From June to August, more than 558,000 passengers used the ferry services in Puerto Rico, an increase of more than 13% compared to the same period last year. By THE STAR STAFF The Integrated Transportation Authority (ATI by its initials in Spanish), in conjunction with Puerto Rico Ferry, on Thursday announced record growth in the number of passengers who used the maritime transportation system from June to August of this year. During the three-month period, more than 558,000

Gerrit Cole of the New York Yankees during the first inning of the Opening Day baseball game between the Yankees and San Francisco Giants at Yankee Stadium in New York, March 30, 2023. Cole, one of several high-caliber free agents who grew up as Angels fans, should be in play for the Los Angeles Angels now that the team is under new ownership, The Athletic’s Sam Blum suggests. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times) By SAM BLUM / THE ATHLETIC After 23 years of largely unfulfillin

Patients are relocated from Patan Hospital to a tented field hospital run by International Medical Corps due to fears of aftershocks a day after another large earthquake struck in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 13, 2015. Nepal’s flood relief workers feel the pain of President Donald Trump’s cuts to U.S.A.I.D., which played an important role in responding to earlier disasters like the 2015 earthquake. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times) By ANUPREETA DAS, SAJAL PRADHAN and BINOD GHIMI

Soldiers carry a flag-draped case at Dover Air Force Base during the dignified transfer of U.S. Army 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan and three other soldiers killed overseas, in Delaware, on July 22, 2026. Iran’s leaders are taking a more aggressive approach as the country faces mounting economic pressure and they worry that their grip on the Strait of Hormuz is slipping. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By ERIKA SOLOMON Iran has signaled that it is willing to escalate its fight

Brent crude rallied towards $100 per barrel on ⁠Wednesday, ⁠keeping the mood in Asian stock markets subdued, ⁠as attacks intensified in the Middle East, stoking inflation worries ahead of the release of closely watched ​U.S. consumer price data. The yen strengthened towards the nearly seven-month high touched against the dollar on Tuesday as traders exited short positions in the Japanese ‌currency amid expectations for faster Bank of Japan ‌interest rate hikes and a potential

“The Last House” (Netflix) By MAYA PHILLIPS Being trapped is a reliable premise in horror films and psychological thrillers, with good reason. It’s a primal fear, the type of situation that strikes right into our animal brain. And it has become an apt metaphor, representing the fears and traumas of a younger generation who has surged back into theaters this year to see its own anxieties reflected. The terrors of monotony Familiarity is usually synonymous with safety. What’s m

En un mercado laboral transformado por la tecnología y la inteligencia artificial, aprender nuevas competencias se está convirtiendo en una estrategia de supervivencia profesional. Imagina llegar mañana a tu trabajo y descubrir que las funciones que realizaste durante años cambiaron radicalmente. No necesariamente porque tu profesión desapareció, sino porque una nueva tecnología automatizó parte de tus tareas, la empresa reorganizó sus operaciones o ahora necesita competencia

By GREGORIO IGARTÚA DE LA ROSA Special to The STAR The legal status of our political relationship within the American nation has remained at a standstill since 1952, when the Constitution of Puerto Rico was adopted, a necessary step toward statehood and equality as American citizens. After all, from what other perspective should the cause of this political stalemate be analyzed, if not from the standpoint of who we are -- 3.2 million American citizens who wish to retain our c

By DAVID OVALLE and CHRISTINA MORALES They fled Cuba to build better lives in America. They collected trash and wiped down seats on airplanes at the Miami airport to support their families both in Florida and on their native island. Then came an unexpected peril: An Amazon cargo jet crashed into their van, killing five and injuring two others. One of the victims who died, Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47, had worked to save for a trip to Cuba in December to visit his teenage daugh