By CARLOS BARRAGÁN, AMELIA NIERENBERG and LYNSEY CHUTEL Passengers and crew from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak were evacuated Sunday after the vessel anchored off Spain’s Canary Islands. Global health officials have sought to calm fears about the passengers’ return to their home countries by vowing to closely monitor any signs of disease. The ship, the MV Hondius, arrived at the port of Granadilla de Abona in Tenerife, the largest of the islands, on Sunday

Global stocks ⁠roared throughout ⁠most of the week, with many benchmark indices reaching record highs before pulling back slightly ⁠on Thursday. While the stop-and-start prospects for a U.S.-Iran peace deal created some volatility, the main focus for markets remained the ongoing AI chip boom, which shows no signs of slowing. Things got off to a dramatic start ​early in the week as U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Project Freedom” plan briefly came into effect with the stated ai

By ERIN GRIFFITH The artificial intelligence boom has one big thing holding it back: energy. AI companies rely on power-hungry data centers to train their models, and they need gigawatts of power to keep them humming. With only so much energy to go around and only so much funding to build new infrastructure, it’s fiercely competitive out there. The biggest AI companies, including Google, Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic, are locked in a white-knuckled race to secure the most money

María Nieves Rego, 1934-2026 (Wikimedia Commons/Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires) By ALEX WILLIAMS María Nieves Rego, who with her dance partner and onetime husband, Juan Carlos Copes, formed a duo that, despite their often painful personal relationship, helped spark a tango revival in Argentina that spread worldwide, died on April 19 in Buenos Aires. She was 91. Her death was announced by the Argentine Association of Actors and Actresses, which did not specify

A probe is lowered into the Potomac River near the area impacted by a raw sewage spill in Maryland, March 3, 2026. The preventable spill serves as an extreme example of “how well-meaning permitting laws have stymied vital projects in the United States,” the Times Editorial Board writes. (Michael Noble Jr./The New York Times) By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Eight years ago, local officials in Washington learned a section of a sewage line next to the Potomac River had become corroded an

In an undated image from the Department of Defense, a page from a 1969 technical debriefing of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, the three American astronauts on the Apollo 11 moon mission. The Pentagon on Friday released online what it called “new, never-before-seen” files, dating back decades, related to unidentified flying objects. (Department of Defense via The New York Times) By MICHAEL LEVENSON Government drones, errant weather balloons, experimental spy

The downtown area in Annapolis, the capital of Maryland, where some Democratic state lawmakers have been pushing for the state to redraw its congressional map before the midterms, April 1, 2020. Democrats are still widely favored to win control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the November midterm elections, but Republicans have gained a new structural edge through their redistricting efforts. (Andrew Mangum/The New York Times) By SHANE GOLDMACHER and TIM BALK Just two

Brenda Mariel Cintrón Rodríguez became the first student in the Doctoral Program in School Psychology at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus to successfully defend her dissertation -- an achievement that goes beyond academics and stands as a testament to resilience. By THE STAR STAFF With a story defined by perseverance and personal transformation, Brenda Mariel Cintrón Rodríguez became the first student in the Doctoral Program in School Psychology at the Universit

A stretch of the public beach in Boquerón, Cabo Rojo. The developer behind the proposed Esencia luxury tourism and residential megaproject in the coastal town said the development is designed to address poverty, inequality and access to essential services in the southwestern region, citing job creation and plans for independent water and renewable-energy systems. (discoverpuertorico.com) Developer denies Cabo Rojo project will strain resources By THE STAR STAFF Roberto Ruiz V

Ponce Mayor Marlese Sifre Rodríguez will be among the presenters at this year’s Fifth Community Roundtable Discussion (“Conversatorio”) in New York City. (Facebook via Marlese Sifre) By THE STAR STAFF As part of the upcoming Puerto Rican Week activities in New York, the organizers of the Fifth Community Roundtable Discussion (“Conversatorio”), whose theme this year will be the presentation of municipal development projects in Puerto Rico, confirmed that the mayors of Jayuya,