New data from the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics shows a 41% increase in the island’s Aging Index between 2020 and 2025. The rise occurred across all 78 municipalities and coincides with a sustained reduction in the population of younger and working‑age residents. Index shows 41% rise in 5 years By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rico’s population is aging at a rapid pace, with new data from the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics showing a 41% increase in the island’s Aging Index

The Bucaneros of Arroyo opened their Central Amateur Baseball League Confederation season by sweeping a doubleheader against the Guayacanes of Guayanilla. By THE STAR STAFF The Bucaneros of Arroyo, Yunqueros of Río Grande and Tigres of Aguas Buenas all notched victories on Sunday in the opening weekend of the Central Amateur Baseball League Confederation (COLICEBA by its acronym in Spanish). Arroyo, last season’s championship runner-up, asserted its dominance in the South sec

Dre Una Edwards came off the bench and scored five points during a key stretch late in the game to help Caguas improve to 3-0. By THE STAR STAFF The Criollas of Caguas, Atenienses of Manatí and Explosivas of Moca all secured victories on Sunday night in a trio of Women’s National Superior Basketball (BSNF by its initials in Spanish) league games. The Criollas built a 10-point halftime lead then withstood a fierce second-half rally by the Pollitas of Isabela to claim their thi

Two broadcast booths for CNN outside the White House in Washington, on Monday, Sept. 21, 2026. Major television networks on Monday agreed to suspend their pooled coverage of President Donald Trump after the White House refused to allow CNN to serve as a pool representative on Monday. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM and ALI WATKINS The major television networks Monday suspended their pooled coverage of President Donald Trump, breaking a practice that

A field worker walks past a poster showing Haiti’s assassinated president Jovenel Moïse in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, Sept. 15, 2021. The Justice Department on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026, arrested an additional 30 suspects in the 2021 assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, including 18 who had been transferred from Haiti to Miami aboard a U.S. military plane, according to the U.S. attorney for South Florida. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times) By DAVID C. ADAMS The U.S.

Two women take a selfie outside the United Nations headquarters in New York on Monday, Sept. 21, 2026. (Angelina Katsanis/The New York Times) By FARNAZ FASSIHI World leaders will converge in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly with the Middle East in turmoil, war raging between Russia and Ukraine, old alliances in peril, energy prices rising and scientists warning that artificial intelligence could imperil humanity. “It would be hard to imagine a scenar

The Nasdaq surged to a record-high ​close on Monday, lifted by gains in Advanced Micro Devices and other AI heavyweights, while Treasury yields retreated from recent highs and ‌crude prices tumbled to an 11-day low on speculation about a potential breakthrough in Middle East talks at a UN meeting this week. Chip stocks rallied, with Intel (INTC.O), surging 12.2% and Arm Holdings up 17%. The PHLX semiconductor index (.SOX), jumped 4.3%. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O), rose abo

Mino Lora, front, the executive artistic director of the People’s Theater, embraces Lin-Manuel Miranda at the theater’s new permanent address in New York, Sept. 15, 2026. The Miranda family contributed $1 million toward the People’s Theater project. (Sabrina Santiago/The New York Times) By MALIA MENDEZ When Lin-Manuel Miranda was growing up, his family could not afford Broadway tickets. But on occasion, they would trek downtown from his home in Inwood to see Miranda’s great-u

POR EL STAR STAFF GUAYANILLA – La gobernadora Jenniffer González Colón colocó la primera piedra del proyecto de rehabilitación y modernización de la Escuela Superior Asunción Rodríguez de Sala en Guayanilla junto al alcalde Raúl Rivera, el secretario de Educación, Eliezer Ramos, la senadora Jamie Barlucea y la directora ejecutiva de COR3, María Marín una inversión de $24,990,001dirigida a transformar las instalaciones escolares y atender daños asociados al huracán María. La i