Gerardo “Gerry” Torres Sports Complex in Morovis By THE STAR STAFF Morovis Mayor Carmen Maldonado González announced recently that the municipal administration is continuing its strategy of providing services and promoting sports, creating spaces for all citizens to develop their skills. “For example, we offer table tennis, a discipline that strengthens concentration, reflexes, coordination, and agility, while fostering discipline and athletic development,” the mayor said. “C

The Montañesas of Utuado swept a doubleheader against the Maceteras of Vega Alta on Sunday and lead the North Section with a 3-1 record. By THE STAR STAFF The defending champion Montañesas of Utuado and the Estrellas del Guamaní of Guayama each swept their respective doubleheaders during Sunday’s second game day of the 2026 Women’s Baseball League season. Utuado defeated the Maceteras of Vega Alta 9-4 and 5-2, taking the lead in the North Section with a 3-1 record, while Vega

Tess Amundsen (15), a 6-foot-1 forward, averaged 19 points per game for the Monarcas of Juana Díaz last season. All-Star import forward led Monarcas’ offense last season By THE STAR STAFF The Monarcas of Juana Díaz of the Women’s Superior National Basketball (BSNF by its initials in Spanish) league officially announced the return of import player Tess Amundsen, who joins Imani McGee on the roster in the upcoming season. Amundsen, a native of Fresno, California, was one of the

By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rican Basketball League (LBP by its initials in Spanish) will hold its inaugural LBP Draft Combine, an initiative bringing together more than 150 players from various regions of Puerto Rico for evaluation by franchise owners and coaching staffs. This event is part of a new model designed to strengthen the player selection process ahead of the upcoming season. The combine will take place Sept. 13-17 across the East, South, North, and West regions,

Houses destroyed by flash flooding stand next to a swollen river in Devighat, Nepal, Aug. 30, 2026. The country’s government estimates that the recent catastrophic floods caused $5 billion in damage; that’s one-tenth of Nepal’s entire economy. (Atul Loke/The New York Times) By JASON GULLEY Like much of the world, I’ve watched and rewatched videos of the catastrophic flood that have filtered out of Nepal with horror and sadness. But unlike many, I have an intimate knowledge of

By TONY ROMM New Canadian tariffs targeting roughly $20 billion in U.S. imports officially snapped into place on Tuesday, the latest escalation in an increasingly costly trade war that has ensnarled two longtime allies. The duties apply to a variety of U.S. goods, including clothing, cheese, metal parts and wood products. The approach is meant to mimic the taxes that President Donald Trump imposed on Canada after trade talks between the two neighbors collapsed in acrimony las

Cynthia Sanborn, a China scholar at Universidad del Pacífico, in Lima, Peru, April 6, 2026. U.S. officials criticize China’s investment in Peru, “but they can’t make it stick,” and offer no comparable alternative, said Sanborn. (Sara Wayra/The New York Times) By GENEVIEVE GLATSKY Peru’s ambassador in Washington, Luis Miguel Castilla, received a stern phone call in 2015 from the State Department, after U.S. officials learned that a Chinese firm would finance a sprawling new Pa

By JOHN ISMAY U.S. forces operating near Ecuador on Saturday intercepted and destroyed several commercial vessels believed to be used for refueling boats smuggling drugs to the United States. It was the fourth interdiction of vessels used as floating refueling platforms in the eastern Pacific, according to a U.S. official, who said no one on either side was hurt or killed. The mission was carried out as part of U.S. Southern Command’s efforts to hinder narcotics smugglers in

Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a meeting of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, at Camp David in Maryland, on Friday, July 31, 2026. New measures to target narcotics traffickers will be at the top of the agenda as Rubio visits Colombia this week, according to people familiar with his plans. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times) By ANNIE CORREAL Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s first stop on a three-country trip this week is Colombia. There, he plans to deliver a stro

The S&P 500 ended lower on Tuesday, with Salesforce and other software makers losing ground, while hostilities in the Middle East lifted oil prices and investors awaited inflation data that could affect the ‌chance of an interest rate hike. Salesforce and Intuit fell about 4%, while ServiceNow lost 5%. OpenAI’s launch last week of its ‌newest model, GPT-6 Astra, reignited speculation that AI could compete with services now offered by specialized software companies. The S&P 50