POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – Linda Jasmin Cruz fue ingresada en prisión por no poder pagar la fianza impuesta en los cargos de tentativa de asesinato contra el abogado Irving Prado Galarza en un incidente reportado en la madrugada del sábado en San Juan. Según el reporte de la Policía, la imputada, conoció a Prado Galarza mientras ambos se encontraban compartiendo en un negocio. Una vez el establecimiento cerró operaciones, Prado Galarza accedió a llevarla a su residencia debido

POR EL STAR STAFF SAN JUAN – La gobernadora de Puerto Rico, Jenniffer González Colón, junto al secretario del Departamento de Desarrollo Económico y Comercio (DDEC), Carlos J. Ríos Pierluisi, anunciaron el lunes los resultados más recientes del Informe de Ventas al Detal en Puerto Rico, correspondiente a junio de 2026, los cuales reflejan un crecimiento en la actividad comercial, tanto durante el mes como para el cierre del Año Fiscal 2026. El informe fue preparado por la Ofi

By DAVID FRENCH It is difficult to fathom the damage President Donald Trump is doing to America’s national security. He is making our nation more vulnerable than it has been at any time since the cloudiest days of the Cold War. Trump administration scandals come with such speed and frequency that it’s easy to get lost in the weeds. One minute you’re reading about potential war crimes in the Caribbean. The next moment there’s a news alert about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegset

A 24th anniversary ceremony in lower Manhattan to remember those killed in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Sept. 11, 2025. Rudy Giuliani, third from left, the former mayor who shepherded New York City through the Sept. 11 attacks, said on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026, that he did not think Mayor Zohran Mamdani should attend memorial ceremonies to mark the 25th anniversary of the attacks. (Vincent Alban/The New York Times) By LIAM STACK Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor

By MAIA SPOTO A cargo plane overran a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, killing at least five people, injuring at least five others and snarling air travel for thousands of passengers during a busy holiday weekend. The plane, operated for Amazon, had departed from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and touched down in Miami just before 2 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The National Transportation S

Voters and poll workers arrive at their polling site at The Coliseum before voting begins for Florida’s Primary Election Day in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. From Oregon to Florida, officials are at once reassuring voters that their ballots are safe and encouraging them to use drop boxes or vote in person. (Zack Wittman/The New York Times) By ANNA GRIFFIN, REBECCA FAIRLEY RANEY, KENDAL ASHBURY and DAVID IVERSEN President Donald Trump’s legal and rhetorica

Salinas Mayor Karilyn Bonilla Colón By THE STAR STAFF Salinas marked a new milestone in its industrial sector earlier this week with the opening of Recicladora del Norte, a fully Puerto Rican recycling and materials‑processing company expanding its footprint in the southern coastal municipality. Mayor Karilyn Bonilla Colón toured the newly inaugurated facilities, located in the PR‑701 Industrial Zone across from the La Margarita housing development and the Brisas del Mar resi

Former Puerto Rico Certified Public Accountants Association President David Rodríguez By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico Certified Public Accountants Association (CCPA by its initials in Spanish) approved two major policy resolutions during its annual convention this past weekend, urging the government to adopt federal-style “Trump Accounts” locally and to pursue an overhaul of the tax system. In the first resolution, the organization called on the Legislature and Gov. Jenniff

Puerto Rican Independence Party Rep. Denis Márquez Lebrón By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP) Rep. Denis Márquez Lebrón has filed a measure that would order the Municipality of San Juan to remove and relocate dozens of motor vehicles currently stored at one of the main entrances to the Río Piedras urban center. The proposal, House Joint Resolution 401, directs the municipality to clear the vehicles -- many of them damaged or inoperable -- from two lots loc

By THE STAR STAFF Sen. Ada Álvarez Conde called for immediate action on Monday, Labor Day, to address the salary inequities that public servants continue to face and pointed out three examples that, in her opinion, demonstrate the need to move from announcements and studies to implementation. “Standardizing salaries cannot mean erasing the career path of public servants,” the at-large senator said. “We can create new pay scales and conduct market research, but if we don’t ade