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Discover Puerto Rico turns viral video into Puerto Rico tourism anthem

The “Puerto Rico Song” project marks a rare evolution of a viral, fan-driven song into an official music video, turning an organic social media moment into a celebration of Puerto Rico’s culture, communities and regional identity. (Spotify) By THE STAR STAFF After capturing audiences across social media, the viral Puerto Rico song that became an unofficial anthem for travelers dreaming of spending time on the island now has an official music video and sing-along experience, b

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Sector leader demands swift gov’t response to aid long-term care homes amid water shortages

Long-Term Care Institutions Federation President Jonathan Morales Adorno Chastises Family Dept. over ‘immediate recommended actions’ communique By THE STAR STAFF With various towns on the island facing serious drought problems and water rationing plans, Long-Term Care Institutions Federation (FICPRO by its acronym in Spanish) President Jonathan Morales Adorno on Wednesday demanded the need for a quick, coordinated and effective response from the island government to guarantee

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Gov’t activates Íntegra to centralize finances of more than 60 agencies

By THE STAR STAFF Gov. Jenniffer González Colón presented the Íntegra system on Wednesday, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform designed to centralize financial and supply chain processes across more than 60 agencies of the central government. “With the implementation of the new ERP, we are no longer the last jurisdiction in the United States still operating with a financial platform developed in the late 1990s,” González Colón stated at a press conference. Íntegra

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COR3 seeks contractors for Paseo Puerta de Tierra, school reconstruction projects

Puerta de Tierra Linear Walk (Paseo Puerta de Tierra) in San Juan (Facebook via Paseo de Puerta de Tierra) By THE STAR STAFF Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction, and Resilience (COR3) Interim Executive Director María L. Marín Colón announced on Wednesday the publication of several tenders for reconstruction projects funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The projects include the rehabilitation of the Puerta de Tierra Linear Walk (Paseo Puerta de Tie

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Part of Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE’ law ruled illegal by appeals court

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, then a Republican presidential candidate, speaks during a campaign stop in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Jan. 20, 2024. An appellate court has struck down parts of a Florida law that restrict the teaching of ideas related to race, sexism and unconscious bias in college classrooms. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times) By VIMAL PATEL An appellate court earlier this week struck down parts of a Florida law that restrict the teaching of ideas related to race, sexism

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Trump administration guts efforts to prevent gun violence, suppressing reports

Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Conn., speaks with a group of anti gun violence activists and gun violence survivors in Washington, Feb. 12, 2025. As the administration works to expand gun rights, hospitals and community groups have lost funding, and reports on preventing firearm injuries have vanished from government websites. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG The Trump administration has gutted federal gun violence prevention efforts since returning to off

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New videos of Charlie Kirk’s killing emerge in court, but few can watch

Nearly 10 months after the assassination of Kirk, prosecutors will begin laying out their case on Monday, July 6, in a hearing that will put Kirk’s parents and widow in the same courtroom as the man charged with murdering the conservative activist. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times) By JACK HEALY, NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS and ROBERT DRAPER Graphic videos, detailed police accounts and high-profile conservative figures defined the first day of a hearing to determine wheth

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After insulting allies at NATO summit, Trump says they love him

President Donald Trump during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. Trump brought his combative side to the meeting of world leaders in Turkey, kicking off a day of diplomacy with a panoply of complaints and insults against U.S. allies. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By TYLER PAGER and SHAWN McCREESH President Donald Trump’s head-spinning appearance at the NATO summit in Ankara on Wednesday began wi

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As Iran ceasefire frays, Trump faces a muddled war and unpalatable options

President Donald Trump during a meeting at the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. While at the summit, Trump declared the cease-fire with Iran “over” after less than a month. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By DAVID E. SANGER Just two weeks ago, opening the Great American State Fair, President Donald Trump triumphantly declared: “For the first time in 3,000 years, we are going to have peace in the Middle East.” It was typical bravado for Trump. But the

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Farage says he will resign as U.K. lawmaker to trigger a special election

Nigel Farage, then-leader of the Independence Party, speaks in London after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union on June 24, 2016. (Adam Ferguson/The New York Times) By STEPHEN CASTLE Nigel Farage, the leader of the populist right-wing Reform UK party, on Tuesday said he would resign his seat in Parliament and run for reelection in his Clacton seat to answer criticism of his financial affairs. The unexpected move comes after recent revelations about gifts and

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Court upholds Marine Le Pen’s conviction, but leaves path to presidency

Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, in Paris on July 7, 2024. Le Pen, whose far-right party leads polls in France, was convicted in 2025 of embezzlement. The outcome of her appeal will determine if she can run for president. (Mauricio Lima/The New York Times) By MARK LANDLER and SÉGOLÉNE LE STRADIC Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader and a front-runner to win next year’s presidential election, on Tuesday lost her appeal of an embezzlement conviction, prolonging

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US trade deficit widens in May on record goods imports

Cargo containers at the Port of Seattle in Washington State on Dec. 30, 2025. Imports of foreign goods, including pharmaceuticals and equipment for data centers, hit a record high in May 2026, pushing the monthly trade deficit to its highest level in over a year. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times) By ANA SWANSON The United States trade deficit in goods and services widened to $77.6 billion in May as the U.S. imported more goods than it sold abroad. Imports rose, climbing 3.3%

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Investors get inflation ‘wake-up call’ as Trump fires up oil prices

Global investors had a stark reminder of how quickly the oil market can reignite ⁠concern ⁠about inflation and volatility, after U.S. President Donald Trump said ⁠on Wednesday that an interim agreement with Iran to end the war “is over”. Inflation-sensitive assets such as bonds and gold tumbled in the face of a 5% surge in oil. “It’s a big wake-up call for markets,” said Aneeka Gupta, director of macroeconomic research at Wisdomtree. The expectation had been “that we were li

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Shipping traffic in Strait of Hormuz picks up again

By JENNY GROSS Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz bounced back last week after a weekend slowdown prompted by a flare-up in strikes between Iran and the United States. According to data from Kpler, a maritime tracking firm, 40 ships transited the waterway, up from 24 the previous day and 39 on Saturday. Vessels started moving in larger numbers last week after the United States and Iran agreed to a ceasefire and a 60-day period of negotiations on a deal to end the war. Last

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CRIM invita a los contribuyentes a beneficiarse de descuentos en el pago de la contribución inmueble

El Centro de Recaudación de Ingresos Municipales, (CRIM), recordó a los contribuyentes que pueden beneficiarse de un descuento de 10% en el segundo pago de sus contribuciones de la propiedad inmueble correspondiente a este año contributivo, si realizan los mismos en o antes del 31 de julio de 2026. Después de esa fecha, los contribuyentes podrán beneficiarse de un 5% de descuento, hasta el 31 de agosto de 2026. Una vez concluya ese periodo, no aplicará ningún otro descuento y

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LUMA energiza tres nuevos transformadores en subestaciones para fortalecer el sistema eléctrico

POR EL STAR STAFF SAN JUAN – LUMA continúa impulsando la transformación del sistema eléctrico con la energización de tres nuevos transformadores de potencia en las subestaciones Sabana Llana en Carolina, uno de los más grande del sistema, Crea en Bayamón y Mora en Isabela. La incorporación de estos equipos fortalece la infraestructura crítica de la red y mejora la confiabilidad del servicio para cerca de 782,500 clientes. La Subestación Sabana Llana beneficia a más de 700,000

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Feria en Ceiba genera impacto de $94,600 para la tercera edad

La senadora Marissa “Marissita” Jiménez Santoni encabezó una exitosa feria de servicios en el Centro de Usos Múltiples de Ceiba, dirigida a brindar asistencia gratuita a cientos de adultos mayores de 65 años para la radicación de sus planillas de crédito senior ante el Departamento de Hacienda. Durante la actividad, se radicaron 220 planillas, generando un impacto económico de $88,000 en créditos otorgados, representando un ahorro aproximado de $6,600 para los beneficiarios

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Inician construcción del nuevo cementerio municipal de Morovis

La gobernadora Jenniffer González Colón y la alcaldesa de Morovis, Carmen I. Maldonado, encabezaron la ceremonia de colocación de la primera piedra del nuevo cementerio municipal. Por EL STAR STAFF La gobernadora Jenniffer González Colón, junto a la alcaldesa de Morovis, Carmen I. Maldonado, colocó la primera piedra del nuevo cementerio municipal de Morovis, una obra que busca atender la falta de espacios para enterramientos en el municipio. El proyecto surge luego de que el

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Lessons from the Graham Platner disaster

Graham Platner speaks to supporters in Blue Hill, Maine, after winning the Democratic nomination for the Senate on Tuesday night, June 9, 2026. (Sophie Park/The New York Times) By MICHELLE GOLDBERG Hopefully, by the time you read this, Graham Platner will have dropped out of the Senate race in Maine. If he hasn’t, he needs to, immediately. His campaign, which started with such excitement and inspired so many people in Maine, has become a shameful catastrophe. What’s left — be

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What is the ‘spirit of liberty’ today?

By BRET STEPHENS In May 1944, Learned Hand delivered a brief but timeless address in New York on “the spirit of liberty.” Freedom, the great 2nd Circuit jurist warned, cannot be safeguarded by constitutions, laws or courts. Nor can there be freedom wherever “men recognize no check upon their freedom” — a road down which it becomes “the possession of only a savage few.” Instead, the judge said, the spirit of liberty lay in a combination of humility, curiosity, generosity and r

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Did the ‘deep state’ invent the UFO craze?

By ROSS DOUTHAT The last few times I wrote about unidentified flying objects, in the spring and fall of 2023, there had been a series of curious happenings — reveals and leaks and would-be whistleblowing — that convinced me that some group of people inside our government wanted Americans to believe that the national security state had secret knowledge about UFOs. This was a deliberately circumspect take on an extremely weird situation, which had three notable features. First,

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The less discussed but very important measure in Trump’s terrible bill

Vice President JD Vance arrives at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday morning, July 1, 2025, prepared to cast a tiebreaking vote in the Senate on President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and domestic policy bill. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By LYDIA POLGREEN Journalist Michael Kinsley once defined a political gaffe as when a politician inadvertently speaks the truth. Last week, Vice President JD Vance posted a classic of the form on the social platform X, part of an

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The history at the Smithsonian that the White House finds unpatriotic

Attendees at Rededicate 250, a Christian-focused prayer rally, on the National Mall in Washington, May 17, 2026. Rededicate 250 promoted the idea that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. (Alex Kent/The New York Times) By JENNIFER SCHUESSLER While the nation’s 250th birthday may have passed, the pitched partisan battles over how to tell the country’s history — in particular the founding story of 1776 — are hardly over. On July 4, hours before President Donald

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‘Jackass: Best and Last’: A moving look at male friendship and aging (really)

The “Jackass” style is heavily influenced by lo-fi underground skate videos from the 1980s and ’90s, in which skaters in a crew showed off their tricks to music. By ALISSA WILKINSON That the “Jackass” franchise is perhaps the most successful documentary series of all time is indisputable. Its best-known star, Johnny Knoxville, has the concussions to prove it. Twenty-five years in, as “Jackass: Best and Last” hits theaters, it’s still a little tricky to pin down what exactly

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Would you let AI Michael Caine read you the ‘Odyssey’?

Michael Caine (Wikipedia) By ALEXANDRA ALTER In a new audiobook edition of the “Odyssey,” Homer’s nearly 3,000-year-old epic poem, the voice of British actor Michael Caine delivers the story’s soaring opening lines in his distinctive, gravelly staccato. “Tell me, O Muse, of that sagacious man who, having overthrown the sacred town of Ilium, wandered far and visited the capitals of many nations, learned the customs of their dwellers, and endured great suffering on the deep,” C

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As Messi dominates the World Cup, a global war rages for Maradona’s ghost

Items left by fans in honor of Maradona at the memorial for Diego Maradona in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 18, 2026. A multimillion-dollar battle for a soccer god’s brand is being waged across continents, burning investors and tearing his family apart. (Sarah Pabst/The New York Times) By TARIQ PANJA and LUCÍA CHOLAKIAN HERRERA In an army of Lionel Messis outside AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Juan Manuel García stood apart. Like the other fans, he wore No. 10 on his back

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Double-A Final Four kicks off Friday in Comerío & Humacao

In Series A of the Superior Double-A Baseball League Final Four semifinals, the defending champion Mulos of Juncos will play the Pescadores del Plata of Comerío (pictured). The best-of-seven series opens Friday night at Carlos Bonet Stadium in Comerío. (Aldwin Santiago) By THE STAR STAFF The Superior Double-A Baseball League Final Four begins Friday at 8 p.m. with games at Carlos Bonet Stadium in Comerío and Néstor Morales Stadium in Humacao. In Series A, the defending champi

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Glee and Snark in Europe after Belgium knocks U.S. out of World Cup

Dejected fans of the United States team react to Belgium’s victory in their World Cup match in Seattle on Monday, July 6, 2026. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times) By JEANNA SMIALEK and KOBA RYCKEWART “Overturn this.” That is what Belgium’s national soccer team posted on social media after crushing the United States 4-1 in the World Cup on Monday — a snarky reference to the reinstatement of a banned U.S. player before the game. The reversal on the player’s eligibility followed

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