Carolina Panthers and Los Angeles Rams players contest a NFL Wildcard game, at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on Jan. 10, 2026. At least one in four of all the people who have played in the NFL might expect to end up with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to a study of hundreds of cases over a recent six-year period. Researchers say the actual prevalence may be much higher. (Zack Wittman/The New York Times) By JOHN BRANCH Since the degenerative brain disea

By THE STAR STAFF Hundreds of people took to the streets of Comerío’s urban center and neighborhoods on Sunday to welcome the Pescadores del Plata, the newly crowned champions of the Superior Double-A Baseball League. The motorcade departed from Carlos Bonet Stadium and traveled through the municipality’s communities for some four hours before concluding at the town square. Comerío secured its second national championship -- and its first since 2003 -- by defeating the Azucar

A shipping container is taken off a truck at the Port of Virginia in Norfolk, Va., Aug. 13, 2024. The cost of diesel fuel, used in farm machinery, trucks and other heavy equipment, has surged because of the war in Iran and Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries. (Kristen Zeis/The New York Times) By ARUNI SONI When Randy Madden saw the way diesel prices were rising, he decided to delay purchasing the fuel that powers his 3,000-acre farm in Iowa. Except prices are at around th

Claire Valdez, a democratic socialist assemblywomen, close ally of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a candidate for the U.S. House in the 13th Congressional District, during a break at the Panamerican Congress, an annual meeting of leftist political leaders from across the Americas, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Aug. 22, 2026. The success of progressive candidates in the United States is inspiring leftists abroad struggling under pressure from the Trump administration and its alli

By AARON BOXERMAN The United States and Iran exchanged attacks for the first time in a month overnight Monday, underscoring how a war that President Donald Trump had promised would be over quickly has repeatedly frustrated his attempts to end it. The U.S. military said Sunday that its forces had bombarded Iranian troops on Larak Island that were preparing to launch rockets armed with mines into the Strait of Hormuz, the vital shipping corridor for oil and gas that Iran has bl

Houses damaged and partially submerged in thick mud and debris from the flood, in Devighat, Nepal, on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. A massive landslide and glacial collapse may have caused catastrophic flooding even without heavy rainfall. More than 4,200 people remained missing on Monday. (Atul Loke/The New York Times) By ZANE IRWIN and LYNSEY CHUTEL The tally of people missing after catastrophic Himalayan floods jumped Monday as disaster authorities said more than 4,200 people wer

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has taken a step toward eliminating its requirements for shareholder proposals at public companies and ​giving new powers to states, a shift that would diminish the influence of investor activists. In a regulatory ‌notice dated Friday, the SEC ‌said it would consider changes to the rule known as 14a-8. It establishes requirements for shareholder proposals in public companies’ annual proxy statements including minimum ownership. Via

In Alexander Ullom’s unpredictable horror film “It Ends,” four friends driving home from college realize that they’re on an endless road. (Neon) By NICOLAS RAPOLD The open road has a grand tradition in American movies. You hit the highway, meet people along the way, see some sights and get where you’re going with a fresh perspective. The future is yours. This is not how “It Ends” works. In Alexander Ullom’s unpredictable horror film, four friends driving home from college rea

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – La empresa B. Braun Medical anunció el lunes el retiro voluntario en Estados Unidos de tres lotes de una solución inyectable de cloruro de sodio al 0.9 por ciento por la presencia de partículas identificadas como óxido de hierro. La administración intravenosa de un producto con partículas puede provocar consecuencias potencialmente mortales, entre ellas embolias pulmonares, obstrucciones de otros vasos sanguíneos, daño a órganos y flebitis. También po