Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth participates in a roundtable talk regarding the Trump administration’s efforts to thwart drug cartels and human trafficking, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Oct, 23, 2025. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By CAROL ROSENBERG The U.S. military killed at least three people in another strike on a boat in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday, in the latest attack on vessels that the Trump administration has clai

A medical student helps an injured man following Hurricane Melissa in Black River, Jamaica, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. Hurricane Melissa’s destructive path across Jamaica has rendered parts of the island unrecognizable to residents, leaving behind towns littered with rubble, twisted cellphone towers and a nation working to count the dead. (Abbie Townsend/The New York Times) By FRANCES ROBLES The death toll in Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa rose to 28 Saturday, even as author

A resilient U.S. stocks rally heads into a busy week of corporate results, with investors concerned about the strength of the artificial intelligence trade and about how aggressively the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates. The S&P 500 (.SPX), on Friday ended October up 2.3% for the month, its sixth straight month of gains, despite wobbling this week after megacap companies posted mixed results. Doubt also grew that more interest rate cuts were imminent after the Fed ease

Most of Radu Jude’s “Dracula” consists of numbered chapters that include loads of garish AI images and bring together, more or less, elements from the vampire legend. (Saga Film/Nabis Filmgroup/Paul Thiltges Distribution/MicroFILM) By MANOHLA DARGIS For “Dracula,” Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude has turned his attention and a cellphone camera on the title vampire in Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel and come up with a gleefully crude and vulgar go-for-broke provocation that is as grindin

POR CYBERNEWS ABU DHABI, Emiratos Árabes Unidos – Mariecarmen Rivera terminó con tres medallas de oro en el ICF Stand Up Paddling World Championships, en Abu Dhabi. Rivera se convirtió en la primera atleta en la historia del campeonato mundial en ganar tres títulos en una misma edición, al dominar las pruebas de Sprint, Technical Race y Long Distance, una hazaña sin precedentes para Puerto Rico y para el SUP internacional. “Estoy viviendo un sueño. Es increíble, me siento muy

POR CYBERNEWS LA FORTALEZA – La secretaria del Departamento del Trabajo y Recursos Humanos, María del Pilar Vélez Casanova anunció la celebración de una Feria de Reclutamiento y Servicios para empleados federales y público en general. La feria será el martes, 4 de noviembre de 2025, de 9:00 de la mañana a 3:00 de la tarde, en el primer nivel de Plaza Las Américas, al lado del Walgreens (antiguo local de SEARS de ropa, no el Brand Central). El evento, organizado por el Program

POR EL STAR STAFF SAN JUAN – Como parte de su compromiso con mejorar la infraestructura del programa ‘Mar sin Barreras’, el secretario del Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, Waldemar Quiles, inspeccionó las facilidades en el balneario La Monserrate en el municipio de Luquillo. “El programa ‘Mar sin Barreras’ es uno de gran importante para el Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales, por eso acondicionar las facilidades de apoyo al mismo es vital. Desde

People wait in line at Grace Place Soup Kitchen in Monroe, La., on Oct. 29 2025. The president said a lapse in SNAP funding would “largely” hurt Democrats. But interruptions to the program will also affect Republicans. (Rory Doyle/The New York Times) By THE EDITORIAL BOARD President Donald Trump has played fast and loose with federal law during the current government shutdown to fund the things he considers important. He has found ways to pay military service members and FBI