Enrique “Kiké” Hernández will miss the 2026 World Baseball Classic after undergoing elbow surgery last Friday. “The rehabilitation will not allow me to be ready in time to wear the uniform with Puerto Rico on my chest,” the three-time World Series champion posted. “I hope you understand.” (Instagram via kikehndez) By THE STAR STAFF Enrique “Kiké” Hernández’s announcement on Saturday that he has undergone elbow surgery and therefore will not play in the 2026 World Baseball Cla

In an image provided by Marco Villegas, an orca swimming with a young great white shark with a visible wound in waters off Baja California, Mexico. New research has documented how a pod of orcas in the Gulf of California has repeatedly hunted juvenile white sharks to feast on their livers. (Marco Villegas via The New York Times) By ALEXA ROBLES-GIL In mid-August 2020, Erick Higuera’s drone recorded a brutal hunt off Baja California in Mexico. A pod of orcas was hitting a grea

Sometimes even your most valiant efforts aren’t enough to get you to the gate on time. (Weston Wei/The New York Times) By GABE CASTRO-ROOT The dubious social media trend known as “airport theory” holds that travelers can arrive at the airport just 15 minutes before their flight because the plane simply won’t leave without them. Don’t believe everything you see online: Your plane will leave whether you’re on it or not. Sometimes, though, it’s not your fault. Even if you give y

A shopper at a grocery store in Manhattan, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times) By ANA SWANSON The Trump administration said late last week that it would lift tariffs on foreign products including beef, tomatoes, bananas and coffee, an effort to alleviate some of the price pressures consumers have faced since its global levies took effect. The exemptions, which were made effective from Thursday, were applied to certain “reciprocal” tariffs that Pres

Protesters walk along Avenida Paseo de la Reforma, passing by photographs of missing people, in Mexico City, Mexico, Nov. 15, 2025. Protesters gathered in cities across Mexico on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, to vent their frustration at how the president has handled corruption and violent crime, with demonstrators ranging from pensioners to young people linking themselves with a global Gen Z movement. (Fred Ramos/The New York Times) By EMILIANO RODRÍGUEZ MEGA and FRED RAMOS Prote

Kawthar Tamim with two of her daughters, Maymouna, 3, left, and Jowayria, in Afrin, Syria on Feb. 7, 2025. Under the Syrian dictator’s rule, the wives and children of rebels were seized as leverage. Tamim said she was taken to a secret underground prison after being stopped at a checkpoint in Yafour, near Damascus. (Lynsey Addario/The New York Times) By LYNSEY ADDARIO and LEEN RIHAWI When Syrian authorities stopped Kawthar Tamim and her four children at a checkpoint outside t

Wall Street’s largest hedge funds reduced exposure to “Magnificent Seven” stocks including Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet and Meta in the third quarter, while taking new positions in application software, e-commerce and payments companies, according to regulatory filings on Friday. During the quarter ended September 30, several funds also reduced their exposure to prominent names in healthcare and energy. The latest positions marked a shift from the second quarter when several le

Bad Bunny’s “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” was named album of the year and gathered four more awards at the 26th annual Latin Grammys. (Instagram via muchofficial) By JON PARELES Bad Bunny’s “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” was named album of the year and gathered four more awards at the 26th annual Latin Grammys, which were broadcast Thursday night on TelevisaUnivision from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. On “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” (“I Should Have Taken More Photos”) he sings about holding on to m