Farming equipment and buildings heavily damaged by Russian strikes and previous occupation in Ukraine’s southern region of Mykolvaiv, on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. Strikes by both Moscow and Kyiv on shipping in the Black Sea leave farmers facing ruin and could cause another worldwide food shock. (Jedrzej Nowicki/The New York Times) By CARLOTTA GALL and KAMILA HRABCHUK It was a bumper harvest this year and barns in southern Ukraine are filled with great golden mounds of grain. Ye

Wall Street advanced on Wednesday, notching a partial rebound from a three-day losing streak as investors searched for deals among stocks and sectors that might have been oversold amid recent ‌risk-off moves. All three major U.S. stock indexes gained ground, with the small-cap Russell 2000 outperforming its larger-cap peers, rising 1.1%. On the ‌sector level, airlines, gold and silver miners and regional banks were the frontrunners, while software and services, seen as potent

“Exorcist II: The Heretic” (1977) (Warner Bros.) By ROBERT ITO John Boorman, the celebrated director of “Deliverance” and “Hope and Glory,” is one of David Kittredge’s favorite filmmakers. But when Kittredge, a Los Angeles director and writer, got the idea for a documentary about his hero, he didn’t want to focus on either of those Oscar-nominated movies or on the times Boorman won best director at Cannes. No, Kittredge wanted to look at Boorman’s “Exorcist II: The Heretic.”

La experiencia acumulada, combinada con nuevas competencias, puede convertirse en una ventaja para reinventarse profesionalmente. Durante mucho tiempo se pensó que una persona elegía una profesión al terminar la escuela, estudiaba una carrera y permanecía en ella durante gran parte de su vida laboral. Ese modelo está cambiando. La transformación tecnológica, la inteligencia artificial y las nuevas necesidades de las organizaciones están haciendo que aprender durante toda la v

Visitors outside of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, June 27, 2026. Facing an intense backlash, the influential fashion designer John Galliano has taken the unprecedented step of withdrawing from a planned exhibition in his honor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Ryan Murphy/The New York Times) By BRET STEPHENS In principle, and as often as possible in practice, it’s best to separate judgments about an artist from judgments about the art. Roald Dahl was an unabas

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) speaks at a groundbreaking ceremony at GreenTech Park in Worcester, Mass., Aug. 13, 2026. Markey, a progressive Massachusetts Democrat who has served in Congress for a half-century, defeated a much younger rival in a primary race on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, according to The Associated Press. (Mel Musto/The New York Times) By REID J. EPSTEIN Massachusetts, as it turns out, is a good state in which to be a very old Democratic incumbent. Three Democrats w

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth watches as President Donald Trump delivers remarks to military leadership in Quantico, Va., Sept. 30, 2025. Hegseth has fired or blocked the promotions of more than 80 generals and admirals, a purge that has hit about 10 percent of the military’s top-ranking officers and shows no signs of slowing. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By GREG JAFFE, HELENE COOPER and ERIC SCHMITT Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired or blocked the promotions of

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has expanded the drought disaster declaration in Puerto Rico, designating Barranquitas, Caguas and Guayama as primary areas and another 16 municipalities as contiguous areas. By THE STAR STAFF The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has expanded the drought disaster declaration in Puerto Rico, designating Barranquitas, Caguas and Guayama as primary areas and another 16 municipalities as contiguous areas, Gov. Jenniffer González Colón annou

Gov. Jenniffer González Colón (Facebook via Jenniffer González Colón) By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico government is moving to expand its drought‑response strategy by restoring water production capacity at the source, even as emergency distribution measures continue across the island. Gov. Jenniffer González Colón has requested authorization to use $9.7 million from the Emergency Reserve to evaluate and rehabilitate five public wells, while the Financial Oversight and Manag

Rep. Fernando Sanabria Colón By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico House of Representatives has ordered a formal investigation into the growing instability of the PR‑1 corridor between the Las Ochenta community in Salinas and the boundary with Santa Isabel, a stretch of roadway that has become increasingly vulnerable as coastal erosion accelerates across the island. The resolution, introduced by Rep. Fernando Sanabria Colón, directs the Department of Transportation and Public Wor