By THE STAR STAFF Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) Secretary Waldemar Quiles Pérez announced Tuesday that starting today, members of the Ranger Corps will be conducting preventive patrols in all nature reserves, beaches and other facilities managed by the agency in anticipation of the long Thanksgiving Day weekend. “At the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, we want to ensure the proper use of our reserves, as well as other facilities, which receive a

The significant risk of liquefaction involves projected settling of between 5.3 and 18.12 inches, making the repair of the existing structures unfeasible. By THE STAR STAFF Education Secretary Eliezer Ramos Parés announced Tuesday that partial demolition work has begun at Dr. Pedro Albizu School in Toa Baja to provide students, staff and the school community with safe, accessible and modern spaces. The school is part of the Innova Project led by the Office of Infrastructure a

By THE STAR STAFF A sacrifice fly by Randal Díaz in the tenth inning kept the San Juan Senators on the winning track with a 4–3 victory over the Carolina Giants in the continuation of the Brava Lubricants Cup of the 2025–2026 Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League (LBPRC in Spanish). With the score tied 3–3 at the end of the ninth inning, the tie-breaker rule went into effect, placing a runner on second base with no outs for both teams at the start of every extra innin

The back-to-back championship comes two years after Puerto Rico claimed its first title in Mexico, also with a 3–1 win in the final. By THE STAR STAFF MANAGUA, Nicaragua – “The objective has been more than achieved—beyond one hundred percent. This is the most meaningful victory I’ve had in my life,” were the first words of captain Héctor Lavergne after lifting the trophy that crowns Puerto Rico as back-to-back champions of the NORCECA Boys’ U17 Continental Championship. With

A patient recieves a CT scan in Thomas, W.Va., April 10, 2024. Tens of thousands of lives could be saved if more people got screened for lung cancer, according to a new study. (Kristian Thacker/The New York Times) By SIMAR BAJAJ Tens of thousands of lives could be saved if more people got screened for lung cancer, according to a new study. Each year, lung cancer kills nearly 125,000 people in the United States — more than breast, colorectal and cervical cancers combined. The

In an undated photo from M. Eulàlia Subirà, a lower jawbone from Individual 39, found at the settlement site of Puig Castellar, with a cut mark from decapitation visible on its chin. Skulls displayed in public 2,000 years ago were intended as a warning to enemies and a celebration of comrades, a new paper argues. (M. Eulàlia Subirà via The New York Times) By FRANZ LIDZ Some 2,000 years ago, a macabre ritual was observed in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula, a region of Spain

Southbound trucks prepare to cross the Rio Grande into Mexico, at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, Feb. 1, 2025. Mexico is now the world’s top buyer of U.S. goods, according to data released by the U.S. government on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, outpacing Canada for the first time in nearly 30 years. (Gabriel V. Cárdenas/The New York Times) By JAMES WAGNER Mexico is now the world’s top buyer of U.S. goods, according to data released by the U.S. government Wednesday, outp