By ZACH MONTAGUE A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled earlier this week that the Trump administration had unlawfully sought to withhold funding from more than two dozen domestic violence and sexual assault prevention groups, while using the grants to try to extract political concessions. In a 10-page ruling, Judge Melissa R. DuBose said she had no reason to revisit her initial reaction in April that the Justice Department had improperly tried to coerce grantees into acceptin

Christa Pike, who has been on death row for the better part of three decades after being convicted of torturing and killing a classmate at age 18, attends a court hearing via a video link as her lawyers mount a last round of appeals on her behalf, in Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 11, 2026. Tennessee has called off another planned execution in 2026 and will review the way it puts prisoners to death after Pike survived two doses of a lethal drug in the state’s second botched attempt a

Nuestra historia En Bless Auto Collision, nuestra historia comenzó mucho antes de abrir las puertas de nuestro propio taller. Contamos con más de 25 años de experiencia en la industria automotriz, conocimiento que hemos adquirido con dedicación, esfuerzo y pasión por nuestro trabajo. Hace 3 años decidimos dar el paso de establecer nuestro propio espacio y fundar Bless Auto Collision, con el propósito de brindar a nuestros clientes un servicio de calidad, responsable y de conf

“We are supposed to trust that this administration is earnestly looking for fraud in public programs even as it seeks to undermine the programs themselves,” Times columnist Jamelle Bouie writes. (Jens Masmann/The New York Times) By JAMELLE BOUIE Since March, Vice President JD Vance has been tasked with rooting out any fraud perpetrated against the federal government. “This is a very big thing that we’re doing,” President Donald Trump said when he announced the task force. “If

Stock market investors might have been expected to run for the hills in the face of an extraordinary surge in global borrowing costs, currency interventions, wars, oil back above $100 a barrel and warnings that AI might wipe out humanity. Yet the most widely ​tracked world equity indexes are just 2% off their all-time highs and up more than 12% for the year after another $3 trillion tick higher during a tumultuous third quarter. Instead it has been G10 ‌government bonds, ultr

By THE STAR STAFF Extreme drought continues to recede in Puerto Rico and now affects 9.3% of the territory, while the total extent of drought conditions has dropped to 54.5%, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor update released Thursday, with data valid as of Tuesday, Sept. 29. The new report reflects an improvement compared to the Sept. 8 update, when 69.1% of Puerto Rico remained under some category of drought and 39.5% was experiencing extreme drought. The reduction betwe

Bayamón Mayor Ramón Luis Rivera Cruz, right, is seen with San Juan Mayor Miguel Romero Lugo during Thursday’s wake for Rivera Cruz’s father, former Bayamón Mayor Ramón Luis Rivera Rivera, who died Wednesday at age 97. The public service proceeded throughout the day Thursday at Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum in Bayamón. By THE STAR STAFF On Thursday, during the wake for his father -- former mayor Ramón Luis Rivera Rivera -- Bayamón Mayor Ramón Luis Rivera Cruz recalled the promise h

Johnny Rodríguez Ortiz, president of the Association of Retirees of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority By THE STAR STAFF The Association of Retirees of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (AJAEE) warned Thursday that ongoing disputes among private companies operating critical components of the island’s power system could soon result in higher electricity bills for consumers. The organization argued that Puerto Rico is now confronting the consequences of having han

Engineer Tomás Torres Placa, a former consumer representative on the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority governing board Sector regulator approves smaller‑than‑requested fuel charge By THE STAR STAFF Tomás Torres Placa, an engineer and former consumer representative on the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) governing board, warned on Thursday that the government has the ability to reduce the blow of the latest increase in the island’s electricity bill -- an adjustm

With the AMUR RIVER still waiting offshore and Puerto Rico’s energy agencies warning of supply constraints, the federal court now faces pressure to impose a final operational framework or authorize the vessel’s entry under one side’s proposed conditions. (vesselfinder.com) By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rico’s maritime pilots told a federal judge Thursday that they are ready to bring the liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier AMUR RIVER into San Juan Harbor under NFEnergia LLC’s propo