By BENJAMIN MULLIN A private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to rehire opinion columnist Karen Attiah, who was fired in September over her social media posts about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. It also ordered the company to compensate her with back pay. Sarah Miller Espinosa, the arbitrator, said in a written decision Thursday that the Post “did not have good and sufficient cause” to terminate Attiah and “violated” its labor agreement, a

Sheila Otero Rivera, founder of MaxBilling-Puerto Rico By THE STAR STAFF Sheila Otero Rivera, a well‑known businesswoman from Morovis and founder of MaxBilling-Puerto Rico, announced on Sunday her candidacy for president‑elect of the United Retailers Association (CUD by its acronym in Spanish). The election will take place during the organization’s Annual Convention and Assembly of Members at the Wyndham Grand Río Mar in Río Grande on Sunday, Sept. 13. Otero Rivera, who curre

By ERIC SCHMITT The U.S. military killed two men in a strike against a boat in the eastern Pacific that it said was transporting narcotics, U.S. Southern Command announced early Monday. It was the first such strike by the military since June 21. The United States began a campaign of boat strikes last year in the run-up to the military operation that seized Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela. The military has continued the operations in the Caribbean and the eastern Pa

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at the White House in Washington, Aug. 20, 2026. The Trump administration announced on Monday, Aug. 24, what it is describing as its most comprehensive assault to date on Iran’s economy, unveiling a package of measures that are intended to isolate Iran from the rest of the world. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By ALAN RAPPEPORT The Trump administration on Monday announced what it called its most comprehensive assault to date on Iran’s econ

The U.S. Treasury will continue with its ⁠regularly ⁠scheduled debt auctions, including for long-dated bonds, despite its ⁠move to increase buyback sizes of 10- to 30-year securities, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Monday. Asked at a ​news conference focused on Iran sanctions about Treasury’s plans for bond buybacks and auction sizes going forward, Bessent said the department would “continue with our regular program of auctions” announced in early August. He ‌added

Caitlin Simmers, a world champion surfer, in New York, July 13, 2026. Now 20, Simmers was just 18 when she became the youngest women’s world surfing champion in 2024. (Photos by OK McCausland/The New York Times) By GIA KOURLAS For his ballet “Ondine” (1958), the great British choreographer Frederick Ashton spent hours studying the surge and swell of ocean waves. “I wanted the movement to be fluid like the rhythm of the sea rather than the ballet steps,” he once said. The role

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – La procuradora de las Mujeres, Astrid Piñeiro Vázquez, convocó el lunes a patronos y profesionales de recursos humanos de los sectores público y privado a participar en dos capacitaciones virtuales gratuitas sobre el cumplimiento de leyes laborales. “Como parte de la Ruta al Cumplimiento, reafirmamos nuestro compromiso de orientar y prevenir para asegurar el bienestar de toda nuestra fuerza laboral. Queremos facilitarles a los patronos y al personal d

POR CYBERNEWS LA FORTALEZA – El presidente ejecutivo de la Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (AAA), Luis Reinaldo González Delgado, advirtió el lunes que una huelga de la Unión Independiente Auténtica (UIA) durante la emergencia por sequía tendría consecuencias sobre las operaciones diarias de la corporación pública. “Ciertamente el tener a los compañeros de la UIA en un periodo de huelga durante este evento de emergencia, porque vamos a ponerlo debidamente y categóri

Como parte de la iniciativa, la empresa reconstruirá infraestructura en los municipios de Aibonito, Carolina, Utuado y otras zonas de San Juan a beneficio de sobre 10,600 clientes POR EL STAR STAFF SAN JUAN – LUMA completó un importante proyecto de reconstrucción permanente en Cupey, San Juan, como parte de los esfuerzos financiados con fondos federales aprobados para modernizar la infraestructura afectada por el huracán María que beneficiará a sobre 2,400 clientes. Como par

White House aide Natalie Harp looks on as President Donald Trump speaks during an expanded bilateral meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey in the presidential compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 7, 2026. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By MAUREEN DOWD I’ve spent my career watching officials maneuver and scheme, often in absurd ways, to get closer to presidents. But I’d never seen anything like the photo of Natalie Harp dashing after President Donald Trump’s golf