Puerto Rico

Playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda has promised to play the lead in a January 2019 production.

The island's government still lists the official death toll from the hurricane as 64 despite evidence that it's vastly under-counted.

Before Hurricane Maria hit in September, the island imported most of its food. The storm sparked a movement to rely on local crops, and highlighted a complicated relationship with the U.S. government.

Hundreds of pairs of shoes were laid out on the marble plaza in front of Puerto Rico's capitol building on Friday, representing hurricane dead who protesters say the government must officially tally.

About one percent of the island's customers remain without power eight months after Hurricane Maria. Officials say power restoration will be done by May 31.

The last of the federal government's power restoration crews are scheduled to leave Puerto Rico on May 18. The island's congressional representative wants a 90-day extension.