The S&P 500 ⁠closed ⁠slightly higher on Monday, with AI optimism ⁠fueling upward momentum even as the earnings-driven fervor of the recent rally eased in the home ​stretch of reporting season and as crude prices rose, stoking inflation worries as U.S.-Iran peace negotiations stalled. Semiconductors handily outshone other sectors as artificial intelligence-related momentum ‌continued unabated, with chipmakers outperforming the broader ‌market. “The semis and AI infrastructure

Christophe Dimitri Réveille, the director of a Che Guevara documentary premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, near Cannes, France, in April 2026. The film “Che Guevara: The Last Companions” tells the story of Guevara’s last surviving comrades in arms. (François Ollivier/The New York Times) By FARAH NAYERI Che Guevara is the undisputed poster boy of 20th-century revolutions. With his mustache and signature beret, he is perpetually popular, appearing on T-shirts all over the w

POR CYBERNEWS HUMACAO – La gobernadora Jenniffer Aydin González Colón convirtió en ley 5 medidas y una resolución conjunta, entre ellas una que incluye el maltrato a mascotas de adultos mayores como acto de maltrato o intimidación, trascendió el lunes. La Ley 79 de 2026 enmienda la Carta de Derechos y la Política Pública del Gobierno a Favor de los Adultos Mayores para reconocer el daño a animales domésticos como parte de las conductas que pueden constituir maltrato. Con la e

POR CYBERNEWS HUMACAO – La gobernadora Jenniffer Aydin González Colón anunció el lunes el establecimiento de Onovexa LLC en Humacao, con una inversión de 36.2 millones de dólares y la creación proyectada de 203 empleos directos. “El establecimiento de Onovexa demuestra que Puerto Rico continúa consolidándose como un destino altamente competitivo para la inversión y la manufactura avanzada”, dijo González Colón en declaraciones escritas. El proyecto contempla la adquisición de

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – El Departamento de Justicia informó el lunes que concluyó una investigación preliminar y recomendó no designar un Fiscal Especial Independiente contra la procuradora de las Mujeres, Astrid Piñeiro Vázquez. La investigación de la División de Integridad Pública y Oficina de Asuntos del Contralor no encontró causa suficiente para imputar responsabilidad penal a Piñeiro Vázquez, tras una querella presentada por la senadora Joanne Rodríguez Veve. Justicia

Maria, 9, right, a malnourished child, in Renk, South Sudan, on March 5, 2025. (Malin Fezehai/The New York Times) By NICHOLAS KRISTOF A year after some of the world’s richest men cut aid for the world’s poorest children, they’re trying to roll out a new public relations narrative: Aid continues! We’re saving lives from AIDS! Anyway, aid never really worked, so we’re focused on trade! Building opportunities for American companies while saving babies! As Jeremy Lewin, the actin

By CHRISTINA MORALES Six people were found dead Sunday afternoon in a boxcar in Laredo, Texas, a spokesperson for the Laredo Police Department said. At approximately 3 p.m. local time, an employee for Union Pacific who was responsible for loading and unloading train cars at a rail yard before they headed north reported the discovery of the bodies, said the spokesperson, Investigator Joe E. Baeza. The circumstances of their deaths were unknown, he said, adding that police were

The entrance to the biocontainment unit at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, March 5, 2020. Sixteen of 18 passengers who might have been exposed to hantavirus while aboard a cruise ship were isolating at a special quarantine center in Omaha, Nebraska on Monday, including one person who tested “mildly” positive for the virus and was in a more restrictive biocontainment unit, U.S. officials said. (Tim Gruber/The New York Times) By SONIA A. RAO, JACEY FORTIN and JIN YU YOUNG The waiti

Rescue boats at a staging area for emergency workers in Kerrville, Texas, before dawn on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. An expert panel appointed by President Donald Trump recommended on Thursday, May 7, that the Federal Emergency Management Agency make changes that could speed the flow of disaster aid to communities but also force states to cover more of the costs of more disasters without federal help. (Loren Elliott/The New York Times) By SCOTT DANCE An expert panel appointed by P

By THE STAR STAFF The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico has approved, with conditions, a set of Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) contracts that would add new battery storage capacity tied to existing renewable assets and support near-term reliability measures as the island faces tight generation margins. In letters dated May 8, the oversight board’s general counsel, Jaime A. El Koury, notified PREPA that the board’s determinations were issue