Tamara Otene led undefeated Santurce with 20 points. (Heriberto Rosario – FPV) By THE STAR STAFF Last Friday’s matches in the Women’s Superior Volleyball League (LVSF by its initials in Spanish) saw the Cangrejeras of Santurce remain undefeated with their fourth victory of the season over the defending champion Criollas of Caguas, while the Atenienses of Manatí split points after defeating the Valencianas of Juncos in five sets. At Roger Mendoza Vidal Coliseum in Caguas, the

The former Olympic distance runner Jeff Galloway, who pioneered the run-walk-run method, at home in Sandy Springs, Ga., Dec. 5, 2025. Galloway, a seminal figure in American distance running as an Olympian, pioneering shoe-store owner, coach and author, died in Pensacola, Fla. on Feb. 25, 2026. He was 80. (Arthur Thompson/The New York Times) By JERÉ LONGMAN Jeff Galloway, a seminal figure in American distance running as an Olympian, bestselling author, coach, pioneering shoe-s

La Plata Beach in Vieques, Puerto Rico, on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. Vieques, a 20-mile-long isle just east of Puerto Rico’s main island, has long attracted in-the-know travelers with its raw beauty and uncrowded beaches. (Erika P. Rodríguez/The New York Times) By LUIS FERRÉ-SADURNÍ Vieques, a 20-mile-long isle just east of Puerto Rico’s main island, has long attracted in-the-know travelers with its raw beauty and uncrowded beaches. Since Hurricane Maria crippled it in 2017, clo

Ted Sarandos, the co-chief executive of Netflix, in Oceanport, N.J., Jan. 12, 2026. Employees at Warner Bros. had started to warm to the idea of Netflix as its corporate owner. Now they face the prospect of major cuts under Paramount. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times) By BROOKS BARNES and JOHN KOBLIN It was a Hollywood battle royal, one filled with feints, bruised egos, strategic leaks, boardroom intrigue and old guard vs. new guard tension. And when a winner finally emerged

People mourn the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a rally in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, March 1, 2026, a day after he was killed in coordinated U.S. and Israeli airstrikes. (Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times) By AARON BOXERMAN, FARNAZ FASSIHI, HELENE COOPER, ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS and TYLER PAGER A day after a joint U.S.-Israeli military operation unleashed a bombing wave across Iran and killed Iran’s supreme leader, the attacks intensified Sunday by land

People carrying their belongings in luggage in Tehran, Iran, where large explosions shook the city and people reported seeing smoke rising from the district that includes the presidential palace on Saturday morning, Feb. 28, 2026. Questions remain about how much effort the Trump administration will put into changing the Iranian government.(Arash Khamooshi/The New York Times) By JULIAN E. BARNES and TYLER PAGER U.S. intelligence agencies produced multiple scenarios in recent w

Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens as President Donald Trump speaks at an event with renderings labeled as a “Trump Class” ship for the Navy at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Dec. 22, 2025. (Eric Lee/The New York Times) By EDWARD WONG & MICHAEL CROWLEY The Trump administration’s diplomacy with Iran to avert a war appeared to be on a near-certain path to failure even before it reached a critical point last week. The giveaway came in a fiery phrase that Secretary of State