13 September 2018 An estimated 20,000 pallets of water bottles have been sitting on a landing strip in Puerto Rico since after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in September 2017.
12 July 2018 A Facebook Live video prompted widespread outrage and an internal investigation into the conduct of a Cook County, Illinois, police officer.
4 June 2018 Puerto Rico officials originally set the hurricane's death toll at 64, but a more recent assessment of the data yielded an estimate closer to 3,000.
2 January 2018 A report in El Nuevo Día that the United States plans to return Puerto Rico to Spain was a Day of the Holy Innocents prank.
29 December 2017 A California man's account brought to light one of the lesser-known aftereffects of the fatal storm.
6 December 2017 Controversy over the commonwealth's budget is not new, but attention on the bonuses as Puerto Rico struggles in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria is.
28 November 2017 A newly created Florida company with an unproven record never delivered urgently needed supplies, which even months later remain in demand on the island.
7 November 2017 A Facebook post brought attention to the retail chain's treatment of workers after Hurricane Maria.
25 October 2017 Lawmakers are questioning why a $300 million contract was awarded to a two-person company based in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's hometown of Whitefish, Montana.
16 October 2017 Volunteer veterans, journalists, and others claim that FEMA is providing "meals" that are little more than unhealthy snacks to hurricane victims, but a FEMA spokesperson says images circulating online misrepresent what the agency is doing to help Puerto Ricans.
6 October 2017 There is no proof that a viral image insulting the president has been posted "all over" the hurricane-damaged territory.
5 October 2017 The Department of Agriculture agreed to waive the usual "hot food" ban for food stamps and denies rejecting an earlier waiver request.
