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Crisis with abandoned older adults continues to strain gov’t, health care.
Jonathan Morales Adorno, president of the Federation of Long‑Term Care Institutions By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rico continues to confront a rapidly escalating humanitarian and fiscal emergency as thousands of older adults are being abandoned or left without adequate care, straining hospitals, government budgets and long‑term care institutions across the island. Jonathan Morales Adorno, president of the Federation of Long‑Term Care Institutions, said in a recent radio interview
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Domenech to attend committee of the whole, governor says.
Gov. Jenniffer González Colón By THE STAR STAFF Gov. Jenniffer González Colón confirmed on Monday that La Fortaleza Chief of Staff Francisco Domenech Fernández will appear today before the Senate’s Committee of the Whole, a hearing convened by Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz. González Colón also suggested that Domenech’s summons may be tied to government contracts her administration recently canceled -- contracts she implied were linked to Rivera Schatz’s allies. “Cont
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Legislature to open committee of the whole hearing on irregular gov’t procurements.
La Fortaleza Chief of Staff Francisco J. Domenech Fernández By THE STAR STAFF The true ownership of the Puerto Rico-based lobbying firm Politank remains unclear as conflicting statements continue to emerge from current and former company officials, as well as political leaders. Kenneth McClintock, Politank’s director of public policy, told The STAR last Wednesday that former Electoral Comptroller Manuel Torres Nieves had purchased the firm. He added that “there were others wh
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Electrical work prompts alternate transportation at Urban Train stations.
“An alternate transportation system utilizing buses will be established to connect the Bayamón, Deportivo and Jardines stations,” the Integrated Transportation Authority said regarding an operational continuity plan for Urban Train passengers. By THE STAR STAFF The Integrated Transportation Authority (ATI by its initials in Spanish) will implement an operational plan featuring bus transportation between the Bayamón, Deportivo and Jardines stations of the Urban Train system du
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ICE has arrived at airports. Many lines are still long.
By JACEY FORTIN, HAMED ALEAZIZ and GABE CASTRO-ROOT Agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement were deployed at airports across the United States on Monday, but their presence did not initially appear to ease the pain of many travelers. Between 100 and 150 ICE officers were sent to the airports to assist Transportation Security Administration agents, according to a U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because that person was not authorized to discuss the
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Deadly plane collision at LaGuardia Airport: What we know.
A damaged Air Canada Express plane after a collision at LaGuardia Airport in Queens early Monday, March 23, 2026. Around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, an Air Canada Regional Express jet collided with a Port Authority Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting vehicle while landing at LaGuardia Airport in Queens. (Dakota Santiago/The New York Times) By ALI WATKINS and CHRISTINE HAUSER An Air Canada regional jet collided with a fire truck on a runway as the plane was landing at LaGuardia Airport
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Supreme Court appears poised to reject late arriving mail-in ballots law.
People sort through ballots at the Ballot Processing Center during a statewide special election in California on Nov. 4, 2025. The Republican National Committee wants to toss ballots arriving after Election Day. Critics say thousands of votes — a majority cast by Democrats — are at stake. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times) By ABBIE VANSICKLE The Supreme Court on Monday appeared poised to reject Mississippi’s mail-in ballot law, a decision that could upend mail-in voting throu
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News outlets pressure Pentagon to restore access after court ruling.
By ERIK WEMPLE A group representing journalists who cover the Defense Department is seeking the immediate restoration of press access for its members after a federal judge ruled late last week that key parts of the department’s media policy were unconstitutional. “Our clients and the public face ongoing, irreparable harm,” David Schulz, counsel for the group, the Pentagon Press Association, wrote in a letter, “so long as the experienced military reporters of the P.P.A. are ex
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War’s attacks on energy could turn economic shock into long-term damage.
A worker places hand-painted signs stating the station is out of diesel and 95-octane gasoline at a gas station in Samut Prakan, Thailand, March 16, 2026. War’s attacks on energy could turn economic shock into long-term damage; a new phase targeting oil and gas infrastructure in the Persian Gulf threatens to hurt businesses and customers around the world for months or even years. (Lauren DeCicca/The New York Times) By PATRICIA COHEN The game has changed. From the moment the U
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Madison Dearborn-backed defense contractor AEVEX files for US IPO.
Private equity-backed AEVEX filed for an initial public offering in the United States on Monday, as it looks to tap into investor enthusiasm for the defense sector. The U.S. IPO market remains accessible despite the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, with some issuers in recent weeks braving market volatility to push ahead with their listings. The defense technology prime contractor reported a net loss of $16.8 million on revenue of $432.9 million in 2025, compared
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Fearing climate change chaos, some seek answers in a virtual classroom.
Waves surge from hurricane Sandy along a pathway in New York, Oct. 29, 2012. A monthlong seminar offers lessons in how to anticipate and prepare for the mounting disruptions of global warming. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times) By HILARY HOWARD When Jason Haaheim, a principal timpanist for the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in New York City, found himself furloughed indefinitely, without an apartment and newly obsessed with climate change during the coronavirus pandemic, he had
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Persistent Iran war, energy price surge set to sway wavering stocks.
A Middle East crisis that has convulsed markets should remain the focal point for Wall Street in the near term, as investors stay glued to developments in Iran and the fallout from surging energy prices. As the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran stretches to three weeks, an over 40% jump in oil prices is driving worries about higher inflation and stagnating economic growth. Inflationary concerns on Friday were prompting markets to rule out any equity-friendly interest rate cuts thi
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The Castro on Instagram who bumps, grinds and takes Trump on a Cuban joyride.
Sandro Castro, 33, a grandson of Fidel Castro, the leader of Cuba’s Communist revolution, has some 152,000 followers on Instagram. (Reddit via r/cuba Rguezlp2031) By MARIA ABI-HABIB and EMILIANO RODRÍGUEZ MEGA The Castro family has controlled Cuba tightly for nearly 70 years, their personal lives shrouded in secrecy. But now one of them is an influencer on Instagram. Sandro Castro, 33, is a grandson of Fidel Castro, the leader of Cuba’s Communist revolution. With some 152,000
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Pentagon officials weigh deployment of airborne troops for Iran war.
By GREG JAFFE and ERIC SCHMITT Senior military officials are weighing a possible deployment of a combat brigade from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and some elements of the division’s headquarters staff to support U.S. military operations in Iran, defense officials said. The officials described the military’s actions as prudent planning, noting that nothing had been ordered by the Pentagon or U.S. Central Command, which declined to comment. The officials spoke on the condi
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Iran disputes Trump’s claim of ‘very strong talks’.
Emergency workers at a residential building that was the site of an airstrike in Tehran, on Monday, March 23, 2026. President Trump said Monday that the United States and Iran were negotiating a “total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East,” and that he would postpone any American attacks on Iranian power plants by five days. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times) By AARON BOXERMAN, DAVID E. SANGER, JULIAN E. BARNES and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA Iran denied President Donald
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In Japan, Trump’s Pearl Harbor joke elicits scorn and dismay.
President Donald Trump speaks as he meets with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Thursday, March 19, 2026. Some people criticized Trump’s decision to invoke a painful chapter of history. Others worried it might harm U.S.-Japan relations. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ and HISAKO UENO President Donald Trump’s meeting with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the White House was the talk of Japan l
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Bad Bunny’s inspirational halftime performance fell short of the goal.
Watching the first part of Bad Bunny’s halftime show “conjured up memories of early mornings in Puerto Rico walking alongside abuela through the field to harvest the day’s meals,” writes Ivan Waldo. (Photo provided courtesy of the author) By IVAN WALDO Special to The STAR I was one of 135 million who tuned into Super Bowl LX for the evening’s real event, Benito’s halftime show. I watched intently as he passed through the creatively improvised cane field. It conjured up memori
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9 hours ago4 min read
Trump is hiding the truth about the war in Iran.
Whatever short-term gain the president thinks he is getting by lying about the war in Iran is far exceeded by the cost, for him, the country and the world. (Rebecca Chew/The New York Times) By THE EDITORIAL BOARD From his first announcement of the attack on Iran on Feb. 28, President Donald Trump has issued a stream of falsehoods about the war. He has said Iran wants to engage in negotiations, though its government shows no sign of it. He has claimed that the United States “d
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How Trump should extricate himself from his Iran quagmire.
President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., after attending a dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By NICHOLAS KRISTOF The ongoing debate about whether the Iran war will become a quagmire misses the point. President Donald Trump and America are already in one. Yes, Trump can stop bombing Iran, but Iran might continue to block oil from passing through the S
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4 days ago5 min read
For once, we fight with an equal ally.
Children prepare to bed down for the night in an underground parking garage that serves as a bomb shelter in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv/The New York Times) By BRET STEPHENS For most of the postwar era, the United States has gone to war with partners whose military contributions ranged from moderately helpful to mainly symbolic. Britain in Afghanistan and Iraq comes to mind in the first case. Germany in the 1999 Kosovo war comes to mind in the s
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‘Project Hail Mary’ review: Ryan Gosling is lost and found in space.
A molecular biologist, Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) has been working as a middle-school teacher when some serious-looking people recruit him for humanity’s seemingly impossible mission. By MANOHLA DARGIS One of the charms of “Project Hail Mary,” a feather-light science-fiction movie about a heavyweight subject — the end of the world — is how it embraces the seductions of outer space. It’s a nice change of pace, given how space often occupies the darker corners of the human ima
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Chuck Norris, black-belt action star of movies and television, dies at 86.
Chuck Norris with fans and Mike Huckabee, then a Republican presidential hopeful, at a campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 1, 2008. Norris, who channeled his skills as a martial arts black belt into a durable acting career that left film critics largely unimpressed but delighted millions of fans savoring his good-guy triumphs and fortune-cookie musings, died on Thursday, March 20, 2026. He was 86. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times) By CLYDE HABERMAN Chuck Norris, who chan
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A blessed invitation to ring in Holy Week.
Puerto Rican pianist Bryan Ojeda Chevres (Instagram via bryan_piano) By PEGGY ANN BLISS Special to The STAR When young Puerto Rican pianist Bryan Ojeda Chevres got a call in New York from Maximiano Valdés inviting him to bring Ludwig Beethoven’s 4th piano concerto to the stage next Saturday March 28 with the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra (PRSO), he was ecstatic. Not so much when the young man, who lives in New York City, was told there was no money to pay him. But not knowin
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4 days ago2 min read
A distinguished duo at the Conservatory.
Dúo Gil y Figueroa (Facebook via Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico - Página Oficial) By PEGGY ANN BLISS Special to The STAR From Serenity to Transcendence. De la serenidad hasta la transcendencia. Whatever language you say it in, it’s a mouthful. And a promise. The above is the ambitious title of what promises to bring both serenity and transcendence to anyone who enters the hallowed hall of the Puerto Rico Music Conservatory this Sunday at 4. Highlighting the prestigiou
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Para octubre se espera culminen trabajos de estabilización en la PR-52 en Cayey.
POR CYBERNEWS CAYEY (CyberNews) – Los trabajos de estabilización en la autopista PR-52 en Cayey deben culminar en octubre de 2026, tras una inversión de 41.6 millones de dólares en fondos federales para atender el deslizamiento ocurrido en noviembre de 2022. “Este proyecto es una prioridad para nuestra administración, ya que se trata de una de las principales vías de nuestra isla”, dijo la gobernadora Jenniffer Aydin González Colón en declaraciones escritas. “Estamos aseguran
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Gobernadora concede días libres en Semana Santa a empleados públicos.
POR CYBERNEWS CAYEY – La gobernadora Jenniffer Aydin González Colón concedió libre a los empleados públicos de la Rama Ejecutiva del 30 de marzo al 2 de abril, con cargo a su licencia de vacaciones, según una orden ejecutiva. “Puedan tener la oportunidad de reflexionar y compartir con sus seres queridos la solemnidad de la Semana Mayor”, expresó Jenniffer Aydin González Colón en la Orden Ejecutiva 2026-14. “Honrar una semana importante que amerita reflexión por parte de todos
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Inicia construcción de cuartel en Fuerte Buchanan con inversión federal.
POR CYBERNEWS GUAYNABO – La construcción del Advanced Skills Training Barracks en el Fuerte Buchanan comenzó el lunes con una inversión de más de 22 millones de dólares en fondos federales, según informó la gobernadora Jenniffer Aydin González Colón. Explicó que el proyecto fue aprobado como parte del presupuesto militar federal para el año fiscal 2025. Las nuevas instalaciones proveerán alojamiento para miembros de las Fuerzas Armadas que participen en entrenamientos avanzad
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Gobernadora decidirá futuro de secretario del DCR.
POR CYBERNEWS CAYEY – La gobernadora Jenniffer Aydin González Colón dijo el lunes que decidirá el futuro del secretario del Departamento de Corrección y Rehabilitación (DCR), Francisco Quiñones, al anunciar una reunión que sostendrá con el funcionario esta tarde. “Tengo reunión con él en la tarde de hoy, entonces, haré expresiones públicas sobre eso”, expuso la gobernadora a preguntas de la prensa. La determinación ocurre luego de que la gobernadora solicitara al Departamento
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Yannik Álvarez is runner-up at J500 Banana Bowl in Brazil.
Yannik Álvarez of Puerto Rico By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rican tennis player Yannik Álvarez finished as the runner-up at the prestigious J500 Gaspar “Banana Bowl” tournament held in Brazil -- one of the top events on the global junior circuit. Álvarez played a highly competitive three-set final on Sunday against Argentina’s Dante Pagani. The top-seeded Puerto Rican dominated the first set with a score of 6-3, displaying solidity and control from the baseline. However, the No. 6
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Registration still open for 5th edition of MASIS 5K in Añasco.
The fifth edition of the MASIS 5K “Run or Walk” in Añasco will be held on Sunday, April 12. By THE STAR STAFF With the return of the MASIS 5K “Run or Walk” (Corre o Camina) to Añasco on Sunday, April 12, the registration period for the fifth edition of the race has now entered its final stage. Registration will remain open until one hour before the start of the long-distance running event, which has attracted up to 500 participants -- including both runners and walkers -- in
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Cangrejeros, Atléticos notch wins in BSN.
Malik Beasley led the way with 21 points as the visiting Cangrejeros of Santurce held off the defending champion Vaqueros of Bayamón 78-77 on Sunday night. By THE STAR STAFF The Cangrejeros of Santurce and the Atléticos of San Germán were winners on Sunday in a pair of Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN by its initials in Spanish) games. Santurce defeated the Vaqueros of Bayamón, 78-77, while the Atléticos beat the Osos of Manatí, 97-92. At the “Rancho Vaquero,” Bayamón host
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Leones open BSN season with a victory.
Christian Negrón had 21 points, nine rebounds and five blocks as the Leones of Ponce opened the National Superior Basketball season with a road win over Mayagüez. By THE STAR STAFF On Saturday, the Leones of Ponce defeated the Indios of Mayagüez 89-85 in the opening game of the 2026 National Superior Basketball (BSN by its initials in Spanish) season at the Palacio de Recreación y Deportes in Mayagüez. The Leones dominated the first half, leading 49-39. Although the Indios at
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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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‘How low can you go?’ The shifting guidelines for blood pressure control.
The number doctors use to demarcate hypertension keeps going down, a trend applauded by many experts, who point to studies linking high blood pressure and dementia. (John P. Dessereau/The New York Times) By PAULA SPAN The patient initially came to see Dr. Mark Supiano in 2017 because her family was concerned about her short-term memory loss. While taking her history and vital signs, Supiano, a geriatrician at the University of Utah, saw one disturbing signal: Her blood pressu
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Health advice from AI chatbots is frequently wrong, study shows.
A user consults with a chatbot created by the far-right social media platform Gab, in Berkeley, Calif., Oct. 29, 2025. A new study found that chatbots were no better than Google — already a flawed source of health information — at guiding users toward correct medical diagnoses or helping them determine what they should do next. (Andria Lo/The New York Times) By TEDDY ROSENBLUTH A new study published last month provided a sobering look at whether chatbots, which have fast beco
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Mar 105 min read
FDA reverses decision and agrees to review Moderna’s flu vaccine
A flu vaccine is prepared in Mountain Lakes, N.J., Sept. 16, 2025. (Laila Stevens/The New York Times) By CHRISTINA JEWETT and REBECCA ROBBINS The Food and Drug Administration reversed its decision on Moderna’s flu vaccine and has agreed to review it for possible approval. On Feb. 10, Moderna announced that the agency had rejected its application for review of a new flu vaccine. The FDA said the company’s research design had been flawed. But in subsequent discussions, the agen
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Feb 254 min read
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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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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Mar 163 min read
What your DNA reveals about the sex life of Neanderthals.
A photo provided by the Max Planck Institute shows Nobel Prize-winning Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo with a reconstructed Neanderthal skull. As a result of interbreeding between Neanderthals and humans tens of thousands of years ago, most people alive today carry a bit of Neanderthal DNA in their genome — and that residual DNA, in turn, is giving scientists a detailed look at the ancient sexual encounters that put it there. (Frank Vinken/Max Planck Institute via The New Yor
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Mar 65 min read
Norway’s centuries-long watch on the northern lights.
A field station of the Tromso Geophysical Observatory and the European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association, or EISCAT, project outside Tromso, Norway, Jan. 21, 2026. Norway’s northern region has led the scientific quest to understand the aurora borealis, with a 10,000-antenna radar system expected to begin the next phase of exploration this summer. (Michal Siarek/The New York Times) By ALEXA ROBLES-GIL The world’s first permanent northern lights observatory occupies a s
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Mar 44 min read
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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Mar 166 min read
A powder quest in Japan’s ski country.
Kitanomine, one of two ski zones at the Furano resort on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, on Dec. 22, 2025. Faced with soaring ticket prices and bare slopes at many U.S. resorts, Americans are flocking to the island of Hokkaido, which gets up to 50 feet of snow a year. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times) By MEGHAN DAVIDSON LADLY I had never encountered a ski lift quite like this one. Each one-person seat looked like a pizza box hung from a cable on a metal hook. Only a low ba
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Mar 95 min read
Maison Ruinart engages renowned artist in Puerto Rico.
Misi y Rafael Alvarez, Gabriel Jimenez, Ileana Martinez Palacios By JUDY GORDON-CONDE and JENNIFER CONDE-POWERS Recently, the iconic Maison Ruinart, recognized worldwide as the official champagne of art due to its history of supporting and drawing inspiration from art and its artists to enrich knowledge and connection with nature, offered a unique and immersive experience in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Echoing its purpose of illuminating the path through connections in spaces wit
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Mar 61 min read
Las Ruinas Bathhouse & Gym, a world-class urbanoasis, opens its doors in the heart of Old San Juan
Jeniffer Rosa López, Victoria Sánchez-Lincoln, Marian Guillén, Viviana Mercado, Lucienne Gigante By JUDY GORDON-CONDE and JENNIFER CONDE-POWERS Recently, Las Ruinas Bathhouse & Gym, a sanctuary inspired by the traditional bathhouses of Asian, Turkish, Moroccan, and Russian cultures, which served as spaces for healing, conversation, and community, opened in the heart of Old San Juan. Guests enjoyed a magical night among the lit sconces and partook of delectable bites and curat
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Dec 12, 20251 min read
Make-A-Wish Puerto Rico’s annual Magic Night gala
Make-A-Wish Puerto Rico board of directors: José Vélez Millet, Weston Martin West, Bryan Shames Kopel, Laura Femenías Jové, Miguel Otero Sobrino, Maria V. Trento Biassoni and Dr. Enrique Carrión Vargas By JUDY GORDON-CONDE and JENNIFER CONDE-POWERS Recently, Make-A-Wish Puerto Rico celebrated its annual gala, Magic Night, at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Isla Verde, marking 35 years of service on the island. During the event, elegantly dressed ladies and gentlemen enjoyed the ev
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Oct 24, 20251 min read
BIMBA Y LOLA and Café Caleta showed off this summer with touches from Spain
Café Caleta By JUDY GORDON-CONDE and JENNIFER CONDE-POWERS An exciting event took place in Old San Juan with BIMBA Y LOLA, a creative...
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Sep 5, 20251 min read
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