Chipmakers are in focus on Wall Street, with their shares ⁠turning ⁠mercurial this month and investors banking on a few dozen ⁠newly valuable companies to deliver nearly half of S&P 500 profit growth for the second quarter. The PHLX Semiconductor index has surged ​this year, reflecting massive gains at firms such as Micron Technology, Advanced Micro and Broadcom, but lately the 30-stock index has become a volatility show. The index is up 65% for the year, compared with ‌a 9%

BTS, Justin Bieber, Shakira, Gustavo Dudamel, Coldplay, Burna Boy, The Muppets, Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt stand with other performers during the halftime show of the World Cup final between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, N.J., on Sunday, July 19, 2026. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times) By LINDSAY ZOLADZ Madonna. Justin Bieber. All seven members of BTS. Shakira and Burna Boy. Gustavo Dudamel. Jason Sudeikis in character as Ted Lasso. Chris Martin. Ronaldo and

POR EL STAR STAFF SALINAS – La Secretaría de Asuntos Ambientales del Partido Independentista Puertorriqueño (PIP) denunció que la Orden Administrativa 2026-05 emitida por el secretario del Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales (DRNA), Waldemar Quiles Pérez, la cual prohíbe el uso de motoras acuáticas (jet skis) en el Mar Negro en Salinas, constituye un intento de presentar como una nueva medida de protección hacia los manatíes una restricción que ya existe desde ha

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – El presidente del Colegio de Maestros y Oficiales Plomeros de Puerto Rico, José López, informó el viernes que la entidad estableció una alianza con la firma de consultoría MariewillPizarro.com para desarrollar programas de educación continua sobre sostenibilidad y manejo eficiente del agua dirigidos a los profesionales de la plomería. “Los retos que enfrenta Puerto Rico requieren profesionales cada vez más preparados. Esta colaboración representa una

Todd Blanche, then President Donald Trump’s nominee for deputy attorney general, appears at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on Feb. 12, 2025. (Pete Kiehart/The New York Times) By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Last Monday, two days before the Senate hearing to consider Todd Blanche’s nomination to become the nation’s chief law enforcement official, a federal judge strongly suggested that he may not even be fit to practice law. Earlier this ye

Troy Jackson attends a protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Scarborough, Maine, July 14, 2026. Over the weekend Jackson’s supporters swept the county meetings to select delegates to the state convention, where it appears the former state lawmaker will be named the new Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Maine. (Christopher Capozziello/The New York Times) By BAYLISS WAGNER, SYDNEY CROMWELL and TIM BALK A process to choose a new Democratic no

Crime scene tape near the vehicle of Renee Good after she was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, 2026. In a sharp departure from past practice, FBI gents will no longer run investigations that could generate evidence against immigration agents, according to people familiar with the matter. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times) By DEVLIN BARRETT and HAMED ALEAZIZ Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the FBI would no longer inves

By THE STAR STAFF Agents of the Añasco Maritime Unit and the United Rapid Action Forces (FURA by its acronym in Spanish) intercepted a boat with around 50 people on board off the coast of Cabo Rojo in the early hours of Monday morning. According to preliminary information from the Police, at about 4 a.m. an alert was received from the Salty Dog system about a suspicious boat that was sailing about eight miles from the area of Pelayo and Joyuda. Authorities tracked the boat to

Former prosecutor Ernie Cabán (Facebook via Lcdo Ernie Cabán - Página Oficial) By THE STAR STAFF Former prosecutor Ernie Cabán argued that Special Independent Prosecutor (FEI by its initials in Spanish) Ileana Agudo should recuse herself from the investigation involving the Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DDEC) after she shared on her social media a column that described the controversy between La Fortaleza Chief of Staff Francisco Domenech Fernández and form

Sen. Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz By THE STAR STAFF Senate Minority Leader Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz of the Popular Democratic Party filed an appeal before the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals on Monday, seeking to overturn a lower court ruling that barred him from demanding details on 229 cases recently closed by the island Department of Justice. The senator is asking the appellate court to review a decision by the Court of First Instance that found he lacked standing to reques