By JAMES WAGNER The two U.S. officials killed in a car crash earlier this month in northern Mexico while returning from a counter-cartel operation did not have formal authorization for such activities in the country, the Mexican government announced. In a statement released Saturday, the Mexican federal security Cabinet said that, according to immigration records, one of the two officials entered the country as a visitor — “without permission to engage in paid work” — and the

Women pass a mural of Iranian missiles striking a U.S. Navy ship in Tehran, April 16, 2026. With plans for U.S.-Iran peace talks derailed, at least for now, Tehran and Washington are sinking into an awkward limbo of neither peace, nor war, each hoping to outlast the other in a standoff with drastic stakes for the global economy. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times) By ERIKA SOLOMON With plans for U.S.-Iran peace talks derailed, at least for now, Tehran and Washington are sink

U.S. equity funds ⁠attracted ⁠the largest weekly net ⁠investment in four weeks through April 22, ​driven by upbeat corporate earnings results and optimism over AI-linked ‌business deals. Investors bought a ‌net $27.98 billion of U.S. equity funds in their ⁠largest ⁠weekly purchase since roughly $36.94 billion net acquisitions in the ​week through March 25. Upbeat earnings from major banks and food and beverage company PepsiCo boosted risk appetite. LSEG data for ​134 S&P 500

The art collector Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in one of the galleries of the arts complex she created on the island of San Giacomo in Paludo, in Venice, Italy, on April 19, 2026. Sandretto Re Rebaudengo has turned a former gunpowder store into a showcase for her contemporary art collection. (Matteo de Mayda/The New York Times) By SCOTT REYBURN From a distance, across the opalescent waters of the Venetian lagoon, the cluster of low redbrick buildings looks like a factory

POR CYBERNEWS LOÍZA – El secretario del Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA), Waldemar Quiles Pérez, informó que un grupo de vigilantes, adscritos a la Unidad Marítima de Piñones, investiga el hallazgo de un vertedero clandestino en el área de la playa Vacía Talega, en Loíza. “En el día de ayer, sábado, miembros del Cuerpo de Vigilantes, durante un patrullaje preventivo, se toparon con lo que solo podemos describir como un vertedero clandestino, con varias

POR EL STAR STAFF SAN JUAN – Con el lema “Salimos juntos, llegamos juntos”, el emblemático evento 5K Mar Azul regresa este año con dos grandes carreras que prometen reunir nuevamente a miles de participantes en una experiencia deportiva, comunitaria y espiritual sin igual. La primera carrera se celebrará el sábado, 30 de mayo en la zona de Guaynabo, con salida a las 6:00 de la mañana, mientras que la segunda será el sábado, 24 de octubre en el área oeste, en Cabo Rojo, comenz

Elon Musk is interviewed at the 2023 New York Times DealBook Summit, in Manhattan, Nov. 29, 2023. The prominence of the SAVE America Act, a bill that would impose identification requirements for voter registration nationwide, owes a great debt to Musk. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times) By ROSS DOUTHAT This week’s action in the Senate yielded a predictable setback for the SAVE America Act, a bill that would impose identification requirements for voter registration nationwide. Co

By DEVLIN BARRETT and NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS The Trump administration said late last week that it would allow firing squads and readopt lethal injection as part of a broader push to revive the death penalty. In an accompanying report, Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said that decisions by President Joe Biden to pull back on capital punishment “inflicted untold damage on victims of crime, and, ultimately, to the rule of law itself.” The Justice Department, he said

By JONAH E. BROMWICH The U.S. government late last week conceded that the Venezuelan government could pay for Nicolás Maduro’s defense lawyers, an issue that had been hanging over the case for weeks. In a letter filed in Manhattan federal court, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, said that the Treasury Department had issued amended licenses that would allow defense lawyers for Maduro, the former president of Venezuela, and his wife, Cilia F

President Donald Trump briefs reporters at the White House after shots were fired during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington on Saturday, April 25, 2026. Trump was rushed from the stage but was unharmed. (Salwan Georges/The New York Times) By LUKE BROADWATER, MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM, SHAWN McCREESH, TYLER PAGER, DEVLIN BARRETT and MAGGIE HABERMAN President Donald Trump said Sunday that the gunman who stormed a security perimet