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House to increase oversight of facilities serving adults with intellectual disabilities

Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló, chairman of the House Health Committee, said Wednesday that he plans to conduct unannounced visits to facilities to assess the conditions in which participants are living. By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico House of Representatives will step up oversight of residential facilities serving adults with intellectual disabilities following a recent case under investigation for alleged neglect of participants. Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló, chairman of the House

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Court rejects attempt to silence prison-rights organization

The ACLU argued that the requested remedies would violate constitutional protections and hinder advocates, journalists and families from exposing conditions affecting a vulnerable population. By THE STAR STAFF A Puerto Rico court has rejected an attempt to silence a prison‑rights organization, marking a significant win for free expression and public oversight of conditions inside the island’s correctional system. A judge of the Ponce Trial Court dismissed Carolina Catering Co

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Retired PREPA workers warn their pensions are “in check” amid possible overhaul

Retired workers and pensioners in Puerto Rico face uncertainty over the future of their retirement benefits amid potential changes to the PREPA pension system (FB via Asociación de Jubilados de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica.) By THE STAR STAFF Retirees of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (AEE) are sounding the alarm over potential changes to their pension system, saying the future of their retirement benefits has become increasingly uncertain as the Fiscal Oversig

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Oversight Board warns Puerto Rico agencies: OMB authorization does not equal contract approval

By THE STAR STAFF The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico issued a formal notice on October 7 clarifying that government agencies are misinterpreting the contract review process and, in some cases, bypassing mandatory Oversight Board approval for multimillion‑dollar agreements. In a letter sent electronically to Fiscal Agency and Financial Authority Interim Executive Director Vicky González Vega, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Orlando Rive

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Trump officials ramp up investigations into voter registration groups

Voters fill out ballots on primary election day at the Butte Civic Center in Butte, Mt., on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. The Trump administration is investigating nonprofits that it says may be recruiting noncitizens for voter registration, documents show, even though noncitizen voting in the United States is rare. (Will Warasila/The New York Times) By MADELEINE NGO, RICHARD FAUSSET and ALEXANDRA BERZON As the Trump administration promotes doubts about the integrity of the voting s

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Supreme Court weighs if military may explode bombs on a tropical beach

Monaeka Flores, whose family has deep roots on Guam, at Tarague Beach, Sept. 28, 2026. The Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether the U.S. Air Force can keep destroying munitions on a beach in Guam, a practice it began in 1982. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times) By ABBIE VANSICKLE Tarague Beach is a tropical expanse of white sand on the island of Guam, where sea turtles lay their eggs, migratory seabirds forage and reef fish glide in the clear blue-green water. But t

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Judge will order officials to save evidenceafter Christa Pike’s failed execution

Christa Pike attends a hearing via a video hookup at Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 11, 2026. (Jessica Tezak/The New York Times) By EMILY COCHRANE and BILLY WITZ One week after the Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survived two doses of a drug meant to kill her, a state judge said Wednesday that she would order officials to preserve evidence including syringes, drugs and IV lines related to the failed execution. The judge also emphasized that Pike’

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What experts want to know about the Russia plague scare

By K.R.CALLAWAY A 28-year-old worker at a research laboratory in Siberia recently died of pneumonia. The facility studies plague, among other pathogens, raising fears that she had been exposed at the laboratory. But Russian health officials have not linked the death of the worker, Darya Shipilova, to infection with Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague. And despite early reports that dozens had been quarantined near the research facility, health officials said tha

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U.K. and Israel agree to a scaled-back British mission in east Jerusalem

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and ADAM RASGON British and Israeli diplomats reached a last-minute agreement to avoid the closure of the British Consulate building in east Jerusalem, Britain’s foreign secretary announced Thursday, leaving behind a scaled-back diplomatic mission to Palestinians. Israel threatened last month to shut the consulate, which has served as the center of British outreach to Palestinians for decades, in response to London’s decision to impose trade sanctions on I

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Escalating assaults on Ukrainian cities are producing an enormous toll

By MARC SANTORA A Russian campaign to make Ukraine’s towns and cities unlivable is exacting an enormous toll on Ukrainian civilians. At least 30 people were killed Thursday when a Russian guided bomb struck a commuter bus in eastern Ukraine, officials said. That attack, in the front-line city of Kramatorsk, came a day after a Russian cruise missile slammed into a five-story apartment building in Pryluky, a small city about 200 miles from any active combat zone. At least 22 pe

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Spain clears way for separatist leader to return to Catalonia

By CARLOS BARRAGÁN The Spanish Supreme Court has canceled an arrest warrant for Carles Puigdemont, the Catalan separatist leader who fled the country in 2017 and had been living in Belgium, allowing him to return to Catalonia. The decision, which the court announced Tuesday afternoon, paves the way for Puigdemont to benefit from an amnesty law passed by parliament in 2024. The decision came hours after Spain’s Constitutional Court ruled that the Supreme Court must apply the a

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AI is going rogue. Who should be held responsible?

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the Dreamforce conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Sept. 15, 2026. Many think artificial intelligence companies should be held liable for their runaway technology. But legal scholars say applying existing law could be messy. (Manuel Orbegozo/The New York Times) By DAVID McCABE In recent weeks, an unlikely coalition has assembled around a simple idea: Artificial intelligence companies should be held legally responsible when their syste

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Wall St set to open lower as oil jump, high yields fuel inflation concerns

US stocks were on track for a lower open on Thursday as oil prices surged and Treasury yields hovered near multi-year highs, stoking inflation worries ahead of an ‌earnings season that will test whether corporate profits can sustain the momentum. Brent crude futures jumped 4.9% to more than $105 a barrel on persistent worries about supply from the Middle East after increasing attacks on shipping in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. The bond market selloff showed no sign of

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Paramount closes deal for Warner Bros. Discovery, creating media behemoth

The Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank, Calif., Feb. 27, 2026. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times) By BENJAMIN MULLIN Paramount closed its deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery earlier this week, putting tech scion David Ellison in control of a vast media empire that oversees many of Hollywood’s most valuable properties.The deal immediately catapults the combined company, now called Skydance, to the front rank of competitors alongside streaming titans like Netflix and YouTube, ju

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Invitan a Muévete Conmigo para impulsar el acceso a la lectura en la niñez temprana

Gianlee Márquez con niños en actividad Lee Conmigo. POR EL STAR STAFF Con el propósito de fomentar la lectura desde los primeros años de vida, Lee Conmigo invita a las familias, organizaciones y a la comunidad en general a participar el sábado, 17 de octubre, en ¡Muévete Conmigo!, un evento que combinará música, lectura de cuentos y ejercicios de Pilates en familia como parte de la campaña anual de recaudación de fondos para su Biblioteca Infantil. “Queremos que las personas

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Gobernadora informa reducción de 42 por ciento en tiempo para tramitar permisos de construcción

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – El tiempo promedio para tramitar un Permiso de Construcción Consolidado bajó de 107 días en 2024 a 62 días en 2026, una reducción de 42.1 por ciento, informó el miércoles la gobernadora Jenniffer Aydin González Colón durante la convención anual de la Asociación de Constructores de Puerto Rico. “Cada día que logramos reducir en un proceso representa mayor certeza para quien quiere invertir y mayor capacidad para que los proyectos puedan pasar del papel

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Policía arresta 44 personas tras investigación de 13 meses sobre drogas y armas en 17 municipios

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – La Policía de Puerto Rico informó el martes el arresto de 44 personas como resultado de una investigación de 13 meses sobre venta de drogas y armas que produjo acusaciones contra 52 personas en 17 municipios, la ocupación de ocho armas de fuego y 22 vehículos y fianzas que totalizaron 12 millones de dólares. “Detrás de estos arrestos hubo 13 meses de investigación, recopilando evidencia, documentando transacciones y siguiendo el paso a personas que es

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Buzo puertorriqueño abre su primera exhibición de arte en el Capitolio

POR EL STAR STAFF SAN JUAN – Como parte de su compromiso con impulsar el talento de artistas puertorriqueños, el presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Carlos ‘Johnny’ Méndez, anunció, junto al portavoz alterno de la mayoría parlamentaria, Wilson Román la apertura de la exhibición ‘El Mar, mi Refugio’ de reconocido buzo y pintor Héctor M. Ruiz. “Mi pintura nace de una relación íntima y vivencial con el mar, sus costas y las formas de vida que habitan bajo su superficie.

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There is a word so powerful it need be spoken only once

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel prepares to speak during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters, Sept. 24, 2026. Netanyahu visited the United Arab Emirates over the weekend to meet with the Emirati president, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the two leaders’ offices confirmed on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times) By M. GESSEN If you’ve heard anything about “NAZA,” the new documentary about the war i

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There’s another cockpit Israelis need to rush

Yellow symbols representing hostages hang from a tree in Hostages Square, Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 9, 2025. (Ofir Berman/The New York Times) By BRET STEPHENS “Three days before I got released, the Hamas commanders came to tell me, ‘Listen, Avinatan, say hi to your family, then pack your things and move to Europe or the U.S. Because as long as Israel exists, we will do Oct. 7 over and over again.’” Avinatan Or, a 33-year-old electrical engineer for Nvidia, recounted this anecdot

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This is a rare arena in which people think AI is helping. It’s making things worse.

Tristan Buckmaster, a mathematician at New York University, stands in front of a chalkboard where he marked a timeline of events leading up to OpenAI’s announcement, and his own research progress, on solving the Navier-Stokes equations in New York on Sept. 9, 2026. Buckmaster was on the path toward an important proof when one of the artificial intelligence giants used its staggering resources to get there first. (Graham Dickie/The New York Times) By ZEYNEP TUFEKCI It was one

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Mamdani’s surprisingly persuasive solution to a world on fire

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to reporters after he met with President Donald Trump at Gracie Mansion in Manhattan, Sept. 21, 2026. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times) By LYDIA POLGREEN A few days before the leaders of the world streamed into the cavernous, marble-lined General Assembly Hall to deliver their speeches on the grave crises convulsing our combustible world, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani offered his own, somewhat surprising solution to the problem of ris

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He made the year’s most divisive movie. That’s the point.

Alejandro González Iñárritu, the director of “Digger,” a roiling satire about climate change, corporate overlords and propaganda that stars Tom Cruise as an unrepentant, larger-than-life oilman, at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif., Sept. 29, 2026. Iñárritu reflects on the ups, downs and risks in the making of the polarizing film. (Sinna Nasseri/The New York Times) By MELENA RYZIK “We have confused, in my point of view, reality with truth,” filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárri

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Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, shows her range

Donna Summer performs at the taping of the VH1 special, “VH1 Divas 2000: A Tribute to Diana Ross” in New York, April 9, 2000. A new box set strives over seven CDs or 10 LPs to capture the musical breadth Summer spent much of her career trying to prove. (Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times) By STEVE KNOPPER The story of how Donna Summer’s heavy-breathing “Love to Love You Baby” expanded to 16 minutes, 48 seconds, is one of the classic yarns of the disco era. Neil Bogart loved th

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Peppino Mazzullo, voice of Topo Gigio for decades, dies at 100

Peppino Mazzullo and Topo Gigio in 1961 (Wikipedia) By KAJA ANDRIC Peppino Mazzullo, an Italian actor who for more than 40 years provided the endearing voice of floppy-eared mouse puppet Topo Gigio, a TV character beloved by children all over the world, died last Wednesday at his home in Santo Stefano di Briga, Sicily. He was 100. His death was confirmed by Matteo Arrigo, a journalist and family spokesperson. In a career spanning more than six decades, Mazzullo performed in

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FIFA found a player ineligible. His team played in the World Cup anyway.

Gianni Infantino during Argentina vs Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final (Bryan Berlin - WIKIPEDIA) By TAROIQ PANJA In the lead up to the World Cup, FIFA officials faced some unwelcome news. Legal officials at FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, had privately determined that Congo was fielding an ineligible player, according to internal documents and correspondence reviewed by The New York Times and to a top official who was directly involved with the case, who spoke on t

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Is this the Dodgers’ last ride? Aging vets, new CBA could hasten the end of a dynasty.

Kiké Hernández hit a two-run home run in the Dodgers’ NLDS Game 3 win over the Braves. (en.namu.wiki) By KATIE WOO / THE ATHLETIC Mookie Betts does not view it as such, but in a way, this all started with him. This Los Angeles Dodgers dynasty began with Betts hoisting the 2020 World Series trophy high over his head, an exclamation point to his first season in Dodger Blue. The ride has since included two more rings and the acquisition of Shohei Ohtani, now a four-time MLB most

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Estrellas del Guamaní clinch top spot in South, berth in sectional final

The Estrellas del Guamaní of Guayama finished the regular season with a 10-2 record and now will play either Juana Díaz or Santa Isabel in the South section final of the Women’s Baseball League. By THE STAR STAFF The Estrellas del Guamaní (Guayama) secured first place in the South section and a direct berth to the sectional championship series by splitting a doubleheader with the Poetas (Juana Díaz) on Sunday during the final stretch of the 2026 Women’s Baseball League regula

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