Global equities were higher ⁠on ⁠Wednesday after mild inflation data reinforced bets the ⁠Federal Reserve will hold interest rates steady, while oil prices dipped as investors balanced lower demand against a ​deadlock in U.S.-Iran talks. The United States and Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis reported separate ship attacks. But oil prices fell as investors weighed lower demand forecasts. [O/R] U.S. consumer prices increased 0.1% ‌in July, in line with expectations, data showed ‌on

“Corina” By DEVIKA GIRISH In these films from around the world, characters get the chance to let go of what no longer serves them. ‘Corina’ Stream it on Hulu. This delightful comedy set in Guadalajara, Mexico, follows a mousy 20-year-old woman with crippling agoraphobia. Raised solo by her progressively paranoid mother after the death of her father in a car accident, Corina (Naian González Norvind) limits her perambulations to the five blocks surrounding their apartment and

Durante los últimos dos años, la inteligencia artificial ha cambiado la conversación sobre el empleo. Herramientas capaces de redactar documentos, analizar datos, programar e incluso atender clientes han llevado a muchos a preguntarse si estudiar una carrera universitaria sigue siendo una buena inversión. La respuesta es sí, pero con una condición: elegir una profesión que responda a las necesidades reales del mercado laboral. El Future of Jobs Report 2025, publicado por el F

Brandon Herrera, a Republican House candidate in Texas (Facebook via Brandon Herrera For Congress) By MICHELLE GOLDBERG Because this is a family newspaper, I cannot quote the piquant term that Brandon Herrera, a Republican House candidate in Texas, used to refer to children in a 2023 video. I can only report that he called them “trophies” for getting a man to ejaculate. Nor, alas, am I allowed to repeat the obscenities that Herrera, a gun influencer, used to explain why the o

By ERNESTO LONDOÑO Amy Klobuchar, a powerful four-term senator with broad appeal across Minnesota, won Tuesday’s Democratic primary race for governor, according to The Associated Press. Klobuchar, 66, a moderate who faced minimal competition in the contest, jolted Minnesota politics when she signaled interest in the race early this year as a welfare fraud scandal was dogging Gov. Tim Walz’s bid for a third term. Few had expected Klobuchar to give up her role in the Senate, wh

President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One after he had secretly reboarded it at Royal Air Force Mildenhall in the United Kingdom, July 8, 2026. President Trump was part of a particularly elaborate deception last month, boarding one jet before being spirited away to another. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) By ERIC SCHMITT, MAGGIE HABERMAN, ARIC TOLER, JAMIE LEVENTHAL, SIMON DUCROQUET and YULIYA PARSHINA-KOTTAS President Donald Trump boarded Air Force One on July 8 a

Puerto Rico Planning Board President Héctor Morales Martínez (Facebook via Junta de Planificación) By THE STAR STAFF With the island facing one of the most severe droughts in recent decades, the Puerto Rico Planning Board (JP by its initials in Spanish) announced on Wednesday a comprehensive effort to measure the economic fallout across public and private sectors. The study aims to give the government a verified, data‑driven picture of losses, operational disruptions, and ris

Rep. Swanny Enit Vargas Laureano (Facebook via Swanny Enit Vargas Laureano) By THE STAR STAFF The Puerto Rico House of Representatives may investigate the controversial $5.8 billion contract awarded for 400 megawatts (MW) of temporary generation at the Aguirre power complex in Salinas, following a series of irregularities, missed deadlines and allegations of possible fraud surrounding the project, if legislation to that effect is approved. The resolution, filed by Rep. Swanny

By THE STAR STAFF Rangers Corps Commissioner Nelson Cruz said Wednesday that personnel from the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER) launched an operation at Icacos Cay off Fajardo to attend to a dolphin that had a diving mask embedded in its body. “In light of this, we have coordinated with the Assistant Secretariat for Conservation and Research and its technical staff of biologists to address this situation urgently,” Cruz said in a written statement. Du

By THE STAR STAFF The tail end of a tropical wave that passed over part of Puerto Rico on Tuesday moved over the entire island on Wednesday and is expected to have left three inches of precipitation throughout the island. “It didn’t leave as much precipitation as Tuesday because it was passing across pretty fast,” National Weather Service meteorologist Ernesto Rodriguez said. Isolated thunderstorms impacted some parts of the island. For the next several days, conditions will