Javier Mojica scored 11 points, including nine points from long distance, to help the Vaqueros of Bayamón beat the Santeros of Aguada in Game 5 of the BSN finals on Wednesday night and move to within a win of their 18th league title. Game 6 is Friday night in Aguada. By THE STAR STAFF The Vaqueros of Bayamón defeated the Santeros of Aguada 97-79 on Wednesday night at Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum in Bayamón to move within a win of the franchise’s 18th National Superior Basketball

President Donald Trump speaks during an event with cryptocurrency and technology leaders at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. Trump, who has amassed enormous wealth in crypto, called on Congress to pass a major cryptocurrency bill that would tilt regulation in the industry’s favor. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY and SHARON LaFRANIERE President Donald Trump met with crypto executives at the White House earlier this week, voicing

Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Cuba’s deputy foreign minister, at the Fidel Castro museum in Havana on June 30, 2026. Fernández de Cossío called accusations against Raúl G. Rodríguez Castro involving a smuggling ring “slander.” (Lisette Poole González/The New York Times) By DAVID C. ADAMS and FRANCES ROBLES Raúl Castro was on an official state visit in Paris a decade ago as Cuba’s president when a hulky bodyguard in his entourage stood out. The man kept so close to Castro while

From left: Princess Catherine and Prince William with Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, surprise members of the public with a joint public appearance to view the tributes to Queen Elizabeth II outside Windsor Castle, in Windsor, England on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Prince Harry, his wife, Meghan, and their children are moving back to Britain in the upcoming weeks of Fall 2026, according to two people familiar with their decision. (Mary Turner/The New York Times) By MICHAEL D

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday said he may increase again the volume of Treasury bonds the government will repurchase, ​a day after surprising the market with plans to double them. “We’re going to increase the size of the ‌buyback,” Bessent said in a CNBC ‌interview. “I would note that it could be more than the $4 billion per issue.” The Treasury on Wednesday announced that it would double the size of buybacks on longer-dated securities over the next quarte

The handsome couple, Denise and Greg Platt (Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor), appear to anchor a picture-perfect unit, with their well-behaved children, Audrey (Maisy Stella) and Brian (Christian Convery), and a rambunctious dog, Starbuck (played by Brisket and Buzz). By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI Because it is set in 1982 and involves an American nuclear family facing extraordinary perils, David Robert Mitchell’s new film is bound to be compared to that decade’s finest Hollywood

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – La Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados otorgó dos contratos por más de 9.6 millones de dólares sin realizar los análisis requeridos para determinar si las tareas correspondían a puestos regulares o podían ser efectuadas por empleados de la corporación pública, según una auditoría divulgada el jueves. Los contratos cubrieron servicios relacionados con la optimización de ingresos, el manejo de presiones, la detección de fugas y el apoyo operaciona

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – El Directorio del Partido Nuevo Progresista aprobó el jueves el reglamento para celebrar una elección especial el domingo, 27 de septiembre, con el propósito de escoger al nuevo alcalde de Cataño tras el fallecimiento de Julio Alicea Vasallo. La votación se realizará de 9:00 de la mañana a 3:00 de la tarde, según el calendario aprobado durante una reunión dirigida por la presidenta del PNP, Jenniffer González Colón. “Tomamos conocimiento público de es

President Donald Trump takes the stage to speak in Garden City, N.Y., on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026. (Al Drago/The New York Times) By JAMELLE BOUIE The principal aim of President Donald Trump’s second term is revenge. Trump is consumed by this lust for revenge. It defined the first moments of his second term. “Within hours of taking the presidential oath,” my news-side colleagues Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan report in “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald T

A destroyed home after the Palisades fire in Los Angeles, Jan. 19, 2025. The man accused of setting the blaze that later turned deadly in the Pacific Palisades is now readying for a new prosecution after a previous effort in June failed. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times) By MAIA SPOTO and VIK JOLLY A 30-year-old man accused of starting one of the most destructive fires in California history pleaded not guilty earlier this week after federal prosecutors recast the charges aga