Dave Marsh, an influential and idiosyncratic rock critic who championed passion over polish, helped catapult Bruce Springsteen to fame and damned the Grateful Dead as “the worst band in creation,” died Aug. 14 at his home in Norwalk, Connecticut. He was 76. (Facebook via Bruce Springsteen Archives & Center for American Music) By ALEX WILLIAMS Dave Marsh, an influential and idiosyncratic rock critic who championed passion over polish, helped catapult Bruce Springsteen to fame

Dave Marsh, rock critic who loved Springsteen and hated the Dead, dies at 76 POR CYBERNEWS LA FORTALEZA – La gobernadora Jenniffer Aydin González Colón descartó el martes que la transmisión y distribución de energía eléctrica vuelva a ser administrada por el Gobierno si culmina el contrato de LUMA Energy y sostuvo que su política pública contempla sustituir al consorcio por otro operador privado, mientras dejó abierta la posibilidad de revisar la continuidad del mecanismo 3PP

By MICHELLE GOLDBERG What a wretched time for Gloria Steinem to die. Had Steinem, an icon of second-wave feminism, left us a decade ago, the arc of her life would have seemed one of unequivocal triumph. Steinem began her career at a time when abortion was illegal and male domination largely unquestioned. Moving to New York in 1960, she had a hard time finding an apartment on her own: “Landlords felt single women were not financially responsible, and if you could earn enough,

By KAROUN DEMIRJIAN Over the past 30 years, an increasing number of airports in the United States have installed buffer areas of crushable concrete at the end of their runways to help stop planes that overshoot their landings before they can crash into anything. Miami International Airport, where an Amazon cargo jet overran the runway’s terminus Sunday, killing five people and injuring five more, does not have such a buffer. Engineered materials arresting systems, referred to

First responders work to rescue survivors from the wreckage of the collapsed World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 12, 2001. New York City officials are making public more than 170,000 pages of documents related to the air quality around the World Trade Center site in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks. (Ruth Fremson/The New York Times) By SALLY GOLDENBERG and NINA AGRAWAL In the harrowing months that followed the attacks on the World Trade Center, New Yorkers were repea

Melissa Rivera Roena, general manager of ManpowerGroup Puerto Rico, said the island now ranks 13th among 42 countries measured in the ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey, a drop of 12 positions from the previous quarter. By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rico’s employers expect a net hiring outlook of 34% for the October-December quarter, a result that reflects both a significant year-over-year increase and a notable slowdown compared with the previous quarter, according to the la

Jobadiah “Jhoby” Sinclair Weeks, who appeared as a signatory for Enchanted Rock in documents tied to a cancelled temporary power generation project, is cooperating with a federal probe into the matter, sources said. (Facebook via Politics Puerto Rico 2.0) By THE STAR STAFF The federal probe into the now-cancelled Power Expectations temporary energy production contract is focusing on whether intermediaries, such as consultants, broke the law, according to sources, which did no

By THE STAR STAFF The Municipality of Arecibo has completed 135 full home reconstructions for residents in need, Mayor Carlos Ramírez Irizarry announced late last week as he delivered a newly built residence to Rolando Ramos Mártir of the Hato Abajo community in sector Los Mora-Altamira. The project, funded through federal recovery resources, addressed structural deficiencies in Ramos Mártir’s former home and provided a safe, dignified two‑bedroom replacement. The municipalit

Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz By THE STAR STAFF Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz warned Tuesday that a proposal empowering the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) to expropriate land used by community aqueduct systems is unlikely to gain traction in the upper chamber. In written statements posted to his social media accounts, Rivera Schatz said the legislation — now under consideration in the island House of Representatives — has “little sympathy” in

The University of Puerto Rico Workers’ Union leadership announced on Tuesday that the current strike will continue indefinitely following the expiration of a weekend moratorium, as no new talks with the university administration materialized. By THE STAR STAFF David Muñoz, president of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) Workers’ Union, announced on Tuesday that the strike will continue indefinitely following the expiration of a weekend moratorium, as no new talks with the un