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PDP announces primaries for party presidents in Añasco, San Germán.

By THE STAR STAFF The Popular Democratic Party (PDP) announced the polling locations for upcoming primaries to elect the presidents of the party’s municipal committees in Añasco and San Germán, as part of its internal reorganization process. The announcement was made by PDP Secretary General Manuel Calderón Cerame and the party’s electoral commissioner, Ernesto González Rodríguez, following the certification of more than one eligible candidate in each municipality. “After the

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House to summon officials for hearings on fraudulent vehicle inspections.

Rep. José Hernández Concepción By THE STAR STAFF Rep. José “Cheito” Hernández Concepción has announced that Treasury Secretary Ángel L. Pantojas Rodríguez will be summoned on April 14, along with the director of investigations and inspections in the Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTOP by its acronym in Spanish), Arturo Deliz Vélez, Driver Services Executive Director Mary Fuster Romero and former DTOP Secretary Eileen Vélez Vega, to two separate legislative pan

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Corrections Dept. reviews contracts for inmate health services.

Correction and Rehabilitation Secretary Francisco Antonio Quiñones Rivera By THE STAR STAFF Correction and Rehabilitation (DCR) Secretary Francisco Antonio Quiñones Rivera has received a preliminary report from the committee evaluating proposals submitted by 12 companies seeking to provide healthcare services within Puerto Rico’s correctional system. In a written statement, Quiñones Rivera reaffirmed the governing administration’s position on inmate healthcare. “We remain fir

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PDP files measure to cite health secretary to a committee of the whole over Politank controversy.

The majority New Progressive Party delegation in the island Senate blocked a motion to discharge a resolution filed by the Popular Democratic Party minority, seen above, seeking to interpellate Health Secretary Dr. Víctor Ramos Otero before a committee of the whole over alleged irregularities within the agency he heads. By THE STAR STAFF The Popular Democratic Party (PDP) delegation in the island Senate announced on Monday the filing of a legislative measure seeking to summon

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Artemis II astronauts travel farther from Earth than ever before.

In a video still from NASA, the crew of Artemis II celebrates Easter Sunday by presenting Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency with golden astronaut wings. Hansen is the one member of the crew who had not been to space before. (NASA via The New York Times) By KENNETH CHANG The Artemis II astronauts have now ventured farther from Earth than anyone else in the history of humanity. At 1:56 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, their distance from Earth passed 248,655 miles, the rec

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ICE agents detain newlywed spouse of soldier training to deploy.

Staff Sergeant Matthew Blank and his mother, Jen Rickling, outside the detention center in Basile, La., where his wife is being held, on Aprl 5, 2026. The 22-year-old wife of an Army staff sergeant came to the U.S. as a toddler. She was taken from a military base where the couple planned to live. (Lily Brooks/The New York Times) By MIRIAM JORDAN A U.S. Army staff sergeant and his wife arrived at his base in Louisiana last week, expecting to begin their life together as newlyw

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New attorney general, same albatross: Trump’s quest for retribution.

Attorney General Pam Bondi makes remarks in the briefing room at the White House in Washington, June 27, 2025. The name atop the Justice Department’s organizational chart matters less than the presence of a president whose demands for revenge have become so extreme that even his most obsequious appointees have fallen short. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times) By ALAN FEUER and GLENN THRUSH President Donald Trump’s pick to replace Pam Bondi will face the same conundrum that eve

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Pope Leo calls for peace and warns of a world indifferent to violence.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivers updates on Iran at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, March 31, 2026. Hegseth asked the American people to pray for a military victory in the Middle East “in the name of Jesus Christ.” In recent weeks, Pope Leo has been more outspoken about the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO With war in the Middle East casting a shadow over the celebrations of the most important date on the Christian

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Trump renews threat of new attacks.

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House in Washington, on Monday, April 6, 2026. President Trump presented new details of the rescue of an American airman over the weekend in cinematic terms at a news conference on Monday. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times) By ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS, ERIKA SOLOMON and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA President Donald Trump on Monday escalated his threats to devastate Iran if it does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, even as he ag

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Iran’s downing of plane and US rescue leave both sides dangerously emboldened.

People walk in front of a billboard depicting captured U.S. aircraft in a net in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 5, 2026. After Iran shot down a U.S. plane and U.S. forces pulled off a risky ground operation to extricate a stranded airman, both sides claimed victory. That confidence could fuel further escalation. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times) By ERIKA SOLOMON Iran’s downing of an American fighter plane and the dramatic U.S. mission that followed to rescue a stranded airman

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Dozens killed in Haiti massacre as international force trickles in.

Members of the Kenya MSS patrol the National Port Authority in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sept. 25, 2024. Gangs tore through several rural communities last weekend, underscoring the challenges that will face the new, U.N.-backed Gang Suppression Force starting to enter the country. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times) By ANDRÉ PAULTRE and FRANCES ROBLES Ilres Théophile, a farmer living north of Haiti’s capital, said he woke in the middle of the night last Sunday to the unmist

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Job growth rebounded in March.

A mechanic at work at a garage in Rockville, Md. on Nov. 6, 2025. Employers added 178,000 jobs in March 2026, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on April 3, more than economists had expected. The unemployment rate sank to 4.3 percent. (Caroline Gutman/The New York Times) By LYDIA DePILLIS The labor market put in a strong showing in March as wintry weather receded, strikes concluded and businesses started looking beyond the huge changes of President Donald Trump’s first y

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Inflation in focus for markets jostled by Middle East war signals.

A fresh read on inflation and initial company results next week could start to show the Middle East war’s effects on the U.S. economy and corporate America, as investors hope to start moving past a conflict that has consumed markets. Traders were ‌wrestling with conflicting signals about a potential winding down of the war that began over a month ago, with the U.S.-Israeli military strikes on Iran. The S&P 500 (.SPX), posted a gain in the holiday-shortened week, snapping a f

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Economists once dismissed the AI job threat, but not anymore.

Artificial intelligence hasn’t disrupted the labor market, economists say, but they are increasingly convinced that it will — and that policymakers are unprepared. (Maxime Mouysset/The New York Times) By BEN CASSELMAN Among tech evangelists in Silicon Valley, it has become conventional wisdom that artificial intelligence will rapidly reshape the labor market, for better or worse. Economists, however, have often discussed AI’s impact with a skepticism bordering on dismissiven

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Exige a LUMA que divulgue a qué personalidades en medios y redes sociales tienen bajo contrato.

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – El secretario general del Partido Nuevo Progresista (PNP), Jorge Santini Padilla, anunció el lunes que hizo un requerimiento de información a LUMA Energy, para que divulguen si tienen en nómina personas en los medios de comunicación y/o redes sociales. “La transparencia tiene que darse de todos lados. Al tratarse de una entidad que maneja recursos provenientes del pueblo de Puerto Rico, LUMA tiene la obligación legal y moral de rendir cuentas claras y

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Gobernadora anuncia ruta de autobuses y proyectos urbanos en Canóvanas.

POR CYBERNEWS CANÓVANAS – La gobernadora Jenniffer Aydin González Colón anunció el domingo el inicio de la Ruta 55 de la Autoridad Metropolitana de Autobuses, proyectos de revitalización urbana y la entrega de terrenos al municipio de Canóvanas para usos comunitarios. “La Ruta 55 representa un paso concreto hacia un sistema de transporte más accesible, eficiente e inclusivo. Estamos conectando comunidades con oportunidades, servicios de salud, empleo y desarrollo económico”,

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Gobernadora nombra secretario de la Vivienda, Procuradora del Paciente y administradora de la ADSEF.

POR CYBERNEWS LA FORTALEZA – La gobernadora Jenniffer Aydin González Colón envió el lunes al Senado 10 nombramientos para la Rama Ejecutiva y la judicatura, y además hizo una designación directa para la Administración de Desarrollo Socioeconómico de la Familia. González Colón nombró al licenciado Luis Augusto Martínez Román como secretario en propiedad del Departamento de la Vivienda. Martínez Román se desempeñaba de forma interina desde el 16 de marzo y su designación quedó

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Le pegan fuego a las cámaras de seguridad del municipio de Yauco.

POR CYBERNEWS YAUCO – Las autoridades investigan una querella de daños y vandalismo reportada a eso de las 11:12 de la noche del sábado, en la calle Manuel Negrón, en Yauco. Según la información provista por la Policía, empleados del municipio instalaron recientemente un sistema de cámaras portátiles. No obstante, alrededor de las 11:00 de la noche, varios individuos le pegaron fuego, por lo que el equipo se destruyó en su totalidad. Los daños fueron estimados en 65 mil dólar

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The light that changed my life.

christianity.com By DAVID FRENCH I grew up in a strict, fundamentalist Christian tradition. Most churches in my denomination didn’t celebrate Christmas and Easter (though that is now changing) because they were deemed pagan vestiges that had been arbitrarily Christianized by the apostate Catholic Church. My family embraced those holidays, but my church did not — so much so that at church we’d sometimes defiantly sing Christmas carols out of season, just to demonstrate our t

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Trump has no idea how to clean up his own mess.

A monitor displays President Donald Trump as he delivers a message on the war in Iran in Washington, April 1, 2026. In a functioning American democracy, the president would deliver an Oval Office address at the start of a new military conflict. Donald Trump, however, decided to wait until a month into his war with Iran to give a speech about it to a skeptical public. (Jason Hendardy/The New York Times) By MICHELLE GOLDBERG In a functioning American democracy, the president wo

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Republicans know this war is going badly.

President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. President Trump declared on Tuesday that he had already achieved one of the primary objectives of his attack on Iran, the elimination of its ability to build a nuclear weapon. But there is no evidence that the United States or Israel has removed or destroyed the country’s stockpile of near-bomb-grade fuel. (Doug

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Don’t cheer too hard for the Facebook verdicts.

By DAVID FRENCH I am alarmed by the negative influence of smartphones and social media on children. All of us should be. I am also worried that in our zeal to protect children from those negative influences that we will violate the Constitution and undermine free speech. And that’s where things get tricky. Last week, juries in two different states delivered multimillion-dollar verdicts against Big Tech. A New Mexico jury handed down a $375 million verdict in a case brought by

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The Black Angus: A life between two worlds.

Teenagers visited the notorious Black Angus in Miramar as a rite of passage. Some would make jokes such as: “I saw your sister at Black Angus.” ( pinterest.com via 80s Jamaica) By EVA LLORENS Long before he became a communications adviser and a journalist, before he learned how to ask questions with the sharpness of a scalpel and the hesitation of someone who has lived more than he lets on, Juan José Díaz Díaz carried a chapter in his life that most people did not know about

ENTERTAINMENT

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‘A Little Prayer,’ ‘Splitsville’ and more streaming gems.

By JASON BAILEY ‘A Little Prayer’ (2025) David Strathairn led the all-star cast of “Good Night and Good Luck” in 2005, got an Oscar nomination for his trouble, and then … kept right on being David Strathairn, making small movies with lesser-known directors (rather than cashing in as, say, a Marvel villain). He’s particularly good, in all of his specific ways, in this modest drama of a quietly messy family, from writer-director Angus Maclachlan. As the patriarch Bill Brass, St

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The Bad Bunny effect: Dance without fear.

A mixed-generation crowd at the Latin Mondays dance party at 5th & Mad in Manhattan on Feb. 2, 2026. Bad Bunny’s “Baile Inolvidable” has sparked a surge of interest in salsa dancing and brought in a younger generation. (Rafael Rios/The New York Times) By BRIAN SEIBERT Nearly every move Bad Bunny made during the Super Bowl halftime show last month has been scrutinized for its cultural significance. But there’s still more to say about one. It came during the segment devoted to

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Caguas’ Valle de Jesús named LVSF 2026 season MVP.

Caguas libero Okiana Valle de Jesús was named Most Valuable Player of the LVSF regular season after receiving the most votes by a wide margin. By THE STAR STAFF Libero Okiana Valle de Jesús of the Criollas of Caguas has won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for the 2026 season of the Women’s Superior Volleyball League (LVSF by its initials in Spanish). Her exceptional performance throughout the season established her as the league’s most impactful player, earning the Cagu

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Cangrejeras defeat Valencianas in straight sets to open LVSF semifinals.

Tamara Otene led Santurce with 19 points. (Heriberto Rosario Rosa / FPV) By THE STAR STAFF The Cangrejeras of Santurce defeated the Valencianas of Juncos in three sets on Sunday night to kick off Semifinal Series A of the Women’s Superior Volleyball League (LVSF by its initials in Spanish) in a match held at Roberto Clemente Coliseum in Hato Rey. The set scores were 25-14, 25-21 and 25-22. Tamara Otene led the Santurce offense with 19 points (17 on attacks and 2 on blocks), f

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2026 Men´s Final Four Indianapolis.

College Basketball NCAA Division I Final Four Men At Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis Semifinals Saturday UConn 71, Illinois 62 Michigan 91, Arizona 73 Final Today UConn vs Michigan, 8:50 p.m. ET (TBS, TNT) Women At PHX Arena, Phoenix Semifinals Friday UCLA 51, Texas 44 South Carolina 62, UConn 48 Final Sunday UCLA 79, South Carolina 51

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Bayamón, Carolina, Ponce & Guaynabo notch wins in BSN.

Terence Davis’ 22 points led the Leones of Ponce in a 102-90 win over the Piratas of Quebradillas on Saturday night. By THE STAR STAFF The Vaqueros of Bayamón, Gigantes of Carolina, Leones of Ponce and Mets of Guaynabo all recorded victories on Saturday in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN by its initials in Spanish). At the Palacio de Recreación y Deportes, the Vaqueros defeated the host Indios of Mayagüez, 86-79. The matchup began with a high-intensity, back-and-forth f

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Could a blood test predict if you’ll get Alzheimer’s?.

The tests could help to improve dementia care, but scientists say there are still some caveats and unknowns. (Ricardo Tomás/The New York Times) By DANA G. SMITH Could a simple blood test predict your risk of getting dementia years, or even decades, before you experience memory loss? That’s the potential promise of a new class of biomarker tests. Two were approved last year by the Food and Drug Administration to help diagnose people with Alzheimer’s disease if they have sympto

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Tango therapy: How the dance of passion is helping Parkinson’s patients.

Manuel Firmani and Liliana Garay dance at a milonga event outside of the tango program. (Magalí Druscovich via The New York Times) By PAM BELLUCK Tango is the national dance of Argentina, known for its passion, precision and heart. At a hospital in Buenos Aires, it has another purpose: as a therapy for patients with Parkinson’s disease. Once a week, about a dozen patients come to Ramos Mejía Hospital to dance — a session that uses the movements of tango to help address issue

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5 steps to get your blood pressure under control.

In the United States, nearly half of adults have high blood pressure. Known as a “silent killer,” hypertension can contribute to heart attack, stroke and heart failure without ever causing symptoms. (Jordan Bohannon/The New York Times) By NINA AGRAWAL In the United States, nearly half of adults have high blood pressure. Known as a “silent killer,” hypertension can contribute to heart attack, stroke and heart failure without ever causing symptoms. Where hypertension was once t

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Top NASA mission: Keep astronauts safe.

Years of testing, emergency systems and sensors have gone into protecting the Artemis II astronauts heading to the moon. (NASA via The New York Times) By KATRINA MILLER Rocket failures, oxygen leaks, space debris and scorching heat: These are just a few of the risks that NASA’s Artemis II astronauts face as the first humans to return to the moon in more than half a century. Since NASA first attempted to send people beyond the safety of Earth, spaceflight has been a death-defy

SCIENCE

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With moon base and nuclear Mars mission, NASA wants you to ‘start believing again’.

In an image provided by NASA, an artist’s concept of Phase 3 of the proposed moon base. After years of talking about lunar outposts in vague terms for sometime in the indefinite future, leaders of the space agency on Tuesday put a continuing American presence at the moon solidly on their road map for the coming decade, setting out specific plans and timelines. (NASA via The New York Times) By KENNETH CHANG NASA is getting serious about building a base on the moon. After year

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In criminal cases, moss is often underfoot and overlooked.

A photo provided by the Field Museum shows Matt von Konrat, the head of the botanical collections at the Field Museum, in his laboratory in Chicago, Feb. 26, 2026, examining tiny bits of dirt and moss collected in Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Ill., in 2009. A group of scientists and law enforcement officials are pointing to the role moss can play to help solve crimes. (Field Museum via The New York Times) By SAMANTHA DRAKE A remote forest in south central Pennsylvania seems to

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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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