President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting at the White House in Washington on Tuesday, July 14, 2026. Trump on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, criticized his administration’s directive to halt Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from conducting most vehicle stops after two fatal shootings, immediately throwing the policy into question a day after it went into effect. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By MADELEINE NGO and ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS President Donald Trump earlier

Attorney Zoé C. Negrón Comas has been named president of the Sierra Club Puerto Rico Chapter. (Facebook via Lcda. Zoé C. Negrón Comas) By THE STAR STAFF Attorney Zoé Negrón Comas has assumed the presidency of the Puerto Rico Chapter of the Sierra Club, Chapter Director Hernaliz Vázquez Torres announced this week in a press release. Negrón is an attorney whose practice focuses on bankruptcy law, consumer protection, litigation and matters related to the Puerto Rico Oversight,

By THE STAR STAFF The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed expanding cleanup operations at the Vega Baja Old Incinerator Superfund Site after concluding that new analyses justify strengthening measures to reduce residents’ exposure to lead in the soil. “The EPA is using current science and recent sampling to focus additional cleanup efforts where they are most needed to better protect the Brisas del Rosario community,” EPA Regional Administrator Michael Mar

A man walks through rubble near a collapsed building in Caraballeda, Venezuela, on Monday, July 6, 2026. (Adriana Loureiro Fernández/The New York Times) By THE STAR STAFF After the positive response of the Puerto Rican people and the island’s Venezuelan community, Casa Venezuela Puerto Rico announced the beginning of a new stage in its humanitarian mission to support Venezuelans affected by the twin earthquakes that shook the South American country on June 24. “Solidarity ha

By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) ended fiscal year (FY) 2023 with higher liabilities, a deeper deficit and a renewed warning from auditors that the public utility continues to face “substantial doubt” about its ability to continue operating. The audited financial statements, released Thursday to the markets for the year ended June 30, 2023, depict a utility still struggling with long‑standing financial instability as it remains under Title II

Family Secretary Suzanne Roig Fuertes has visited numerous long‑term care homes across the island to hear directly from operators and residents and to reaffirm the government’s support for the sector. By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico Family Department is moving forward with a comprehensive plan to strengthen oversight of elder‑care homes, an initiative aimed at modernizing licensing processes, expanding supervisory capacity, and improving response times to potential risks af

More than half of island still under abnormally dry conditions or worse By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rico’s mid‑summer dry spell continued to intensify this week, with severe drought now affecting 14.3% of the island, according to the latest update from the U.S. Drought Monitor, based on data valid as of Tuesday, July 14. The report shows that 59.3% of Puerto Rico is experiencing some level of drought, a slight decrease from 61.4% the previous week. But within that overall figure

From left, Puerto Rico Mayors Association President Jorge “Georgie” González Otero, Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Rivera and Dartmouth College professor David A. Rezvani, author of “Surpassing the Sovereign State” (Oxford University Press, 2014). By THE STAR STAFF Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández Rivera asserted Thursday that Puerto Rico “is not a colony,” using a public event in Washington, D.C. to reinforce his position that the commonwealth remains a

Former major leaguer Mark Reynolds when he played for the Baltimore Orioles (2011 and 2012). The league record for strikeouts in a season, 223, set by Reynolds in 2009 when he was with the Arizona Diamondbacks, still stands. (Wikimedia Commons/Keith Allison; httpscreativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en) By SAM BLUM / THE ATHLETIC Anger and frustration seemed to emanate from Mark Reynolds every time he was asked about his strikeout total during the 2009 season. He had s