By CARLOS BARRAGÁN The Spanish Supreme Court has canceled an arrest warrant for Carles Puigdemont, the Catalan separatist leader who fled the country in 2017 and had been living in Belgium, allowing him to return to Catalonia. The decision, which the court announced Tuesday afternoon, paves the way for Puigdemont to benefit from an amnesty law passed by parliament in 2024. The decision came hours after Spain’s Constitutional Court ruled that the Supreme Court must apply the a

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences called the discoveries of Kagan and Soai “decisive for chemists who design reactions for the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.” (X via Ursula von der Leyen) By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for solving a long-standing mystery about mirror images in molecules. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences called their discoveries “decisive for chemists who design reactions for the

An MQ9 remotely piloted aircraft at the 174th Fighter Wing at Hancock Field Air National Guard base in Syracuse, N.Y., July 19, 2012. In a sign of the Trump administration’s new focus on combating Latin American cartels, the U.S. military has moved a number of MQ-9 Reaper drones from Africa to Colombia and Ecuador, U.S. officials said. (Heather Ainsworth/The New York Times) By ANNIE CORREAL and ERIC SCHMIDT In a sign of the Trump administration’s new focus on combating Latin

Christa Pike attends a hearing via a video hookup at Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 11, 2026. (Jessica Tezak/The New York Times) By EMILY COCHRANE and BILLY WITZ One week after the Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survived two doses of a drug meant to kill her, a state judge said Wednesday that she would order officials to preserve evidence including syringes, drugs and IV lines related to the failed execution. The judge also emphasized that Pike’

A crew member works to load a buoy containing monitoring equipment onto the oceanographic research vessel Sally Ride in Yaquina Bay in Newport, Ore., on Friday, Oct. 2, 2026. Under pressure from Congress, a network of ocean monitors that provides vital data to meteorologists, climate scientists, oceanographers, and the fishing industry is being restored. (Kristina Barker/The New York Times) By ERIC NIILER When the Trump administration started dismantling a $368 million ocean

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – El tiempo promedio para tramitar un Permiso de Construcción Consolidado bajó de 107 días en 2024 a 62 días en 2026, una reducción de 42.1 por ciento, informó el miércoles la gobernadora Jenniffer Aydin González Colón durante la convención anual de la Asociación de Constructores de Puerto Rico. “Cada día que logramos reducir en un proceso representa mayor certeza para quien quiere invertir y mayor capacidad para que los proyectos puedan pasar del papel

Yellow symbols representing hostages hang from a tree in Hostages Square, Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 9, 2025. (Ofir Berman/The New York Times) By BRET STEPHENS “Three days before I got released, the Hamas commanders came to tell me, ‘Listen, Avinatan, say hi to your family, then pack your things and move to Europe or the U.S. Because as long as Israel exists, we will do Oct. 7 over and over again.’” Avinatan Or, a 33-year-old electrical engineer for Nvidia, recounted this anecdot

The Nasdaq and the S&P ⁠500 ⁠eased from record highs on Wednesday as ⁠Treasury yields and oil prices rebounded, keeping investors cautious as they awaited the minutes of the Federal ​Reserve’s September meeting. Sentiment turned more cautious as investors reassessed the outlook for interest rates and energy costs. Brent crude was back above the psychologically important $100-a-barrel ‌level as Middle East supply concerns persisted. [O/R] “We’re ‌seeing a little bit of profit-

Rep. Domingo Torres García (Facebook via Domingo J. Torres Garcia) By THE STAR STAFF Rep. Domingo J. Torres García filed a resolution earlier this week seeking a full investigation into how the government is implementing its new Classification and Retribution Plan, following growing complaints from public employees who say they were left out of salary adjustments and have not been told whether they will qualify in future phases. Torres García, the Popular Democratic Party’s a

Market studies cited in the legislation show that hiring a private caregiver or nurse for daytime home care averages more than $4,811 per month, exceeding $57,000 annually. Specialized adult day‑care centers charge between $1,900 and $3,800 per month. By THE STAR STAFF Seeking to ease the financial strain on middle‑class families caring for relatives with severe disabilities, lawmakers introduced a bill on Wednesday to create a refundable tax credit of up to $5,000 for eligib