POR CYBERNEWS CATAÑO – El alcalde de Cataño, Julio Alicea Vasallo, confirmó el martes que fue diagnosticado con mielofibrosis, anunció que se someterá a un trasplante de médula ósea y aseguró que aspirará a un próximo término en el municipio. “La mielofibrosis es una condición seria, es incurable, pero es tratable”, dijo el alcalde en conferencia de prensa. “En los próximos meses estaré admitido para iniciar este proceso, que incluye quimioterapia agresiva, la administración

A mural depicting the Strait of Hormuz in Tehran, April 13, 2026. “Iran’s regime,” Times columnist Bret Stephens writes, “can have an economy. Or the regime can attempt to have a nuclear program while trying to control the Strait of Hormuz. But it can’t have both.” (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times) By BRET STEPHENS “The easiest method for the United States to reopen Hormuz,” I wrote last Tuesday, “is to start seizing tankers carrying Iranian crude once they reach the Arabi

By ALEXANDRA E. PETRI A Michigan gas station clerk helped save a 16-year-old girl who entered his store and mouthed the word “help” after a man had kidnapped her at gunpoint on her way to school last week, authorities said. The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday charged the suspect, Donald James Joseph Arthur Fields, 48, of Hamtramck, Michigan, with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, one count of kidnapping, one count of possession of a firearm by a

Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 15, 2025. Chavez-DeRemer, President Trump’s embattled labor secretary, stepped down on Monday, April 20, 2026, as multiple scandals and investigations closed in on her. (Al Drago/The New York Times) By REBECCA DAVIS O’BRIEN Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Donald Trump’s embattled labor secretary, stepped down earlier this week as multiple scandals and investigations closed in on her. “Labor Sec

A FedEx driver makes a delivery in Miami Beach, Fla., April 28, 2025. The Trump administration is set to take its first steps toward returning more than $166 billion collected from tariffs that were struck down in February. (Scott Mcintyre/The New York Times) By TONY ROMM and ANA SWANSON When President Donald Trump unveiled his sprawling global tariffs last spring, he boasted that they would generate windfall profits and “make America wealthy again.” But after suffering a sig

District VI (Guayama) Sen. Rafael Santos Ortiz has maintained communication with Puerto Rico Police Superintendent Joseph González Falcón in order to learn details about the actions underway in response to a rash of homicides in Coamo over the past month. By THE STAR STAFF District VI (Guayama) Sen. Rafael “Rafy” Santos Ortiz expressed his concern on Tuesday regarding recent homicides reported in the municipality of Coamo, while also calling for citizen collaboration. “Coamo

Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez By THE STAR STAFF Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives Carlos “Johnny” Méndez Nuñez announced that the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) has endorsed House Bill 1207, which legally allows municipalities to enter into agreements with the private operator of the island’s electric power transmission and distribution network for the installation, repair, maintenance, and modernization o

By THE STAR STAFF LUMA Energy, the private operator of Puerto Rico’s electric power transmission and distribution system, is moving forward with a new phase of grid‑modernization efforts, installing advanced automated equipment across the system to reduce outage times and improve service reliability for tens of thousands of customers. The initiative is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as part of broader federal support for rebuilding and strengthening the island’

La Fortaleza Chief of Staff Francisco Domenech Fernández Domenech denies conflicts in sweeping Senate inquiry By THE STAR STAFF La Fortaleza Chief of Staff Francisco Domenech Fernández on Tuesday delivered a forceful defense of his conduct in government, submitting a 64‑page response to the Puerto Rico Senate after an unprecedented interpellation and more than 200 follow‑up questions focused heavily on his former lobbying firm, Politank Corp. In a letter addressed to Senate P

By THE STAR STAFF Ruth Concepción, the president of the Association of Providers of Services Under Provisional Remedies, warned Tuesday that recent actions by the Puerto Rico Department of Education (DE) could sharply restrict access to therapy services for students in special education, raising alarm among parents who rely on the court‑ordered mechanism. Concepción said the provisional remedy system was created precisely because the DE lacked the capacity to provide essentia