Children are carried to a rescue helicopter by military personnel in the disaster-stricken Rasuwa district near Nepal’s border with Tibet, on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. Emergency workers and helicopters scoured steep Himalayan valleys on Thursday in a desperate search for survivors after a torrent of water, mud and ice killed hundreds — and perhaps many more — as it swept through a river valley that runs through Tibet and Nepal. More than 1,400 people are still missing. (Atul L

The New York Stock Exchange has opened a new regional headquarters in Dallas, joining Wall Street’s expedition to the financial ​boomtown known as Y’all Street. A number of large companies are relocating their headquarters to Texas, drawn ‌by lower taxes, business-friendly regulations ‌and a growing talent pool. The NYSE said on Thursday that Texas Governor Greg Abbott was scheduled to ring the NYSE Texas closing bell at the offices on ​a live broadcast. “The establishment

Tim Curry as King Arthur in “Spamalot” at the Shubert Theater in New York, Feb. 12, 2005. Curry, the British-born actor whose gift for caricature and garish eccentricity informed a variety of performances on stage and screen, notably as the puerile Mozart in the original Broadway production of “Amadeus” and as the outlandish cross-dressing mad scientist in the midnight cult film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” died on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. He was 80. (Sara Krulwich/The New

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – La administradora de la Administración para el Sustento de Menores (ASUME), la María del Mar Mateu Meléndez, anunció el jueves la quinta fase del proceso federal de revocación de pasaportes para personas no custodias con deudas de pensión alimentaria de 25 mil dólares o mas. “En mayo comenzamos hablando de deudas de 100 mil dólares y, en poco más de tres meses, el gobierno federal ha establecido cinco fases hasta reducir el umbral a 25 mil dólares. E

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – Un nuevo equipo de tomografía computarizada llegó al Centro de Salud de Vieques y será instalado durante los próximos días, mientras el Departamento de Salud coordina inaugurar la instalación a finales de septiembre, informó el jueves el secretario Víctor Ramos Otero. “Desde el primer día establecimos que este proyecto tenía que avanzar correctamente, no simplemente rápido. Eso significa cumplir con los procesos de adquisición, licenciamiento, segurid

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks to the press on July 22, 2026. (Illustration by The New York Times; photograph by Alex Kent/The New York Times) By CARLOS LOZADA There is a difference between changing your mind and shifting your tactics, between evolving in your views and abandoning them because they’ve become unpopular or politically perilous. When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, quoting a political ally, recently suggested to ABC News, with a laugh and a smile,

New homes in northeast El Paso, Texas, a short distance from an enormous Meta AI data center under construction, on July 27, 2026. The Trump administration plans to eliminate a federal requirement that states publicize and solicit public input on applications for air pollution permits for a range of industrial facilities, including new data centers and the power plants needed to run them. (Paul Ratje/The New York Times) By MAXINE JOSELOW The Trump administration is moving to

By MICHAEL C. BENDER and GREG JAFFE After 17 years of teaching science at West Point, Dr. Adam Kalkstein says he was suddenly ordered last year to cut from his curriculum information about the human causes of climate change, according to a new lawsuit filed against the U.S. Military Academy. The change was immoral and potentially illegal, Kalkstein says he told Brig. Gen. Shane R. Reeves, who at the time was dean of West Point. Instead of upholding Army values, Kalkstein said

Federal agents near the scene where a federal agent shot a man from Venezuela while trying to detain him in Minneapolis, Jan. 14, 2026. An immigration officer facing state charges in connection with a shooting in Minneapolis was released from jail on Thursday after Republican officials in Texas prevailed in an extradition battle with their Democratic counterparts in Minnesota. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times) By ERNESTO LONDOÑO and MITCH SMITH An immigration officer fa

By THE STAR STAFF A federal grand jury indicted 81 members of the “Los Baja Deo” organization on drug trafficking and firearms charges, while 70 of them were arrested on Wednesday during an operation in Mayagüez and nearby municipalities, the U.S. Department of Justice reported on Thursday. “This is the type of collaboration that saves lives. So, this should serve as a warning to those who terrorize our communities,” U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said at a press conferen