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COSIANI launches projects to revitalize Río Piedras.
Through guided tours, the “Routes of My History” project “explores the history, diversity, and traditions” of Río Piedras, “as well as its importance in the social, economic, political, cultural, and educational development of Puerto Rico,” COSIANI Executive President De’Marie Valentín noted. (Wikipedia) By THE STAR STAFF The Integrated Services Cooperative for Children (COSIANI) has announced the launch of two innovative projects designed to strengthen community identity and
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Tech firm Pharos Solutions to invest $13 million, create 118 jobs.
Pharos Solutions CEO David Sturt (LinkedIn) By THE STAR STAFF Technology company Pharos Solutions Inc. will make a multimillion-dollar investment in technology, infrastructure and local talent as part of a major expansion, officials announced Monday. With support from the Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC by its acronym in Spanish), the company’s expansion is expected to generate 118 highly skilled jobs and an estimated payroll of $13 million, strengthenin
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Businessman Vélez León to seek PDP presidency in Juana Díaz.
Andrés Vélez León By THE STAR STAFF Businessman and professor Andrés Vélez León has announced his official candidacy to lead the Popular Democratic Party (PDP) municipal committee in Juana Díaz, following the resignation of longtime mayor Ramón Hernández Torres. Hernández stepped down after a distinguished career in public service. “Today I have officially filed my candidacy for the presidency of the Popular Democratic Party of Juana Díaz with joy, hope, and a deep commitment
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For immigrants in detention, spiritual care can be hard to find.
Father Brendan Busse, a pastor at Dolores Mission Church in Los Angeles, on Nov. 24, 2025. As the Trump administration has dramatically increased the number of people held in federal immigration detention facilities, detainees’ access to medical care, sufficient food, basic hygiene and legal counsel have all come under scrutiny. (Alex Welsh/The New York Times) By RUTH GRAHAM As the Trump administration has dramatically increased the number of people held in federal immigratio
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16 hours ago5 min read
Democrats denounce Trump’s Iran attack, but subtle divisions emerge.
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington about the failed indictment against him for his fall video about illegal military orders, Feb. 11, 2026. Democrats have overwhelmingly opposed President Donald Trump’s decision to strike Iran without seeking congressional approval — but in significant if subtle ways, the attacks have magnified fissures in the party over the country’s national security interests and America’s use of military fo
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‘We got to win the midterms’: Trump takes his State of the Union message on the road.
President Donald Trump after he delivered remarks on energy policies at the Port of Corpus Christie in Corpus Christie, Texas, on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS In his first public event since his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump on Friday recounted a political trap he set for Democrats. In what was billed as an energy policy speech in Corpus Christi, Texas, Trump described how Democrats refused to stand up during
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How talks between anthropic and the Defense Dept. fell apart.
Emil Michael, nominee for Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, during a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing in Washington, March 27, 2025. Michael had been negotiating the $200 million AI contract with Anthropic for weeks. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By SHEERA FRENKEL, CADE METZ and JULIAN E. BARNES Minutes before a 5:01 p.m. deadline Friday, Emil Michael, the Defense Department’s chief technology officer, was fuming. For weeks, Michael, a former
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From oil spikes to equity swings: How the Mideast conflict is driving markets.
An escalating conflict in the Middle East rattled global markets on Monday, as the prospect of a long-drawn fight drove energy prices higher and hammered travel stocks and regional assets. Israel attacked Lebanon in response to strikes by Hezbollah, while Tehran fired missiles and drones at Israel, Gulf states and a British air base in far-away Cyprus. U.S. President Donald Trump said the military campaign against Iran could continue for the next four weeks, according to
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Abrupt change for Warner Bros. prompts many grim faces.
Ted Sarandos, the co-chief executive of Netflix, in Oceanport, N.J., Jan. 12, 2026. Employees at Warner Bros. had started to warm to the idea of Netflix as its corporate owner. Now they face the prospect of major cuts under Paramount. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times) By BROOKS BARNES and JOHN KOBLIN It was a Hollywood battle royal, one filled with feints, bruised egos, strategic leaks, boardroom intrigue and old guard vs. new guard tension. And when a winner finally emerged
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2 days ago4 min read
International
Strike on girls’ school kills at least 175, Iranian state media says.
By MALACHY BROWNE, EPHRAT LIVNI and SANAM MAHOOZI At least 175 people, most of them likely children, were killed Saturday in a strike on a girls’ elementary school in southern Iran, health officials and Iranian state media said. The search for survivors in the rubble of the Shajarah Tayyebeh school in the southern town of Minab ended Sunday, according to Mohammad Radmehr, the governor of Minab, Iranian state media reported. It appeared to be the deadliest attack in the ongoin
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Trump suggests extended war on Iran as US adds to forces in Mideast.
The remains of a police station are searched after airstrikes in Tehran, Iran, on Monday, March 2, 2026. Iran and allied militias, including Hezbollah, attacked Israel and U.S. targets, and Israel struck in Lebanon. Top U.S. officials talked of new attacks and an extended campaign. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times) By SHAWN McCREESH, TYLER PAGER, ERIC SCHMITT, HELENE COOPER and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States would continue atta
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Attacks on Iran heighten fears in Cuba, already under US pressure.
President Donald Trump returns to the White House in Washington, March 1, 2026. President Trump has prevented Venezuela from sending oil to Cuba, a major trading partner. Many Cubans are wondering if the Trump administration plans to target their country’s Communist government next. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By ED AUGUSTIN, FRANCES ROBLES and DAVID C. ADAMS Plainclothes counterintelligence agents from Cuba’s Interior Ministry knocked on the doors of Communist Part
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A tyrant falls. Dangerous uncertainty begins.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, arrives to vote in an election in Tehran, March 1, 2024. Khamenei, who in more than three decades as Iran’s supreme leader turned the Islamic Republic into a regional power, brutally crushing dissent at home, and maintaining unswerving hostility to the United States and Israel, died on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, after U.S. and Israeli military strikes on his country. He was 86. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times) By THE EDITORIAL
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Why have you started this war, Mr. President?.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in Morristown, N.J., on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. In his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump promised voters that he would end wars, not start them. Over the past year, he has instead ordered military strikes in seven nations. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By THE EDITORIAL BOARD In his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised voters that he would end wars, not start them. Over the past year, he has instead ordered military strik
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2 days ago5 min read
What hath Trump wrought
A banner image of President Donald Trump hangs at the Department of Labor’s offices in Washington on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (Aleksey Kondratyev/The New York Times) By JAMELLE BOUIE For President Donald Trump and his allies, the 2024 election was less a vote for a new administration than it was an enabling act for a new sovereign. The public had done more than give Trump the White House the way it might bless any candidate with presidential power. In their view, the vote was
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Entertainment
Up close with the king in ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’.
“EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert” By ALISSA WILKINSON Concert films can serve many purposes — extending a brand, surfacing footage of a historical moment, pulling cash from fans’ pockets — but at their best, they make you feel like you’re at, well, a concert. “EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert” (in theaters) has a gimmicky title, but thankfully its director, Baz Luhrmann, did not make a gimmicky concert film. This is a fun movie and a revealing one, too. Four years ago, Luhrmann
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16 hours ago2 min read
Phil Collins, Wu-Tang Clan and Shakira are among rock hall nominees.
Phil Collins performs in New York on June 23, 2010. (Chad Batka/The New York Times) By EMMANUEL MORGAN Phil Collins, Wu-Tang Clan, Shakira and Luther Vandross are among the first-time nominees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced Wednesday. This year’s nominees also include Jeff Buckley, Lauryn Hill, New Edition and INXS. The list of nominated artists and bands, who become eligible 25 years after their first recording, continues the influx of rap acts since the first hi
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16 hours ago2 min read
Neil Sedaka, singing craftsman of memorable pop songs, dies at 86.
Neil Sedaka at home in Manhattan before a concert on May 4, 2004, with an Andy Warhol painting of him. (Ruby Washington/The New York Times) By PETER APPLEBOME Neil Sedaka, who went from classical music prodigy to precocious songwriter to teenage idol to pop music fixture in a celebrated career that spanned seven decades, died Friday in Los Angeles. He was 86. His son, Marc, said Sedaka, who lived in West Hollywood, had been taken to a hospital earlier Friday and died there. H
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DRNA decreta moratoria de 60 días en multas por pesca sin licencia.
POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – El Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales decretó una moratoria de 60 días, a partir del 26 de febrero, en la expedición de boletos administrativos por practicar la pesca comercial sin una licencia válida, informó el viernes la secretaria auxiliar de Conservación e Investigación, Marisel Martínez. “El pasado 24 de febrero, nuestro secretario sostuvo una reunión con miembros de la Federación de Pescadores y Defensores del Mar de Puerto Rico c
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Ada Álvarez Conde endosa a la líder puertorriqueña para el Congreso por Carolina del Sur.
POR EL STAR STAFF SAN JUAN – La senadora popular por acumulación, Dra.Ada Álvarez Conde, expresó su endoso a la precandidata demócrata Mayra Rivera Vázquez, quien aspira a llegar al Congreso por Carolina del Sur. “En septiembre pasado, esta mujer de Caguas que lleva más de dos décadas viviendo en Estados Unidos, anunció que busca un escaño por el primer distrito de Carolina del Sur, que ha estado en manos de la republicana Nancy Mace” La senadora señaló que la campaña de Rive
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Gobernadora y comisionado residente reaccionan a ataque de EEUU a Irán.
POR CYBERNEWS CAGUAS – La gobernadora Jenniffer Aydin González Colón y el comisionado residente, Pablo José Hernández Rivera reaccionaron el sábado al ataque militar de Estados Unidos e Israel contra Irán. “A pesar de múltiples negociaciones diplomáticas, con administraciones republicanas y demócratas por años, el régimen iraní no desistió en su afán de producir un arma nuclear que representa un peligro directo no solo para nuestros aliados que buscan la paz y estabilidad en
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Sports
Kenyan Peter Njeru repeats as San Blas Half-Marathon winner.
A total of 4,251 runners finished the 64th edition of the San Blas Half Marathon in Coamo on Sunday. (Facebook via Medio Maratón San Blas) By THE STAR STAFF Kenyan Peter Njeru successfully defended his title at the 64th San Blas Half Marathon in Coamo on Sunday with a time of one hour, 3 minutes and 13 seconds (1:03:13), crossing the finish line over half a minute ahead of his closest challenger. In the women’s race, Werkuha Getachew of Ethiopia was the winner by a similar ma
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Santurce stays unbeaten, Corozal overtakes Caguas for 2nd place in LVSF.
The Pinkin of Corozal dropped the first set but swept the next three to win Sunday’s Women’s Superior Volleyball League match in Caguas and supplant the Criollas in second place. (Heriberto Rosario Rosa – FPV) By THE STAR STAFF The seventh week of the Women’s Superior Volleyball League (LVSF by its initials in Spanish) season concluded on Sunday night with the Cangrejeras of Santurce extending their undefeated streak to 14 games, while the Pinkin of Corozal climbed into secon
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Santurce stays undefeated, Manatí holds off Juncos in 5 sets
Tamara Otene led undefeated Santurce with 20 points. (Heriberto Rosario – FPV) By THE STAR STAFF Last Friday’s matches in the Women’s Superior Volleyball League (LVSF by its initials in Spanish) saw the Cangrejeras of Santurce remain undefeated with their fourth victory of the season over the defending champion Criollas of Caguas, while the Atenienses of Manatí split points after defeating the Valencianas of Juncos in five sets. At Roger Mendoza Vidal Coliseum in Caguas, the
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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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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
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
At a ‘tea party’ with scientists, this ape showed some imagination
A photo provided by Ape Initiative shows Kanzi, a bonobo living at the Ape Initiative in Des Moines, Iowa, was able to play make-believe with researchers studying the ape imagination. In a playtime experiment, scientists found that apes, our closest living relatives, have the capacity for make-believe, too. (Ape Initiative via The New York Times) By ALEXA ROBLES-GIL Having an imaginary friend, playing house or daydreaming about the future were long considered uniquely human
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Feb 114 min read
Deep inside an Antarctic glacier, a mission collapses at its final step
Engineer Paul Anker checks on the supply of hot water for a drilling operation at Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica, Jan. 30, 2026. An attempt to drill through Thwaites Glacier is foiled; scientists lost their instruments within Antarctica’s most dangerously unstable glacier, though not before getting a glimpse at the warming waters underneath. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) By RAYMOND ZHONG A daring attempt to study Antarctica’s fast-melting Thwaites Glacier collapsed over t
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Feb 65 min read
Travel
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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Western ski resorts and their terrible, horrible, no snow, very bad year
Queue lines sit empty during a shutdown at the Telluride Ski Resort in Mountain Village, Colo., Dec. 27, 2025. Little snowpack, strikes by mountain staff and Trump administration policies that are keeping international visitors away have made this a difficult season in the Rockies and beyond. (William Woody/The New York Times) By DAVID GOODMAN Bare slopes. Closed terrain. Canceled vacations. In the Western United States, the 2026 ski season is shaping up to be one of the wors
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Feb 174 min read
Southwest ends open seating. Some passengers will miss the scrum.
Travelers are shown vintage boarding passes during a celebration hosted by Southwest Airlines to commemorate the end of its longstanding open-seating policy, at Orlando International Airport in Orlando, last Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. The airline said its new policy, rolled out on Tuesday, responded to passengers’ preferences, but some customers said the scramble was part of the charm. (Jacob Langston/The New York Times) By CHRISTINE CHUNG With a water-cannon salute, balloons an
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Feb 104 min read
Lifestyle
This Valentine’s day, offer up bubbly from Germany
A variety of bottles of sekt, sparkling wine made in Germany. Sekt has made remarkable strides in recent years. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times) By ERIC ASIMOV Sekt, the term for sparkling wine made in Germany, has a very long history, and for much of the post-World War II era, not an especially happy one. Through the end of the 20th century, most sekt was cheap, slightly sweet and industrially produced. But the last decade has seen a sekt rejuvenation. The wines have impro
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Feb 135 min read
How to make döner kebab like a Cypriot mom
Pita pockets made using Nefise Kansu’s recipe for sheet-pan döner kebabs, which have amassed popularity on TikTok. The Cypriot mother’s method doesn’t require the traditional kebob shop spit holding a round of the marinated lamb or beef to slice from as it cooks. Food styled by Spencer Richards. (Rachel Vanni/The New York Times) By KORSHA WILSON It’s an old tale: A boyfriend visits his girlfriend’s parents’ house for the first time and nerves ensue. But in Michael Wilkes’ cas
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Jan 145 min read
The 10 wines you should be drinking in 2026
Whether because of stereotypes or evolving tastes, these ten wine varieties tend to be dismissed, but they still offer great beauty and are worth exploring. (Nishant Choksi/The New York Times) By ERIC ASIMOV Fashions come and go, it’s said, but style is eternal. It holds true with wine, too. Different wines fade in and out of popularity, but good ones deserve recognition regardless of the trends. I have picked 10 wine genres here that I feel have either been arbitrarily dismi
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