A man clears debris from the wreckage of his home after a Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Aug. 2, 2026. Each side is using missiles and drones to try to pound the other into giving up, breeding ceaseless human suffering. But there is no sign that either country’s determination will weaken. (Nicole Tung/The New York Times) By KIM BARKER, OLEKSANDRA MYKOLYSHYN and IVAN NECHEPURENKO They are both torching warehouses filled with food or online-shopping orders near maj

There is no more premium ⁠for ⁠safe, liquid U.S. government debt, pushing the neutral ⁠level of interest rates higher, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller told a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker event ​on Thursday. Waller also told Reuters NEXT that for the United States to grow its way out of a $40 trillion debt load, structural deficits would have to ‌be brought closer to zero percent of ‌GDP, from this fiscal year’s level of around 6%. Waller said that yields have been risin

Bad Bunny leads a cast of musicians and dancers for the first Super Bowl halftime set performed nearly entirely in Spanish, in Santa Clara, Calif., Feb. 8, 2026. A copyright suit against stars including Bad Bunny and Daddy Yankee came from the producers behind a trio of songs foundational to the reggaeton genre. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By BEN SISARIO The most closely watched lawsuit in music, which has ensnared Bad Bunny, Justin Bieber, Daddy Yankee, Karol G and dozen

POR EL STAR STAFF GUAYNABO – FEMA anunció el jueves la aprobación de sobre $5.4 millones en fondos posdesastre para proyectos de Asistencia Pública y del Programa de Subvenciones para la Mitigación de Riesgos en Puerto Rico. Este programa empodera a los estados, comunidades locales, naciones tribales y territorios para recuperarse tras un desastre y proteger la infraestructura ante futuros eventos. Con estos fondos, el presidente Donald J. Trump cumple su promesa de reformar

POR CYBERNEWS HUMACAO – La gobernadora Jenniffer Aydin González Colón anunció el jueves un acuerdo entre el Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA) y el Municipio de Humacao para acelerar la reconstrucción del Balneario y Centro Vacacional de Punta Santiago, con una inversión proyectada de 16.18 millones de dólares en fondos federales. El plan contempla 15 proyectos para recuperar instalaciones afectadas por el huracán María, entre ellas las cabañas, el sistem

A broadcast of President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025. (Damon Winter/The New York Times) By JAMELLE BOUIE Can President Donald Trump distinguish truth from fiction? Does he know what is real and what is the product of a computer program? One wants to believe that the president of the United States, cloaked in immense power, would understand the difference between reality and fantasy. One would hope, given the terrible stakes of his de

President Donald Trump holds a folder during an executive order signing event in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Aug. 6, 2026. A federal judge in Maryland temporarily blocked much of President Trump’s latest effort to withhold citizenship from babies born in the United States to noncitizen parents, ruling that the Supreme Court had already settled questions reopened by an executive order Trump signed in August. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times) By ZACH MONTA

Stephen Feinberg, then the nominee for deputy secretary of defense, during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 25, 2025. Feinberg, the deputy secretary of defense, has been charged with trying to help rejuvenate the U.S. defense industrial base. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By EDWARD WONG, REBECCA F. ELLIOTT and ANATOLY KURMANAEV As the U.S. government faced shortcomings in the country’s weapons manufacturing, the Pentagon set up a new office that wo

By THE STAR STAFF The island Family Department (DF), led by Secretary Suzanne Roig Fuertes, along with the Administration for Families and Children (ADFAN by its acronym in Spanish) and its administrator, Wilma I. Ortiz, confirmed on Thursday the extension of the home aide services contract, which will allow in-home services for the elderly and disabled to continue while the corresponding administrative process is completed. The agency reiterated that it has taken the necessa

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston By THE STAR STAFF The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston has overturned a 2025 federal district court ruling that ordered Puerto Rico’s Demographic Registry to include an “X” gender marker on birth certificates, Gov. Jenniffer González Colón announced Thursday. The appellate decision supports the Puerto Rico government’s position that, under current local law, birth certificates will continue to reco