POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – La procuradora de las Mujeres, Astrid Piñeiro Vázquez, anunció el martes la adjudicación de un millón de dólares en fondos estatales adicionales a 28 organizaciones sin fines de lucro y municipios para fortalecer servicios dirigidos a víctimas y sobrevivientes de violencia de género e intrafamiliar. “Con la adjudicación de este millón de dólares adicionales estamos reafirmando un respaldo firme y contundente a las entidades comunitarias y a los munici

POR CYBERNEWS CAGUAS – La secretaria del Departamento de Justicia, Lourdes Gómez Torres, informó el martes que la Fiscalía radicó 321 cargos contra Mariela Collazo Rodríguez, de 47 años, por supuestamente apropiarse de más de 61,000 dólares de una mujer de 94 años mediante el uso de su tarjeta de débito e información personal. “Proteger a nuestros adultos mayores frente a cualquier forma de abuso o explotación es una responsabilidad que todos debemos asumir con la más alta pr

By ROSS DOUTHAT When Paul Ehrlich, noted overpopulation doom-monger, passed away last winter, his death inspired online controversialist Richard Hanania to go back and read some of Ehrlich’s original writings on the “population bomb.” What Hanania discovered, he wrote, was that Ehrlich was actually worse than the quotes and clips often plucked by his critics would suggest. He was profoundly hostile to human progress, “misanthropic” at every turn, always ready with “blueprints

One witness said Bright Angel Creek, which runs from near the north rim of the canyon down to the Colorado River, was transformed into a torrential flow of logs and debris. (Screenshot via Instagram/nationalparknews) By CHRISTINE HAUSER A flash flood that swept through a remote area of Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona this weekend destroyed footbridges and trails and led to evacuations of campgrounds. At least two bodies have been recovered, and one person remains unacco

By LUKE BROADWATER President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at communities that are protesting data centers, suggesting that residents who do not go along with the artificial intelligence revolution must prefer to be “backwards and poor.” “The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor,” Trump posted on his Truth Social site. “If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) questions Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, during his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on July 15, 2026. Blumenthal’s office published a whistleblower report on Tuesday, Sept. 1 alleging that the Postal Service is moving forward with a “secretive, rushed” effort to implement President Donald Trump’s order exerting federal control over mail voting, despite a court order blocking those pla

Puerto Rican conservator-restorer and university professor Héctor J. Berdía Hernández, 31, has become the youngest fellow elected in the London-based International Institute for the Conservation of Historical and Artistic Works’ more than 75-year history and only the second Puerto Rican to receive the distinction. By THE STAR STAFF Puerto Rican conservator-restorer and university professor Héctor J. Berdía Hernández has been elected a fellow of the International Institute for

The Department of Justice building in Washington, Oct. 29, 2025. The U.S. Department of Justice said it does not oppose converting a prior court ruling into a permanent injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s attempted removal of three members of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico, according to a filing submitted earlier this week in federal district court. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By THE STAR STAFF The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said

By THE STAR STAFF The Comité Despertar Cidreño and concerned citizens of the eastern-central mountain municipality are inviting the entire community to participate in a peaceful demonstration this Saturday at 9 a.m. in front of the old Cidra City Hall, with the aim of denouncing the deforestation observed in different sectors of the municipality since the beginning of the administration of Mayor Delvis Pagán Clavijo, and to demand concrete actions to protect the town’s trees,

By THE STAR STAFF Roberto Ruiz Vargas, a representative for the Esencia Project, stated on Tuesday that the proposed development in Cabo Rojo would obtain water through private wells, a reverse osmosis plant, treated water reuse and rainwater harvesting, without connecting to the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) system. “The administrative record makes it clear that the project does not contemplate interconnections with public networks and that this independen