Bob Weir performs onstage with Dead & Company show in Las Vegas, on July 5, 2024. Weir, a guitarist and songwriter who was a founding member of the Grateful Dead, which rose from jug band origins to become the kings of psychedelic rock, selling millions of records and inspiring a small nation of loyal fans, has died. He was 78. (The New York Times) By BEN SISARIO and MARK WALKER Bob Weir, a guitarist and songwriter who was a founding member of the Grateful Dead, which rose fr

POR CYBERNEWS GUAYNABO – El director interino de la Región Metropolitana de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AAA), Luis Ortiz Salgado anunció que sectores de Guaynabo y Bayamón presentarán interrupciones de servicio el lunes por trabajos de mantenimiento. “Estos trabajos son fundamentales para fortalecer la capacidad de la operación del sistema, lo que nos permitirá ofrecer un servicio más confiable a nuestras comunidades”, expresó Ortiz Salgado en declaraciones

POR EL STAR STAFF GUAYNABO – El alcalde de Guaynabo, Edward O’Neill Rosa, invitó a la comunidad guaynabeña a participar de la iniciativa municipal de reciclaje de árboles de Navidad, una alternativa responsable, segura y ambientalmente amigable para disponer de los árboles una vez culminadas las festividades. “El llamado es claro: no quemen los árboles de Navidad. Los árboles secos representan un riesgo real de incendios y contaminación. En Guaynabo contamos con un programa

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN President Donald Trump said last Tuesday that Venezuela would begin handing over oil worth up to $3 billion that Trump would dole out “to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States.” On what legal basis this is being done and where exactly the money will go was not made clear by the president. But for the people of Venezuela, here is what is certain: If you didn’t know before, now you know. Trump came to liberate your oil, not your people. Sor

Demonstrators are placed under arrest by police during a protest outside of an immigration detention facility in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday night, Jan. 8, 2026. Federal agents shot two people in Portland on Thursday during a traffic stop, a day after the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis stoked outrage over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. (Jordan Gale/The New York Times) By GLENN THRUSH The Trump administration blocked Minnesota officials from inve

People gather along the downtown waterfront in Portland, Ore. to protest recent shootings involving federal ICE agents across the country, on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. Mounting outrage over an ICE agent’s killing of a woman in Minneapolis manifested this weekend in a series of planned nationwide demonstrations. (Jordan Gale/The New York Times) By CHRIS HIPPENSTEEL Mounting outrage over an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent’s killing of a woman in Minneapolis spilled int

The DVOT Antigen Combo Test Kit (6-in-1) lacks FDA Emergency Use Authorization or formal approval for clinical use, retail sale or self-testing in the United States and its territories. (yohohongkong.com) By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico Clinical Laboratories Association (ALCPR by its initials in Spanish) and the Puerto Rico Society of Medical Technologists (CTMPR) are urging the island Department of Health and its Office of Regulation and Accreditation of Health Facilities

“This plan is not improvised; it is the result of months of work, coordination between agencies, and a team of dedicated individuals committed to serving their city well and doing things correctly,” San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo said. By THE STAR STAFF San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo on Sunday presented the municipal plan that will be in place for the 56th edition of the San Sebastián Street Festival, which will be held starting this Thursday and running through Sunday