The Women’s Advocate emphasized that these efforts align with the public policy of Governor Jenniffer Aidyn González Colón, who has reiterated that eradicating violence is a priority of her administration. By THE STAR STAFF The Women’s Advocate, Astrid Piñeiro Vázquez, announced Monday the start of the international 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign, which will take place from November 25 to December 10 as part of ongoing efforts to prevent and eradic

Los Angeles also broke tradition when it hosted the 1984 Olympic Games. That year, the Olympics tried a new financial model that allowed a limited number of companies to become official sponsors of the Games, a change from previous years when the Games had many small sponsors. (la28.org) By JESÚS JIMÉNEZ LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles has found a new source of revenue to help fund the 2028 Olympics: charging companies extra to keep their naming rights on sports venues during the S

A statue of Jackie Robinson, who played football at Pasadena Junior College, outside the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, Calif., Nov. 18, 2025. The storied stadium is at the center of a battle between Pasadena and UCLA that’s about money, nostalgia, geography and so much more. (Mark Abramson/The New York Times) By SHAWN HUBLER In Southern California, a place with more than its share of famous couples, few celebrity relationships have been as enduring as that of the Rose Bowl a

Ultraprocessed foods make up more than half of the calories consumed daily in the United States and in Britain. (Freepik) By ALICE CALLAHAN On Tuesday, in a series of three review papers published in The Lancet, 43 public health experts from around the world issued a call for government policies aimed at reducing the consumption of ultraprocessed foods which, they write, are driving global increases in obesity and chronic diseases. The papers compile years of evidence on the

Sunset from a cruise cabin in the Bahamas on Feb. 6, 2025. As cruise travel hits record demand, cases of sexual assault have also risen. Many accusers learn that the rights they had on land don’t always apply. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) By CEYLAN YEĞINSU Two days into a 12-night Caribbean cruise on the Norwegian Sun, after an evening watching karaoke with her parents, a 20-year-old woman went to the nightclub to meet people her age. After ordering a drink around 11 p.m.

Containers line the Seagirt Marine Terminal at the Port of Baltimore, Md., June 30, 2025. The steep tariffs President Trump issued in August led to a significant contraction in imports and the trade deficit, newly released data shows. (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times) By ANA SWANSON President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs took a toll on trade in August, as imports of goods and services dropped 5.1%, to $340.4 billion, after taxes on exports from roughly 90 countries went

By NEIL MACFARQUHAR, MILANA MAZAEVA and ANNA LUKINOVA Oleksandra Stolyar was living near Kyiv, Ukraine, when she learned that her apartment in the occupied Ukrainian port city of Mariupol would be confiscated by the Russian-installed government. The problem was that she, like tens of thousands of others, had fled war-torn Mariupol several years ago, and hadn’t reregistered her property because she didn’t become a Russian citizen. She considered the idea of taking a Russian pa