Carraízo reservoir reached a level of some 38.5 meters, placing it back in the observation category and removing it from the category requiring interruptions. (Facebook via Jenniffer González Colón) By THE STAR STAFF Gov. Jenniffer González Colón announced on Tuesday a 48-to-72-hour pause in the rationing plan for customers supplied by the Carraízo reservoir, after recent rains and runoff raised its water level by more than a meter, bringing it into the observation phase. “Th

By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics (IEPR by its initials in Spanish) is warning 31 municipalities and 16 executive branch agencies that they face potential administrative fines and legal action for failing to designate representatives to the government’s Committee for Statistical Coordination (CCE). IEPR Executive Director Orville Disdier said Tuesday that the designations are essential to ensure the island maintains complete, reliable and accessible st

Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration Executive Director Gabriella Boffelli (X via PRFAA) By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration (PRFAA) in Washington announced Tuesday that Congress has approved a stopgap funding bill that will keep the federal government operating through Dec. 11, preventing a shutdown as the fiscal year draws to a close. PRFAA Executive Director Gabriella Boffelli said the House passed H.R. 6500 and sent it to President Donal

Carolina Panthers and Los Angeles Rams players contest a NFL Wildcard game, at the Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on Jan. 10, 2026. At least one in four of all the people who have played in the NFL might expect to end up with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to a study of hundreds of cases over a recent six-year period. Researchers say the actual prevalence may be much higher. (Zack Wittman/The New York Times) By JOHN BRANCH Since the degenerative brain disea

By THE STAR STAFF Hundreds of people took to the streets of Comerío’s urban center and neighborhoods on Sunday to welcome the Pescadores del Plata, the newly crowned champions of the Superior Double-A Baseball League. The motorcade departed from Carlos Bonet Stadium and traveled through the municipality’s communities for some four hours before concluding at the town square. Comerío secured its second national championship -- and its first since 2003 -- by defeating the Azucar

A shipping container is taken off a truck at the Port of Virginia in Norfolk, Va., Aug. 13, 2024. The cost of diesel fuel, used in farm machinery, trucks and other heavy equipment, has surged because of the war in Iran and Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries. (Kristen Zeis/The New York Times) By ARUNI SONI When Randy Madden saw the way diesel prices were rising, he decided to delay purchasing the fuel that powers his 3,000-acre farm in Iowa. Except prices are at around th

Claire Valdez, a democratic socialist assemblywomen, close ally of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a candidate for the U.S. House in the 13th Congressional District, during a break at the Panamerican Congress, an annual meeting of leftist political leaders from across the Americas, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Aug. 22, 2026. The success of progressive candidates in the United States is inspiring leftists abroad struggling under pressure from the Trump administration and its alli

By AARON BOXERMAN The United States and Iran exchanged attacks for the first time in a month overnight Monday, underscoring how a war that President Donald Trump had promised would be over quickly has repeatedly frustrated his attempts to end it. The U.S. military said Sunday that its forces had bombarded Iranian troops on Larak Island that were preparing to launch rockets armed with mines into the Strait of Hormuz, the vital shipping corridor for oil and gas that Iran has bl

Houses damaged and partially submerged in thick mud and debris from the flood, in Devighat, Nepal, on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. A massive landslide and glacial collapse may have caused catastrophic flooding even without heavy rainfall. More than 4,200 people remained missing on Monday. (Atul Loke/The New York Times) By ZANE IRWIN and LYNSEY CHUTEL The tally of people missing after catastrophic Himalayan floods jumped Monday as disaster authorities said more than 4,200 people wer