The lifeguard on duty at Watchtower Number 2 at La Monserrate beach in Luquillo, Joanel Figueroa, saw a swimmer struggling and launched Dolphin 3, guiding the aquatic drone to the man, who attached himself to the drone using a rope and was brought ashore without further incident. By THE STAR STAFF Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) Secretary Waldemar Quiles Pérez announced on Monday the historic first rescue of a person in the water using exclusively a Dolphin 3 unman

The Gigantes of Carolina-Canóvanas trailed the Vaqueros of Bayamón by 22 points early on, but fought their way back to win by a point in the closing seconds. Caguas defeats Guaynabo By THE STAR STAFF The Gigantes of Carolina-Canóvanas and the Criollos of Caguas were winners on Saturday night in a pair of National Superior Basketball (BSN by its initials in Spanish) games. The Gigantes overcame a 22-point first-quarter deficit before topping the Vaqueros of Bayamón 77-76 at Ca

“Good base stealers have an attitude,” Davey Lopes said in 2016. “If the catcher threw me out, I would say, ‘What did I do wrong?’ I would never wonder what he did right.” (Facebook via National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) By RICHARD SANDOMIR Davey Lopes, an All-Star second baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers who was one of the most successful base stealers in baseball history, died last Wednesday in Providence, Rhode Island, near where he grew up. He was 80. A spokespe

Passengers wait in a long line at a security checkpoint at LaGuardia Airport in New York on Friday morning, March 27, 2026. The hourslong security lines at airports eased recently, but the ordeal for both passengers and TSA workers might not be over. (Vincent Alban/The New York Times) By CEYLAN YEGINSU The hourslong security lines at airports eased last week after President Donald Trump signed an order to retroactively pay Transportation Security Administration officers, who

Angie Howard shops for groceries in Portland, Ore. on Wednesday, April 8, 2026. Higher fuel costs are raising food and travel prices, while a shaky stock market tamps down free spenders. “You go into the grocery store, you buy the things you normally would, and then all of a sudden it’s $20 or $30 more there,” Howard said. (Amanda Lucier/The New York Times) By LYDIA DePILLIS Angie Howard lives in a walkable neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, and works from home, so she has not

A woman removes debris from her apartment in a neighborhood that was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Tyre, Lebanon, March 26, 2026. In Tyre, a city on Lebanon’s coast, near-daily bombardments by Israel have killed and injured civilians, and left many searching for shelter. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times) By CHRISTINA GOLDBAUM and HWAIDA SAAD The mother sat on the curb outside a hospital in southern Lebanon, holding her phone and pleading with a photo of her sons

By ANDREW HIGGINS and LILI RUTAI Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary, a lodestar for MAGA culture warriors and right-wing populists in Europe, conceded defeat Sunday in a general election, breaking the momentum of a global nationalist revival promoted by President Donald Trump. Speaking to supporters Sunday evening in Budapest, Orban said the “election results, although not complete, are understandable and clear. They are painful for us but unequivocal.” He congratulated t

Pedestrians cross Enghelab Square, near a billboard showing Mojtaba Khamenei, the new supreme leader, in Tehran, April 11, 2026. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times) By KATIE ROGERS, TYLER PAGER, AARON BOXERMAN and ISABEL KERSHNER President Donald Trump said Sunday that the United States will blockade the Strait of Hormuz, stepping up pressure on Iran after marathon peace talks between top Iranian and American leaders in Pakistan ended without a breakthrough. The announcement

Investors will seek evidence in the coming week that the U.S. corporate profit engine ​is humming along, and whether threats to that upbeat business outlook are emerging from the Middle East war and the resulting surge in energy costs. First-quarter earnings ‌season kicks off with reports from major U.S. banks. Expectations for a strong quarter and year for profit growth have underpinned bullish outlooks for stocks. Those expectations have remained intact as the conflict in I