While the Fed didn’t raise rates, the bond market did. That means hardship for home buyers and higher hurdles for artificial intelligence data centers and the stock market. But it’s also a boon for retirees. (Thomas Fuchs/The New York Times) By JEFF SOMMER The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady in its latest meeting. But another important power in the financial world raised them. That’s the bond market, where thousands of traders make moment-by-moment decisions that c

A group of volunteers called “trenzando sonrisas,” or “braiding smiles,” braids the hair of young girls at a temporary shelter in La Guaira, Venezuela, July 14, 2026. More than a month after the earthquakes, the coastal region of La Guaira — once Venezuela’s main gateway — is completely unrecognizable. (Fabiola Ferrero/The New York Times) By EMMA BUBOLA There was a billboard on the seaside road along Venezuela’s northern coast with a gigantic photograph of a smiling Nicolás M

The heavily damaged Iranian space research center, one of the sites struck during the war, in Tehran on July 6, 2026. Iran said Monday that any deal with Oman on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz would not lead to the waterway being fully reopened and that the route would remain closed until the United States agreed to demands including lifting a naval blockade. (Emile Ducke/The New York Times) By AURELIEN BREEDEN Iran said Monday that any deal with Oman on shipping in the Str

By GENEVIEVE GLATSKY and JULIE TURKEWITZ A powerful earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday morning, rattling much of the country, killing more than 100 people and sending residents fleeing from swaying and crumbling buildings in multiple major cities. As rescuers searched the rubble of damaged buildings and officials warned of possible aftershocks, the death toll appeared likely to rise. The 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurred at 7:34 a.m. local time, according to the U.S

A group of financial firms, including Apollo Global ​and Blackstone, is working with Nvidia to put together ‌a $500 billion funding package ‌for AI infrastructure development, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. Nvidia’s shares fell ​over 3% in afternoon trading. The tie-up highlights Nvidia’s efforts to raise capital for the chips, power ​generation and data centers underpinning the AI boom. Big Tech companies have signaled that spending ​on AI would no

By ERIK PIEPENBURG A mousetrap to the foot, a skillet to the face, a drill to the ear, a plush rabbit down the throat. That’s the order in which one character gets slaughtered in Eli Roth’s latest gross-out horror comedy, “Ice Cream Man.” While not a remake of Paul Norman’s deliciously nutty “Ice Cream Man” (1995), Roth’s sicko romp does share DNA with that and other films — “Mr. Ice Cream Man” (1996) and “The Ice Cream Truck” (2017) — that constitute one of horror’s dippier

The four main characters of “The Last House” are aided by a conspicuous lack of friction. By BEN KENIGSBERG In a roundabout, meta sort of way, “The Last House” puts a genuinely terrifying question to its viewers. How long would you last? How long would you hold out if you tried to leave your home one day but found that all the doors wouldn’t open? That the cracks in any window you tried to break would immediately repair themselves? That there was no Wi-Fi or phone service, so

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – La gobernadora Jenniffer Aydin González Colón y el secretario del Departamento de Desarrollo Económico y Comercio (DDEC), Carlos Ríos Pierluisi, anunciaron el lunes que aumentaron de 5,000 a 10,000 dólares el incentivo disponible para las pymes afectadas por las interrupciones de agua potable. “Sabemos la situación por la cual están atravesando muchos sectores de nuestra economía e hicimos los ajustes necesarios para poder ayudar a los pequeños y medi

POR EL STAR STAFF SAN JUAN – Ante el aumento de las temperaturas y los eventos de calor extremo que enfrenta Puerto Rico, la senadora por acumulación Ada Álvarez Conde radicó la Resolución Conjunta del Senado 200 para que el calor extremo pueda ser reconocido y consignado como causal de muerte en los certificados de defunción en Puerto Rico. “Para atender una crisis primero tenemos que poder identificarla y medirla. Si una persona fallece como consecuencia del calor extremo,

By ROSS DOUTHAT When I joined this newspaper as a columnist 17 years ago, President Barack Obama was still enjoying the flush of first-term popularity. In both political and cultural circles, there was vaulting confidence that his fusion of social liberalism and technocratic ambition had swept away the conservative era in American politics. The columnist’s job contains multitudes, but it’s useful to have a primary antagonist, a specific worldview that you think needs to be ch