By THE STAR STAFF The Criollos of Caguas announced this week the signing of South Korean outfielder Won-Bin Cho -- a St. Louis Cardinals prospect -- as their second import player for the 2026-27 Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League (LBPRC by its initials in Spanish) season. “Won-Bin Cho is a young, dynamic player who possesses all five tools. This year, he has demonstrated power, hit numerous extra-base hits, run the bases well, and stolen bases,” Criollos general ma

Eighteen baseball players will represent Puerto Rico at the U-12 Pan American Championship in late November in the Dominican Republic, where they will seek the island’s first-ever berth in a U-12 World Cup. By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico Baseball Federation has announced the 18 players who will represent the island at the U-12 Pan American Championship. The tournament will take place Nov. 20-27 in the Dominican Republic and will award four berths for the 2027 World Cup. “I

Puerto Rico topped neighborhood rival the Dominican Republic on Tuesday night to finish undefeated in Group A and advance directly to the semifinals of the 2026 Women’s Pan American Cup in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rico won the Caribbean clash that decided the top spot in Group A and advanced directly to the semifinals of the 2026 Women’s Pan American Cup after defeating the Dominican Republic 3-1 on Tuesday night at the Domo de la Feria in León, Guan

By JEANNA SMIALEK and MATINA STEVIS-GRIDNEFF The European Union has invited Canada to work toward becoming the bloc’s first “associate member,” a title meant to underscore Canada’s growing closeness to the 27-nation union as both face deteriorating relationships with the United States. President Donald Trump has waged a relentless trade war with Canada, challenging the nation’s economy. The United States has pulled back support for NATO and Ukraine, leaving the EU scrambling

By AMELIA NIERENBERG Hashim Thaci, the former leader of Kosovo who led its bloody independence fight against Serbia in the 1990s, was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison for war crimes, including arbitrary detention, torture and murder. Thaci’s sentence concluded a trial that has deepened divisions in his Balkan homeland over whether he should be feted as a war hero or condemned as a leader of violent rebels. Thaci, 58, who has long denied wrongdoing, was sentenced alon

Tomeyo Ono, who at 100 still works as a storyteller, visits friends in Soma, Fukushima, Japan, on May 18, 2025. Japan’s health ministry released data on Sept. 15, 2026 showing that there were 107,677 residents of at least 100 years old. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times) By HISAKO UENO and TIFFANY MAY There are now more than 100,000 centenarians in Japan, a record for a country famous for its longevity. Japan’s Health Ministry released data Tuesday showing that there are now 1

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday and flagged further increases in borrowing costs in coming months, with new US central bank chief Kevin Warsh joining a unanimous decision that effectively acknowledges the Trump administration’s inability so far to control inflation. Speaking in Washington after the decision’s release, Warsh echoed the official statement in promising the Fed’s policy committee would “deliver ⁠price stability.” Stocks and ⁠bonds sold off

“2001: A Space Odyssey” (1968) By BROOKS BARNES and MATT STEVENS Victor Newman has survived kidnappings, shootings, amnesia, a heart transplant, poisoning, 15 weddings and countless hostile takeovers in his 46 years at the center of “The Young and the Restless.” But even daytime TV’s most indestructible character wasn’t prepared for the latest villain to arrive in Genoa City: a rogue artificial intelligence program. For 10 months, viewers watched as Victor, played by Eric Bra

Reafirmando su compromiso con el desarrollo integral de la juventud y la educación transformadora, el Municipio Autónomo de Caguas firmará por segundo año consecutivo un Memorando de Entendimiento con Huertas College para apoyar la implementación del programa “SÉ - Senior Emprende”, una iniciativa innovadora diseñada para preparar a estudiantes de escuela superior con las competencias y herramientas necesarias para enfrentar los retos del siglo XXI. Como parte de este acuerdo

“Creators who anguish over the consequences of their creations are nothing new,” writes New York Times columnist Bret Stephens. (Tamara Porras/The New York Times) By BRET STEPHENS Creators who anguish over the consequences of their creations are nothing new. Alfred Nobel and dynamite, J. Robert Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb, even Tim Berners-Lee and the World Wide Web: Regrets, they had more than a few. Now it’s the turn of the parents and nursemaids of the artificial intel