Troy Jackson attends a protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Scarborough, Maine, July 14, 2026. Over the weekend Jackson’s supporters swept the county meetings to select delegates to the state convention, where it appears the former state lawmaker will be named the new Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Maine. (Christopher Capozziello/The New York Times) By BAYLISS WAGNER, SYDNEY CROMWELL and TIM BALK A process to choose a new Democratic no

Crime scene tape near the vehicle of Renee Good after she was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, 2026. In a sharp departure from past practice, FBI gents will no longer run investigations that could generate evidence against immigration agents, according to people familiar with the matter. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times) By DEVLIN BARRETT and HAMED ALEAZIZ Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer inves

By THE STAR STAFF Agents of the Añasco Maritime Unit and the United Rapid Action Forces (FURA by its acronym in Spanish) intercepted a boat with around 50 people on board off the coast of Cabo Rojo in the early hours of Monday morning. According to preliminary information from the Police, at about 4 a.m. an alert was received from the Salty Dog system about a suspicious boat that was sailing about eight miles from the area of Pelayo and Joyuda. Authorities tracked the boat to

Former prosecutor Ernie Cabán (Facebook via Lcdo Ernie Cabán - Página Oficial) By THE STAR STAFF Former prosecutor Ernie Cabán argued that Special Independent Prosecutor (FEI by its initials in Spanish) Ileana Agudo should recuse herself from the investigation involving the Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC) after she shared on her social media a column that described the controversy between La Fortaleza Chief of Staff Francisco Domenech Fernández and form

Sen. Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz By THE STAR STAFF Senate Minority Leader Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz of the Popular Democratic Party filed an appeal before the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals on Monday, seeking to overturn a lower court ruling that barred him from demanding details on 229 cases recently closed by the island Department of Justice. The senator is asking the appellate court to review a decision by the Court of First Instance that found he lacked standing to reques

Rep. Víctor Parés Otero By THE STAR STAFF After the loss of 400 megawatts of generation in the electrical system late last week, lawmaker Víctor Parés Otero, who chairs the Government Committee in the island House of Representatives, will request from LUMA Energy LLC, the private operator of the electrical transmission and distribution network, all data, including maintenance logs, corresponding to the transmission center at the Costa Sur power plant and line number 50400, wh

According to the authorities, Eucebio Mangual, a 63-year-old Ponce resident who went fishing this past weekend and failed to return on Sunday as planned, departed around 6 p.m. Saturday from the Ponce fishing village ramp in a 19-foot white recreational vessel named “Angel.” By THE STAR STAFF The U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday that it was conducting an air and sea search for fisherman Eucebio Mangual, a 63-year-old Ponce resident who went fishing on Saturday and failed to

The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority reported at a meeting of the Drought Committee on Monday that dry conditions have caused water levels in the island’s reservoirs to keep dropping. Technical staff are continuously evaluating the status of the Carraízo and Cidra reservoirs to determine whether additional measures will be required. By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rico Secretary of State Rosachely Rivera Santana announced on Monday that the Carraízo and Cidra reservoirs rema

U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García (D-Ill.) speaks with reporters following a news conference with members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus at the Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. García is among some 200 elected officials from across the United States and Puerto Rico who are urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to reject a new appeal filed by bondholders of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By