity measures coming for Puerto Rico as a federal control board overseeing the U.S. territory's finances is set to meet

Black out in Puerto Rico. The entire island is without power. There is "ZERO power generation at this point", according to a 2nd @AEEONLINE spokesman A fault was detected on the line 50700 which starts in Aguirre Central It may take 24 to 36 hours to restore

Puerto Rico will receive $18.5 billion from HUD to help rebuild its battered housing stock and infrastructure after Hurricane Maria, the island's governor and HUD officials say.

In Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, students at Baldwin School spoke out on gun violence

U.S. Treasury's Mnuchin says ready to lend to Puerto Rico

Governor Ricardo Rossello puts kilowatt price per hour below 20 cents as the goal of Electric Power.

Huge waves slam into Puerto Rico, force evacuations

Puerto Rico disaster declaration extended by @POTUS.

A blackout hits northern Puerto Rico after an explosion sets off a big fire at a main power substation

Video of the fire at the Monacillos power plant in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Chuck Schumer: Working with @NydiaVelazquez and @RepJoseSerrano, our budget deal locked in over $89 Billion for recovery, repairs, and future mitigation to help infrastructure, schools and economic revitalization in communities impacted by disasters, including PuertoRico and the USVI

8-year-old Jayden Perez completed his mission to deliver over 1,000 toys he collected to the children of Puerto Rico—and made a video to thank all those who gave. "I'm sorry if I didn't get to all the people in Puerto Rico. I tried my best."

Puerto Rico fears post-Maria murder surge after 32 killed in 11 days

Employee of the ESA falls from a helicopter in Naguabo.

Several flights at the Luis Muñoz Marín airport are canceled due to a winter storm in the United States.

Puerto Rico police call in sick to protest millions of dollars in unpaid overtime; Authorities says slow federal reimbursement part of the problem.

As of Dec 19 (90 days after Hurricane Maria landfall): 65.4% power generation in Puerto Rico; 7.3% are without running water

House to unveil massive $81 billion disaster aid package

Puerto Rico Gov. Rosselló orders "a thorough review and inspection of all deaths that have taken place since Hurricane Maria hit": "This review will ensure we are correctly counting everybody."

President Trump: Puerto Rico is "doing wellit's healing, and it's getting better. We're getting them power, and all of the things they have to have."

"They're doing well there. It's healing. They're getting better," @POTUS says of Puerto Rico recovery.

FEMA awarded $30 million in contracts for Puerto Rico storm victims to an unproven Florida company that failed to supply the aid, according to the AP.

US awarded $30M in contracts for Puerto Rico storm victims to unproven Florida company that failed to supply aid

@SenSanders: It would be absurd to rebuild Puerto Rico's antiquated, fossil fuel-dependent grid back the way it was. We must take advantage of the abundant sustainable energy they have.

@SenSanders: The people of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are not forgotten, they are not alone, and we will do everything possible to rebuild those beautiful islands.

70% of Americans — with majorities in both parties — think that Puerto Rico is not getting the help it needs in the wake of Hurricane Maria's destruction, according to a new poll

Whitefish Energy says it will resume repair work on Puerto Rico's power infrastructure following "good faith" payment by PREPA.

“There is no brand that went up like the Coast Guard” after the hurricanes in Texas, the Gulf Coast and Puerto Rico, @POTUS tells @USCG personnel.

More than 156,000 Puerto Ricans have moved to Florida since Hurricane Maria hit the island in September. That influx could swing the critical swing state to Democrats in 2018, 2020 and beyond.