Corozal’s Spencer Olivier unleashes a scoring spike against Adjuntas blockers. By THE STAR STAFF Closing out the second week of action in the Men’s Superior Volleyball League (LVSM by its initials in Spanish), the Plataneros of Corozal and the Gigantes of Adjuntas played an exciting five-set match at the Juan C. Berríos Court in Barranquitas, with Corozal emerging victorious. The scores of the match were 25-21, 17-25, 20-25, 25-21 and 15-10. With the win, the Plataneros earne

Libero Jangelyz Ramírez stood out for the Bravas of Cidra with a clutch performance in defense and reception. By THE STAR STAFF The Bravas of Cidra defeated the Lady Sharks of Aguadilla in three sets on night Sunday in the penultimate regular-season match of the Puerto Rican Volleyball Confederation (COPUVO by its acronym in Spanish). The match, held at Juanito Cabello Court in Cidra, ended with set scores of 25-17, 25-17 and 25-15. With the victory, the Bravas earned all fou

Dodgers fans celebrate during the final game of the World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays as they watch it on screens at Good Neighbor Bar in Altadena, Calif., Nov. 1, 2025. Scars of wildfires and immigration raids won’t soon fade, but like the city itself, the Dodgers persevered and gave Southern California residents the rally they needed. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times) By SHAWN HUBLER, RACHEL PARSONS and LAUREN HERSTIK In their blue caps and Shohei Ohtani jerseys,

Cats compete in a “cat-licking” competition during the four-day Thailand International Pet Variety Exhibition in Bangkok, Oct. 10, 2025. “We don’t encourage forcing them to compete,” the emcee said, in an exhibition hall in Bangkok’s northern suburbs. “Let them be as normal as they can. We’re having fun here.” (Lauren DeCicca/The New York Times) By SUI-LEE WEE The champion competitive eater stood on a table in front of dozens of people and methodically attacked the salmon. “W

Jane Goodall, the celebrated primatologist, in New York, Oct. 17, 2017. Goodall, one of the world’s most revered conservationists, who earned scientific stature and global celebrity by chronicling the distinctive behavior of wild chimpanzees in East Africa, grasped the vast power that lay in careful, mutual observation. (Gabriela Herman/The New York Times) By RHONDA GARELICK We don’t think of Jane Goodall as a style icon. But we should. Style is about having a keen awareness

Shoppers browse the various storefronts at the Brickell City Centre mall in Miami, Fla., June 26, 2025. Tariffs and uncertainty were already making the economy hard to read. The loss of government data during the shutdown has made the situation much worse. (Scott McIntyre/The New York Times) By BEN CASSELMAN and COLBY SMITH Tariffs are at their highest rates in decades. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are going without paychecks. Artificial intelligence is threatenin

President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela in Caracas, Sept. 15, 2025. Trump administration officials seeking to remove Maduro as the leader of Venezuela have been citing a federal indictment returned half a decade ago in Manhattan as one justification. (Adriana Loureiro Fernández/The New York Times) By ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS President Donald Trump said he doubted the United States would go to war with Venezuela in an interview aired Sunday, even as he warned that the days were number

Khalil Ur Rahman Babakhil, left, clears rubble in the village of Shamraz in Kunar Province, Afghanistan on Sept. 2, 2025. Another powerful earthquake struck northern Afghanistan just before 1 a.m. local time Monday, killing at least 20 people, injuring more than 520 others and damaging countless buildings, according to Afghan authorities. (Safiullah Padshah/The New York Times) By SAFIULLAH PADSHAH, YAQOOB AKBARY, ELIAN PELTIER and MIKE IVES Ghulam Mahmoodi was sleeping with h