Santurce prevailed in most statistical categories on Monday night: 43-36 in attacks, 12-1 in blocks, 3-1 in aces, 56-49 in digs and 19-17 in assists. Ponce held the edge in passing, 34-30. (Heriberto Rosario Rosa – FPV) By THE STAR STAFF With their ninth consecutive set win, the Cangrejeras of Santurce moved to within just one victory of hoisting the Women’s Superior Volleyball League (LVSF by its initials in Spanish) championship trophy on Monday night after defeating the Le

A Lufthansa aircraft at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, Dec. 29, 2021. Facing sky-high fuel costs linked to the war in Iran, airlines are cutting routes and raising prices. European vacations are looking a lot less affordable. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times) By CHRISTINE CHUNG This summer is shaping up to be an expensive and uncertain time to fly, especially if you’re planning a European vacation. Volatile fuel prices because of the war in Iran are straini

A Spirit Airlines flight taxis at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Jan. 26, 2026. Spirit is negotiating a loan of up to $500 million from the Trump administration. (Angelina Katsanis/The New York Times) By KAROUN DEMIRJIAN and LAUREN HIRSCH A trade group representing low-cost airlines said Monday that it was asking the Trump administration for $2.5 billion to offset some of the cost of fuel, which has surged because of the war with Iran. Jet fuel prices climbed to about $4.10 a

A book about Cuban property owners at Nicolás Gutiérrez’s home in Miami, April 20, 2026. With Cuba in dire economic crisis, people whose properties were seized by its Communist government say it’s time to resolve thorny compensation claims. (Scott McIntyre/The New York Times) By FRANCES ROBLES Teo A. Babún, Jr., has fond memories of the large blue and white corner house in Santiago de Cuba where his grandmother, a wealthy matriarch in prerevolutionary Cuba, hosted family gath

Forces from Iraq walk to a gathering thanking them for their resistance efforts during the conflict with the U.S. and Israel in Tehran, Iran, on Thursday, April 23, 2026. As Iraq’s newly designated prime minister, Ali al-Zaidi faces the daunting task of cobbling together the next coalition government of a country caught in the middle of the war between the United States and Iran. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times) By ERIKA SOLOMON and FALIH HASSAN Ali al-Zaidi has no politi

U.S. stocks closed lower on Tuesday, backing ⁠away ⁠from record closing highs as renewed concerns over the ⁠artificial intelligence boom weighed on technology stocks days before five of the sector’s most high-profile companies were due to post quarterly ​results. Semiconductor shares, which have surged over 40% so far this year, weighed particularly heavily on the Nasdaq, which suffered its biggest daily percentage loss in a month. OpenAI missed internal targets for weekly us

A cantata, “Las troyanas” (The Trojan Women), will present a contemporary version of the ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides about women’s resistance after the Trojan War. The piece is to be staged with premier actors by Vicente Castro. (prpop.org) By PEGGY ANN BLISS Special to The STAR The iconic Casals Festival, now heading into its fifth decade, will offer an exciting program honoring the legendary Catalan cellist, composer and conductor Pablo Casals. The classic work “Las

POR CYBERNEWS GUAYAMA – La Policía investiga un incidente reportado a eso de las 6:58 de la mañana del martes, que, según el alcalde de Guayama, O’brain Vázquez Molina, se trata de un intento de feminicidio y suicidio, en una residencia ubicada en el barrio Villoda Según el reporte de la Policía, una llamada al Sistema de Emergencias 9-1-1 alertó a las autoridades sobre disparos en el lugar. Al llegar, los agentes encontraron a un hombre sin signos vitales y a una mujer con h

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – El alguacil de Estados Unidos para el Distrito de Puerto Rico, Wilmer Ocasio Ibarra, informó el martes que Pedro Rivera Hernández fue arrestado el 23 de abril en Gurabo por violaciones a las condiciones de su libertad supervisada federal. “Este arresto refleja la fortaleza de nuestras alianzas interagenciales y nuestro compromiso inquebrantable de sacar de nuestras comunidades a individuos peligrosos, como parte de nuestros esfuerzos continuos para ma

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 30, 2026. (Aleksey Kondratyev/The New York Times) By MICHELLE GOLDBERG Cole Tomas Allen, who was arrested during an attempt to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday, may be America’s first normie liberal terrorist. The right, naturally, sees Allen as part of a pattern, lumping him in with figures like Thomas Matthew Crooks, who fired on Donald Trump in 2024, grazing his ear; Ryan Wesley Routh, who carried a semi