By THE STAR STAFF Citizens are invited to participate in a mass veterinary services fair to be held this Friday at the Cedro Arriba sports complex in Naranjito. Technical personnel, including veterinarians from the State Office for Animal Control, will be present to offer vaccination services against rabies, among other diseases, as well as the deworming process. The event is scheduled to run from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. and is part of the community impact platform, “Leaving Fo

A new Pediatric Surgery Unit was completed, representing an investment of $5,839,505. It will accommodate 24 beds across 16 rooms and include negative-pressure spaces for patients requiring special infection control measures. (Facebook via Jenniffer González Colón) By THE STAR STAFF Gov. Jenniffer González Colón announced on Tuesday the opening of new surgery and renal service units at the Puerto Rico Medical Center, while the Medical Services Administration (ASEM by its acro

A man dances in the crowd during Coco Gauff’s match against Paula Badosa of Spain on Day Five of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. Social media stars are only a symptom of a larger issue that concerns many longtime fans: the massive growth of the U.S. Open. (Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times) By DAVID WALDSTEIN With much of the world’s ire currently focused on social media influencers at the U.S. Open, Naomi Osaka, the Japanese tennis

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 5, 2026. Polls show that Canadians strongly back Carney’s decision to end trade talks with Washington last month and to hit back with tariffs on about $20 billion in U.S. products entering Canada. But there is also concern over what might happen next. (Ian Austen/The New York Times) By IAN AUSTEN After more than two weeks of finger-pointing, threats and patronizing insults between longtime trading partners, Can

Deported Haitians held overnight at a police station in Cap Haitien, 125 miles from Port-au-Prince, the original home for most of them, in Haiti on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. Hundreds have been deported to Haiti in recent weeks, and some say they have been left with no money, no protection from gangs and no place to go. (Frances Robles/The New York Times) By FRANCES ROBLES Dozens of deportees are arriving in the Haitian city of Cap Haitien weekly as the Trump administration pushe

Santiago Abascal, leader of Spain’s far-right Vox political party, at a news conference in Ceuta, Spain, Aug. 2, 2026. A vote in eastern Germany has given fresh momentum to hard-right parties hoping to win elections across Europe next year, analysts said. (Finbarr O’Reilly/The New York Times) By MARK LANDLER When a far-right party won a landslide victory Sunday in a small state in eastern Germany, its reverberations could be felt from Downing Street in London to the Élysée Pa

Surprisingly healthy employment data has tipped expectations for a rate hike at the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) meeting higher this week, with interest rate traders now placing the likelihood at 58.4%. According to CME’s FedWatch, nearly 60% of investors are betting on a 25bps hike to 3.75% to 4%, with the remainder of bettors suggesting the Kevin Warsh-led central bank will instead announce a hold. The renewed call for a hike comes courtesy of a Bureau of Labor St

An image of Rob and Michele Reiner is displayed during the 98th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 15, 2026. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times) By DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR Rob Reiner, who with his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, was killed at his home in Los Angeles in December, won the Emmy Award for outstanding guest actor in a comedy series for his work on the FX high-pressure dramedy “The Bear.” The win was announced Sunday as a part of a two-da

University of Puerto Rico-Carolina professor Yanira Delgado has built a reputation for insisting on one deceptively simple premise: nothing in drawing is accidental. By THE STAR STAFF In the classrooms of the University of Puerto Rico in Carolina, where design students learn to translate space, form and light into visual language, Prof. Yanira Delgado has built a reputation for insisting on one deceptively simple premise: nothing in drawing is accidental. Every curve, every s