A sign at the entrance to Meta’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Jan. 7, 2025. Meta’s release of Muse Glimmer, a model that can be freely downloaded and modified, is likely to intensify a debate over whether A.I. should be restricted or not. (Jason Henry/The New York Times) By ELI TAN and MIKE ISAAC Last month, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s CEO, boldly came out in support of “open source” artificial intelligence models that are publicly available to download and modify without

Sunbathers crowd La Malagueta, a beach in Málaga, Spain, May 6, 2026. Francisco de la Torre, the mayor of Málaga, is credited with turning the once drab port into a culture and tech hub. Critics say he’s also destroyed the city’s soul. (Laura León/The New York Times) By JASON HOROWITZ Every few yards on the palm-lined boardwalk, another passerby stopped Francisco de la Torre, Málaga’s 83-year-old mayor, to thank him for transforming this port town on Spain’s southern coast. A

By RAJA ABDULRAHIM A court in Syria sentenced Bashar Assad, the country’s ousted president, and several other former government officials to death in absentia Tuesday after convicting them of committing murder, torture and crimes against humanity during the nearly 14-year civil war. The verdicts marked the end of the first trial related to the war held in Syria since Assad was overthrown in December 2024, and they were met with celebrations inside and outside the courthouse i

By GENEVIEVE GLATSKY and JULIE TURKEWITZ Desperate searches for survivors of a deadly Colombian earthquake continued throughout the night Monday and into Tuesday, with firefighters and other emergency workers using pickaxes and other tools to hack through the rubble in affected cities. The death toll had risen to at least 181 people by Tuesday morning, according to Asocapitales, an association of Colombian cities. At least 1,310 people were injured and 153 buildings have coll

Wall Street ended lower on Tuesday, with Amazon and Alphabet dipping, as investors became more pessimistic about a potential deal to bring ​stability to the Middle East. The Strait of Hormuz will remain closed as long as the U.S. does not change its ‌behavior and accept Iran’s conditions to ‌end the war, the newly appointed secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said. Brent crude futures held ⁠near one-week highs ⁠in choppy trading, while the S&P 500 energy sec

Ariana Grande in New York on Oct. 27, 2025. A representative for Grande said she would soon be taking a break from public life, citing “endless, ongoing public scrutiny.” (Geordie Wood/The New York Times) By JULIA JACOBS Three years ago, Ariana Grande posted a video to social media with a clear message to fans: Whatever thoughts they had about her weight loss were best kept to themselves. “The body that you’ve been comparing my current body to was the unhealthiest version,” s

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – El zar de Energía, Josué Colón Ortiz, informó el martes que la Unidad 2 de AES saldrá de servicio durante cuatro días por una rotura en la caldera, lo que restará 250 megavatios a la capacidad disponible del sistema eléctrico. “El personal técnico de AES nos informó que la Unidad 2 saldrá de servicio hoy por una rotura en la caldera. El estimado de tiempo para completar esa reparación es de cuatro días. Esta unidad reducirá en 250 megavatios la capaci

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – La secretaria del Departamento de Justicia, Lourdes Gómez Torres, anunció a principios de esta semana la reorganización del Cuerpo de Agentes y la creación de una oficina que integrará bajo un mismo mando las funciones de investigación y seguridad de la agencia. “Esta nueva estructura nos permitirá operar nuestro Cuerpo de Agentes de una manera más eficiente y estratégica, maximizar nuestros recursos y fortalecer sus capacidades investigativas, operac

By GREGORIO IGARTÚA DE LA ROSA Special to The STAR A few days ago, I had the opportunity to watch on television the life story of one of my favorite historical figures, Nelson Mandela. His leadership and his liberating revolution place him among the most important leaders of the 20th century. His sense of justice, tenacity, and perseverance move me deeply. I noticed that in many political activities, he and his followers shouted the slogan “Mayibuye Africa!” with great enthus

Produce on displace at the District 7 Fresh Market at the Spauldings Branch Library in District Heights, Md., June 10, 2026. The location is among a growing number of free grocery stores that have opened across the country in recent years to help address food insecurity and stubbornly high grocery prices. (Caroline Gutman/The New York Times) By AUDRA D. S. BURCH Brittanie Brooks walked into a library in Prince George’s County, Maryland, breezing past the shelves of books, a p