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Travelers urged to arrive at airport 4 hours early due to long security lines.
By THE STAR STAFF Aerostar Airport Holdings, the operator of Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina, recommended on Monday that passengers arrive at the airport at least four hours early due to delays at security checkpoints. “We recommend arriving at the airport at least 4 hours before your scheduled flight time to complete the security screening process with ample time,” Aerostar said in a written statement. The operator indicated that some passengers have exper
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Nearly 30 illegal slot machines seized in raids in San Juan and Cataño.
Given reports of significant delays at airport security lines, the operator of Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Carolina recommended on Monday that passengers arrive at the airport at least four hours early. By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico Gaming Commission seized nearly 30 illegal slot machines and more than $8,300 in cash during raids conducted at businesses in San Juan and Cataño. “This second operation demonstrates that the oversight process remains active,” Ga
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Hogar Ruth to build pioneering integrated services center in Vega Baja.
Hogar Ruth Executive Director Lisdel Flores Barger said the organization’s integrated services center project is “a strategic, visionary, and profoundly humane investment that will set a new standard of care and support for women who experience domestic and sexual violence in Puerto Rico.” By THE STAR STAFF Community service organization Hogar Ruth will begin work this month to build a new integrated services center at a cost of $3.5 million, which will transform the way vict
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Thousands waited for hours in security lines at airports in New Orleans and Houston.
Travelers wait in long security lines at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, on Sunday, March 8, 2026. Travelers at airports in Houston and New Orleans were greeted with hours of long waits early Sunday as the airports struggled to adequately staff security lines. (Steven Kenny/The New York Times) By BILLY WITZ and SHANNON SIMS Travelers at airports in Houston and New Orleans were greeted with hours of long waits early Sunday as the airports struggled to adequately staff sec
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11 hours ago4 min read
Trump wants to ‘take over’ elections. These states are prime targets.
Federal agents outside the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Fairburn, Ga., Jan. 28, 2026. Facing the possibility of big losses for Republicans in the midterm elections, President Donald Trump has reiterated his unfounded assertions of electoral fraud. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times) By NICK CORASANITI and RICHARD FAUSSET Facing the possibility of big losses for Republicans in the midterm elections, President Donald Trump has reiterated his unfounded asser
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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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Trump’s war becomes world’s latest economic hazard.
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday, March 7, 2026, as Steve Witkoff, back, Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, look on. President Trump insists conflict with Iran will be brief, but world leaders are preparing for severe economic blowback. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times) By TONY ROMM, COLBY SMITH and ALAN RAPPEPORT Fuel prices could soar and stay elevated for months. That could mak
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Wall Street roars back on war resolution hopes.
Stocks in Asia and Europe tumbled on Monday as the Iran war entered its second week and oil prices surged as much as 30% above $100 a barrel. But Wall Street rallied and oil later sank after President Donald Trump indicated the war may soon be over. In my column today I put Wall Street’s resilience under the microscope. As selling snowballs across other equity markets, why has the global avalanche not yet engulfed U.S. stocks? Are there reasonable explanations, or is co
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11 hours ago3 min read
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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1 day ago4 min read
International News
US carries out another boat strike, killing six.
By ERIC SCHMITT The Defense Department said Sunday that it had blown up a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean earlier in the day, killing six people. The strike raised the death toll in the campaign by the United States against people it accuses of smuggling drugs at sea to at least 156. The U.S. Southern Command announced the strike on social media with an 11-second video clip that showed a stationary boat, with two or three outboard engines, floating in the water and then sud
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Israel strikes energy infrastructure crucial to Iran’s well-being.
Damaged oil trucks in an oil storage facility after overnight strikes by U.S. and Israeli forces in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 8, 2026. The Israeli military struck several Iranian fuel sites, including oil storage depots, over the weekend, which appeared to be the first attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure since the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times) By RAJA ABDULRAHIM The Israeli military struck several Iranian fuel sites, includi
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11 hours ago2 min read
Oil price surge rattles markets; Iranians appear conflicted on choice of leader.
A portrait of Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the recently killed supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as a crowd celebrates his appointment as his father’s successor at Enghelab Square in Tehran, Iran, on Monday, March 9, 2026. Iran projected defiance in the face of expanding U.S.-Israeli attacks on Monday by naming a son of its slain supreme leader as his successor, disregarding warnings from the Trump administration, while a surge in oil prices signaled growing alarm over t
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George W. Trump goes to war.
By ROSS DOUTHAT The best essay for understanding right-wing support for Donald Trump’s war against Iran was published in National Review in 2023, at the 20th anniversary of the Iraq invasion. Written by Tanner Greer, a conservative writer and China analyst, it argued that the official populist repudiation of George W. Bush and neoconservatism masked a deep continuity between the Iraq-era conservative mainstream and the Trump-era new right. Both the Bush-era hawks and the Trum
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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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1 day 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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Entertainment News
5 international movies to stream now.
“Homebound” By DEVIKA GIRISH This month’s picks include an elliptical Mexican anthology film, an experimental biopic of the writer Suzanne Césaire and more. ‘The Follies’ The new feature by Rodrigo García — son of revered Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez, and an acclaimed filmmaker in his own right — is a beautifully crafted prism of a movie, revealing new layers depending on the vantage point from which you view it. Set in Mexico City, it traces a day in the lives
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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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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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Noticias en Español
Justicia solicita 90 días para continuar investigación preliminar sobre referido contra secretaria de la Vivienda.
POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – El Departamento de Justicia notificó el lunes al Panel sobre el Fiscal Especial Independiente que solicitó un término de 90 días para continuar la investigación preliminar relacionada con un referido contra la secretaria del Departamento de la Vivienda, Ciary Yadir Pérez Peña. El referido fue presentado por los representantes Ramón Torres Cruz y Swanny Vargas Laureano y alega irregularidades en centros de inspección de vehículos de motor regulados por
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Día Mundial del Riñón: convocan caminata y lazo humano ante aumento de enfermedad renal y necesidad de donantes en Puerto Rico.
POR EL STAR STAFF SAN JUAN – Con 441 personas en Puerto Rico en lista de espera por un trasplante de riñón, este próximo 12 de marzo, se realizará una caminata en los predios del Hospital Auxilio Mutuo (HAM) de Hato Rey, para promover la donación de órganos como una decisión voluntaria que puede salvar vidas. “Es una iniciativa, organizada en el marco del Día Mundial de Riñón, en colaboración entre el Consejo Renal de Puerto Rico y el Hospital, para reforzar el mensaje de que
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11 hours ago2 min read
Hacienda inicia ferias de servicio para asistir en la preparación de planillas.
POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – El secretario del Departamento de Hacienda, Ángel Pantoja Rodríguez, anunció el lunes el inicio de las Ferias de Servicio en varios municipios para asistir a contribuyentes en la preparación y radicación de la planilla de contribución sobre ingresos. “Mañana, martes 10 de marzo, comenzamos a llevar los servicios de preparación y radicación de planillas directamente a los contribuyentes a través de toda la Isla. Durante el mes de marzo estaremos realiz
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11 hours ago1 min read
Sports News
World Baseball ClassicPool play at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan.
Group A (All times Eastern) Friday Cuba 3, Panama 1 Puerto Rico 5, Colombia 0 Saturday Puerto Rico 4, Panama 3 (10 inn.) Canada 8, Colombia 2 Sunday Cuba 7, Colombia 4 Panama 4, Canada 3 Monday Colombia 4, Panama 3 Cuba at Puerto Rico, 7 p.m. Today Canada at Puerto Rico, 7 p.m.
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Cangrejeras sign Jazmyn Jackson as first reinforcement.
Jazmyn Jackson By THE STAR STAFF The Cangrejeras of Santurce announced today the signing of Jazmyn Jackson as their first reinforcement for the 2026 season of the Women’s Superior Softball League, which begins in May. Jackson, 30, is a standout utility player with a remarkable career, including gold medals at the 2017 Pan American Games and the 2016 Softball World Championship, both with the U.S. team. In 2025, she achieved the Triple Crown with the Diablos Rojos of the Mexic
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Criollas regain 2nd place with 4-set victory.
Diana Reyes finished with 13 points for Caguas. By THE STAR STAFF The Criollas of Caguas notched a four-set victory over the Atenienses of Manatí at Roger Mendoza Coliseum in Caguas on Sunday night as the eighth week of the Women’s Superior Volleyball League (LVSF by its initials in Spanish) season drew to a close. Snapping a three-game losing streak, Caguas picked up all three available points with the win and took over second place in the standings. The set scores were 25-2
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Health News
Health advice from AI chatbots is frequently wrong, study shows.
A user consults with a chatbot created by the far-right social media platform Gab, in Berkeley, Calif., Oct. 29, 2025. A new study found that chatbots were no better than Google — already a flawed source of health information — at guiding users toward correct medical diagnoses or helping them determine what they should do next. (Andria Lo/The New York Times) By TEDDY ROSENBLUTH A new study published last month provided a sobering look at whether chatbots, which have fast beco
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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
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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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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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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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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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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