Morgan Smith was selected 2026 Pitcher of the Year after a dominant season with the league champion Prodigiosas of Sabana Grande in which she allowed just five earned runs and 26 hits (no home runs) in 43.2 innings, striking out 41 batters, walking 18, and holding opponents to a .168 batting average. (LPSF) By THE STAR STAFF Morgan Smith, the star hurler for the champion Prodigiosas of Sabana Grande, was selected as the 2026 Pitcher of the Year for the Women’s Premier Softbal

A woman preforms dead bugs with diaphragmatic breathing at a park in Atlanta, on Aug. 12, 2026. Making time to practice good movement habits can keep you feeling limber and strong. (Bee Trofort/The New York Times) By DANIELLE FRIEDMAN In many cases, aches and pains can be a reflection of your daily routines. Habits like sitting at a desk all day, looking down at your phone or even straining to pick your socks up off the floor can lead to a body that feels creaky, tight and so

Spotify, LinkedIn and others are trying to dig out of a digital sewage heap full of low-quality content made with artificial intelligence. (Lia Sued C./The New York Times) By TIFFANY TSU The worst of artificial intelligence slop has cluttered Google searches with recipes for glue-topped pizza, Amazon listings with sham biographies and Facebook feeds with images of Shrimp Jesus. The digital sewage heap has sprawled across tech platforms, cheapening meaningful content and poll

Young women shout their support during a demonstration by a group protesting government corruption, and demanding the resignation of India’s education minister, in New Delhi, July 24, 2026. Widespread online abuse and visits from the police show the added risks women in India take when they stand up for their beliefs in a patriarchal society. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times) By ANUPREETA DAS Rhiya Ahir went viral after an image circulated of her blocking a police van th

President Donald Trump, left, walks with Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, on the North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea, at Panmunjom, June 30, 2019. The last time President Trump vowed to halt a country’s nuclear weapons program, he held three face-to-face meetings with Kim Jong-un, declared that the two men had developed a “great relationship” and walked away empty-handed. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) By DAVID E. SANGER and ANTON TRO

U.S. government bond yields eased slightly on Tuesday, though longer-dated yields remained near multi-year highs after the 30-year Treasury yield earlier touched a level not seen since 2007. The move came as fears of an escalating ​Middle East conflict stoked inflation worries and weighed on stocks. Oil prices were slightly higher, gaining for a third straight session, as prospects for a U.S.-Iranian peace deal dimmed after Tehran ‌said it would adopt a more offensive stance

By DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR and MATT STEVENS A preliminary investigation into the death of Hayden Panettiere, a 36-year-old actress known for her work in the TV shows “Nashville” and “Heroes,” did not produce evidence of “foul play or suspicious circumstances,” the Greenville, South Carolina, Police Department said in a statement Monday. Emergency responders found a woman in cardiac arrest Sunday at an apartment complex west of downtown Greenville, the Greenville County Coroner’

Bad Bunny performs during the Super Bowl LX halftime show at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. The Puerto Rican superstar will conclude his DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS World Tour with two shows at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Hato Rey this weekend. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) Says Hiram Bithorn area has water supply By THE STAR STAFF Gov. Jenniffer González Colón wished Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio -- known as Bad Bunny -- success earlier this week wi

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – En gran medida por la situación económica, recortes en fondos y donaciones, el voluntariado se ha convertido en uno de los motores principales para que las organizaciones sin fines de lucro puedan brindar servicios. Según Glorimar Rivera Báez, presidenta y principal oficial ejecutiva de United Way de Puerto Rico, la mayoría de las entidades que ofrecen servicios sin fines de lucro necesitan voluntarios para suplir las necesidades. “Nosotros en los pas

The entrance to King’s College, part of the University of Cambridge, in Cambridge, England, Nov. 29, 2018. “There’s no doubt that the press coverage of the [former Cambridge professor Jason] Arday affair was ugly and overwhelming,” Times columnist Michelle Goldberg writes. “But the fault doesn’t just lie with rapacious yellow journalists.” (Tom Jamieson/The New York Times) By MICHELLE GOLDBERG Last year, Jack Grove, a reporter for Times Higher Education, a British magazine, w