By THE STAR STAFF Former Popular Democratic Party representative José Rivera Madera accused Governor Jenniffer González Colón of improperly taking credit for the increase in retirement benefits for the Puerto Rico Police. Rivera Madera stated that the increase is not a result of the current administration, but rather of legislation passed during the previous four-year term under a Popular Democratic Party majority. He explained that the Police Retirement Trust is funded throu

Shohei Ohtani at bat in 2024. “He’s the best player most of us will ever see, and while we could all develop a two-way player, the likelihood we would be in a similar talent bucket is pretty low,” Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen said of the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar. (Wikipedia via Joe Glorioso/All-Pro Reels) By KEN ROSENTHAL / THE ATHLETIC Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell isn’t the only person in baseball bothered by the rule that allows the Los Angele

In an image provided by the U.S. military, a sensor operator takes part in a simulated MQ-9 Reaper drone strike mission in 2024. In the past few weeks, the military has without public notice increased the number of secret fixed-wing attack aircraft and armed MQ-9 Reaper drones operating from bases in El Salvador and Puerto Rico, ramping up attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, according to a U.S. military official and a person briefed on the st

Taiwan’s ambassador José Chih-Cheng Han in Asunción, Paraguay, Nov. 17, 2025. Paraguay today is the only South American country to maintain relations with Taiwan and has emerged as one of the most anti-China nations in Latin America. (María Magdalena Arrellaga/The New York Times) By LAURENCE BLAIR There are odd couples. Then there’s Taiwan and Paraguay. The high-tech island nation and its rural, landlocked South American ally sit on opposite sides of the Earth. United in 1957

Wall Street moved lower ⁠on ⁠Wednesday, with spiking crude prices fanning inflation worries ⁠as the U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged at the conclusion of what is likely to ​be its last monetary policy meeting under Chair Jerome Powell. The three major U.S. stock indexes gyrated lower after the Fed’s policy statement revealed the decision to hold rates ‌steady was its most divided since 1992, ‌along with uncertainties concerning rising energy prices due to tu

Jackson’s smash “Billie Jean” premiered on MTV in March 1983 and integrated what had been almost exclusively a format for white rock artists. By STEVE KNOPPER “Michael,” the new biopic about Michael Jackson’s triumphant but traumatized life, underwent costly reshoots when Jackson’s estate discovered a legal agreement from the ’90s preventing the film from depicting a child who had alleged the star sexually abused him at the time. Instead, the movie’s central conflict is betwe

Dr. Isaac Esquilín, Presidente de Huertas College Por el Dr. Isaac Esquilín Presidente de Huertas College Durante años, el sistema educativo promovió una ruta lineal: estudiar por cuatro o más años, obtener un título y luego aspirar a un empleo estable. Hoy, esa narrativa ya no responde a la realidad del mercado. En Puerto Rico, estamos presenciando un cambio estructural: cada vez más jóvenes están optando por carreras cortas con un enfoque claro en generar ingresos y desarro

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), second from left, is escorted to a safe room after gunfire at the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington on Saturday, April 25, 2026. Scalise was shot at a congressional baseball game practice in 2017. (Salwan Georges/The New York Times) By BRET STEPHENS President Donald Trump erupted in anger at CBS journalist Norah O’Donnell after she read him excerpts from what is said to be a m

Former FBI Director James Comey appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee in Washington on June 8, 2017, weeks after he was fired by President Donald Trump. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By AISHVARYA KAVI James Comey, the former FBI director, made his first court appearance Wednesday after being charged over a photograph of seashells he had posted on social media that the Justice Department branded a serious threat to President Donald Trump. Comey, a longtime critic