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Governor signs Executive Order formalizing the Review of the Bayamón Territorial Planning Plan.
The governor formalizes the second comprehensive review of the Municipality of Bayamón’s Land Use Plan (POT) alongside Mayor Ramón Luis Rivera Cruz. By THE STAR STAFF Governor Jenniffer González Colón signed Executive Order 2026-0016, which formalizes the Comprehensive Review of the Territorial Planning Plan (RIPOT) of Bayamón, consolidating it as a guide for the development of the municipality. “With the signing of this Executive Order, we are formalizing a plan that transfo
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Federation of Mayors launches training series to strengthen municipal management and address opioid crisis.
The president of the Mayors Federation, Gabriel “Gaby” Hernández Rodríguez, announced the workshop series at the Institute for Municipal Development. By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico Federation of Mayors has announced the launch of a new series of professional development workshops for municipal public employees, part of its recently created Municipal Development Institute. The initiative aims to equip local government staff with updated tools and training in key areas of pu
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Temporary measures to lower gasoline prices are being evaluated.
By THE STAR STAFF The chairman of the House of Representatives’ Government Commission, Victor Pares, announced the evaluation of temporary measures to reduce the price of gasoline in Puerto Rico, including discounts for cash payments and the possible reduction of excise taxes on electronic transactions. The proposal stipulates that, for a period of 30 days, gas stations will offer lower prices to customers who pay in cash, a practice known as “double pricing.” Additionally, t
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Governor signs law requiring recorded interrogations of minors.
By The Star Staff Puerto Rico Gov. Jenniffer Aydin González Colón on Tuesday enacted Law 51-2026, a measure that strengthens constitutional protections for minors during criminal investigations by requiring that any interrogation related to a minor’s waiver of rights be fully recorded on audio and video. The new statute, which amends Rule 13.8 of the Rules of Procedure for Juvenile Matters, aligns Puerto Rico’s juvenile procedures with Article 11 of Law 88 of July 9, 1986. It
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Judge dismisses lawsuit that challenged ban on endorsements by churches.
An attendee waits for former President Donald Trump to arrive at a religious gathering in Washington, Sept. 15, 2023. A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, dismissed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the 70-year-old ban on political activity by churches, abruptly ending a case that conservative Christian groups had hoped could free pastors to endorse candidates from the pulpit. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By DAVID A. FAHRENTHOLD and ELIZABETH DIAS A federal
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Federal judge approves Trump effort to obtain list of Jews from Penn.
The University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia, March 13, 2025. Some Jewish students and faculty at the University of Pennsylvania have expressed concern about the Trump administration’s tactics. (Rachel Wisniewski/The New York Times) By MICHAEL C. BENDER and ALAN BLINDER The Trump administration was within its rights to demand that the University of Pennsylvania turn over information about Jews on campus as part of a federal investigation into discrimination at the sc
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2 Rikers detainees die as Mamdani faces deadline to shut troubled jail.
By JACEY FORTIN Two people detained at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York have died in the past week, the first deaths under Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who faces a 2027 deadline to close the troubled facility. On Wednesday, a 39-year-old man was found at George R. Vierno Center on the island in need of medical aid, according to the Department of Correction. The man, Barry Cozart, entered Rikers in November and faced burglary charges among other counts. He was pronounced de
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Michigan synagogue attack was ‘inspired by Hezbollah,’ officials say.
Police vehicles outside Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Mich., March 13, 2026. The man who rammed his truck into a Michigan synagogue and killed himself during a firefight with security guards this month was “motivated and inspired by Hezbollah’s militant ideology,” federal officials said on Monday, March 30, 2026. .(Nick Hagen/The New York Times) By JACEY FORTIN The man who rammed his truck into a Michigan synagogue and killed himself during a firefight with secur
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COVID relief loans are haunting small businesses.
Chris Towns, a blueberry farmer, on his farm in Alma, Ga., on March 18, 2026. The Small Business Administration lent $378 billion to keep businesses afloat. Getting paid back is proving difficult. (Anna Ottum/The New York Times) By LYDIA DePILLIS When COVID-19 came to Alma, the blueberry capital of Georgia, Chris Towns was staring down a paltry return on his berry crop as shoppers stayed at home and stuck to buying essentials. The federal government offered relief, in the for
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Morning bid: finding the ‘off ramp’.
What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets “Off ramp” seems to be the word of the week surrounding the Iran war - and the steep Wall Street rally on the final day of the first quarter spoke to that relief on Tuesday. Will April skies clear? The S&P 500’s jump of almost 3% was the biggest one-day gain since last May, and the other assets beaten down by the war - bonds, credit and gold - all followed suit. I’ll get in
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Global food supply faces a dangerous bottleneck as Iran war persists.
By ANA SWANSON One of the biggest economic casualties of the U.S.-led war in Iran has been the global fertilizer supply. Shipments of it have piled up on the wrong side of the Strait of Hormuz. In India, Algeria and Slovakia, fertilizer plants have shut down or slowed their output because of rising natural gas prices. China has restricted fertilizer exports. Australian wheat farmers are planting less, and corn and soy farmers in the United States are begging President Donald
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Geneva Trust Co. to seek meeting in PR over $50 million in Bancrédito assets.
Julio Herrera Velunitini (Wikipedia) By THE STAR STAFF Representatives of Geneva Trust Company, the Swiss fiduciary entity that manages the trust controlling Bancrédito Holding Corp. (BHC) -- the sole shareholder of Bancrédito International Bank & Trust Corp. -- are expected to travel to Puerto Rico in the coming weeks to request an in‑person meeting with the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions and the court‑appointed trustee, Driven Administrative Services.
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American journalist abducted in Iraq, security officials say.
By ERIKA SOLOMON, FALIH HASSAN and PRANAV BASKAR A U.S. journalist was kidnapped in Baghdad by “unknown individuals” Tuesday evening, and government security forces have begun operations to find her and track down the abductors, according to Iraq’s Interior Ministry. The freelance journalist was identified as Shelly Kittleson by two Iraqi security officials. She has worked for various news organizations, and one of them, Al-Monitor news outlet, for which Kittleson is a contri
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Trump berates allies while signaling he will wind down the war.
A drag performance in an underground parking garage that is used as a public bomb shelter in Jerusalem on Tuesday night, March 31, 2026. (Amit Elkayam/The New York Times) By ABDI LATIF DAHIR, MEGAN SPECIA and ERIKA SOLOMON President Donald Trump said he was considering pulling the United States out of NATO over the war with Iran, as he heaps pressure on allies to manage the fallout of a conflict he signaled he would wind down in two or three weeks. In an interview with Britai
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29 Killed in Russian military plane crash in Crimea.
By IVAN NECHEPURENKO A Russian military transport plane crashed in Crimea, killing all 29 people on board, Russian investigators said Wednesday. The cause was most likely a technical malfunction, they said. The plane, an Antonov An-26, a Soviet-designed aircraft used by the Russian army to carry cargo and personnel, went down Tuesday near a village in the southern part of Crimea, about 15 miles from the Black Sea coast, the Russian investigators said in a statement. Twenty-tw
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Trump’s brusque threat to Europe: Go it alone.
President Donald Trump during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. Threatening to pull out of NATO, Trump portrayed the alliance as a “paper tiger” and said Europe was on its own in trying to secure the Strait of Hormuz, in an interview published in a British newspaper on April 1.(Doug Mills/The New York Times) By MICHAEL D SHEAR President Donald Trump lashed out at th
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Republicans know this war is going badly.
President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. President Trump declared on Tuesday that he had already achieved one of the primary objectives of his attack on Iran, the elimination of its ability to build a nuclear weapon. But there is no evidence that the United States or Israel has removed or destroyed the country’s stockpile of near-bomb-grade fuel. (Doug
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Don’t cheer too hard for the Facebook verdicts.
By DAVID FRENCH I am alarmed by the negative influence of smartphones and social media on children. All of us should be. I am also worried that in our zeal to protect children from those negative influences that we will violate the Constitution and undermine free speech. And that’s where things get tricky. Last week, juries in two different states delivered multimillion-dollar verdicts against Big Tech. A New Mexico jury handed down a $375 million verdict in a case brought by
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The old man dreaming up wars for young men to fight.
U.S. Army personnel during the U.S. Army’s 250th Anniversary Parade along the National Mall in Washington, June 14, 2025. (Mark Peterson/The New York Times) By NICHOLAS KRISTOF I was a child during the Vietnam War, and it was impossible to miss anti-war protests. I remember a common sentiment best expressed by Sen. George McGovern: “I’m tired of old men dreaming up wars for young men to fight.” And here we go again. President Donald Trump has reached a fork in his Iran war. O
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The war is going better than you think.
“... if past generations could see how well this war has gone compared with the ones they were compelled to fight at a frightening cost, they would marvel at their posterity’s comparative good fortune,” Times columnist Bret Stephens writes. (Naila Ruechel/The New York Times) By BRET STEPHENS Most Americans probably don’t look back at March 2012 — if they remember it at all — and think of terrifyingly high gas prices. In the month when “The Hunger Games” ruled the box office a
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The Bad Bunny effect: Dance without fear.
A mixed-generation crowd at the Latin Mondays dance party at 5th & Mad in Manhattan on Feb. 2, 2026. Bad Bunny’s “Baile Inolvidable” has sparked a surge of interest in salsa dancing and brought in a younger generation. (Rafael Rios/The New York Times) By BRIAN SEIBERT Nearly every move Bad Bunny made during the Super Bowl halftime show last month has been scrutinized for its cultural significance. But there’s still more to say about one. It came during the segment devoted to
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‘The light that remembers’: The art of Aidamaris Román.
Roman busy at work painting one of her fantastical portraits. By EVA LLORENS The hills of Arecibo, quiet and lush, shaped the imagination of Puerto Rican artist Aidamaris Román long before she ever held a professional brush. She grew up in the countryside, surrounded by what she still describes as an unseen magic. “I live in the country,” she says. “I feel it has so much magic. It inspired me to paint fantasy — like fairies and mermaids.” That sense of wonder, rooted in child
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The anomaly of humanity as AI grows inevitable.
In an undated image provided by Bungie, a scene from the extraction shooter game Marathon. Over the decades, the depiction of artificial intelligence has evolved from sci-fi villain to systemic reality. (Bungie via The New York Times) By YUSSEF COLE Players take up the role of runners, free-floating consciousness beamed across space into the hollow shells of mindless synthetic bodies, in Marathon, the newest game by the studio behind the sci-fi behemoths Halo and Destiny. The
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A master of animation is back, with a ‘Magnificent’ story.
Sylvain Chomet in Paris, on Feb. 3, 2026. The first animated feature in 15 years by the acclaimed French filmmaker Sylvain Chomet, the “Triplets of Belleville” creator, is a biopic of another artist who never lost his ability for wonder and curiosity. (Elliott Verdier/The New York Times) By CARLOS AGUILAR In the hand-drawn period pieces that have earned French animator Sylvain Chomet international acclaim, the cartoony characters don’t speak. Their bodies tell the story. But
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3 days ago4 min read
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David D’Aguilar se corona campeón de Poetry Out Loud Puerto Rico 2026.
David D’Aguilar, estudiante de grado 11 de The San Juan School, se alzó como campeón de Poetry Out Loud Puerto Rico 2026. POR EL STAR STAFF El Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña (ICP) anunció que David D’Aguilar, estudiante de grado 11 de The San Juan School, se alzó como campeón de Poetry Out Loud Puerto Rico 2026 durante la competencia final celebrada en el Teatro Francisco Arriví en Santurce. En la competencia participaron doce estudiantes, ganadores de las semifinales c
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Deborah Martorell recibe distinción en la ONU en homenaje a mujeres que rompen barreras contra la violencia.
Deborah Martorell, quien fue la primera meteoróloga del mundo en ir al espacio, recibió un reconocimiento en la Organización de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York. POR EL STAR STAFF Deborah Martorell, quien fue la primera meteoróloga del mundo en ir al espacio, recibió un reconocimiento en la Organización de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York como parte de la iniciativa Women Breaking Barriers, que denuncia la violencia contra las mujeres y niñas en todo el mundo. “La violenci
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Alianza impulsa acceso a mamografías en comunidades vulnerables.
POR EL STAR STAFF Vimenti anunció una alianza estratégica con el Puerto Rico Community Engagement Alliance (PR-CEAL), adscrito al Centro Comprensivo de Cáncer de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, para promover el acceso a mamografías en comunidades vulnerables a través del proyecto Monitoreo Activo de Mamografía y Orientación (MAMO). La iniciativa busca reducir las barreras que enfrentan muchas mujeres para la detección temprana del cáncer de mama, como la falta de transportació
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Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico presentará concierto especial de Semana Santa.
Por EL STAR STAFF La Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico (OSPR) presentará el concierto especial Una Vigilia Pascual este Sábado Santo, 4 de abril de 2026, a las 7:00 p.m., en la Sala Sinfónica Pablo Casals en Santurce. El concierto estará bajo la dirección del maestro Rafael Enrique Irizarry, director asociado de la orquesta. “Presentar este concierto en Sábado Santo tiene un significado muy especial para la Orquesta Sinfónica de Puerto Rico. Hemos concebido esta vigilia como
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Las Vegas is still a March Madness Mecca.
Betting kiosks for NCAA tournament games during March Madness, at the Westgate Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, March 19, 2026. The Super Bowl is still the biggest one-day sporting event for betting in Las Vegas, but wagering on the college basketball tournament is greater by far. (Roger Kisby/The New York Times) By KEN BELSON To Nick DeAngelis, the best way to watch March Madness is with friends placing bets, drinking beers and talking smack for four days in Las Vegas. Even
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Showcase offers glimpse into Puerto Rico’s MLB future.
Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School in Gurabo was founded in 2001. (John Stoffel) By JOHN STOFFEL Special to The STAR It’s a pleasant, sun-washed Wednesday in January and Ponce feels like the center of the baseball world. Inside Francisco Montaner Stadium, 95 of the island’s top high school baseball players gather for the MLB Puerto Rico Showcase. The crack of the bats and the pop of mitts echo through the stadium as scouts representing teams across Major League Base
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Winter’s gloomy spirit lifts as baseball’s Blue Jays land.
Dylan Cease struck out 12 Oakland A’s batters in his debut with the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday, setting a club record for debuting pitchers. (Instagram via bluejays) By SHAWNA RICHER The Toronto Blue Jays played their first opening day 50 years ago in the snow. Not a flurry, but snow that collected on the brims of people’s hats and accumulated on the field so much that groundskeepers used a hockey rink Zamboni to clear the turf. Blue Jays third baseman Dave McKay, a Canadi
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Juncos bounces back in quarterfinals, hands Pinkin their 3rd loss.
Naya Gross finished with 18 points for the Valencianas in their five-set win over Corozal. (Heriberto Rosario Rosa - FPV) By THE STAR STAFF The Valencianas of Juncos secured their first victory in two outings on Sunday night in the Women’s Superior Volleyball League (LVSF by its initials in Spanish) Section A quarterfinals, defeating the Pinkin of Corozal in a five-set thriller and handing them their third loss in as many matches. Juncos -- which recently added Puerto Rican s
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Tango therapy: How the dance of passion is helping Parkinson’s patients.
Manuel Firmani and Liliana Garay dance at a milonga event outside of the tango program. (Magalí Druscovich via The New York Times) By PAM BELLUCK Tango is the national dance of Argentina, known for its passion, precision and heart. At a hospital in Buenos Aires, it has another purpose: as a therapy for patients with Parkinson’s disease. Once a week, about a dozen patients come to Ramos Mejía Hospital to dance — a session that uses the movements of tango to help address issue
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5 steps to get your blood pressure under control.
In the United States, nearly half of adults have high blood pressure. Known as a “silent killer,” hypertension can contribute to heart attack, stroke and heart failure without ever causing symptoms. (Jordan Bohannon/The New York Times) By NINA AGRAWAL In the United States, nearly half of adults have high blood pressure. Known as a “silent killer,” hypertension can contribute to heart attack, stroke and heart failure without ever causing symptoms. Where hypertension was once t
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Nearly half of colorectal cancers now occur in younger patients, study shows.
Studies in recent years have shown colorectal cancer rates on the rise among adults younger than 50. The new paper showed that rates among adults ages 50 to 64 also increased between 2013 and 2022 and that rates of rectal cancer in particular climbed among all ages combined after years of decline. (Freepik) By NINA AGRAWAL Nearly half of all new colorectal cancer cases now occur in adults younger than 65, signaling a major shift in the demographics of the disease, according t
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When weight-loss drugs don’t work.
Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound have been hailed as miracle treatments, but one in 10 people are what scientists call “non-responders.” (Fortunate Joaquin/The New York Times) By SIMAR BAJAJ and DANI BLUM When Jessica Layeux, a cybersecurity expert from Monticello, Minnesota, started taking the weight-loss drug Zepbound last year, she didn’t have any of the side effects she had heard about. She didn’t feel much of a change in her hunger or cravings either. At first,
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With moon base and nuclear Mars mission, NASA wants you to ‘start believing again’.
In an image provided by NASA, an artist’s concept of Phase 3 of the proposed moon base. After years of talking about lunar outposts in vague terms for sometime in the indefinite future, leaders of the space agency on Tuesday put a continuing American presence at the moon solidly on their road map for the coming decade, setting out specific plans and timelines. (NASA via The New York Times) By KENNETH CHANG NASA is getting serious about building a base on the moon. After year
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In criminal cases, moss is often underfoot and overlooked.
A photo provided by the Field Museum shows Matt von Konrat, the head of the botanical collections at the Field Museum, in his laboratory in Chicago, Feb. 26, 2026, examining tiny bits of dirt and moss collected in Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill., in 2009. A group of scientists and law enforcement officials are pointing to the role moss can play to help solve crimes. (Field Museum via The New York Times) By SAMANTHA DRAKE A remote forest in south central Pennsylvania seems to
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This dinosaur really knew how to get a grip.
An image provided by Joschua Knüppe shows a life reconstruction of the forearm of Manipulonyx reshetovi, a bird-like dinosaur. A fossil of the dinosaur was discovered in Mongolia in 1979. (Joschua Knüppe via The New York Times) By JACK TAMISIEA Under the cover of darkness 67 million years ago, a dog-size dinosaur crept up to the nest of a bigger, unsuspecting contemporary. Its goal: to snatch a large egg. The tiny thief had a handy hack to get to that meal: a multitooled fore
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Mar 233 min read
Asteroid-smashing NASA mission sped up space rocks’ journey around the sun.
An image provided by NASA/Johns Hopkins APL shows the asteroid named Dimorphos. Dimorphos is about 525 feet around and orbits a larger parent asteroid, Didymos. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL via The New York Times) By KATRINA MILLER In 2022, NASA deliberately crashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid named Dimorphos. The goal of this interplanetary smashup was to prove that if a killer space rock ever threatened Earth in the future, humans could deflect it and save our world. The
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The French Riviera in winter: Sparkle without the glitter.
Lemon trees frame a view of Menton, France, Jan. 16, 2026. A region famous for its sun-drenched climate becomes a refreshing retreat when the summer heat, megayachts and swarms of tourists are gone. (Gianni Cipriano/The New York Times) By ALEXIS STEINMAN The French Riviera conjures images of sunbaked tourists lounging on palm-lined beaches, bustling cobblestone streets and megayachts anchored in sparkling blue bays. But that’s only in the summer. This region of southeastern F
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Electrical blackouts, suspended flights: What to know about travel to Cuba.
A taxi driver waits in a park in Havana, Feb., 2016. (The New York Times) By SHANNON SIMS This month, under pressure from the Trump administration, the Cuban government opened the door to allow Cubans living abroad to invest directly in businesses on the island. But that change may not be enough of a lifeline to offset the steep decline in tourism that Cuba has seen over the past few years. Roughly 2 million people visited the island last year, down from a peak of more than 4
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How to create your own affordable wellness vacation.
Visitors soak in the warm waters of Strawberry Park Hot Springs, just outside of Steamboat Springs, Colo., in December 2022. Wellness travel is booming, projected to account for $1 trillion worldwide this year, according to the research nonprofit Global Wellness Institute. (Andrew Miller/The New York Times) By ELAINE GLUSAC In Iceland, I paid $11 for access to the outdoor recreation complex in Akureyri, the country’s second-largest city, to swim laps and wind down in geotherm
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In Turks and Caicos, golden silence at a platinum price.
An undisturbed beach at the Pine Cay resort in the Turks and Caicos in February 2026. Turks and Caicos, a chain of Caribbean islands just southeast of the Bahamas, teems with high-end, all-inclusive resorts. What many guests seemed to want, and are willing to pay thousands of dollars a night to get, is glorious silence. (Danial Adkison/The New York Times) By DANIAL ADKISON The boat skipped across the shimmering turquoise water at a breathtaking speed. “You’d better take off y
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