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COSSEC chief stresses need for human oversight in use of AI across co-op sector.
By THE STAR STAFF As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to expand within the financial industry, Mabel Jiménez Miranda, the executive president of the Puerto Rico Public Corporation for the Supervision and Insurance of Cooperatives (COSSEC), underscored the importance of ensuring that the technologies operate under human oversight, strong institutional controls and responsible risk management across the cooperative system. Her remarks were delivered recently du
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Lawmakers to PREB: Hold the line on $527 million reassignment for streetlight repair & maintenance.
Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez By THE STAR STAFF Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez, along with House Government Committee Chairman Víctor Parés Otero have asked the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) to reject any proposal that eliminates the $527 million in federal funds already obligated for the repair and maintenance of streetlights in 35 municipalities on the island. Through a p
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House to summon new LUMA president to public hearing.
Rep. Víctor Parés Otero By THE STAR STAFF Rep. Víctor Parés Otero, who chairs the Government Committee in the Puerto Rico House of Representatives, announced Sunday that he will be summoning Janisse Quiñones, the new president and CEO of LUMA Energy, the private operator of the island’s electric power transmission and distribution network, to a public hearing scheduled for early April. “The public policy of the Puerto Rican government is to remove the private operator LUMA as
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Appeals court upholds protected status for 350,000 Haitians.
A man cries as he sits on his bed at the Annunciation House, a migrant shelter, in El Paso, Texas, on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. The D.C. Circuit ruled against the Trump administration, ensuring Haitians can remain in the United States and keep working while the underlying lawsuit proceeds. (Ivan Pierre Aguirre/The New York Times) By MIRIAM JORDAN A federal appeals court late last week upheld a lower court’s ruling that the Trump administration had unlawfully terminated Temporary
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12 hours ago4 min read
Trump witnesses return of bodies of 6 US service member.
Service members carry the remains of six American service members killed in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, during the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base on Saturday, March 7, 2026. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By SHAWN McCREESH The bodies of the first American service members killed in President Donald Trump’s war with Iran returned to the United States at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Saturday afternoon. Their families were waiting for them there.
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Board delays vote on Trump’s ballroom amid deluge of public criticism.
By LUKE BROADWATER The National Capital Planning Commission on Thursday delayed its final vote on President Donald Trump’s planned $400 million White House ballroom amid a deluge of negative comments from the public. The board, which is led by Trump allies, had been expected to vote to approve the project Thursday. But Stephen Staudigl, a spokesperson for the panel, said in a statement that the timing would be pushed back “given the large amount of public input on the project
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3 days ago2 min read
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Jobs evaporated unexpectedly, a troubling sign for US economy.
A job fair in Sunrise, Fla., June 26, 2025. Employers cut 92,000 jobs in February 2026, the Labor Department reported on March 6, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent; losses cut across nearly all major sectors, including health care, which was weighed down by a nurses strike in California. (Scott McIntyre/The New York Times) By SYDNEY EMBER Hiring fizzled in February, a sign of unexpected weakness in the labor market that sent warning signs flashing through the broa
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12 hours ago4 min read
NYSE fined $9 million by SEC over glitch that disrupted stock market.
The New York Stock Exchange has agreed to pay a $9 million civil fine to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges over a computer glitch that disrupted the stock market open in January 2023, causing wild swings in the prices of blue-chip stocks. Friday’s settlement stemmed from a January 24, 2023, incident where the NYSE ran its primary and backup trading systems Pillar Production and Pillar DR -- short for “disaster recovery” -- simultaneously by mista
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12 hours ago2 min read
How the Iran war is choking off the world’s oil and gas.
The war has de facto closed the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway off Iran’s southern coast that carries a fifth of the world’s oil. Three maps showing shifts in tanker traffic, sites of damage, and global trade routes. By BLACKI MIGLIOZZI, CHRISTIAAN TRIEBERT, PETER EAVIS, KEITH COLLINS, JACQUELINE GU and REBECCA F. ELLIOTT Every day, around 80 oil and gas tankers typically pass through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway off Iran’s southern coast that carries a fi
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3 days ago3 min read
International News
Trump assembles a new coalition to ‘eradicate’ cartels.
President Rodrigo Paz of Bolivia; President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador; President Javier Milei of Argentina; President Donald Trump; President José Raúl Mulino of Panama; President Mohamed Irfaan Ali of Guyana; and President Nasry Asfura of Honduras stand for a group photo at the Shield of the Americas Summit, held at Trump’s golf resort in Miami on Saturday, March 7, 2026. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By ANNIE CORREAL and SHAWN McCREESH At the first Shield of the A
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12 hours ago4 min read
Two Toronto-area synagogues are struck by gunfire.
By MARK WALKER Two Toronto-area synagogues were damaged by gunfire late Friday and early Saturday, the third such shooting in the area in less than a week, according to Canadian authorities. Shortly before midnight Friday, officers with the York Regional Police responded to a call of gunfire at Clark Avenue and York Hill Boulevard in the Greater Toronto Area, the police said in a statement. A synagogue building was damaged, the police said. No one was hurt. The police did not
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US and Israel launch punishing attacks as Iran says new leader is close.
Attendees at a Mass for migrant domestic workers in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday, March 8, 2026. (Diego Ibarra Sanchez/The New York Times) By AARON BOXERMAN, ERIKA SOLOMON, VIVIAN NEREIM, ERIC SCHMITT and FARNAZ FASSIHI The U.S. and Israeli militaries bombarded Iranian military targets and vital energy infrastructure Sunday, as Iran tried to project stability by announcing that top clerics were finalizing their selection of a new supreme leader. There was no sign of an off-ramp
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12 hours ago3 min read
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Politicians are trying to control the news.
Pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, after his conviction on charges of of “conspiracy to collude with foreign forces,” at his home in Hong Kong, Aug. 15, 2020. (Lam Yik Fei/The New York Times) By THE EDITORIAL BOARD The shadow of press repression is spreading around the world. In the past decade, the number of journalists detained and imprisoned has soared as governments seek tighter control over the media. Wh
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12 hours ago4 min read
The folly of attacking Iran.
A photo made during a government-led media tour shows a man in Tehran on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, as he sits in front of the wreckage of his apartment building after a nearby police station was destroyed by a U.S.-Israeli airstrike. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times) By NICHOLAS KRISTOF We Americans have begun another Middle Eastern war based on dubious intelligence claims, and as in 2003 I fear we haven’t thought through the substantial risks and uncertain gains. Presiden
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3 days ago5 min read
Trump struck Iran because he sensed weakness.
“Let’s think about the Iran war in the light of Donald Trump’s career to date,” writes New York Times columnist Ross Douthat. (Shannon Lin/The New York Times) By ROSS DOUTHAT Let’s think about the Iran war in the light of Donald Trump’s career to date. What has made him so historically significant, so effective as a politician in spite of all his sins and faults, so enduring and dominant in the American political landscape? One thing especially: an incredible instinct for the
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4 days ago5 min read
Entertainment News
House of Representatives opens Women’s Week with historic double art exhibition.
On Tuesday, “the halls of the Capitol will be transformed into art galleries, showcasing the best works of two great figures: sculptor María Elena Perales and painter Aidamaris Román,” Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez said. “They represent a sample of the great talent of our women.” (Wikipedia) By THE STAR STAFF As part of his commitment to promoting creative spaces for Puerto Rican women, Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Rep
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12 hours ago2 min read
Mujeres 2026: Where women’s voices take center stage at Galería Petrus.
“La Dormilona” (2024) by Yanira Delgado By EVA LLORENS VÉLEZ In a gathering of bold visions and intimate gestures, Mujeres 2026 unfolds as a testament to the transformative power of women’s artistry. Inside Galería Petrus in Miramar, 20 artists -- spanning generations, disciplines and aesthetic vocabularies -- come together in a show that feels less like an exhibition and more like a chorus. Their works, fierce and tender in equal measure, explore identity, memory, territory,
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5 science fiction movies to stream now.
“Bugonia” By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI In this month’s picks, hijacked bullet trains, comet creatures and time loops in the British countryside. ‘Bugonia’ At this point it’s easy to take the ongoing collaboration between Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone for granted. Yet it’s also hard to overstate how weird — by mainstream Hollywood standards at least — the movies they make together are. The pair would have to go into full experimental mode to outdo this baroque tale, a remake of
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3 days ago4 min read
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Salinas cuida de sus mayores en el Centro Mar de la Felicidad.
POR EL STAR STAFF SALINAS – La alcaldesa de Salinas, Karilyn Bonilla Colón, informó que el Centro Mar de la Felicidad, localizado en la Comunidad Los Poleos, es un lugar de servicios para la población mayor de 55 años. “Es un centro diurno donde tenemos actualmente matrícula abierta, donde ofrecemos desde programa de nutrición con desayuno, almuerzo y merienda, hasta servicios de enfermería y trabajo social”, señaló. Además se coordina transportación desde el hogar al centro
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12 hours ago1 min read
Administración Municipal de Caguas reconoce la trayectoria de Mujeres Poderosas que transforman la ciudad.
POR EL STAR STAFF CAGUAS – En el marco del Día Internacional de la Mujer Trabajadora, el Municipio Autónomo de Caguas destacó la trayectoria y aportación de las Mujeres Poderosas Cagüeñas reconocidas durante el evento celebrado el pasado jueves en el Centro de Bellas Artes de Caguas, Ángel O. Berríos. El reconocimiento forma parte de una iniciativa municipal dirigida a visibilizar y respaldar el liderazgo femenino en los ámbitos social, comunitario, profesional, cultural y em
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12 hours ago2 min read
Crecimiento con propósito:seis años innovando en salud visual.
Dr. Carlos J. Fernández Santos, Oftalmólogo Retinólogo. Redacción EDITORIAL SEMANA redaccion@periodicolasemana.net Con la finalidad de ofrecer un enfoque integral, con una gama de servicios en oftalmología general, retinología, glaucoma, córnea, cataratas y ojo seco con una atención de excelencia a la comunidad, en el verano del 2020 se estableció en Caguas Puerto Rico Eye Institute (PREi). Desde entonces, han mantenido su compromiso continuo de abordar una amplia gama de nec
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3 days ago5 min read
Sports News
Cangrejeras, Atenienses triumph in the penultimate week of LVSF regular season.
Andrea Fuentes of the Cangrejeras of Santurce (Giuliano Torres / FPV) By THE STAR STAFF The Cangrejeras of Santurce moved within four wins of finishing the Women’s Superior Volleyball League (LVSF by its initials in Spanish) regular season undefeated on Friday night, securing their 16th victory over the Valencianas of Juncos in four sets. The set scores were 25-19, 18-25, 25-10 and 25-17. Helena Grozer led Santurce with 18 points, followed by Tamara Otene with 16 and Andrea R
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11 hours ago1 min read
Cuba is next up for Puerto Rico after thrilling extra-inning win over Panama.
A walk-off home run by Darell Hernaiz in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted Puerto Rico over Panama, 4-3, on Saturday night in a World Baseball Classic Group A pool play game at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Hato Rey. By THE STAR STAFF A walk-off home run by Darell Hernaiz in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted Team Puerto Rico over Panama, 4-3, in Saturday’s second game in Group A of the 2026 World Baseball Classic at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Hato Rey. With the score 3-2 in fa
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12 hours ago4 min read
Last tournament, Díaz got hurt and missed a season. Now, he’s back.
By KATIE WOO / THE ATHLETIC To this day, Edwin Díaz does not know how it happened. One moment, he was jumping in jubilation, engulfed by his teammates in Miami near the pitcher’s mound after punctuating the most momentous strikeout in Puerto Rico’s recent international baseball history. The next thing he knew, he was on the ground, grasping at his right knee in pain. It has been three years since Díaz, the closer for Puerto Rico in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, ruptured hi
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Health News
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
Kennedy allies target states to overturn vaccine mandates for schoolchildren
An empty classroom at the high school in Williston, N.D., during an outbreak of measles there, May 19, 2025. Longtime allies of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, have launched a new effort to repeal laws that for decades have required children to be vaccinated against measles, polio and other diseases before they enter day care or kindergarten. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) By CHRISTINA JEWETT Longtime allies of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s healt
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Feb 185 min read
Forget about muscle mass as you age, focus on strength
When it comes to longevity, bigger is not always better. (Jackson Gibbs/The New York Times) By HILARY ACHAUER These days, you might think you have to become a power lifter to age well. Dr. Gabrielle Lyon, a celebrity physician, calls muscles “the organ of longevity.” For Dr. Peter Attia, they’re “the most important retirement accounts you can have.” We’re often reminded that muscle mass starts to decline as early as 30, and that it becomes harder to build muscle as we get ol
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Feb 163 min read
Science News
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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3 days ago5 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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Baboon sibling rivalry suggests monkeys feel jealousy like people
A photo provided by Dr. Axelle Delaunay shows a baboon family in Namibia. Young primates in a southern African nature park were observed to constantly interfere when their mother was giving attention to a younger brother or sister. (Dr. Axelle Delaunay via The New York Times) By ANNIE ROTH Ever been jealous of your brother or sister for getting too much attention from your mom or dad? Scientists believe you’re not the only creature in the animal kingdom to feel that way. A t
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Feb 243 min read
Travel News
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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Is it safe to travel to Mexico right now?.
The center of Guadalajara is mostly empty in Mexico, Feb. 23, 2026. A wave of unrest after the killing of a cartel leader has rattled tourists at popular destinations in Mexico, prompting travelers to reconsider their plans. (César Rodríguez/The New York Times) By SHANNON SIMS With spring break just weeks away, and snowbirds looking to dodge a blustery winter, the recent unrest in Mexico has left travelers concerned about whether visiting the country is safe right now. While
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36 hours in Vieques.
La Plata Beach in Vieques, Puerto Rico, on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. Vieques, a 20-mile-long isle just east of Puerto Rico’s main island, has long attracted in-the-know travelers with its raw beauty and uncrowded beaches. (Erika P. Rodríguez/The New York Times) By LUIS FERRÉ-SADURNÍ Vieques, a 20-mile-long isle just east of Puerto Rico’s main island, has long attracted in-the-know travelers with its raw beauty and uncrowded beaches. Since Hurricane Maria crippled it in 2017, clo
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Mar 27 min read
Fashion & Social News
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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3 days ago1 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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