By Sophia Peyser, Danya Gainor, CNN

(CNN) — The teenagers’ names are Sam and Ben, but to the federal immigration agents they interact with daily, the two boys wielding cell phones and taking down plate numbers are a duo known as “the brothers.”

The 16- and 17-year-old Chicago siblings said they have earned an array of nicknames since becoming dedicated witnesses documenting the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz — the turbocharged immigration crackdown that swept through Windy City neighborhoods starting in September.

Now, the boys are trailing agents in Minneapolis, following the epicenter of immigration enforcement in the US as it’s shifted north to the Twin Cities. They are part of a ballooning wave of observers across the North Star State, where tensions have soared during encounters between thousands of federal agents and protesters — unwavering and furious — in the wake of the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

Sam and Ben Luhmann are trained ICE watchers, documenting federal immigration agents’ actions with cell phone video and quickly warning of agents’ locations with whistles and car horns. Their efforts are reflective of a growing movement across the country as thousands of parents, teachers, clergy members and community organizers have sought training on what they can legally do when they see an immigration arrest.

The Trump administration, however, has criticized bystanders recording immigration officials during enforcement operations. In July, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said “violence” against the agents includes “videotaping (ICE officers) where they’re at when they’re out on operations, encouraging other people to come and to throw things, rocks, bottles.”

Critics of the immigration crackdown say observers are necessary, given what they describe as dangerous tactics by federal agents that put people at risk. Trump administration officials counter that they are taking necessary steps to keep Americans safe and said ICE officers are facing a significant increase in assaults. Federal officials also said officers are exercising restraint despite facing threats and attacks.

The brothers now couch surf between family members’ homes and Airbnbs, intent on documenting what some describe as the unprecedented aggressiveness of Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis.

“(Federal agents are) constantly pushing people and beating them up, kneeing them in the face when they’re down on the ground, or shoving their head into ice or pavement so that they’re scraped up,” Ben said.

The homeschooled boys spend their days in south Minneapolis following suspected federal vehicles in their silver 2018 Toyota Corolla, writing down license plate numbers and sending immigration agents’ locations in group chats with other observers.

When the agents stop, so do the brothers, jumping out into frigid temperatures to film

By Gawon Bae, CNN

Seoul (CNN) — “We’re goin’ up, up, up, it’s our moment,” proclaim virtual girl band Huntr/x in their hit song “Golden.” And the lyrics couldn’t have been more apt as the song from Netflix megahit “Kpop Demon Hunters” made history on Sunday by claiming K-Pop’s first-ever Grammy.

“Golden” was already a global chart-dominating force, but taking home the Best Song Written for Visual Media award in Los Angeles is a milestone moment for K-pop – a genre that despite its growing influence on Western pop culture has long been considered niche.

“It does feel so miraculous in some ways. And destined in other ways … We’re just trying to process it all,” said Audrey Nuna, who lends her voice to a member of Huntr/x in the film.

The Grammy itself went to the songwriters of “Golden” EJAE, Park Hong Jun, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Seo Jeong Hoon and Mark Sonnenblick. And is the first win for any Korean songwriters, or producers.

Accepting the award, Seo Jeong Hoon, who goes by the name 24, paid tribute to his mentor Park Hong Jun – known as Teddy – who he called “the pioneer of K-pop.”

It was only in 2021 that a K-pop act first earned a Grammy nomination – that was superband BTS, who have been nominated five times but have never won.

This year, songs released by K-pop – or K-pop-adjacent – artists received nominations in five categories, though only “Golden” took away a prize.

In recent years the genre has gained huge global fandom as more groups – like Blackpink and Twice – broke into the US charts, went on world tours, and collaborated with big American artists.

And the genre’s influence was evident throughout Sunday’s Grammys broadcast. The awards kicked off with Blackpink’s Rose singing the chart-topping collaboration “APT” with Bruno Mars, as stars in the audience sang along.

Later, a multinational K-pop girl group KATSEYE grasped the stage with its “Gnarly” performance. Both were nominated for number of categories but were short of winning an award.

While the win for “Golden” is historic, K-pop fans questioned if the song really fits the genre.

“Not to say they didn’t deserve it (because they did). But I still don’t understand which part of Golden was Kpop. It was a 100% English song, in an English animation, for an English speaking audience. The only thing “K” about it were the singers,” one wrote on X after the award was announced.

Areum Jeong, assistant professor of Korean Studies at Arizona State University, told the Associated Press that songs like “APT” and KATSEYE’s “Gabriela” – also Grammys nominees – “seem less K-pop than other K-pop songs that could have been nominated over the years.”

She said the nominations strike her more as “a de-territorialized, hybrid idea of K-pop,” rather than a recognition of K-pop.

The number of K-pop nominations for Grammys in 2026 “tells you that K-pop is not considered as something niche anymore,” Mathieu Berbiguier, a visiting assistant professor in Korean Studies at Carnegie Mellon University, told Associated Press.

“Now, when we think about pop music in general, we also think of K-pop as part of it,” he said.

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Seoul (CNN) — “We’re goin’ up, up, up, it’s our moment,” proclaim virtual girl band Huntr/x in their hit song “Golden.” And the lyrics couldn’t have been more apt as the song from Netflix megahit “Kpop Demon Hunters” made history on Sunday by claiming K-Pop’s first-ever Grammy.

“Golden” was already a global chart-dominating force, but taking home the Best Song Written for Visual Media award in Los Angeles is a milestone moment for K-pop – a genre that despite its growing influence on Western pop culture has long been considered niche.

“It does feel so miraculous in some ways. And destined in other ways … We’re just trying to process it all,” said Audrey Nuna, who lends her voice to a member of Huntr/x in the film.

The Grammy itself went to the songwriters of “Golden” EJAE, Park Hong Jun, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Seo Jeong Hoon and Mark Sonnenblick. And is the first win for any Korean songwriters, or producers.

Accepting the award, Seo Jeong Hoon, who goes by the name 24, paid tribute to his mentor Park Hong Jun – known as Teddy – who he called “the pioneer of K-pop.”

It was only in 2021 that a K-pop act first earned a Grammy nomination – that was superband BTS, who have been nominated five times but have never won.

This year, songs released by K-pop – or K-pop-adjacent – artists received nominations in five categories, though only “Golden” took away a prize.

In recent years the genre has gained huge global fandom as more groups – like Blackpink and Twice – broke into the US charts, went on world tours, and collaborated with big American artists.

And the genre’s influence was evident throughout Sunday’s Grammys broadcast. The awards kicked off with Blackpink’s Rose singing the chart-topping collaboration “APT” with Bruno Mars, as stars in the audience sang along.

Later, a multinational K-pop girl group KATSEYE grasped the stage with its “Gnarly” performance. Both were nominated for number of categories but were short of winning an award.

While the win for “Golden” is historic, K-pop fans questioned if the song really fits the genre.

“Not to say they didn’t deserve it (because they did). But I still don’t understand which part of Golden was Kpop. It was a 100% English song, in an English animation, for an English speaking audience. The only thing “K” about it were the singers,” one wrote on X after the award was announced.

Areum Jeong, assistant professor of Korean Studies at Arizona State University, told the Associated Press that songs like “APT” and KATSEYE’s “Gabriela” – also Grammys nominees – “seem less K-pop than other K-pop songs that could have been nominated over the years.”

She said the n

By Andi Babineau, CNN

(CNN) — Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old man charged with the murder of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, will appear in a Provo, Utah, courtroom Tuesday as his attorneys resume their questioning of Utah County Attorney Jeffrey Gray, whose office is prosecuting the case.

This hearing is the second in the defense team’s bid to get the county attorney’s office tossed from the case, citing a conflict of interest.

Robinson’s defense is arguing because the 18-year-old child of one of the prosecutors was present when Kirk was killed during a speaking engagement at Utah Valley University in September, a conflict of interest exists. The defense says the entire office should be removed because “no effort was made to shield their prosecution of this case from his conflict,” according to the motion to disqualify filed in December.

The county attorney’s office has repeatedly denied having a conflict of interest because the 18-year-old, a student at UVU, “did not see Charlie get shot,” and “did not see anyone (in the crowd or elsewhere) with a gun,” court documents show.

The office contends the 18-year-old will not be called as a witness in the case because their knowledge of the incident, despite being present, “is based entirely on hearsay.”

Does the 18-year-old’s presence qualify as a conflict of interest? Here’s what legal experts say.

What constitutes a conflict of interest?

Robinson’s defense cited Utah’s Code of Judicial Administration in their filing, which states attorneys can’t be involved in cases with “a concurrent conflict of interest,” which may include “a personal interest of the lawyer.”

But conflict of interest arguments are rarely accepted by the courts, according to Paul Cassell, a criminal law professor with the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law.

“There’s a presumption of good faith for prosecutors, and more broadly the government, and without some clear showing that there is reason to doubt the fairness of the proceedings, generally the proceedings will move forward,” Cassell said. “The chances of this prevailing based on other similar claims that have been presented are very, very low.”

Still, CNN Legal Analyst Joey Jackson says the court will weigh whether the parties “are making decisions predicated upon the merits, the facts, the law, and the circumstances only, and that there are no outside influences that are going to impact the judgments that are being made.”

The defense estimated some 3,000 people were present at the event in their filing and attached declarations from five witnesses, some of whom described the scene as “pure panic” and “chaotic” in their accounts, with one disclosing, “I thought I was about to die.”

The county attorney’s office, in its opposition to the disqualification motion, said comparing the defense’s witness statements to that of the prosecutor’s child shows “just how unnecessary (the child’s potential testimony) is in the case.”

“It’s ultimately going to turn on, how did the (adult child) witnessing that impact, impair, affect the decision, if at all,” Jackson said. “The issue before the court is whether an actual conflict – not a perceived conflict – has been presented and can be established based upon the chain of events.”

If the judge does agree there is a conflict of interest, Cassell said the response would more likely be “disqualifying a person who has been tainted by a particular conflict,” rather than an entire office.

To disqualify the full office would be a serious step, according to Cassell, because the Utah

By Andi Babineau, Nick Watt, CNN

(CNN) — Charlie Kirk’s alleged shooter, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, will appear in a Utah courtroom Tuesday for another hearing addressing whether the prosecutor’s office has a conflict of interest and should be removed from the case.

Robinson’s defense argues they should, because the 18-year-old child of one of the prosecutors is a student at Utah Valley University and was in the crowd on September 10, 2025, when Kirk was killed.

The proceedings will be the second day of argument on the issue, picking up at the same place a January 16 hearing ended: with Utah County Attorney Jeffrey Gray testifying under oath about what his office knew about the child’s presence at the event as the shooting unfolded and in the following hours and days.

18-year-old did not see Kirk get shot, county attorney’s office says

Robinson’s team was made aware of the possible conflict via email on October 20, Gray said, a little over a month after Kirk was killed.

The issue was first addressed in court four days later during a sealed hearing, a transcript of which has since been released publicly with redactions.

The county attorney’s office has repeatedly denied having a conflict of interest because the student, referred to as “adult child (AC)” in court documents, “did not see Charlie get shot,” and “did not see anyone (in the crowd or elsewhere) with a gun.”

Gray testified in January he found out about the shooting from the student’s father, who is a member of the executive team at the county attorney’s office and one of the prosecutors assigned to the case.

Gray said the two were at an event together in Layton, Utah, when his colleague, “Prosecutor A,” showed Gray a text from his child saying, “CHARLIE GOT SHOT.”

Gray did not meet or speak to the prosecutor’s adult child at the university following the shooting because students had left the scene by the time they arrived, he said.

He testified as he understood it, “the child was not in that line of fire,” a detail Gray said is important because the charging documents allege when Kirk was killed, the shooter “placed others in grave risk of death.”

Three more witnesses expected to testify

Gray’s testimony on Tuesday is expected to last for about 40 more minutes before the next witness is called, Robinson’s attorney Richard Novak said at the end of the last hearing.

Before Judge Tony Graf makes a ruling, the court will hear from three more witnesses: the prosecutor in question, his adult child and Special Agent Cole Christensen with the investigations division at the county attorney’s office.

Christensen helped determine where the student was located in the crowd relative to the positions of both Kirk and the shooter.

Graf denied a defense request to close the entirety of the January hearing but said he would consider further requests on a witness-by-witness basis.

Based on available court documents and the attempts of both parties to protect the student’s identity, the courtroom will likely be closed to the public during their testimony.

Robinson has not yet entered pleas for the slew of charges he’s facing, including aggravated murder, felony use of a firearm, obstruction of justice and witness tampering, along with several victim targeting enhancements and an aggravating factor of having committed a violent offense in the presence of a child.

He won’t be arraigned until after his preliminary hearing, which has been scheduled to begin May 18 and is expected to last three days.

The b

By Karina Tsui, Brian Stelter, CNN

(CNN) — Independent journalist and former CNN anchor Don Lemon defended his coverage of an anti-ICE protest at a St. Paul, Minnesota, church, which resulted in his arrest last week, telling Jimmy Kimmel on Monday that as a journalist, he “went there to chronicle and document and record what was happening.”

“There is a difference between a protester and a journalist,” Lemon said on Kimmel’s late-night show in his first interview since he was released without bail last Friday.

Lemon and another independent journalist, Georgia Fort, were livestreaming as dozens of demonstrators interrupted a service at Cities Church on January 18, leading to tense confrontations. Protesters said one of the pastors is a top ICE official in the Twin Cities.

Federal prosecutors lumped the two journalists in with protesters and charged them with conspiring to violate someone’s constitutional rights and violating the FACE Act, which prohibits the use of force or threats to intentionally interfere with someone expressing their First Amendment right to practice religion.

Trump administration officials had called for Lemon’s arrest in the days after the protest, prompting him to take precautionary measures and hire an attorney, he said.

“The attorney reached out to (prosecutors) and said basically, ‘I understand that you have an interest because your folks have been talking about it. So, if you are serious about this, then let’s do it the right way,” Lemon told Kimmel, describing his willingness to turn himself in.

But instead of being able to surrender voluntarily, Lemon said, at least a dozen federal agents were sent to arrest him in the lobby of a Los Angeles hotel, where he was staying while covering the Grammys.

Lemon said he was “jostled” near a hotel elevator and placed in handcuffs, adding it took a while for agents to identify themselves and present him with a warrant.

“I think my attorney tried to contact them once, maybe twice –– that I could just go in and it would have to be just the folks who were just working there that day. They wouldn’t have to have all these people following me around,” Lemon said.

“They want to embarrass you, they want to intimidate you, they want to instill fear,” Lemon told Kimmel.

Federal prosecutors have alleged Lemon and Fort participated in a “takeover-style attack” of the church and intimidated congregants. A federal prosecutor in court last week said Lemon told his audience the protest’s purpose was to make the experience traumatic and uncomfortable for the congregants.

Lemon was released from custody on Friday after appearing in federal court. Prosecutors requested a $100,000 bond, and argued Lemon needed conditions to ensure he wouldn’t feel emboldened to do something similar while awaiting trial.

His defense attorneys agreed he would have no contact with known witnesses, victims or co-defendants, and must get approval for any foreign travel – the judge approved a trip to Europe planned in June.

He is expected to be arraigned on Monday in Los Angeles.

First Amendment advocates and civil rights organizations have condemned the charges and argued the administration is trying to chill press freedom.

Hollywood support for Lemon

The choice of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” for Lemon’s first post-arrest interview was no accident. The Trump administration’s targeting of Kimmel made news in September when ABC briefly suspended the show amid government pressure

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Cuando parece que el presidente Donald Trump se está preparando para interferir en una elección, la historia reciente sugiere que hay que creerle.

Este lunes demostró una vez más que está obsesionado con las elecciones de medio término, dos días después de que una sorpresa demócrata en un distrito del Senado estatal confiablemente republicano en Texas ofreciera otra señal ominosa para su partido en noviembre.

“Los republicanos deberían decir: ‘Queremos tomar el control, deberíamos tomar el control de la votación, la votación en al menos 15 lugares’. Los republicanos deberían nacionalizar la votación”, dijo Trump. “Tenemos estados que son muy corruptos y están contando votos. Tenemos estados que gané, pero que muestran que no gané”.

La última amenaza del presidente a la integridad de las elecciones estadounidenses llegó en una entrevista con Dan Bongino, hasta hace poco subdirector del FBI, quien ahora ha recuperado su manto como el “padre del grupo” en su programa que promueve MAGA.

En esencia, el comentario de Trump fue absurdo, ya que la Constitución exige que los estados celebren elecciones. Este principio se ha defendido en múltiples ocasiones ante los tribunales, incluso en casos presentados por el presidente alegando falsamente fraude.

El Artículo I, Sección 4, de la Constitución es muy claro: “Las fechas, lugares y forma de celebrar las elecciones de senadores y representantes serán prescritos en cada estado por su Asamblea Legislativa; pero el Congreso podrá, en cualquier momento, mediante ley, dictar o modificar dichas normas, excepto en lo que respecta a los lugares de elección de senadores”.

No se menciona al presidente. Es deliberado.

David Becker, CEO del Centro de Innovación e Investigación Electoral, afirmó que Trump demuestra una “increíble falta de comprensión de las protecciones constitucionales que nuestros fundadores crearon con tanta sabiduría al fundar nuestra nación”. Añadió: “Cuando redactaron la Constitución, los fundadores estaban muy preocupados por la posibilidad de que un ejecutivo sin escrúpulos intentara tomar el poder manipulando la mecánica electoral”.

John Jones, ex juez del tribunal de distrito de Pensilvania, afirmó que la sugerencia de Trump era flagrantemente inconstitucional. “No lo digo como una falta de respeto, sino directamente. El presidente de Estados Unidos necesita leer la Constitución”, declaró Jones a Brianna Keilar de CNN el lunes. “Lo que propone es ilegal”.

La advertencia de Trump fue uno de sus esfuerzos más evidentes hasta la fecha para crear un discurso de sospecha en torno a las elecciones de noviembre, en caso de que el Partido Republicano tuviera un mal desempeño debido a su caída en las encuestas. Esta es una táctica habitual. Trump sentó las bases para sus falsas afirmaciones de que las elecciones fueron robadas en 2020, meses antes de que se emitieran los primeros votos en su derrota ante Joe Biden.

Ahora, mientras Trump palidece ante el escrutinio que enfrentaría si los demócratas recuperan la Cámara de Representantes, este proceso se ve más siniestro. La administración ha creado una infraestructura para cuestionar la legitimidad de las elecciones federales o para manipularlas antes de que se celebren. Es una fuente de lealtad incuestionable a Trump.

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By Elise Hammond, CNN

(CNN) — Law enforcement believes Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her bed in Arizona, but they’ve been tight-lipped about what details lead them to that conclusion about the 84-year-old mother of “Today” anchor Savannah Guthrie.

Guthrie was last seen at her home in the Catalina Foothills near Tucson Saturday night and police say time is of the essence to find her, especially since she is without crucial medication she takes daily.

When law enforcement arrived at the house Sunday, they found things that were “very concerning,” Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said, and that kicked off a criminal investigation.

Here are the key questions and what we know about the case.

What happened?

Guthrie was last seen Saturday when her family brought her home from dinner around 9:30 p.m., Nanos told CNN. They got her in the house and she went to bed, he said.

When she did not show up to church Sunday morning, a church member called her family, who went to her home around 11 a.m. to look for her, the sheriff said at a news conference Monday.

A family member called 911 around noon Sunday to report her missing, Nanos said, and homicide detectives were sent to the home.

“Something that they told me about that scene made me believe that there’s more than just a missing person,” Nanos said about the decision to set in motion a criminal investigation. “We still hope she’s alive and we continue with those missions of search and rescue.”

Nanos said investigators believe she was abducted from her bed “but cannot speak as to why.” Officials do not know what time Guthrie was taken, Nanos added.

What have investigators found at the house?

Law enforcement is treating Guthrie’s house as a crime scene and has described the circumstances around her disappearance as suspicious, Nanos has said.

The case is “not dementia-related,” Nanos said at a Monday morning news conference, and Guthrie is “of great sound mind” and “sharp as a tack.” But she also has limited mobility and “couldn’t walk 50 yards,” the sheriff said, leading investigators to believe she was taken from the house.

“This isn’t somebody who wandered off,” Nanos said.

“We also have some things at that scene that indicate to us that she was removed from that scene against her will. I can’t go into all those details,” Nanos said, saying it’s to protect the integrity of the case.

He also declined to give information about whether it appears Guthrie was hurt during the incident.

Asked by CNN whether Guthrie could have been part of a kidnapping-for-ransom plot, given her daughter’s high profile, Nanos said that is not the direction investigators are taking, but “we’ll never rule it out.”

Investigators also do not believe it was a home invasion or robbery gone wrong, Nanos told MS NOW, adding they’re also not dismissing that possibility, either.

Right now, “time is very critical” in finding her, the sheriff said at the news conference. Guthrie takes daily medication that “could be fatal” for her to go without, he said. However, there is no indication there is a threat to the public, Nanos said.

Who’s involved in the investigation?

Local law enforcement is leading the investigation, and FBI agents from across Arizona are “fully engaged” and offering numerous technical resources to local authorities, a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation told CNN. This includes assisting with analysis of data from cell phone towers near the Guthrie home.

A priority for investigators right now is downloading security footage from the house, he said. Private comp

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, anteriormente conocido como el príncipe Andrés de Reino Unido, se mudó de su antigua casa en Windsor y ahora reside en Norfolk, Inglaterra, según ha sabido CNN.

En octubre, se le ordenó a Mountbatten-Windsor que abandonara el enorme Royal Lodge de 30 habitaciones en el corazón de la finca Windsor de la Corona, en las afueras de Londres, después de que su hermano, el rey Carlos III, lo expulsara de la monarquía debido al escándalo de Jeffrey Epstein.

Se esperaba que la medida se produjera después de la temporada navideña, pero se produce en medio de una renovada presión sobre Mountbatten-Windsor después de que apareció nuevamente en un conjunto recientemente publicado de documentos del Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos relacionados con la investigación del delincuente sexual convicto fallecido.

Fuentes reales informaron a CNN el año pasado que Mountbatten-Windsor recibirá una casa en la finca privada del rey en Sandringham y que también recibirá ingresos de Carlos. La BBC, la cadena pública británica, informó que ahora se aloja en una propiedad temporal en Sandringham mientras se realizan reformas en su residencia permanente.

Se espera que Mountbatten-Windsor realice visitas ocasionales a Windsor en las próximas semanas mientras se completa una fase de transición, según entiende CNN.

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By Holmes Lybrand, Randi Kaye, CNN

(CNN) — After plotting, stalking and lying in wait for the right moment to shoot and kill then-former President Donald Trump, the man who set up a sniper’s nest on the edge of Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course in Florida and was thwarted by a Secret Service agent, will be sentenced Wednesday.

Ryan Routh was convicted of five counts in September after a disastrous attempt to represent himself at trial – where he was constantly reprimanded by the federal judge presiding, Aileen Cannon.

Cannon will be tasked with determining Routh’s sentence for the convicted charges, which include attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate. Routh is expected to argue in court Wednesday against prosecutors’ attempts to add a terrorism enhancement to increase his sentence.

“He’s his own man, he doesn’t follow the advice that lawyers give him, but he’s well within his rights to say whatever is on his mind and whatever is on his chest,” Martin Roth, an attorney for Routh hired after his conviction, told CNN.

Roth said that his client’s comments Wednesday “will be unusual” and likely “will only be partially about the case.”

Prosecutors are asking Cannon to impose a life sentence.

“Routh’s crimes undeniably warrant a life sentence – he took steps over the course of months to assassinate a major Presidential candidate,” prosecutors said in a court filing last month. Routh “demonstrated the will to kill anybody in the way, and has since expressed neither regret nor remorse to his victims.”

During his trial, Routh was constantly shut down by Cannon after veering into off-topic areas or potential explanations for his actions, including drug use.

The failed plot

According to evidence presented at trial, Routh had been near the golf course and Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in the weeks leading up to his thwarted assassination attempt. Burner phones used by Routh also showed searches for “Trump’s upcoming rallies” and “Palm Beach traffic cameras.”

In a letter quickly uncovered by investigators, Routh had written a confession of his attempt to assassinate Trump, writing on the first page: “I tried my best and gave it all the gumption I could muster. It is up to you now to finish the job; and I will offer $150,000 to whomever can complete the job.”

There’s no indication Routh had the money to fund his offer.

Armed with an old, Soviet-styled rifle and protected by armored plates hanging over the fence, Routh set his sights on the sixth hole of Trump’s golf course on September 15, 2024, with the former president playing a round of golf one hole back, just minutes away.

A Secret Service agent, tasked with clearing the area ahead of Trump, spotted Routh’s partially obscured face and the barrel of a rifle sticking through the chain-linked fence bordering the course.

With the gun pointed at him, the agent fired several shots from his pistol before taking cover behind a tree and radioing in the threat.

Routh fled the scene but was spotted by a citizen, Tommy McGee, crossing the street, getting into a vehicle and driving away.

McGee, who testified at Routh’s trial, took down the license plate of the car and was later flown that same day to where local authorities located and stopped Routh to identify the would-be assassin.

During his cross-examination at trial, Routh told McGee, “You’re a good man. You’re my hero. You’re an American hero.”

Other evidence presented at trial showed Routh plotting his getaway, searching terms like “Directions to Miami airport” and “flights to Mexico.”

A unique trial and near-deadly end

Routh chose to represent himself early on in his case, including through public court filings before trial where he called Trump

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“El pueblo estadounidense debe comprender que no es un delito festejar con el señor Epstein”.

Tal vez el vicesecretario de Justicia Todd Blanche tenga razón, dado el alto nivel de pruebas requerido para un procesamiento.

Pero su comentario del lunes en Fox News ignoró cruelmente a las víctimas de Jeffrey Epstein, que quedaron con un trauma de por vida después de ser traficadas dentro de su sórdida órbita.

Y no capta plenamente las implicaciones más amplias de una nueva montaña de revelaciones del Departamento de Justicia.

Varios millones de documentos revelan la selecta cúpula de la red social y empresarial global de Epstein. El financiero caído en desgracia era el guardián y el tejido conectivo de un círculo de élite abierto a quienes ostentaban riqueza, fama, poder e influencia.

Sus contactos a lo largo de los años incluyeron a un expresidente estadounidense y a uno en ejercicio; un príncipe, una princesa heredera, secretarios y ministros del gabinete; y titanes de los negocios, el entretenimiento, el derecho, la banca y la diplomacia. Escándalos similares que amenazan a dinastías reales y gobiernos están ahora causando estragos en Europa.

Los antiguos amigos, socios y compañeros de mesa de Epstein nos han gobernado y han construido una economía que los enriquece y margina a muchos de nosotros. Han aparecido en nuestras pantallas de televisión, han sido dueños de equipos deportivos o nos han vendido bienes de consumo. Han desarrollado sistemas operativos de software que impulsan la vida moderna y están imponiendo un futuro dominado por la inteligencia artificial.

Mientras la alta sociedad se divertía con Epstein en la época dorada, cuando el siglo XX dio paso al XXI, muchos estadounidenses que no pertenecían al club estaban muriendo en guerras extranjeras o luchando por mantenerse solventes durante los estragos de la Gran Recesión.

La máxima de F. Scott Fitzgerald de que “los muy ricos… son diferentes a ti y a mí” se ve confirmada por el extraordinario torbellino de eventos sociales, reuniones y conferencias que Epstein utilizaba para poblar su red. Era un círculo encantador de yates, almuerzos relajados, cenas y jets privados, y entusiastas compañeros de viaje.

“Tienes a algunas de las personas más ricas, líderes tecnológicos, líderes financieros, políticos, todos implicados de alguna manera, habiéndole enviado correos electrónicos, queriendo ir a la isla de Epstein, sabiendo que Epstein era un pedófilo”, dijo el representante demócrata Ro Khanna, quien ayudó a forzar la publicación de los archivos, al programa “Meet the Press” de NBC.

Muchas figuras prominentes, incluyendo al expresidente Bill Clinton y al presidente Donald Trump, han declarado haber cortado vínculos con Epstein años antes de que sus crímenes y presuntos delitos pendientes salieran a la luz, y afirman no saber nada al respecto. Ninguno de los dos ha sido acusado penalmente en relación con Epstein y las autoridades no han presentado pruebas de irregularidades.

Al mismo tiempo, sin embargo, las acusaciones presentadas contra Epstein y el juicio de su socia Ghislaine Maxwell pintaron un mundo de depravación; de decenas de niñas seducidas, explotadas y abusadas en sus casas de Manhattan y Palm Beach, Florida.

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Por John Liu, CNN

Melinda French Gates dijo que se sintió llena de una “tristeza increíble” cuando la semana pasada se publicaron más documentos que detallan los vínculos de su exesposo y cofundador de Microsoft, Bill Gates, con el difunto delincuente sexual convicto Jeffrey Epstein.

La filántropa, que se divorció de Gates en 2021, habló sobre su reacción ante la controversia, diciendo que estaba “feliz de estar lejos de todo ese lío”, en un video de adelanto de su participación en el podcast “Wild Card” de NPR.

“Cualesquiera que sean las preguntas que queden sobre eso —ni siquiera puedo empezar a saberlo todo— esas preguntas son para esas personas e incluso para mi exesposo. Ellos deben responder a esas cosas, no yo”, dijo. NPR informó que la entrevista completa se publicará este jueves.

La larga relación entre Bill Gates y Epstein está bien documentada, pero surgieron nuevas preguntas sobre sus tratos cuando el Departamento de Justicia publicó el viernes pasado más de 3 millones de páginas de archivos relacionados con la investigación sobre Epstein.

No está claro quién escribió lo que parecen ser borradores de mensajes de 2013 guardados en la cuenta de correo electrónico de Epstein. Pero parecen documentar, en un estilo de flujo de conciencia, sentimientos de traición dirigidos al cofundador de Microsoft. Los borradores mencionan discordias matrimoniales entre Gates y su entonces esposa Melinda. También se discuten acuerdos comerciales, la idea de que Gates tenía preocupaciones sobre una enfermedad de transmisión sexual y negocios fallidos.

Bill Gates no ha sido acusado de ningún delito relacionado con Epstein.

Un portavoz del magnate del software dijo a NPR que las afirmaciones son “absolutamente absurdas y completamente falsas. Lo único que demuestran estos documentos es la frustración de Epstein por no tener una relación continua con Gates y hasta dónde llegaría para atraparlo y difamarlo”.

French Gates dijo que leer los nuevos detalles le trajo recuerdos de “momentos muy, muy dolorosos en mi matrimonio”.

Le dijo al podcast que la situación en la que Epstein puso a las chicas es “más que desgarradora” e “inimaginable”.

“Puedo tomar mi propia tristeza y mirar a esas jóvenes y decir: Dios mío, ¿cómo les pudo pasar eso a esas chicas?”, dijo. “Al menos para mí, he podido seguir adelante con mi vida, y espero que haya algo de justicia para esas mujeres ahora adultas”.

En los últimos años, Gates ha expresado repetidamente su arrepentimiento por haber decidido pasar tiempo con Epstein. CNN se ha puesto en contacto con la Fundación Gates para obtener comentarios.

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ORANGE, Calif. (KEYT) - Buckle up, the CIF-Southern Section Open Division girls water polo playoffs are a thrill ride.

#5 seed San Marcos High School outlasted #4 Orange Lutheran 15-14 in overtime to begin postseason pool play in a game played at Santiago Canyon College.

USC-bound senior star Charlotte Raisin scored 6 goals for San Marcos who overcame an early 4-1 deficit to the home Lancers.

Sophomore Jade Pattison scored three first quarter goals as the Royals managed to tie the game at 6 in a high-scoring opening quarter.

The game was tied at 10 at the half and then the defenses settled in for the rest of the game.

San Marcos did not score in the third quarter and trailed 12-10 heading into the fourth quarter.

Raisin, sophomore McKenna Stuart and junior Shea Estabrook each scored in the fourth quarter for the Royals.

The defense came up with timely steals and Harvard-commit Bethany King totaled five blocks in the cage as the Royals allowed just one goal in that fourth quarter to send this game into overtime tied at 13.

Estabrook opened up the scoring in the first three-minute overtime session and Pattison followed with a beautiful outside shot that she floated over both her defender and the goalie for what proved to be the winning shot.

The Royals led 15-14 after the first overtime period and no one scored in the second three-minute overtime.

Charlotte Raisin sealed the game with a steal with less than 10 seconds left and the Royals ran out the clock and celebrated a huge road win to open up the playoffs.

The Royals continue pool play A on Saturday at #1 seed Mater Dei who beat Long Beach Wilson 13-5.

In pool play B, #2 Newport Harbor crushed Corona del Mar 18-4 and #3 Oaks Christian routed JSerra 13-3.

The top three teams in each pool advance to the next round with the winners of pool A and pool B moving directly into the semifinals.

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Por Aleena Fayaz, CNN

Brad Karp, presidente de Paul Weiss, una de las firmas de abogados corporativos más importantes del país, renunció abruptamente a su cargo el miércoles después de que archivos recientemente publicados de Jeffrey Epstein revelaran sus intercambios de correo electrónico con el delincuente sexual convicto, aunque permanecerá en la firma.

“Dirigir Paul Weiss durante los últimos 18 años ha sido el honor de mi vida profesional. Los informes recientes han generado distracción y me han puesto en el punto de mira, algo que no beneficia a la firma”, declaró Karp el miércoles por la noche.

Karp fue nombrado presidente de Paul Weiss hace casi dos décadas y, según un comunicado de la firma a CNN, “continuará dedicándose exclusivamente al servicio al cliente”. Paul Weiss anunció que Scott Barshay asumió la presidencia.

Los correos electrónicos publicados por el Departamento de Justicia la semana pasada muestran que Karp y Epstein mantuvieron comunicaciones hasta 2019, el año en que murió Epstein.

El 22 de julio de 2015, Karp, en un correo electrónico, agradeció efusivamente a Epstein por haberlo recibido en una velada que calificó de “única en la vida”.

Karp escribió: “Jeffrey, no tengo palabras para agradecerte que me incluyeras en una velada inolvidable. Fue realmente única en todos los sentidos, aunque espero que me vuelvan a invitar. Eres un anfitrión extraordinario, ¡y tu hogar…! Gracias de nuevo. Nos vemos pronto. Brad”.

Epstein respondió: “Siempre eres bienvenido. Hay muchas noches con talentos únicos. Te invitaremos a menudo”.

El Wall Street Journal fue el primero en informar sobre la renuncia de Karp. Un portavoz de la firma, cuyo nombre completo es Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, declaró previamente al periódico: “El Sr. Karp nunca presenció ni participó en ninguna conducta indebida. Asistió a dos cenas grupales en la ciudad de Nueva York y mantuvo algunas interacciones sociales por correo electrónico, de las cuales se arrepiente”.

En junio de 2016, Karp le preguntó a Epstein si podía ayudar a su hijo a conseguir un trabajo en una próxima película de Woody Allen.

Karp escribió que a su hijo le encantaría trabajar, en cualquier puesto, con Woody en su próximo proyecto cinematográfico, si es posible. Desde luego, no necesita que le paguen y es un chico muy bueno y talentoso. Muchas gracias, Brad.

Epstein respondió: “Preguntaré, por supuesto. ¿Puede decirme qué papel le gustaría desempeñar? Sé poco de cine”.

Karp fue noticia en marzo pasado después de reunirse con el presidente Donald Trump y llegar a un acuerdo para que el presidente rescindiera su decreto que suspendía las autorizaciones de seguridad para los abogados y el personal del bufete de abogados.

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China ha salido a la palestra después de que el Tribunal Supremo de Panamá dictaminara en contra del derecho de una empresa respaldada por Hong Kong a operar puertos clave en el Canal de Panamá y promete que el Gobierno del país caribeño “pagará un alto precio político y económico” si no cambia de postura.

Este tono amenazante es el último punto de inflexión en la saga en torno a los intereses chinos en la vía fluvial estratégica, por donde transita anualmente alrededor del 40 por ciento de todo el tráfico de contenedores de Estados Unidos, y que se ha convertido en un punto focal del objetivo de la administración Trump de expulsar a las potencias rivales del hemisferio occidental.

La multinacional CK Hutchison, con sede en Hong Kong, opera puertos en todo el mundo a través de su división Hutchison Ports y sus filiales. Estos incluyen dos terminales clave en el Canal de Panamá, una en cada extremo, una concesión que la Corte Suprema de ese país centroamericano declaró inconstitucional en un fallo a finales del mes pasado.

El fallo, “verdaderamente vergonzoso y patético”, “sucumbe a la hegemonía y actúa como cómplice del mal”, declaró la oficina de Beijing encargada de los asuntos de Hong Kong en una respuesta de 800 palabras a la decisión del tribunal. “China se opone firmemente al uso de la coerción económica y la intimidación hegemónica”.

La refutación, publicada el martes, es una clara señal de cuán intensamente se está centrando China en el caso y del esfuerzo más amplio de la Casa Blanca por erradicar su influencia en la región.

China ha desarrollado durante años profundas incursiones en América Latina y el Caribe, donde ahora mueve anualmente más de US$ medio billón en comercio, y sus empresas estatales y líderes nacionales se insertado en redes eléctricas, redes de telecomunicaciones y minas.

Ahora, mientras la administración del presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, promete “negar a competidores no hemisféricos” el control de “activos estratégicamente vitales” en el hemisferio occidental y expulsar a las compañías extranjeras que construyen infraestructura allí, el Canal de Panamá se erige como la prueba más urgente de cómo se desarrollará la lucha de poder.

Beijing ha dicho que protegerá a las empresas chinas, y su última declaración destacó que “tiene suficientes medios, herramientas, fuerza y ​​capacidad para mantener un orden económico y comercial internacional justo y equitativo”.

Pero el momento también crea un desafío estratégico para Beijing, que debe evaluar qué tan fuerte es el mensaje que quiere enviar a los socios que considera que apoyan a Estados Unidos, especialmente mientras busca estabilidad en sus propias relaciones con Estados Unidos antes de la visita prevista de Trump a finales de esta primavera.

Trump ya ha dañado las relaciones cuidadosamente cultivadas de Beijing con Panamá, aumentando la presión sobre el país por sus vínculos con China desde su primer día en el cargo.

Aprovechó su discurso inaugural para desmentir las falsas afirmaciones de que “China opera el Canal de Panamá” y prometió que Estados Unidos lo estaba “recuperando”.

Ese mismo día, Panamá inició una auditoría de las operaciones de Hutchison Ports en los dos puertos del canal, mientras que el presidente José Raúl Mulino negó las afirmaciones de Trump.

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SAN LUIS OBIPSO, Calif. (KEYT) - Guard Hamad Mousa (above) finished with 33 points – one shy of his career high – and the Cal Poly men’s basketball program nearly overturned a 16-point second half deficit versus CSUN Thursday evening before being edged, 97-96.

Guard Peter Bandelj added 20 points for Cal Poly (9-15, 5-7), which still faced a 91-81 disadvantage with five-and-a-half minutes to play before a three-pointer from sophomore Cayden Ward and layups from Bandelj and guard Guzman Vasilic dropped CSUN’s lead to three.

Limiting CSUN to two field goals in the final five minutes, Cal Poly eventually closed the gap to one following another Bandelj layup with 47 seconds remaining. CSUN missed its ensuing attempt and Bandelj rebounded only to be whistled for an offensive foul with 17 seconds to go.

CSUN’s baseline inbounds pass was mishandled, however, and Bandelj retrieved the steal before being fouled at the rim. He sank both free throw attempts but, at the other end, Matadors guard Josiah Davis produced his 12th and final assist to find a trailing Joshua O’Garro for the eventual game-winning layup with two seconds on the clock.

At the buzzer, a three-point attempt from Ward fell short.

Vasilic added 11 points for Cal Poly, which sank 17 three-pointers – one shy of its season high set at Cal State Fullerton (Dec. 4). CSUN, however, shot 51.9 (14-for-27) percent from the arc compared to Cal Poly’s 40.5 (17-for-42) percent mark.

Up 15-8 to begin Thursday’s matchup, Cal Poly missed five successive early three-point attempts as CSUN – sinking six of seven opportunities from the floor in a four-minute window – surged into a 22-17 lead with 11 minutes remaining in the opening half.

Behind 10 first-half three-pointers, CSUN led by as much as nine in the opening period before taking a 52-48 edge into the locker room.

The Matadors then surged out of the break with a 14-3 run to go up 66-51 with 17-and-a-half minutes to play.

Cal Poly Noteworthy (versus CSUN)

Up Next: Cal Poly visits UC Davis on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. The Mustangs captured this year’s season series opener at home, 84-78 (Jan. 10).
With Thursday’s setback, Cal Poly slipped to eighth place in the Big West standings, but sits just two games back of fourth place UC Davis (14-9, 7-5).
Still a double-digit scorer in all 23 appearances, Hamad Mousa increased his Big West scoring lead to 21.2 points per game.
Mousa’s seven three-pointers Thursday marked a career high and were two shy of Pe

DAVIS, Calif. (KEYT) - One streak ended and another continued and neither was positive for UCSB.

Missing two starters UCSB lost 85-75 at UC Davis as the Gauchos had their 6-game win streak snapped.

It's the sixth consecutive loss by UCSB to UC Davis.

Miro Little and Marvin McGhee IV did not play due to undisclosed injuries.

UCSB freshman CJ Shaw led the Gauchos with 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field.

The Gauchos trailed 40-32 at the half but tied it up the game at 58 midway in the second half.

But Davis gradually pulled away behind Marcus Wilson who scored a game-high 24 points.

The shorthanded Gauchos had four players play 38 or more minutes with Aidan Mahaney logging all 40 minutes and scoring 15 points.

Colin Smith had 16 points in 38 minutes, Zion Sensley added 14 points in 38 minutes and Shaw also was on the court for 38 minutes.

UCSB drops to 8-4 in the Big West and 15-8 overall.

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Por Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN

La administración Trump está planeando unir a competidores adolescentes con entrenadores famosos para el concurso atlético televisado “Patriot Games”, uno de los eventos que marcan las celebraciones por el 250 aniversario de Estados Unidos.

Un portavoz de Freedom 250, la organización sin fines de lucro que lidera las preparaciones del evento de la administración, proporcionó nuevos detalles a CNN después de que el presidente Donald Trump anunciara formalmente el evento en diciembre.

El portavoz no proporcionó los nombres de las celebridades que el grupo está reclutando para trabajar con los adolescentes participantes.

La competencia se llevará a cabo en otoño. Trump lo promocionó como “un evento atlético sin precedentes de cuatro días con los mejores atletas de preparatoria: un joven y una joven de cada estado y territorio”.

La capacidad atlética no será el único factor a considerar para la elegibilidad. Los posibles voluntarios deberán enviar una solicitud en video en línea respondiendo a una serie de preguntas para explicar por qué desean ser elegidos para representar a su estado, explicó el portavoz.

Los detalles sobre los tipos de eventos deportivos en las que competirán los participantes aún no se han hecho públicos.

Las solicitudes estarán abiertas para atletas de entre 14 y 17 años de los 50 estados, territorios y tribus de EE.UU., pero aquellos que cumplan 18 años antes del 31 de diciembre no serán elegibles, informó el portavoz.

La competencia ha generado comparaciones en las redes sociales con “Los juegos del hambre”, una serie de libros y franquicia cinematográfica distópica para adultos jóvenes en la que los niños son obligados a luchar hasta la muerte en estadios televisados.

Trump hizo una primera presentación preliminar de la competencia en julio, diciendo que sería televisada y dirigida por el Secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Los nuevos detalles surgen a medida que la administración avanza con sus planes para eventos nacionales.

El Poder Ejecutivo está impulsando esfuerzos para llevar a cabo las prioridades del aniversario del presidente, con agencias colaborando con Freedom 250 para ciertos eventos emblemáticos: Kennedy se asociará con Freedom 250 para organizar los Juegos Patriotas, y el Departamento de Agricultura ha adoptado la iniciativa presidencial de la Gran Feria Estatal Estadounidense, que invita a los estados a competir para que Trump elija su feria como la “más patriótica”.

Otras iniciativas para celebrar el 250 aniversario incluyen una pelea de la UFC en el jardín sur de la Casa Blanca el día del cumpleaños del presidente y la construcción de un arco de triunfo gigante frente al Monumento a Lincoln.

También está prevista una carrera de IndyCar en agosto cerca del National Mall.

El presidente firmó una orden la semana pasada que ordena a los departamentos del Interior y de Transporte colaborar con la oficina de la alcaldesa de Washington, Muriel Bowser, para actuar con rapidez y llevarla a cabo. Es posible que la iniciativa requiera la aprobación del Congreso.

Bowser, una demócrata, apoya la carrera y la promociona como un beneficio económico para la capital del país, que se ha visto afectada por despidos federales masivos. Read more

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Fans have a connection with Adam Sandler forged over dozens of films over three decades like Happy Gilmore from 1996 and it's popular sequel released in 2025. Many of those fans lined up behind the barricades around the Arlington Theatre to see the star who came around to greet them on a night when he received the most prestigious honor handed out by the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Known for comedies, Sandler showcased his dramatic chops in his most recent film Jay Kelly, alongside George Clooney.

"I love Clooney and I loved being on his team," Sandler said told NewsChannel 3-12 on the red carpet.

Two thousand people inside the Arlington Theatre were on Team Sandler as he received the Maltin Modern Master Award from SBIFF. He was greeted by a standing ovation from the sold out crowd before a discussion with film critic Leonard Maltin. Later in the evening, Duston Hoffman took the stage to talk about Sandler. They shared the screen in 2017 for The Meyerowitz Stories.

"We like to have fun, we like to get it done and make sure we're all proud," Sandler said about making movies.

Sandler's films have banked over three billion dollars at the box office worldwide. His production company has a huge deal to make movies for Netflix where his titles are are very popular for the streamer.

Santa Barbara International Film Festival Director Roger Durling called Sandler a masterful actor while emphasizing how hard it is to make people laugh like Sandler does.

"I've greatly admired this man for so long for all the laughs that he's provided to us." Durling said. "And I have met him a few times. He's the nicest. You saw him just now saying hello to everybody."

This wasn't the first sold out show Sandler has done in Santa Barbara. He performed two comedy/music shows at UC Santa Barbara in 1995 and 1997 at Campbell Hall. News Channel Anchor Scott Hennessee kept his ticket from the 1997 Sandler concert he went to while a student at UCSB, and showed it to Sandler during their interview on the red carpet.

"I remember that dude!" Sandler said.

Sandler recalled recording his now famous "The Chanukah Song" during his first show at UCSB to be on his comedy album.

"That's funny, man," Sandler said. "I really love it here, man. I love the school. I love the hang here. I've had nothing but good memories. When I was young here, and with my family here ... Tremendous place."

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By Billy Stockwell, CNN

(CNN) — Norway’s royal family were battling scandals on multiple fronts this week, with charities moving to cut or review ties to the Crown Princess for her past contact with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein while others question her suitability to the role of future queen.

The first controversy is that of the 29-year-old son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Marius Borg Høiby, who earlier this week broke down in tears during his first day of testimony as he denied four counts of rape in an Oslo court.

Høiby sits outside the line of succession as he was born before his mother married Crown Prince Haakon in 2001.

Haakon reaffirmed Høiby’s status as a commoner in a rare statement ahead of the rape trial starting on Tuesday, saying his stepson was “not a member of the Royal House of Norway and is therefore autonomous.”

But his efforts to safeguard the Crown’s reputation were overshadowed when a second controversy erupted, this time implicating his wife and Høiby’s mother, the country’s future queen.

New Epstein files released by the US Justice Department show extensive correspondence between Mette-Marit and the late sex offender – something the princess has since expressed regret over – years after Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting sex from a minor.

On Friday, Norway’s royal house said Mette-Marit “strongly disavows Epstein’s abuse and criminal acts” and is sorry for “not having understood early enough what kind of person he was.”

“Some of the content of the messages between Epstein and me does not represent the person I want to be. I also apologize for the situation that I have put the Royal Family in, especially the King and Queen,” Mette-Marit said in a statement.

Challenges on multiple fronts

It has sparked an open public discussion in Norway about whether Mette-Marit should become queen, experts say.

“Confidence in the Crown Princess has fallen sharply,” said Tove Taalesen, a royal correspondent for news outlet Nettavisen. “A majority still backs the institution, but that support is weaker, and uncertainty is growing.”

The controversy raises uncomfortable questions about Mette-Marit’s position within the clan, particularly given the advanced age of King Harald V, who at 88, is Europe’s oldest monarch. Harald’s physical health has deteriorated in recent years, requiring Haakon to act as regent on occasion.

Mette-Marit is not facing an immediate end to her time as a working royal just yet, Taalesen cautioned, but she said one option would be for her to withdraw from royal duties citing health reasons, and leaving the crown prince to one day rule on his own.

Mette-Marit was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, a chronic, progressive lung disease with a poor prognosis, in 2018 and will likely need a lung transplant, according to the royal palace.

Other royal commentators agree. Kjetil Alstadheim, the political editor at Norway’s influential newspaper Aftenposten, said many Norwegians are disappointed by the revelations and have less confidence in the princess as a result.

“They question what her judgment will be like in the future,” Alstadheim told CNN.

Ole-Jørgen Schulsrud-Hansen, a royal commentator for Norway’s broadcaster TV2, added: “We need to wait until the dust has settled to see how much it has really affected the monarchy.”

A modern monarchy

Mette-Marit became Crown Princess in 2001 after she married Haakon at Oslo cath

By Arit John, David Wright, CNN

(CNN) — During a forum last month, Analilia Mejia was the only person running in the Democratic primary for New Jersey’s 11th District who raised her hand when asked if she agreed with human rights groups that say Israel has committed a genocide in Gaza, a charge the Israeli government rejects.

Now, she may be on her way to Congress thanks in part to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s efforts in her race.

With votes still being counted, Mejia has a narrow lead over former Rep. Tom Malinowski after Thursday’s special election primary for the seat vacated by Gov. Mikie Sherrill. But the results appeared to be an embarrassing defeat for AIPAC, which helped fund a group that spent roughly $2 million on ads targeting Malinowski despite once supporting him.

“One of the great own goals in the history of American politics,” said Matt Bennett, a co-founder of Third Way, a moderate Democratic think tank. “Unbelievably dumb.”

Malinowski is a moderate who expressed openness for conditioning aid to Israel as the national Democratic Party shows more skepticism about the Israeli government in the wake of its offensive following Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attacks.

Mejia, meanwhile, served as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ national political director during his 2020 presidential campaign. She was backed by Sanders as well as Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

“I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote on X. “They are a right-wing organization that undermines democracy.”

United Democracy Project, a super PAC aligned with AIPAC, sought in its ads to portray Malinowski as supportive of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, pointing to a 2019 vote for a bipartisan spending bill that provided funding to the agency.

“I think voters see that attack as particularly outrageous and disqualifying for the group that is promoting it,” Malinowski told CNN this week.

Despite those efforts, the winner of Thursday’s primary will be either Malinowski or Mejia, based on current vote totals. Former Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way, who was endorsed by the Democratic Majority for Israel, is currently in a distant third place.

“UDP will be closely monitoring dozens of primary races, including the June NJ-11 primary, to help ensure pro-Israel candidates are elected to Congress,” Patrick Dorton, a spokesperson for the United Democracy Project, said Friday.

Mejia on Friday denounced AIPAC’s efforts against Malinowski.

“I was disgusted that they were going after Tom Malinowski, but I didn’t need to see the assault to know the practices that they employ, and to be against it,” she said.

The left has long bemoaned AIPAC’s influence in Democratic primaries, as the group has spent millions seeking to block progressives from Congress, or oust them in primaries. Former Reps. Cori Bush of Missouri and Jamaal Bowman of New York lost primaries in 2024 to AIPAC-backed candidates.

“First and foremost, this election was a clear rejection of AIPAC by Democratic voters,” said Usamah Andrabi, a spokesperson for Justice Democrats, which backs progressive challengers and supported Bowman and Bush. “AIPA

By Andy Rose, CNN

(CNN) — The killings of anti-ICE protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti prompted outrage in Minneapolis, both for their deaths and the immediate response of federal officials to call both terrorists.

The political backlash that resulted lowered the temperature from the Trump administration – with even the president himself saying, “Maybe we could use a little bit of a softer touch” – along with seesawing promises from federal officials over how they would investigate the deaths.

But looming is the question of whether the federal immigration officers who pulled the triggers in both cases actually broke the law, a question that will come down to complicated issues that are much harder to define than the outrage that prompted calls for accountability. Any criminal or civil case will revolve around the legal standards around use of force and what was in those officers’ minds as they pulled the trigger.

“Whenever we’re talking about use of force, it’s not like there’s a single rule that we apply,” said Seth Stoughton, a criminal justice professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law and former police officer. “There are a number of different rules.”

Courts must determine what an officer thought when pulling the trigger

Under a standard established by the Supreme Court nearly four decades ago, shooting a suspect – even one who is unarmed – does not violate the Constitution if the officer reasonably thought the actions of the suspect presented “imminent danger of death or serious physical injury.”

“The ‘reasonableness’ of a particular use of force must be judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene, rather than with the 20/20 vision of hindsight,” Justice William Rehnquist wrote in the Graham v. Connor decision in 1989.

To figure out how much danger the officer perceived at the time of a shooting requires evidence, says Alex Reinert, director of the Center for Rights and Justice at the Cardozo School of Law.

“You’re going to need as much evidence as you can about what was happening in that space and time,” Reinert told CNN. “You’re going to need videos, any eyewitness statements, anything that could best illustrate the officer’s perspective in the moment.”

While that is the standard that would be considered in a civil case, local investigators are also looking into whether any state laws were violated.

In the immediate aftermath of Good’s shooting, the head of Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension said being cut off from that kind of information could be fatal to its own investigation of Jonathan Ross, the ICE officer who shot her.

“Full access to evidence, witnesses and information is necessary to meet the investigative standard that Minnesota law and the public demands; without it, we cannot do so,” said BCA Superintendent Drew Evans.

But by the time of Pretti’s killing – and with public anger rising – the tone of state officials hardened, promising a serious inquiry, whatever the challenges.

“Minnesota’s justice system will have the last word on this,” Gov. Tim Walz said January 24. “It must have the last word.”

Local investigators and prosecutors have not said what state charges they might consider in these cases. Vice President JD Vance appeared to argue there could be no state prosecution of a federal agent.

By Dana O’Neil, CNN

Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy (CNN) — The message Kendall Coyne Schofield posted on her social media was not terribly difficult to decipher.

A framed blackboard propped in front of Schofield’s two dogs, Penny and Blue, spelled out the message: “Baby Schofield Coming Summer 2023.” The dogs wore matching big sister bandanas in case something somehow got lost in translation.

Yet along with the congratulations to Schofield and her husband, Michael, came a rather puzzling rejoinder.

“A lot of people said, ‘Hey, congratulations on a great career,’” Coyne Schofield said at the Olympics media summit in October. “I was like, ‘Wait. I didn’t announce my retirement.’”

It is a uniquely female athlete’s quandary, the presumption that parenthood means the end of competition. Athletes-turned-dads return to their sport with a shrug, with nary a raised eyebrow about how they might juggle it all. Yet somehow – through the feminism movement to the “You’ve come a long way, baby” campaign to the birth and eventual seismic growth in women’s professional sports – sports-star moms, not unlike those in the working world, still face the same age-old questions.

This month, six American women will cart their baby gear along with their Team USA kits to Milan Cortina, pulling the double duty as mom and Olympian.

Coyne Schofield – a gold medalist, three-time Olympian and the mother of Drew – will captain the women’s hockey team. Kelly Curtis, mother to two-year-old Maeve, the first Black athlete to represent Team USA in skeleton, returns for her second Games. Elana Meyers Taylor, mother to Nico and Noah, is the most decorated Black athlete in Winter Games history and will go for her sixth Olympic medal in Cortina. Her teammate, Kaillie Humphries – mom of 15-month-old Aulden – is the first female bobsledder to defend her Olympic title and will vie for her fourth gold. Tabitha Peterson Lovick, is making her third Olympics in curling and her sister and teammate, Tara Peterson, will make her second Olympics run – with son Eddie, born in September 2024 – in tow.

None will say it is easy – on their bodies, their training and occasionally, their peace of mind – but impossible?

“I knew I could return to not only where I was but better,” Coyne Schofield said. “I wanted my son to know he wasn’t the reason I stopped playing hockey but the reason I continued to play hockey. And any hard day I might have, or source of inspiration I need, I can just look at him and it’s right in front of me.”

The sisterhood within motherhood

In 2019, Nike debuted an ad campaign, “Dream Crazier,” showcasing women athletes and their accomplishments, urging other women to show “what crazy can do.”

In response, track athlete Alysia Montaño crafted a video in conjunction with the New York Times, parodying Nike’s sponsor’s ad. Then under contract with the shoe company, the mother of two said in a voice over, “If you want to be an athlete and a mother, well that’s just crazy.”

She explained that the shoe company paused her sponsorship after she told its representative she was pregnant.

Montaño’s outspokenness – and her break with Nike – created a movement, #DreamMaternity. As women stepped into the spotlight to share their stories as well as their frustration that somehow motherhood and peak athletic success were mutually exclusive, action followed. The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee, with outside pressure from several senators, created reforms to ensure women maintained their health insurance after getting pregnant.

And then ca

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By Kyle Feldscher, CNN

Santa Clara, California (CNN) — Kenneth Walker Jr. never saw his son play in the NFL before Sunday night. He’d sat with him in the hospital when his boy was treated for blood clots in his lungs and he’d worked with his son to prove the doctors wrong – to prove that he would play football again.

But the overwhelming in-person experience of an NFL game was too much. Then his son’s agent changed his mind: He had to show up for Super Bowl LX.

Suffice to say, Kenneth Walker III has set quite the standard for himself to live up to the next time his dad is in the stadium.

Walker, a fourth-year player out of Michigan State University, ran for 135 juking, sliding, shuffling, lung-busting yards against the New England Patriots on Sunday night and put himself among the greats of the game by being voted the MVP of Super Bowl LX.

“My dad, he comes out to Seattle all the time and watch games, but he never goes to the game because he don’t like crowds,” Walker said after his stellar performance.

“So, this is his first NFL game, and we won a Super Bowl, so it means a lot to me and I know you’re proud of me for real.”

Walker has had some dominating performances in big games throughout his football career – five touchdowns in a classic Spartan win over Michigan in 2021 and 116 yards over the San Francisco 49ers and three touchdowns in the divisional round of these playoffs spring to mind – but he’s never really had a game like this.

With his defense dominating on the other side of the ball and his own offense sputtering, Walker had to be Him for the Seahawks in a way that he hadn’t been asked all year – mostly because he had Zach Charbonnet beside him.

Charbonnet and Walker made up the running back duo that was the pace-changer for the Seahawks offense, the complement to their devastating aerial attack led by Sam Darnold. But in the divisional round, Charbonnet tore his ACL and was ruled out for the rest of the season.

So, the ball, literally and figuratively, was given to Walker.

“You never want to see your brother get hurt, but I was gonna have to pick up the slack and I just wanted to make a positive impact on my team in whatever way possible,” Walker told reporters after the game.

After softening up the New England defense in the opening quarter, Walker started to find a groove.

At one point, NBC’s color commentator Cris Collinsworth openly wondered how many yards Walker had picked up after going backward. He was all over the place, breaking tackles and making guys miss when they had a clean shot at him. The Seahawks couldn’t get the ball into the end zone, but it was Walker putting them in position to score the field goals that built their lead in the opening stages of the game.

By the time the fourth quarter rolled around, Walker was ready to burst. And he made a run he’ll never forget – even though it didn’t count.

“The O-line had the hole wide open, I just really had to beat the safety and whoever was on my left,” he said of his 49-yard run into the end zone that was called back for a holding penalty.

“I scored and looked back and it’s a flag and, you know, that’s probably the worst feeling ever. But, we won the game, so I’m not gonna complain.”

‘Special’

There’s one word that his teammates kept using about Walker.

“K9 is special,” said

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN

Santa Clara, California (CNN) — Kenneth Walker Jr. never saw his son play in the NFL before Sunday night. He’d sat with him in the hospital when his boy was treated for blood clots in his lungs and he’d worked with his son to prove the doctors wrong – to prove that he would play football again.

But the overwhelming in-person experience of an NFL game was too much. Then his son’s agent changed his mind: He had to show up for Super Bowl LX.

Suffice to say, Kenneth Walker III has set quite the standard for himself to live up to the next time his dad is in the stadium.

Walker, a fourth-year player out of Michigan State University, ran for 135 juking, sliding, shuffling, lung-busting yards against the New England Patriots on Sunday night and put himself among the greats of the game by being voted the MVP of Super Bowl LX.

“My dad, he comes out to Seattle all the time and watch games, but he never goes to the game because he don’t like crowds,” Walker said after his stellar performance.

“So, this is his first NFL game, and we won a Super Bowl, so it means a lot to me and I know you’re proud of me for real.”

Walker has had some dominating performances in big games throughout his football career – five touchdowns in a classic Spartan win over Michigan in 2021 and 116 yards over the San Francisco 49ers and three touchdowns in the divisional round of these playoffs spring to mind – but he’s never really had a game like this.

With his defense dominating on the other side of the ball and his own offense sputtering, Walker had to be Him for the Seahawks in a way that he hadn’t been asked all year – mostly because he had Zach Charbonnet beside him.

Charbonnet and Walker made up the running back duo that was the pace-changer for the Seahawks offense, the complement to their devastating aerial attack led by Sam Darnold. But in the divisional round, Charbonnet tore his ACL and was ruled out for the rest of the season.

So, the ball, literally and figuratively, was given to Walker.

“You never want to see your brother get hurt, but I was gonna have to pick up the slack and I just wanted to make a positive impact on my team in whatever way possible,” Walker told reporters after the game.

After softening up the New England defense in the opening quarter, Walker started to find a groove.

At one point, NBC’s color commentator Cris Collinsworth openly wondered how many yards Walker had picked up after going backward. He was all over the place, breaking tackles and making guys miss when they had a clean shot at him. The Seahawks couldn’t get the ball into the end zone, but it was Walker putting them in position to score the field goals that built their lead in the opening stages of the game.

By the time the fourth quarter rolled around, Walker was ready to burst. And he made a run he’ll never forget – even though it didn’t count.

“The O-line had the hole wide open, I just really had to beat the safety and whoever was on my left,” he said of his 49-yard run into the end zone that was called back for a holding penalty.

“I scored and looked back and it’s a flag and, you know, that’s probably the worst feeling ever. But, we won the game, so I’m not gonna complain.”

‘Special’

There’s one word that his teammates kept using about Walker.

“K9 is special,” said Seattle safety Julian Love. “There’s not a person in the building that doesn’t believe that we’re a better team when he’s going, and so to see him and when he gets MVP, it’s crazy. He’s earned it. I mean, there’s been so much doubt on his name.

“He shows up each day. He’s a quiet guy. He’s a menac

CARPINTERIA, Calif. (KEYT) Wahines enjoyed some the waves in Hawaii-like weather on the final day of the Rincon Classic.

Chris Keet and Surf Happens are being commended for picking such a great weekend for surfers form the 805 to compete along the so called queen of the coast.

"This  weekend has turned out to be phenomenal a unicorn at the queen of the coast the waves are pumping, the sun is shining, it is 80 degrees, it is why we live here and from the youngest 10 and younger all the way up to the 65 and over divisions everyone is ripping. We have already awarded our pro champion Demiitri Poulos and the action could not be hotter," said Keet.

People ask do people do anything for the Super bowl and I say this is our Super Bowl people who live here and surf Rincon with waves like this , this is this is our super bowl," said Tony Luna.

The grand masters enjoyed being out there with their friends.

"Yesterday  was one of the best days of the it was the best day of year to be out there with 6 or 5 other people pretty incredible"Even those who didn't make the final came out to watch, " said Ryan Moore.

Kala Iglesias, 16, came out watch the finals.

"I got 4th, but I still had fun it has been pretty sunny all day," said Iglesias.

And this year the queen and kings are being crowned on the sand.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—From rising stars to industry veterans, this night spotlights career defining roles.

“The scale of this is quite insane. I just did the little walk and that was crazy.” So I can't wrap my head around it, honestly,” said “One Battle after Another” star Chase Infiniti.

Chase Infiniti is being honored for her film debut in “One Battle After Another.”

“It’s been the biggest dream come true,” said Infiniti.

Artist Teyana Taylor recently won a Golden Globe for her role in “One Battle After Another.” Now, she’s up for her first Oscar for the same role.

“ I knew this movie would shake the table and spark conversation,” said Taylor.

The high tension action thriller follows a retired revolutionary living in hiding, and it has a lot to say about activism.

“I love that Paul used his voice and his platform to spread awareness about what is happening. And he’s not allowing anyone to turn a blind eye,” said Taylor.

Teyana Taylor didn't just sign autographs. she also hugged a lot of members of the press.

The “One Battle After Another” stars were in good company with Renate Reinsve, Amy Madigan, Wunmi Mosaku, and Wagner Moura.

Also honored Sunday were Jacob Elordi and Sydney Sweeney, drawing the loudest fans.

Many in the all star lineup are nominated for Oscars.

Following the red carpet was a special Q and A with each Virtuoso on stage in the Arlington.

Monday night will also be a big one with Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, And Benicio Del Toro.

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By Dana ONeil, CNN

(CNN) — A little more than a week before the 2026 Winter Olympics were set to begin, Annika and Niklas Malacinski dialed into a Zoom call from their World Cup event in Austria. The sibling tandem from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, are among the best in the US in Nordic combined, which combines perhaps the most disparate sports possible: cross-country skiing and ski jumping.

While its peculiar sport partnering is a worthwhile trivia stumper, Nordic combined is one of the 16 original Winter Olympics events, dating back to the Games’ origins in 1924 in Chamonix, France.

It’s also the only winter sport to never allow women to compete at the Games.

Which means Niklas, ranked 29th in the world, will be part of Team USA in Milan-Cortina; Annika, ranked 10th, will not.

The continued exclusion of women flies in the face of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) messaging, which has been trumpeting its equality and expansion.

The 2024 Games in Paris were hailed for their gender parity, the first Games with a 50/50 split among men and women competitors. Milan-Cortina is not far off with women making up 47% of the competitors slated to attend. The Games also keep broadening their reach to new or revisited sports – breaking (breakdancing) in Paris; ski mountaineering in Milan; squash, lacrosse, cricket and flag football in Los Angeles.

Yet the mountain remains closed to women in Nordic combined.

“I have been screaming at the top of my lungs about this because someone needs to do it,’’ Annika told CNN Sports. “It’s 2026 and this is just blatant. It’s so unequal. It’s sexist. It’s not right and I tend to be a person who stands up when things aren’t right.’’

Why is this happening?

The twist in this particular battle of the sexes, though, is that the women aren’t threatening the men anymore than the men are keeping the women down. In fact, they need each other.

The IOC’s refusal to add women’s Nordic combined stems, at least in part, because of its concerns about the sport in general. The men’s numbers have been declining – only 36 athletes will compete in these Games, down from 55 in Beijing in 2022 – and it’s long suffered from a lack of parity. Germany, Austria or Finland have won all but two gold medals since 1924.

In fact, the IOC might consider booting the sport altogether in June.

But women could very well be the solution to the entire problem as their numbers are growing in the competitive space. The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) only started hosting a women’s World Cup in 2020 but more than 200 women are now competing.

The Winter Youth Olympic Games sponsor the sport as well, and unlike the men, there is diversity at the top. Athletes from seven different countries, including Japan, rank among the top 10 in the current women’s World Cup standings compared to just the traditional four for men.

“I get so upset when people comment on my posts saying, ‘Let’s boycott the men,’ because it’s the complete opposite,” Annika said. “We need people to be talking about Nordic combined and to be watching it. That’s what my activism is: It’s shedding light on how cool and badass this sport is. We need to support each other.’’

The Malacinskis did not set out to be poster children for their sport or activists. But because their intertwining sibling stories have taken, to no fault of their own, wildly different trajectories, it makes an easy way to tell a complicated story. Niklas gets to compete in 2026; Annika doesn’

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El mundo se encuentra en una era de “política de demolición” liderada por el presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump , y está poniendo el próspero orden internacional de décadas de antigüedad bajo una presión sin precedentes, según el Informe de Seguridad de Munich 2026.

El informe anual, publicado antes de la Conferencia de Seguridad de Munich, describió a Trump claramente como la figura más poderosa que desafía las reglas e instituciones existentes, argumentando que su enfoque corre el riesgo de desmantelar alianzas y normas de larga data.

“Más de 80 años después de que comenzó su construcción, el orden internacional liderado por Estados Unidos después de 1945 está ahora bajo destrucción”, afirma el informe.

El informe etiquetó a Trump como uno de los “hombres de demolición” más destacados.

En el evento del año pasado, que anualmente reúne a altos funcionarios de seguridad y académicos, el vicepresidente J.D. Vance sorprendió a la audiencia con un discurso en el que criticó a los líderes europeos por la censura y la migración y afirmó que la amenaza del continente venía “desde adentro”.

El discurso de Vance, apenas unas semanas después del inicio del segundo gobierno de Trump, marcó el tono de un año tumultuoso, que incluyó aranceles punitivos de Estados Unidos a aliados europeos cercanos, la amenaza de una acción militar estadounidense para apoderarse del territorio de Groenlandia, de manos de Dinamarca, aliado de la OTAN, y deferencia hacia Rusia por su invasión ilegal de Ucrania.

El informe también calificó a Trump como “el más poderoso de aquellos que destruyen las reglas e instituciones existentes”.

Sus acciones podrían dar lugar a “un mundo moldeado por acuerdos transaccionales en lugar de una cooperación basada en principios”, afirmó.

Los críticos temen que las políticas de Trump “allanen el camino para un mundo que privilegie a los ricos y poderosos, no a la masa más amplia de personas que han puesto sus esperanzas en un cambio disruptivo”, según el informe.

Las encuestas de opinión pública realizadas para el informe muestran que gran parte del mundo ya tiene miedo de que eso esté sucediendo.

Las encuestas muestran un escepticismo generalizado respecto de si los gobiernos pueden realmente solucionar problemas como la crisis de asequibilidad, la creciente desigualdad, la disminución de la movilidad ascendente y el estancamiento o la disminución de los niveles de vida.

“Hay una creciente sensación de impotencia y de fatalidad, tanto individual como colectiva”, afirma el informe.

En Francia, el 60 % de los encuestados afirmó que las políticas de su gobierno perjudicarán a las generaciones futuras, al igual que el 53 % en el Reino Unido y el 51 % en Alemania. En Estados Unidos, esa cifra fue del 45 %.

Y las encuestas atribuyen la mayor parte de la culpa de esa sensación de pesimismo a Trump.

Cuando se les preguntó si las políticas del presidente de EE.UU. son buenas para el mundo, la mitad o más de los encuestados en Estados Unidos, Canadá, Francia, Alemania, Italia, Japón, el Reino Unido, Brasil y Sudáfrica dijeron que estaban ligeramente o muy en desacuerdo.

La Conferencia de Seguridad de Munich se celebra del viernes al domingo en la ciudad bávara. Se espera la asistencia de más de 50 jefes de estado y de gobierno, según el sitio web del evento.

Sin embargo, Trump no asistirá. Estados Unidos estará representado por el secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, y por más de 50 congresistas, según informó Reuters el presidente de la conferencia, Wolfgang Ischinger.

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* WHAT…South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected.

* WHERE…The coasts and valleys of western San Luis Obispo and
Santa Barbara counties.

* WHEN…From 3 PM this afternoon to 4 AM PST Wednesday.

* IMPACTS…Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

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* WHAT…South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected.

* WHERE…A portion of southwest California.

* WHEN…From 1 PM this afternoon to 1 PM PST Wednesday.

* IMPACTS…Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

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By Karina Tsui, CNN

(CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a temporary flight restriction immediately halting all flights to and from El Paso, Texas, and an area of southern New Mexico for 10 days.

According to the FAA’s website, the pause over El Paso and Santa Teresa, New Mexico, is due to “special security reasons.”

El Paso International Airport, which issued a notice late Tuesday, said all commercial, cargo and general aviation flights would be grounded until Feb. 20.

CNN has reached out to the FAA and El Paso International Airport for more information.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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* WHAT…South winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.

* WHERE…Cuyama Valley, San Luis Obispo County Interior Valleys,
San Luis Obispo County Mountains, and Santa Barbara County
Interior Mountains.

* WHEN…Until 4 AM PST early this morning.

* IMPACTS…Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Watch for falling debris and tree limbs. Use caution if you must
drive.

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* WHAT…South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* WHERE…Santa Lucia Mountains.

* WHEN…Until 4 AM PST early this morning.

* IMPACTS…Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

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* WHAT…South winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.

* WHERE…Antelope Valley, Eastern Antelope Valley Foothills,
Eastern San Gabriel Mountains, Interstate 5 Corridor, Northern
Ventura County Mountains, Southern Ventura County Mountains,
Western Antelope Valley Foothills, and Western San Gabriel
Mountains and Highway 14 Corridor.

* WHEN…Until 4 AM PST early this morning.

* IMPACTS…Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines.
Widespread power outages are possible. Travel will be difficult,
especially for high profile vehicles.
Remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and
avoid windows. Watch for falling debris and tree limbs. Use caution
if you must drive.

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By Lex Harvey, Max Saltman, Caitlin Danaher, Hira Humayun, Billy Stockwell, Christian Edwards, Catherine Nicholls, CNN

(CNN) — The tiny Canadian mountain town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, suffered one of the country’s worst school shootings in recent history on Tuesday, when an 18-year-old woman killed at least eight people and wounded dozens.

Police say they still don’t know the motive of the suspected shooter, who killed their mother and step-brother at a home before going to the school, but had previously dealt with them over mental health concerns.

Flags across Canada were lowered to half-staff on Wednesday, and Prime Minister Mark Carney and other national political figures paid their respects in Parliament with speeches and a moment of silence. British Columbia has declared Thursday a day of mourning.

Here’s what we know about the shooting, the alleged shooter, victims and the ongoing investigation.

Who are the victims?

A female teacher, three female students and two male students, and two relatives of the suspected shooter, were killed in the attack, police said Wednesday.

The three female students were aged 12 and the male students were 12 and 13, said Sergeant Vanessa Munn.

The two relatives found dead at the home were the suspected shooter’s mother and step-brother, police said.

The family of 12-year-old Kylie Smith, a Tumbler Ridge student, confirmed she was among those killed by her family. Her father, Lance Younge, told Canadian network CTV she was a “beautiful soul” and urged other parents to tell their kids “you love them every day.”

“Hold your kids tight, tell them you love them every day. You never know, you never know,” Younge told CTV, sobbing.

One of those seriously wounded was Maya Edmonds, 12, who is in a critical condition in Vancouver Children’s Hospital after being shot in the head and neck, according to a note from her mother on a GoFundMe page verified by CNN.

“My 12 year old daughter is fighting for her life while they try to repair the damage,” Maya’s mother Cia Edmonds wrote in an update, adding that she was clinging to a “shred of hope.”

The number of people killed in the massacre was revised down to eight on Wednesday, not including the shooter. Authorities initially said nine people were killed, but later said a seriously wounded person they thought had died had in fact survived.

Authorities have yet to confirm the identities of any of those killed or wounded.

Who is the alleged shooter?

Police identified the alleged shooter as Jesse Van Rootselaar, an 18-year-old Tumbler Ridge woman who they said had dropped out of school approximately four years ago.

Police had visited Van Rootselaar’s “residence on multiple occasions over the past several years, dealing with concerns of mental health with respect to our suspect,” said McDonald, the deputy police commissioner.

The most recent police visit

By Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN

(CNN) — Ukrainian skeleton slider Vladylsav Heraskevych has been withdrawn from competing at the Winter Olympics for “refusing to adhere” to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) athlete expression guidelines regarding his insistence on wearing a helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the war in Ukraine during competition.

In a statement, the IOC said, “Having been given one final opportunity, skeleton pilot Vladylsav Heraskevych from Ukraine will not be able to start his race at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games this morning.

“The decision followed his refusal to comply with the IOC’s Guidelines on Athlete Expression. It was taken by the jury of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) based on the fact that the helmet he intended to wear was not compliant with the rules.

“The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has therefore decided with regret to withdraw his accreditation for the Milano Cortina 2026 Games.

“Despite multiple exchanges and in-person meetings between the IOC and Mr Heraskevych, the last one this morning with IOC President Kirsty Coventry, he did not consider any form of compromise.”

Heraskevych told CNN Sports that he is planning to appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

This story is developing and will be updated.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) -

CIF-Southern Section First Round:

Division 1: Crean Lutheran 87, Santa Barbara 61: Brent Sharpton scored 14 points as the 3-time Channel League champion Dons ended season 19-9.

Mira Costa 57, Oaks Christian 56: Brady Sullivan scored 24 points for the Lions who end their season at 23-6.

Division 2: San Marcos 69, Calabasas 51: The Royals jumped out to a 26-2 lead after the first quarter as they ran their win streak to 10 games. Senior Brody Green scored a team-high 21 points and had 14 assists along with 6 rebounds. The Royals host Rancho Verde on Friday at 7 p.m.

(Senior Koji Hefner had a double-double with 18 points and 14 rebounds. Entenza Design).

(Junior Aidan Conlan added 15 points for the Royals. Entenza Design).

Oxnard 45, North Torrance: Mikey Duran-Morales scored 19 points for the Yellowjackets who host Canyon(Anaheim) on Friday.

Westlake 65, Burbank 39:

Division 3: Temecula Valley 66, Oak Park 54 Easton Holmes scored 17 points for the Eagles.

Warren 66, Camarillo 44

Division 4: Moorpark 101, Godinez 75: Logan Stotts filled the box score with 32 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists for the Musketeers.

Corona 95, Santa Paula 91

Division 5: Rancho Mirage 54, Bishop Diego 53 (overtime): Crew Sjovold scored 12 points and Damien Krautman added 11 points for the Cardinals who finish the season 20-5 and Tri-Valley League champions.

(Rudy Blue scored 10 points for Bishop Diego. Entenza Design).

Rio Mesa 63, Arrowhead Christian Academy 56: John Kaleb Moreno scored 22 points and grabbed 8 rebounds for the Spartans.

Division 6: St. Bonaventure 58, Western 42: Walter Moore scored 25 points and had 10 rebounds while Adam Ayla tallied 12 points with 14 rebounds for

Por Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN

El corredor ucraniano de skeleton Vladylsav Heraskevych fue retirado de la competición en los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno por “negarse a adherirse” a las directrices de expresión para atletas del Comité Olímpico Internacional (COI) con respecto a su insistencia en usar un casco con imágenes de atletas muertos durante la guerra en Ucrania durante la competición.

En un comunicado, el COI dijo: “Tras haber recibido una última oportunidad, el corredor de skeleton Vladylsav Heraskevych de Ucrania no podrá comenzar su carrera en los Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno Milano Cortina 2026 esta mañana.

La decisión se tomó tras su negativa a cumplir con las Directrices del COI sobre la Expresión de los Atletas. El jurado de la Federación Internacional de Bobsleigh y Skeleton (IBSF) la tomó basándose en que el casco que pretendía usar no cumplía con las normas.

“Por lo tanto, el Comité Olímpico Internacional (COI) ha decidido con pesar retirar su acreditación para los Juegos Milano Cortina 2026.

A pesar de los múltiples intercambios y reuniones en persona entre el COI y el Sr. Heraskevych, la última esta mañana con la presidenta del COI, Kirsty Coventry, este no consideró ningún tipo de compromiso.

Heraskevych dijo a CNN Sports que planea apelar la decisión ante el Tribunal de Arbitraje Deportivo (TAS).

Esta historia está en desarrollo y se actualizará.

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Por Zachary Cohen, CNN

La CIA está intensificando sus esfuerzos para reclutar espías chinos mediante la publicación de un nuevo video en mandarín este jueves, que apela directamente a los oficiales militares del país que pueden estar desilusionados con la corrupción en su Gobierno actual y con las extensas purgas del presidente Xi Jinping a altos mandos.

El video retrata a un oficial militar ficticio de rango medio “tomando la difícil decisión de mantenerse fiel a sus valores y forjar un mejor camino para su familia contactando a la CIA”, dijo un funcionario de la CIA a CNN.

“Cualquiera con capacidad de liderazgo inevitablemente será temido y eliminado sin piedad”, dice el narrador del video. “No puedo permitir que estos locos moldeen el futuro mundo de mi hija”.

El nuevo video busca reforzar el impulso de reclutamiento que la agencia lanzó el año pasado y ayudó a cultivar nuevas fuentes dentro de China, fundamentales para la recolección de inteligencia humana, dijo el funcionario de la CIA, sugiriendo que la agencia ha tenido cierto éxito recientemente al dirigirse a un Gobierno que históricamente ha sido difícil de penetrar.

“Continuaremos ofreciendo a los funcionarios y ciudadanos del Gobierno chino la oportunidad de trabajar juntos por un futuro más brillante”, dijo el director de la CIA, John Ratcliffe, en una declaración a CNN.

Durante su audiencia de confirmación, Ratcliffe enfatizó que China sería una de las principales prioridades de la agencia, y funcionarios estadounidenses han indicado que la CIA ha logrado avances al restablecer su red de fuentes dentro del país, que se pensaba perdida hace apenas unos años.

A partir de 2010, Estados Unidos perdió una serie de espías en China como parte de una campaña de contrainteligencia de dos años que The New York Times describió como “devastadora para la recolección de inteligencia”. Reconstruir esa red ha sido una tarea de años para los jefes de inteligencia.

Un funcionario de la CIA dijo a CNN que los videos han llevado con éxito al reclutamiento de nuevas fuentes de inteligencia dentro del país.

“Los videos están funcionando, y su muro no es perfecto”, dijo el funcionario, refiriéndose a la percepción de que el Gobierno de Xi se había protegido en gran medida de los ojos inquisitivos de las agencias de inteligencia estadounidenses.

La CIA cree que tiene la oportunidad de expandir potencialmente su visibilidad en el Gobierno de Xi —en parte— explotando su creciente represión contra el liderazgo militar de China.

Desde que asumió el poder en 2012, Xi ha buscado de manera constante controlar la jerarquía militar de China mediante purgas periódicas de altos mandos, que forman parte de una campaña contra la corrupción más amplia que hasta la fecha ha castigado a más de 200.000 funcionarios.

En los últimos años, la purga de Xi ha reducido la alta jerarquía militar, con más de 20 altos funcionarios militares sometidos a investigaciones o destituidos desde 2023.

Y ahora, funcionarios estadounidenses creen que Xi podría estar moviéndose para consolidar aún más el poder, señalando la destitución del máximo general de China a principios de este año en una reorganización sin precedentes que, según analistas, probablemente tenía la intención de asegurar aún más la lealtad de los oficiales dentro de las filas militares.

El nuevo video de reclutamiento es parte de un esfuerzo más amplio para contrarrestar lo que funcionarios estadounidenses consideran la principal amenaza estratégica que enfrenta Estados Unidos hoy y debilitar a un Gobierno chino que históricamente ha demostrado ser uno de los objetivos de inteligencia más difíciles de penetrar.

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GOLETA, Calif. (KEYT) - This loss is going to sting for awhile.

Dos Pueblos played an outstanding second half but the horse was already out of the barn.

A furious DP comeback came up inches short in a 10-9 loss to Agoura in a CIF-Southern Section Division 1 quarterfinal.

Devereaux Wigo, who had a game-high five goals for DP, lofted an outside shot as time expired that was knocked around at the cage but did not cross the goal and the season ended for the home Chargers.

DP got behind 6-2 after the first quarter but star goalie Reagan Mack entered the game to begin the second quarter and steadied the defense the rest of the way.

Mack was not 100 percent as she is dealing with an injured shoulder but down by four goals she gave it try and she was outstanding.

Dos Pueblos trailed 9-5 at the half but Mack only allowed one second half goal.

Mack made several key saves including stopping a penalty shot early in the fourth quarter as well as a spectacular one-handed block with just over two minutes remaining.

With Mack shutting down the Agoura attack, Dos Pueblos chipped away at the lead.

Wigo had two goals in the third quarter and one more early in the fourth to cut the deficit to 10-8.

Keira McAvoy scored her second goal of the game with 4:05 left and DP was down just 10-.

But despite several good scoring opportunities Dos Pueblos just could not tie it up and they finish a strong season at 19-8.

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Por Emma Tucker, CNN

El Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos presentó este jueves una moción que busca desestimar los cargos penales contra dos hombres venezolanos que, según las autoridades, agredieron a un agente federal que luego le disparó a uno de ellos en la pierna en Minneapolis el mes pasado, según documentos judiciales.

La moción para desestimar los cargos penales con perjuicio, presentada en el Tribunal de Distrito de Estados Unidos de Minnesota, cita “pruebas recientemente descubiertas” descritas como “materialmente inconsistentes con las acusaciones” en la declaración jurada.

Julio Sosa-Celis, quien recibió un disparo en la pierna, y su coacusado Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna, fueron acusados ​​de complicidad, agresión forzosa, resistencia, oposición, impedimento, intimidación e interferencia con un agente del orden público federal en relación con el incidente del 14 de enero.

Videos obtenidos por CNN de familiares de Sosa-Celis que llamaron desesperadamente al 911 en busca de ayuda parecían contradecir al menos algunas de las afirmaciones de ICE sobre los sucesos previos al tiroteo.

Uno de ellos muestra una videollamada realizada por la pareja de Sosa-Celis, revisada por CNN, en la que parece decir que el conductor del auto no era Sosa-Celis, sino Aljorna.

La madre de Aljorna contó previamente a CNN que su hijo dijo que él era el que estaba siendo perseguido a pie por ICE, y que Sosa-Celis ya estaba dentro de la casa cuando el agente le disparó, no afuera, donde ICE aseguró que el funcionario descargó el arma.

El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional indicó que era Sosa-Celis quien conducía un vehículo que se estrelló y quien huyó a pie antes de que los agentes forcejearan con él en el suelo.

El DHS indicó que Sosa-Celis se resistió al arresto y comenzó a “agredir violentamente” a uno de sus funcionarios mientras otros federales realizaban una parada de tráfico selectiva.

Durante el forcejeo, dos personas más salieron de un apartamento cercano y atacaron al oficial con una pala de nieve y un palo de escoba. El agente, según el DHS, disparó entonces un “tiro defensivo” que impactó a Sosa-Celis en la pierna.

Frederick J. Goetz, abogado de Sosa-Celis, declaró a CNN que estaba encantado con la noticia y añadió: “Felicito a la Fiscalía de Estados Unidos para el Distrito de Minnesota por actuar correctamente. Esto demuestra la continua profesionalidad e integridad de los abogados de esa oficina”.

CNN se ha comunicado con el DHS y el DOJ, así como con un abogado de Aljorna, para solicitar comentarios sobre la moción.

Diego Mendoza, Caroll Alvarado y Alaa Elassar de CNN contribuyeron a este informe.

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By John Fritze, CNN

(CNN) — President Donald Trump’s administration is stepping into high-profile appeals at the Supreme Court without invitation at an unprecedented pace, supporting conservative groups in cases dealing with guns, religion and climate change.

The court regularly invites the Justice Department to offer its view on whether to hear appeals, and recommendations from the solicitor general, the administration’s top appellate attorney, have long carried a special weight at the Supreme Court.

But Solicitor General D. John Sauer’s office is using the relationship more aggressively than in the past, urging the Supreme Court to take on culture war cases that align with the president’s agenda — even when the court has not asked for the Justice Department’s input. The administration has butt into at least five cases without invitation, most recently a potentially significant appeal involving religious preschools.

“It’s using the solicitor general’s unique position as a way to push not just the policy and political agenda of the current president, but the broader ideological agenda of the Republican Party,” said Steve Vladeck, CNN Supreme Court analyst and professor at Georgetown University Law Center.

The solicitor general’s office has largely avoided the political turmoil churning through the rest of the Justice Department during Trump’s second term. Like everyone else in the department, Sauer works at Trump’s pleasure — but his position, often referred to as the “10th justice” — has also long been viewed as having a responsibility to the Supreme Court, not just the administration.

And so far, Sauer has managed to successfully balance those sometimes-competing demands. The 6-3 conservative court repeatedly sided with Trump last year, backing the administration 80% of the time on its emergency docket. It is a record that Attorney General Pam Bondi was quick to tout ahead of a fiery confrontation with House Democrats earlier this week.

“We’ve obtained 24 favorable rulings at the US Supreme Court,” Bondi told the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday before tacking on a promise. “Even more to come.”

But that dual responsibility can mean added scrutiny if it appears the solicitor general is veering from past practice into more political territory.

When an appeal lands at the Supreme Court, the parties spend weeks submitting written arguments trying to get the vote of the four justices needed to grant an appeal. While third-party groups often submit friend-of-the-court briefs attempting to influence that decision, it is especially notable when the solicitor general does so – in part because of how infrequently it happens.

The five uninvited briefs filed by the Trump administration represented more intervention than previous administrations exercised.

The Biden administration, for instance, did not file any similar briefs in merits cases over four years, though it did submit an unsolicited recommendation in an emergency appeal in 2021 in a death penalty case from Oklahoma. The Clinton administration filed five briefs over eight years in office, according to a review by SCOTUSblog. Only two were filed during Trump’s first, four-year term.

Sauer’s office did not respond to a series of questions from CNN about how the decision is made to intervene and the process that it uses.

But a source familiar

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - There was no panic with Santa Barbara High School girls water polo, not with the best player in the pool on their side.

Super-sophomore Jules Horton scored back-to-back highlight-reel goals late in the third quarter to give the Dons an 11-10 lead and they never trailed again.

Santa Barbara edges Temple City 13-12 in a home CIF-Southern Section Division 2 quarterfinal game.

The Dons will host Murrieta Valley in a semifinal on Tuesday.

The visiting Rams jumped out to a 5-2 lead late in the first quarter but the Dons only trailed 6-5 at half after freshman Violette Bailey scored with just seconds remaining before the break.

Another talented Dons freshman Luna Morancey got rolling in the second half.

Her second goal of the third quarter tied the game at 9.

After the Rams went back in front 10-9 Horton displayed her skill.

She turned her defender and then turned another defender who came over to help and got off a point blank shot in front of the cage that she buried in the back of the net to tie the game at 10.

Moments later Horton turned her defender again and then unleashed a rocket that skipped past the keeper for an 11-10 lead.

Horton finished with 4 goals.

Luna Morancey also had 4 goals, scoring two more in the fourth quarter.

Her final goal put the Dons up 13-11 with 1:53 to play.

Temple City responded with an outside goal with 1:30 remaining.

The Rams had the ball in the closing seconds but they never got off a shot as Rose Nelley poked away an entry pass to the set and Morancey swam over and grabbed the ball.

The Dons celebrated the win that puts them into the final four of Division 2.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - Visiting Rancho Verde put on a shooting clinic at the Thunderhut.

The Mustangs went 15-of-22 from the three-point line as San Marcos was eliminated in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 playoffs 84-69.

Guards Charles Knight and Ivan Don-Willies each made six 3-pointers as Rancho Verde advances to the CIF-SS quarterfinals where they will host Hesperia.

The Royals led 35-31 at halftime as junior Aidan Conlan scored 16 of his team-high 25 points before the break.

But the Mustangs scored the first 15 points of the second half to lead 46-35 midway through the third quarter.

Knight, who finished with a game-high 28 points, outscored the Royals in the third quarter himself 15-14 as Rancho Verde led 64-49 and never were threatened.

Samaj Carter added 21 points and Don-Willies tallied 20 for the winning Mustangs.

San Marcos seniors Koji Hefner and Brody Green scored 21 and 16 points respectively in the final high school basketball games of their outstanding careers.

(Green (above) and Hefner helped lead the Royals to a 22-7 record this year. Entenza Design).

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) -

Division 2: Rancho Verde 84, San Marcos 69 Full story: https://keyt.com/news/top-stories/2026/02/14/san-marcos-knocked-out-of-cif-d2-playoffs-by-hot-shooting-rancho-verde/

Canyon(Anaheim) 70, Oxnard 67 (OT): Mikey Duran-Morales scored 19 points for the Yellowjackets who finish the year 21-9.

Mater Dei 85, Westlake 59: Zack Kalinski scored 15 points for the Warriors who finish 19-11.

Division 4: North Vista 71, Moorpark 69: Logan Stotts scored 23 points for the Musketeers who end the season 21-9.

Division 5: Verbum Dei 42, Rio Mesa 35

Division 6: St. Bonaventure 54, Highland 43: Seraphs used a 19-0 run in the third quarter to advance to the quarterfinals where they play at Valencia of Placentia. Zac Broberg made five 3-points and scored 19 points while Adam Ayla recorded a double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds.

Division 8: Dunn 64, San Gabriel 56

Division 9: VCA Santa Maria 76, First Baptist/LB 56

Providence/SB 49, Santa Ana Valley 48

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) -

Division 3: Channel Islands 4, Murrieta Valley 1

Littlerock 1, Oxnard 1 (2OT) (Littlerock advances on PK's 4-3)

Claremont 1, Calabasas 0

Division 4: Santa Paula 1, Montebello 0

Pacifica 3, Baldwin Park 1

Division 5: San Marcos 4, Golden Valley 0

Westlake 3, Bellflower 0

Camarillo 3, Ventura 0

Division 6: Viewpoint 3, Cate 1

Division 7: Poly/Pasadena 2, Laguna Blanca 1

Division 8: Bishop Diego 2, Le Lycee 1

Fairmont Prep 2, Foothill Tech 0

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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN

London (CNN) — Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have been swept into the maelstrom that has engulfed their parents, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, forcing them to grapple with renewed scrutiny swirling around the British monarchy.

The sisters, now 37 and 35 respectively, are named hundreds of times in the latest tranche of the so-called “Epstein files” recently published by the US Department of Justice. At least one of the references is highly embarrassing, referring to a young Eugenie’s private life.

Beatrice and Eugenie are among the few members of the Windsor clan to hold “HRH” titles, meaning “His” or “Her Royal Highness,” but they do not represent the monarch as working members of “The Firm.”

Much of the criticism of the York family, as they were known in Britain, has centered on Mountbatten-Windsor’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. However, the latest disclosures from the DOJ files also reveal the apparent depth of the late sex offender’s friendship with the princesses’ mother, who appears to have brought her daughters into his world.

“It’s incredibly distressing for both young women to see themselves mentioned so freely by their parents to a convicted sex offender,” said Russell Myers, the royal editor of Britain’s The Mirror newspaper, who has covered the Windsor family for the past decade and co-hosts the award-winning royal podcast “Pod Save The King.”

He told CNN that while there was “a great deal of sympathy for them,” the emails sparked questions over what, if anything, the women knew.

“The questions remain, both inside the palace and publicly, as to whether Beatrice and Eugenie could have raised concerns both to their parents, or more widely, considering how close they were brought into Epstein’s world, even after he was convicted of serious sex offenses.”

The princesses’ father is facing mounting pressure to answer more questions about his involvement with Epstein, with British police now investigating claims of misconduct in public office and breach of official secrets after unearthed emails appear to suggest the former prince shared confidential material with the sex offender during his tenure as UK trade envoy.

Mountbatten-Windsor, whom CNN has approached for comment, has not publicly reacted to the latest allegations but has previously denied any wrongdoing over his ties to Epstein, including after he reached an out-of-court settlement with a woman who said she was trafficked to him as a teen.

The Miami lunch

Ferguson’s spokesperson said last year that the former duchess had severed her ties with Epstein “as soon as she was aware of the extent of the allegations.” But the DOJ files suggest that was not the case.

The documents appear to show that not only did Ferguson maintain contact, but she visited him in Miami five days after he was released from prison in 2009 having served 13 months of an 18-month sentence for soliciting prostitution from a minor. Beatrice and Eugenie, who were then 20 and 19, joined their mother at a meal with him on July 27, 2009.

In one email exchange, Epstein initially drops a quick note to a partially redacted address which appears as “ferg,” asking “where are you?” Roughly an hour and a half later, “Sarah” says she is “In Miami” and “aiming to get to you for 12.30 for lunch.”

The financier then offers her a

* WHAT…Southwest winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph
expected.

* WHERE…San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and Anacapa Islands.

* WHEN…From 9 AM this morning to 3 PM PST this afternoon.

* IMPACTS…Damaging winds could blow down trees.
Watch for falling debris and tree limbs.

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* WHAT…Southwest winds 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph
expected.

* WHERE…Coasts and Valleys of Southwest California.

* WHEN…From 6 AM this morning to 6 PM PST this evening.

* IMPACTS…Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree
limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for
high-profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

Secure outdoor objects.

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* WHAT…Southwest winds 30 to 55 mph with gusts up to 70 mph
possible. Strongest in the mountains.

* WHERE…Cuyama Valley, Eastern Antelope Valley Foothills,
Interstate 5 Corridor, San Luis Obispo County Interior Valleys,
San Luis Obispo County Mountains, Santa Barbara County Interior
Mountains, Southern Ventura County Mountains, Western Antelope
Valley Foothills, and Western San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14
Corridor.

* WHEN…From 6 AM this morning to 6 PM PST this evening.

* IMPACTS…Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines.
Travel could be difficult, especially for high-profile vehicles.
Remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and
stay away from windows. Watch for falling debris and tree limbs. Use
caution if you must drive.

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By Hadas Gold, CNN

(CNN) — Dr. Alice Chiao used to teach emergency medicine to students at Stanford University’s medical school. Now, she’s teaching artificial intelligence-powered chatbots to think, diagnose and prescribe like her.

Chiao is part of a booming new economy of professional experts in their fields who are training AI through a process called reinforcement learning, essentially grading AI’s responses and teaching models to improve through trial and error. It’s a rapidly growing service industry for AI frontier labs, estimated to be worth at least $17 billion, according to Pitchbook Senior AI Analyst, Dimitri Zabelin.

Chiao is one of tens of thousands of experts working with Mercor, one of the companies that help manage reinforcement learning for major AI companies. Mercor has contracts with experts in subjects ranging from medicine, law and finance to comedy, sports and even wine. Experts can earn up to hundreds of dollars per hour teaching AI to do their own jobs.

“AI is going to be the new Doctor Google, the new WebMD that people will go to, to seek out medical information. I knew that I needed to be a part of that to make sure that the information is accurate, that it’s safe, and that it makes sense to the person using it,” Chiao told CNN.

AI models are trained on massive amounts of data. But that training doesn’t do much good without what’s known as “reinforcement learning,” a process that involves human experts teaching models the differences between good and bad responses. Companies like OpenAI, Google and Anthropic use what Mercor’s CEO Brendan Foody described as “large armies of people” to do just that.

Uncertainty over how AI will reshape various industries hit a fever pitch over the last two weeks. Software stocks plunged in early February following the release of a new tool from Anthropic that tailors its model for work in specific industries like legal and finance. Then, a viral essay from a tech CEO swept the internet with stark declarations about how AI could disrupt jobs. And some say Mercor is causing job displacement, replacing stable full-time careers with gig work that will contribute to AI taking human jobs.

But Chiao doesn’t see her work through Mercor as teaching AI how to do her job. Instead, she views it as ensuring AI models are safe and capable enough to help doctors spend more time with patients and less time filling out forms. She sees AI as eventually being able to assist doctors with reading scans, filling out charts and taking notes.

“Physicians were selected because we really want to help people. We want to heal. We want to spend time talking to people — listening, engaging,” Chiao said. “I don’t want to see it as AI taking over our jobs. I want to see it as AI taking over the aspects of our jobs that prevent us from being good doctors, good healers and good listeners.”

Training Dr. AI

When Chiao is training AI models, she uses real scenarios she’s encountered in her decades as a doctor in both primary and emergency medicine. That includes asking questions from both the patient’s and doctor’s perspective. A patient, for example, might ask whether their child should see a doctor when experiencing a cough or fever. But the system also needs to know how to respond when presented with medical jargon — like what a physician might see on an intake form.

The AI model sometimes provides answers Chiao wouldn’t have thought of herself, she said. But other times, she sees a need for professionals like herself to step in.

“Sometimes there will be things that don’t quite make sense, and I think, ‘Oh, this could be misleading,’ or ‘This could be alarmist,’ or ‘This is not quite safe to put in a response,’” Chiao said. “And t

At 1220 AM PST, Doppler radar was tracking strong showers and
isolated thunderstorms near Lompoc, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Funnel cloud or
brief weak tornado possible.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.

Locations impacted include…
Lompoc…
Vandenberg Space Force Base…
Orcutt…
Vandenberg Village…
and Mission Hills.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in OXNARD.

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* WHAT…Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of up to 4
inches between 3500 and 4500 feet, 6 to 12 inches for 4500 to 6000
feet, and 1 to 2 feet above 6000 feet. Wind gusts of up to 60 to
70 mph possible this afternoon through late tonight, and again
late Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

* WHERE…Eastern San Gabriel Mountains and Northern Ventura County
Mountains.

* WHEN…Until 9 AM PST Thursday.

* IMPACTS…Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will
likely become slick and hazardous. Travel could become
treacherous. Visibilities may drop below one-quarter mile due to
falling and blowing snow. Damaging winds could blow down trees and
power lines.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…There will be a break in the snowfall for
Tuesday into Tuesday night, before heavy snow returns by
Wednesday. However, blowing and drifting snow producing
significant visibility restrictions will continue above 6000 feet
elevation, even during the break in snowfall.
Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.

If travel is absolutely necessary, drive with extreme caution and be
prepared for sudden changes in visibility. Leave plenty of room
between you and the motorist ahead of you, and allow extra time to
reach your destination. Avoid sudden braking or acceleration, and be
especially cautious on hills or when making turns. Make sure your
car is winterized and in good working order.

Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Travel could
be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.

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* WHAT…Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 1 to 4
inches for 3500 to 4500 feet elevation including the Grapevine of
the Interstate-5 Corridor possible. Total snow accumulations of 6
to 12 inches above 4500 feet elevation possible. Wind gusts of up
to 60 to 70 mph possible this afternoon through late tonight, and
again late Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

* WHERE…Interstate 5 Corridor, Santa Barbara County Interior
Mountains, and Southern Ventura County Mountains.

* WHEN…From 9 PM this evening to 9 AM PST Thursday.

* IMPACTS…Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will
likely become slick and hazardous. Travel could become
treacherous. Visibilities may drop below one-quarter mile due to
falling and blowing snow.
If travel is absolutely necessary, drive with extreme caution and be
prepared for sudden changes in visibility. Leave plenty of room
between you and the motorist ahead of you, and allow extra time to
reach your destination. Avoid sudden braking or acceleration, and be
especially cautious on hills or when making turns. Make sure your
car is winterized and in good working order.

Monitor the latest forecasts for updates on this situation.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) An Ash Wednesday Drive-Thru will return to Holy Cross Catholic Church in Santa Barbara.

Fr. Egren Gomez and others will offer ashes through car windows in the the driveway and parking lot at 1740 Cliff Drive.

The event will take place from 3-4 p.m. rain or shine.

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Por Alexandra Skores, CNN

Los colores de pintura preferidos del presidente Donald Trump se aplicarán a los nuevos aviones que servirán como Air Force One, confirmó a CNN un funcionario de la Fuerza Aérea.

Los nuevos Boeing 747 muy modificados, que el ejército denomina VC-25B, estarán pintados de rojo, blanco, dorado y azul oscuro, un esquema de colores propuesto durante el primer mandato de Trump pero revertido por la administración Biden.

“El Air Force One va a ser increíble”, comentó Trump en 2018. “Será el mejor, el mejor del mundo. Y será rojo, blanco y azul, lo cual me parece apropiado”.

Los aviones que sirven como Air Force One han sido pintados con colores azul bebé y blanco desde la administración Kennedy, y el cambio propuesto por Trump provocó especulaciones de que tenía la intención de replicar los colores de su Boeing 757 personal.

En 2022, durante la administración de Biden, la Fuerza Aérea rechazó la decoración alegando razones técnicas y de costo.

“Un análisis más detallado concluyó que los colores más oscuros, entre otros factores, en la parte inferior del avión VC-25B podrían contribuir a que las temperaturas excedan los límites de calificación actuales de una pequeña cantidad de componentes”, señaló un portavoz en ese momento.

En 2023, los militares propusieron nuevas versiones de un diseño seleccionado por Biden que se parecía mucho al color azul celeste utilizado durante más de 60 años, con un tinte ligeramente más oscuro.

Cuando Trump fue reelegido, el diseño de su Air Force One volvió a ser protagonista, exhibido la noche de su investidura sobre un pastel en el Baile del Comandante en Jefe. Ahora, se ve a menudo en una maqueta sobre la mesa de centro del Despacho Oval.

Un Boeing 737 del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional también comenzó a volar con una pintura similar el año pasado.

Ahora, la Fuerza Aérea dice que el diseño se aplicará a dos nuevos Boeing 747 que están siendo modificados por Boeing y a un 747 donado al ejército por Qatar, que Trump ordenó adaptar para su uso como Air Force One.

El avión qatarí podría estar volando tan pronto como este verano.

Los colores también se aplicarán durante el mantenimiento programado a cuatro de los aviones C-32 más pequeños, una versión militar del Boeing 757, actualmente en la flota.

“El primer C-32 ha sido pintado y se espera que sea entregado a la Fuerza Aérea en los próximos meses”, confirmó un portavoz de ese cuerpo a CNN.

Arlette Saenz, Jamie Ehrlich Priscilla Alvarez, Pete Muntean y Aaron Cooper de CNN contribuyeron a este informe.

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By CNN staff

(CNN) — As the Year of the Horse galloped in, revelers ushered in the most prominent festival on the Chinese Lunar calendar with some quirks – from Kung Fu robots to Harry Potter’s teenage nemesis – and some reflection.

Here’s is a roundup of CNN’s coverage:

1. Chinese zodiac predictions: What’s in store for 2026 as we enter the Year of the Fire Horse

If there’s one common theme to emerge from the many Lunar New Year rituals attached to the annual celebration, it’s the collective hope that we’re ushering in luck, prosperity and good vibes for ourselves and everyone around us. We’ve done the cosmic legwork for you, rounding up this year’s Chinese zodiac fortune guide with the help of some seasoned feng shui masters.

2. A 2026 guide as we gallop into the Year of the Horse

Why is it called the Year of the Horse? Why is everyone dressed in red? What are you supposed to do during this auspicious holiday? Read our guide.

3. What will the Year of the Horse be like for these familiar faces?

A feng shui master gives his reading on the fortunes of celebrities Timothée Chalamete and Margot Robbie, US President Donald Trump and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. (Full disclosure: we are doing this just for fun).

4. Rules to follow for a prosperous Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year celebrations can prompt superstitious actions. Should you sweep your apartment? Or, cut your hair on holiday days? And why are there long lines outside banks in places where it is is feverishly celebrated. Watch this to find out.

5. Kung Fu robots perform at Spring Festival Gala

While humanoids are far from taking over the world, they certainly stole the show by busting performing some kung fu moves during China’s most-watched Lunar New Year programme.

6. A Harry Potter villain is now an unlikely new-year mascot in China

In preparation for the festival, people in China also put up posters of well-wishing messages. But some of this year’s decorations were accompanied by the smirk of Draco Malfoy, Harry Potter’s privileged teen nemesis in J.K. Rowling’s wildly successful book series. Here’s why?

7. Sad Year of the Horse toy goes viral in China

A red plush horse became an instant sensation in China, despite a sewing mistake that turned its smiling mouth downward. Many find the toy’s sad expression relatable, saying it mirrors the life of a “corporate slave.”

8. Read more

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By CNN staff

(CNN) — As the Year of the Horse galloped in, revelers ushered in the most prominent festival on the Chinese Lunar calendar with some quirks – from Kung Fu robots to Harry Potter’s teenage nemesis – and some reflection.

Here’s is a roundup of CNN’s coverage:

1. Chinese zodiac predictions: What’s in store for 2026 as we enter the Year of the Fire Horse

If there’s one common theme to emerge from the many Lunar New Year rituals attached to the annual celebration, it’s the collective hope that we’re ushering in luck, prosperity and good vibes for ourselves and everyone around us. We’ve done the cosmic legwork for you, rounding up this year’s Chinese zodiac fortune guide with the help of some seasoned feng shui masters.

2. A 2026 guide as we gallop into the Year of the Horse

Why is it called the Year of the Horse? Why is everyone dressed in red? What are you supposed to do during this auspicious holiday? Read our guide.

3. What will the Year of the Horse be like for these familiar faces?

A feng shui master gives his reading on the fortunes of celebrities Timothée Chalamete and Margot Robbie, US President Donald Trump and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. (Full disclosure: we are doing this just for fun).

4. Rules to follow for a prosperous Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year celebrations can prompt superstitious actions. Should you sweep your apartment? Or, cut your hair on holiday days? And why are there long lines outside banks in places where it is is feverishly celebrated. Watch this to find out.

5. Kung Fu robots perform at Spring Festival Gala

While humanoids are far from taking over the world, they certainly stole the show by busting performing some kung fu moves during China’s most-watched Lunar New Year programme.

6. A Harry Potter villain is now an unlikely new-year mascot in China

In preparation for the festival, people in China also put up posters of well-wishing messages. But some of this

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) -

CIF-SS Open Division Semifinal: Mater Dei 18, San Marcos 14: USC-bound senior Charlotte Raisin and sophomore McKenna Stuart each scored 4 goals as the Royals pushed the #1 ranked Monarchs before losing in Irvine. The 14 goals are the most scored against Mater Dei this year. Lily Bordofsky added three goals for the Royals who will continue their strong season next week in the CIF-Regional SoCal Championships. Mater Dei plays defending champion Oaks Christian in Saturday's final.

CIF-SS Division 1: San Clemente 14, Agoura 8

CIF-SS Division 2: Santa Barbara 8, Murrieta Valley 6: The Dons erased an early 3-1 deficit to advance to the finals. With the game tied at 3 Jules Horton scored back-to-back goals in the second quarter and the Dons led 5-3 at halftime.

(Horton gave the Dons the lead for good in the second quarter. Entenza Design).

Freshman Luna Morancey added two third quarter goals as the Dons extended the lead to 7-4.

(Morancey scored a team-high 3 goals. Entenza Design).

Freshman Violette Bailey finished off the scoring with her second goal of the game to put the Dons up 8-4 with under 3 minutes remaining.

The Dons will play La Serna in the championship game on Saturday at Mount San Antonio College.

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Por Clare Duffy , Samantha Delouya y Verónica Miracle, CNN

El CEO de Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, testificó el miércoles ante un jurado por primera vez sobre las acusaciones de que las redes sociales, incluido Instagram, perjudican la salud mental de los niños

Kaley, una mujer de 20 años, afirma que Instagram y YouTube de Google fueron diseñados intencionalmente para ser adictivos y que la engancharon desde la escuela primaria, causándole ansiedad, depresión y dismorfia corporal.

El resultado de su demanda podría afectar a cientos de otros casos de familias que afirman que sus hijos han sufrido daños o incluso han fallecido a causa de las redes sociales. Meta, por su parte, niega las acusaciones y afirma haber implementado numerosas medidas para proteger a los jóvenes usuarios.

El núcleo del testimonio fueron preguntas sobre qué sabía Meta sobre los riesgos potenciales para los jóvenes y si hizo lo suficiente para mitigarlos. Zuckerberg argumentó que su objetivo es crear un producto atractivo a largo plazo, no uno que enganche a la gente a corto plazo y les haga sentir mal consigo mismos.

Esto es lo que aprendimos.

La demanda alega que Meta diseñó sus plataformas para mantener a los usuarios navegando y obtener ganancias, una línea clave de cuestionamiento el miércoles.

Si bien Meta anteriormente tenía objetivos específicos en el tiempo para Instagram, dijo Zuckerberg, ahora está enfocado en la “utilidad y el valor”.

El abogado de Kaley, Mark Lanier, mostró un documento interno en el que el director de Instagram, Adam Mosseri, dijo que la función de videos cortos Reels había “impulsado el tiempo a máximos históricos” y que su “objetivo personal era encaminarse para superar a TikTok en términos de tiempo invertido”.

“En mi opinión, tratamos de aumentar el valor de nuestros servicios, pero también tratamos de medir el progreso frente a competidores como TikTok”, dijo Zuckerberg, y agregó que el tiempo invertido era un indicador para medir el éxito de Instagram frente a los competidores.

Lanier mostró un documento de 2022 de “hitos” para Instagram que proyectaba que el tiempo promedio invertido en la plataforma crecería de 40 minutos en 2023 a 46 minutos en 2026.

Zuckerberg cuestionó que los hitos sean objetivos. “Si hacemos un buen trabajo, esto es algo que esperamos ver”, dijo.

Los usuarios pueden alterar fotografías con los filtros de belleza de Instagram, imitando cirugías plásticas u otras alteraciones. Lanier argumentó que los filtros podrían perjudicar la percepción que los adolescentes tienen de sí mismos, y afirmó que expertos consultados por Meta llegaron a la misma conclusión.

La compañía decidió permitir los filtros, pero no recomendarlos, en nombre de la libertad de expresión, afirmó Zuckerberg. Negarles las herramientas a los usuarios habría sido “paternalista”, añadió.

Más tarde, Lanier mostró un correo electrónico que, según él, fue enviado por una empleada de Meta a Zuckerberg. La empleada, madre de dos adolescentes, advirtió sobre los filtros y afirmó que la presión sobre las adolescentes es intensa.

“Respeto su decisión y la apoyo, pero quiero dejar constancia de que no creo que sea la decisión correcta”, se lee en el correo electrónico del empleado.

Instagram dice que requiere que los usuarios tengan al menos 13 años para crear una cuenta, una política que Zuckerberg reiteró en el estrado.

Pero un documento interno de 2015 estimó que más de 4 millones de usuarios de Instagram eran menores de 13 años, lo que, según la empresa, representaba el “30 % de todos los niños de entre 10 y 12 años en Estados Unidos”. Kaley comenzó a usar Instagram a los 9 años, según explicó Lanier anteriormente.

Instagram no comenzó a

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) -

CIF-SS Division 1: Windward 48, Ventura 45: Kai Staniland scored 20 points and Brinley Anderson added 18 points in the loss. The Cougars trailed by as many as 14 points in the third quarter but a furious rally saw them get off a three-point attempt by Staniland as time expired that was off the mark.

Cougars finish the season 26-5.

CIF-SS Division 2: Rosary Academy 53, Dos Pueblos 33: Sophomore Kindah Ahmad-Reda scored a game-high 15 points as the Chargers wrapped up their season at 19-12.

(Ahmad-Reda scored the first 6 points of the second half as DP pulled within 6 points of the Royals. Entenza Design).

(Senior Carly Letendre scored 7 points in her final basketball game at DP. Entenza Design).

Chargers all-time leading scorer Carly Letendre sank a half court buzzer-beating shot at the end of the third quarter but the Chargers still trailed 37-25.

Camarillo 42, Summit 38: Scorpions host Saugus on Saturday

CIF-SS Division 3 Oxnard 64, Trabuco Hills 53: Gia Angell scored 23 points for the winning Yellowjackets who play Murrieta Valley on Saturday.

CIF-SS Division 5 Bishop Diego 47, Sunny Hills 45: Tied at 35 early in the fourth quarter Bishop Diego went on an 11-5 scoring run fueled by two three pointers by Eden Wynne and another triple by Jeisa Coronado. Luz Castro led the Cardinals with 13 points.

(Eden Wynne tallied 10 points for the Cardinals who play at Godinez on Saturday. Entenza Design).

CIF-SS Division 7: Laguna Hills 46, Foothill Tech 33

CIF-SS Division 9: Desert Hot Springs 50, Channel Islands 39

CIF-Central Section Quarterfinals:

Division 1: Clovis West 82, St. Jo

By Steve Contorno, Kristen Holmes, Austin Culpepper, CNN

(CNN) — Earlier this month, as the latest disclosures in the Epstein files rippled through right-wing media, the conservative morning television show “American Sunrise” devoted several segments to calls for harsher consequences and sustained attention on the scandal.

“We need to make an example of all of this,” co-host Emily Finn said during the February 9 broadcast on the pro-Trump cable channel Real America’s Voice. “And not just let this go and let this slip under the radar.”

Moments later, the program handed off to the conservative network’s marquee show, “War Room,” hosted by Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist. Over the next two hours, Bannon ticked through topics animating his audience — from Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance to a contentious Republican Senate primary in Texas.

He did not mention Jeffrey Epstein.

Silence has largely defined Bannon’s public posture toward Epstein since the Justice Department released records on January 30 detailing a close personal relationship between the two men. In the weeks that followed, Bannon has not broached the release of the files or the frequency with which his own name appears in the newly public records, a CNN review of dozens of hours of programming found.

Even when Bannon showered praise on Attorney General Pam Bondi for her combative Capitol Hill appearance earlier this month, he didn’t explicitly mention the Epstein files, the subject of many of her heated clashes with lawmakers.

It’s similar to an approach Bannon once suggested for Epstein as allegations about the financier’s sex crimes resurfaced. In February 2019, Epstein said in a text message he would like “true facts out.” Bannon replied, “you should just want this to go away.”

As Epstein contemplated responding to some of the coverage, Bannon was blunt. “Have you lost your f**king mind,” he wrote, “the moment you say ANYTHING this is global story #1!!!!!”

Bannon did not respond to CNN’s request for comment. In a statement to The New York Times, Bannon said he was working on a documentary film about Epstein and “that’s the only lens through which these private communications should be viewed.” Bannon told the newspaper he captured 50 hours of footage of Epstein, and that the film would expose Epstein and “destroy the very myths he created.” Last month, the Department of Justice released two hours of Bannon interviewing Epstein.

As a leading voice in the GOP’s conspiratorial flank, Bannon has long trained his audience to distrust convenient explanations. Since its inception in 2019, his podcast has served as a platform for guests to push unproven theories about election fraud and other topics. Until recently, a placard bearing one of his favorite sayings sat over his shoulder during broadcasts: “There are NO conspiracies but there are NO coincidences.”

Mixed reactions from MAGA

Now, some longtime allies are pressing him for answers.

Laura Loomer, a Trump loyalist with a large online following, told CNN that Bannon should be “100% forthcoming” about his ties to Epstein. Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn, another far-right figure, wrote on X that an e

Por Mostafa Salem, Farida Elsebai y Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN

Mientras Estados Unidos continúa con un importante aumento de su presencia militar en Medio Oriente, Irán ha tomado medidas para indicar que está listo para la guerra, incluyendo la fortificación de sus sitios nucleares y la reconstrucción de instalaciones de producción de misiles.

Los negociadores iraníes y estadounidenses mantuvieron conversaciones indirectas en Ginebra durante tres horas y media el martes, pero concluyeron sin una resolución clara.

El principal diplomático de Irán, Abbas Araghchi, afirmó que ambas partes acordaron un conjunto de “principios rectores”, pero el vicepresidente de EE.UU., J. D. Vance, afirmó que los iraníes no habían reconocido las “líneas rojas” establecidas por Donald Trump.

A pesar de las conversaciones en curso, la Casa Blanca ha sido informada de que el ejército estadounidense podría estar listo para un ataque el fin de semana, después de una acumulación en los últimos días de activos aéreos y navales en el Medio Oriente, comentaron a CNN fuentes familiarizadas con el asunto.

Ante la amenaza de guerra, Irán ha dedicado los últimos meses a reparar instalaciones de misiles clave y bases aéreas gravemente dañadas, a la vez que oculta aún más su programa nuclear.

Teherán ha nombrado a veteranos de guerra para sus estructuras de seguridad nacional, ha realizado simulacros de guerra marítimos en el Golfo Pérsico y ha lanzado una intensa represión contra la disidencia interna.

En junio del año pasado, Israel lanzó un ataque sorpresa contra Irán que destruyó parte de su programa nuclear, dañó gravemente plantas de producción de misiles y mató a comandantes militares clave.

Durante los 12 días de conflicto que siguieron, Irán respondió lanzando cientos de misiles y drones contra ciudades israelíes, mientras que Estados Unidos atacó tres instalaciones nucleares del país persa, las cuales el presidente Trump afirmó haber sido “totalmente destruidas”.

Las naciones occidentales han fracasado sistemáticamente en su intento de persuadir a Irán para que detenga su programa de misiles, que Teherán considera un pilar central de su fuerza militar y un derecho a su autodefensa.

A pesar de sufrir grandes pérdidas en la guerra con Israel, el análisis de imágenes satelitales revela que Irán ha reconstruido las instalaciones de misiles dañadas.

Imágenes satelitales de la Base de Misiles Imán Alí en Jorramabad, captadas el 5 de enero, muestran que, de las doce estructuras destruidas por Israel, tres han sido reconstruidas, una ha sido reparada y otras tres se encuentran actualmente en construcción.

La instalación alberga plataformas de silos, cruciales para el lanzamiento de misiles balísticos, con terraplenes y construcciones a su alrededor.

Otras dos bases militares también han sido sometidas a extensas reparaciones. En la instalación aérea de Tabriz, al noroeste del país, vinculada a los misiles balísticos de mediano alcance de Irán, se han restaurado las calles de rodaje y las pistas de aterrizaje.

En otra base de misiles al norte de la ciudad, se han realizado extensas obras tras la guerra.

Todas las entradas se reabrieron tras ser cerradas por los bombardeos, la zona de apoyo junto a la entrada se reconstruyó en su mayor parte y algunos túneles ya están abiertos, según un análisis de CNN y Sam Lair, investigador asociado del Centro James Martin para Estudios de No Proliferación (CNS).

En la base aérea de Hamadan, en el oeste de Irán, se han rellenado

UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - The Gauchos had all the momentum and then they let the Matadors off the hook with a series of late blunders at the Thunderdome.

Northridge scored 4 points in five seconds late in regulation and went on to edge UCSB in overtime 85-83. The win allows CSUN(17-10, 10-5) to leap ahead of the Gauchos(17-10, 10-6) for third place in the Big West.

Tied at 69 UCSB freshman CJ Shaw buried a three-pointer with 47 seconds left. He finished with a team-high 22 points.

Aidan Mahaney added two free throws to put UCSB up 74-69 with 32 seconds remaining.

The Matadors had no time outs but they got a break when Gauchos head coach Joe Pasternack used one of his two remaining time outs to set up is defense.

But it allowed the Matadors to run a well-designed full court offensive play and Larry Hughes II drained a three-pointer with 26 seconds left to pull the Matadors within 74-72.

Mahaney hit two more free throws after he was fouled with 24.8 seconds left and UCSB led by 4.

This time Pasternack did not call time out and the Matadors went down the court and Hughes II missed his three-point attempt. But Colin Smith was beaten to the rebound by Joshua O'Garro who grabbed the ball and scored the layup with 15.9 seconds to go.

No time out was called by UCSB and Smith inbounded the ball into the corner to Shaw who was immediately trapped by two defenders. His attempted pass back to Smith was stolen by Josiah Davis who fed a wide open Grady Lewis under the basket and he tied the game at 76.

Mahaney missed an off-balance driving shot as time expired and the game went to overtime at 76.

Josiah Davis scored 5 of his game-high 31 points in overtime and CSUN escaped with the two-point win after Zion Sensley missed a three-pointer before the buzzer sounded.

The Gauchos threw away what would have been a nice home win due to a questionable time out, a failed defensive rebound and a turnover, all in the final 32 seconds of the game.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) -

CIF-Central Section Division 1 Semifinal: St. Joseph 67, Bakersfield Christian 57: #1 seed Knights will play #2 Buchanan in title game on Saturday, February 28 at 8 p.m. in Fresno.

Division 2: Atascadero 69, Hoover 52: #1 seed Greyhounds will meet #2 Clovis in title game on Friday, February 27 at 8 p.m. in Fresno.

Division 5: Santa Maria 103, California City 76: #1 seed Saints will play #2 Coalinga in championship game on Saturday, February 28 at noon in Fresno.

Division 6: Orosi 54, Orcutt Academy 43:

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By Matthew Chance, CNN

(CNN) — In the early hours of February 24 2022, standing on the freezing roof of a hotel in Kyiv, the idea that Russia would launch a full-scale assault on Ukraine, despite a troop buildup on the border, still seemed almost impossible to imagine.

Yes, Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin strongman, had developed a taste for wielding Russia’s hard power. Putin’s wars in Chechnya, Georgia and Syria, as well as military action in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, had delivered him success at a relatively low cost.

But invading the second biggest country in Europe, after Russia itself, would be a potentially catastrophic prospect which would, surely, give a cold strategist like Putin pause for thought.

Apparently not, I remember thinking, as I grappled with my flak jacket while missiles rained down on the Ukrainian capital.

The past four years of conflict have exposed more than one faulty assumption, not least the previously widespread belief even among Kyiv’s allies that Ukraine would be too weak, too disorganized, to resist a full-scale invasion.

Likewise, the reputation of invincibility surrounding Russia’s vast military has also been dented.

According to research by one think tank, The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), when the Kremlin launched what it dubbed its “Special Military Operation,” it expected its forces to take control of Ukraine within just 10 days.

More than 1450 days later, that timeframe looks hopelessly naïve and has proved to have been a fundamental miscalculation that has taken a devastating toll in pain, destruction and bloodshed.

Casualties

The true cost is, of course, carefully suppressed in a Russia where information is under increasingly tight control. Official casualty figures are kept strictly out of the public gaze, although estimates from multiple sources indicate losses that are eye-wateringly high.

Latest research from the US-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), for example, puts the number at nearly 1.2 million Russian dead and injured since the full-scale invasion was launched.

That appalling body count – which does not, of course, include the staggering Ukrainian toll, thought to be between 500,000 and 600,000 people – is higher than all casualties suffered by “any major power in any war since World War II”, the CSIS report says.

Of that estimate, as many as 325,000 Russians, the report adds, have been killed in the past four years – for some context, that’s triple the combined losses inflicted on US forces in every war Washington has fought since 1945, including on the battlefields of Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq.

And as the Ukraine conflict enters a fifth year, the military bloodbath – as President Donald Trump frequently points out – is only getting worse, climbing steadily upwards as every month passes.

Again, the Kremlin has not confirmed the figures, but Ukrainian officials recently boasted of killing 35,000 Russian troops in December alone. The stated aim of military planners in Kyiv is now to kill Russian soldiers faster than new recruits – who are for the moment mainly volunteers – can be trained and sent into battle.

“If we reach 50,000, we will see what happens to the enemy. They view people as a resource and shortages are already evident,” Ukraine’s defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, told journalists at a recent news conference.

In more ways than one, this war has mutated into an ugly numbers game.

Economy

Whenever I visit Moscow, a city so many friends and colleagues have now left, or been excluded from, it’s striking how distant the brutal war in Ukraine seems.

* WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 to 30 degrees
expected.

* WHERE…Cuyama Valley, Eastern Antelope Valley Foothills, and
Western Antelope Valley Foothills.

* WHEN…Until 9 AM PST this morning.

* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

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Por Matthew Chance, CNN

En la madrugada del 24 de febrero de 2022, de pie sobre el tejado helado de un hotel de Kyiv, la idea de que Rusia lanzara un ataque a gran escala contra Ucrania, a pesar de la concentración de tropas en la frontera, todavía parecía casi imposible de imaginar.

Sí, Vladimir Putin, el hombre fuerte del Kremlin, había desarrollado una afición por ejercer el poder duro de Rusia. Sus guerras en Chechenia, Georgia y Siria, así como sus acciones militares en Crimea y el este de Ucrania, le habían proporcionado éxito a un coste relativamente bajo.

Pero invadir el segundo país más grande de Europa, después de la propia Rusia, sería una perspectiva potencialmente catastrófica que, seguramente, haría reflexionar a un estratega frío como Putin.

“Aparentemente no”, recuerdo haber pensado en lucha con mi chaleco antibalas mientras los misiles caían sobre la capital ucraniana.

Los últimos cuatro años de conflicto han dejado al descubierto más de una suposición errónea, entre ellas la creencia previamente extendida, incluso entre los aliados de Kyiv, de que Ucrania sería demasiado débil y demasiado desorganizada para resistir una invasión a gran escala.

De la misma manera, la reputación de invencibilidad que rodea al vasto ejército ruso también se ha visto dañada.

Según una investigación de un grupo de expertos, el Royal United Services Institute (RUSI, por sus siglas en inglés), cuando el Kremlin lanzó lo que denominó su “Operación Militar Especial”, esperaba que sus fuerzas tomaran el control de Ucrania en solo 10 días.

Más de 1.450 días después, ese período de tiempo parece desesperadamente ingenuo y ha demostrado haber sido un error de cálculo fundamental que ha tenido un costo devastador en dolor, destrucción y derramamiento de sangre.

El verdadero coste se oculta, por supuesto, cuidadosamente en una Rusia donde la información está bajo un control cada vez más estricto. Las cifras oficiales de víctimas se mantienen estrictamente ocultas al público, aunque las estimaciones de múltiples fuentes indican pérdidas alarmantes.

Las últimas investigaciones del Centro de Estudios Estratégicos e Internacionales (CSIS, por sus siglas en inglés), con sede en Estados Unidos, por ejemplo, estiman que hay casi 1.2 millones de rusos muertos y heridos desde que se lanzó la invasión a gran escala.

Ese terrible número de muertos –que, por supuesto, no incluye el asombroso número de muertos en Ucrania, que se cree que oscila entre 500.000 y 600.000 personas– es mayor que todas las bajas sufridas por “cualquier potencia importante en cualquier guerra desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial”, afirma el informe del CSIS.

De esa estimación, hasta 325.000 rusos, añade el informe, han muerto en los últimos cuatro años; para dar contexto, eso es el triple de las pérdidas combinadas infligidas a las fuerzas estadounidenses en todas las guerras que Washington ha librado desde 1945, incluidos los campos de batalla de Corea, Vietnam, Afganistán e Iraq.

Y a medida que el conflicto de Ucrania entra en su quinto año, el baño de sangre militar –como señala frecuentemente el presidente Donald Trump– solo está empeorando y aumentando de forma sostenida a medida que pasa cada mes.

Una vez más, el Kremlin no ha confirmado las cifras, pero funcionarios ucranianos se jactaron recientemente de haber matado a 35.000 soldados rusos solo en diciembre. El objetivo declarado de los estrategas militares en Kyiv es ahora matar a soldados rusos más rápido de lo que los nuevos reclutas —que por el momento son principalmente voluntarios— pueden ser entrenados y enviados al combate.

“Si llegamos a 50.000, veremos qué pasa con el enemigo. Consideran a las personas como un rec

Por Zachary Cohen y Kylie Atwood, CNN

Las agencias de inteligencia de EE.UU. creen que China está desarrollando una nueva generación de armas nucleares y ha llevado a cabo al menos una prueba explosiva encubierta en los últimos años como parte de un impulso más amplio para transformar completamente su arsenal en el más avanzado tecnológicamente del mundo, según múltiples fuentes familiarizadas con las evaluaciones.

La valoración estadounidense de la intención de China de desarrollar radicalmente sus armas nucleares está alimentando el debate dentro y fuera de la comunidad de inteligencia sobre si ha habido un cambio en la mentalidad de Beijing sobre su estrategia en este campo militar, de acuerdo con las fuentes.

La inversión en su arsenal nuclear está acercando a China a un estatus similar al de Rusia y Estados Unidos, y podría generar capacidades técnicas que ninguna de las dos potencias nucleares dominantes posee actualmente.

China realizó en secreto una detonación nuclear de prueba en junio de 2020 en las instalaciones de Lop Nur, en el noroeste del país, a pesar de una moratoria autoimpuesta sobre dicha actividad vigente desde 1996, y planeaba realizar más en el futuro, según fuentes y declaraciones recientes de funcionarios estadounidenses.

Si bien la prueba de 2020 fue revelada públicamente por funcionarios del Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. este mes, su propósito no se había conocido previamente.

La evidencia recopilada como parte de una revisión posterior del evento de junio de 2020 ha llevado a las autoridades estadounidenses a concluir que la prueba estuvo motivada por la búsqueda de armas nucleares de nueva generación por parte de China, según fuentes cercanas.

Esto incluye esfuerzos para desarrollar sistemas de armas adicionales capaces de lanzar múltiples ojivas nucleares miniaturizadas desde un solo misil.

China también parece estar desarrollando armas nucleares tácticas de bajo rendimiento, algo que el país nunca ha producido antes, que podrían desplegarse contra objetivos más cercanos a casa, incluso en escenarios en los que Beijing responda a una posible defensa estadounidense de Taiwán, agregaron las fuentes.

China ha estado expandiendo agresivamente sus instalaciones nucleares, según informaron previamente funcionarios de inteligencia estadounidenses, y los analistas sospechan que el país asiático podría estar buscando nuevas tecnologías.

Ahora, las autoridades estadounidenses creen que existen pruebas sólidas que respaldan esta teoría, en parte, debido a lo que han aprendido sobre la prueba de 2020.

China tiene un arsenal nuclear desde 1964. Ha producido ojivas más rápido que cualquier otro país del mundo, aunque el tamaño de su arsenal está muy por detrás del de Rusia y Estados Unidos, que siguen poseyendo la mayor parte de estas armas del mundo.

Cuando se le preguntó sobre las evaluaciones de inteligencia de Estados Unidos sobre su programa nuclear, un portavoz de la embajada de China en Washington declaró a CNN que “Estados Unidos ha distorsionado y difamado la política nuclear de China”.

“Esto es una manipulación política destinada a perseguir la hegemonía nuclear y evadir sus propias responsabilidades en materia de desarme nuclear”, declaró Liu Pengyu. “China se opone firmemente a tales narrativas. Las acusaciones de Estados Unidos sobre la realización de una prueba nuclear por parte de China son totalmente infundadas. China se opone a cualquier intento de Estados Unidos de inventar excusas para reanudar sus propias pruebas nucleares”.

Un funcionario de defensa declaró que el Pentágono “no hace comentarios sobre evaluaciones de inteligencia vinculadas a supuestos eventos específicos de pruebas nucleares”.

El Pentágono ha sugerido anteriormente que los

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) -

CIF-Southern Section Division 2 Final: La Serna 11, Santa Barbara 5: The Dons scored two goals in the first three minutes of the game but their offense was limited after that by Lancers goalie Diana Ochoa who made 12 saves. La Serna was led on offense by Eliza Soto who scored 4 goals.

The Lancers scored late in the first half to take a 4-3 lead at the break and led 7-5 after three quarters. The Dons did not score in the fourth quarter.

CIF-Open Division Final: Oaks Christian 11, Mater Dei 8: The Lions rallied to make it back-to-back titles with both wins coming against the Monarchs. Mater Dei raced out to a 4-1 lead after one quarter and was up 6-4 at halftime. Oaks Christian dominated the fourth quarter outscoring Mater Dei 4-0 to celebrate another championship.

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SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) - Junior third baseman Alejandro Garza scored on a wild pitch with no outs in the 10th inning as Cal Poly secured its first walk-off win of the 2026 baseball season Saturday afternoon, a 3-2 decision against Washington State inside Baggett Stadium.

Washington State scored its two runs in the third inning and Cal Poly, which won Friday's series opener 9-0, answered with a pair of runs in the sixth. After that, neither team could take advantage of several scoring opportunities until the 10th frame.

Garza led off with a single to left field. Ryan Tayman laid down a sacrifice bunt, but pitcher Scott Rienguette threw the ball down the right-field line, putting runners at second and third with nobody out. Moments later, Garza sprinted home on the wild pitch to end the game.

From the fourth through 10th innings, the visiting Cougars stranded nine runners on the bases, seven in scoring position. The host Mustangs also had their chances to win in regulation, but left five on base over the final four frames.

The two teams combined to leave 24 runners on the basepaths, 14 by Washington State. Mustang pitchers hit Washington State batters five times, but none came across to score. In addition, Cal Poly committed three errors.

Freshman Corden Pettey (1-0) pitched the final inning for Cal Poly to earn the victory, striking out two Cougars. The loss went to Rienguette (0-1), who pitched the last two frames for the Cougars. Washington State starter Nick Lewis tossed five scoreless innings in the no-decision, scattering five hits.

A Mustang throwing error and an RBI single by Ryan Skjonsby gave Washington State its 2-0 lead in the third inning. Cal Poly tied the game in the sixth on Braxton Thomas' two-run double down the left-field line.

Cal Poly's 12 hits included three singles by left fielder Dante Vachini, a single and double by Thomas and two singles by Garza. Washington State collected six hits, including doubles by Cameron MacLeod, Noah Thein and Gavin Roy.

Third game of the four-game non-conference series will be played Sunday at 1 o'clock with Cal Poly junior right-hander Laif Palmer (1-0, 3.60 ERA) to face Washington State senior right-hander Griffin Smith (0-1, 10.80 ERA).

(Article courtesy of Cal Poly Athletics).

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By Julian Torres, CNN

New York (CNN) — With the Trump administration effectively dismantling automotive emissions regulations, cars on dealership lots could see some changes. Your next car could be bigger, with fewer fully electric options – but it also might be a hybrid.

The repeal of the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2009 endangerment finding effectively terminates the greenhouse gas standards that governed automakers for more than a decade and a half.

The repeal followed Congress’s zeroing out of penalties for violating Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) targets as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The results of the drastic shift fall into two main categories: affecting the kinds of vehicles offered, as well as the technology inside them.

Changes on the dealer lot

“I definitely think the stop/start technology, stuff like that, will probably go away,” said Stephanie Valdez Streaty, director of industry insights at Cox Automotive, referring to technology that turns engines off when they’re idle in traffic and back on when it’s time to move.

Other technologies that could be phased out include waste heat recovery systems that pull heat from the car’s engine to the interior, solar reflective surface coating and high efficacy exterior lights.

But those technologies aren’t going away instantly.

Technologies like start-stop systems “will continue to vary by vehicle and market as the company evaluates consumer preferences, regulatory requirements, and vehicle design,” Ann Marie Fortunate, a spokesperson for Stellantis, told CNN.

Americans could see a priority shift on dealership lots, too. Automakers could churn out the vehicles that aren’t just in demand, but those with the highest profit margins, such as big SUVs.

“(Deregulation) gives the manufacturer some breathing room to really produce more of those more profitable vehicles.” Valdez Streaty said in reference to higher-margin combustion engine and hybrid options, as well as bigger trucks and SUVs that are historically favored by Americans. “I think we’ll start to see more of those on the dealer lots.”

According to Cox Automotive data, full-size trucks are up 14% year over year, full-size SUVs are up 23.9%, and midsize trucks are up 21.2%.

Even before the repeal, many automakers were scaling back their hybrid and EV ambitions over the last few years. Stellantis cancelled its line of Jeep plug-in hybrids earlier this year, and companies including Nissan and Tesla have halted or ended some EV models entirely.

But the regulatory changes do not mean a wave of radically different vehicles will hit dealerships overnight.

The long-term impact is likely to show up gradually in the types of vehicles that will be produced, rather than a complete abandonment of voluntary emissions standards, complete with redesigns.

“The reality is that politics can move much faster than the auto industry. Policy changes tend to influence vehicle production gradually, over multiple model years, rather than triggering sudden price resets,” Valdez Streaty said.

And when policy changes happen, car companies need time to figure out their plans for future products.

“Ford is still evaluating the impacts of (repealing the EPA’s endangerment finding) on our business,” Benjamin Khoshbin, a spokesperson for Ford told CNN.

Electric cars aren’t going away entirely

Automakers have also become wary of diving headfirst into major product line shifts, after electric car sales proved disappointing once the Trump administration eliminated federal tax credits for zero-emissions vehicles.

Detroit’s big three automakers — Stellantis,

Por Martin Goillandeau, CNN

El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional está suspendiendo temporalmente TSA PreCheck y Global Entry, dos de los programas de viajeros confiables más utilizados en Estados Unidos, en medio de un cierre parcial del Gobierno.

En una declaración a CNN sobre la suspensión de estos programas, la secretaria del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés), Kristi Noem, dijo que la Administración de Seguridad en el Transporte y la Oficina de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza “se están enfocando en el público viajero general en nuestros aeropuertos y puntos de entrada y han suspendido los escoltas de cortesía y privilegios especiales”.

“Los cierres tienen consecuencias reales, no solo para los hombres y mujeres del DHS y sus familias que se quedan sin sueldo, sino que ponen en peligro nuestra seguridad nacional”, agregó la declaración. The Washington Post fue el primero en informar sobre las medidas.

La medida marca una escalada significativa en el impacto del cierre del DHS sobre los viajeros, desmantelando efectivamente las filas de seguridad acelerada en aeropuertos y el procesamiento rápido en aduanas del que dependen millones de viajeros frecuentes que son ciudadanos estadounidenses o residentes legales permanentes, así como pasajeros internacionales de más de 20 países.

La suspensión se produce durante un cierre parcial del Gobierno que afecta solo al Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, después de que el Congreso no lograra llegar a un acuerdo de financiación en medio de un enfrentamiento por la política de control migratorio.

Los demócratas han impulsado nuevas restricciones para agencias como Inmigración y Control de Aduanas y CBP tras el tiroteo mortal de dos ciudadanos estadounidenses por agentes federales en Minneapolis a principios de este año. Los republicanos se han opuesto en gran medida a los cambios propuestos, mientras presionan a los demócratas para que acepten medidas como una aplicación más estricta contra las llamadas ciudades santuario.

Mientras tanto, los empleados del DHS considerados esenciales, incluidos unos 63.000 agentes de la TSA, han seguido trabajando sin recibir salario.

“El pueblo estadounidense depende de este departamento todos los días, y estamos tomando decisiones difíciles pero necesarias sobre personal y recursos para mitigar el daño causado por estos políticos”, añadió Noem en el comunicado.

Los demócratas del Comité de Seguridad Nacional de la Cámara han condenado en redes sociales la suspensión de estos programas, acusando a la dirección del DHS de “castigar a los viajeros” y “arruinar sus viajes a propósito”.

Hasta ahora, el DHS no ha respondido a más solicitudes de detalles sobre cuándo entrarán en vigor estos cambios. Un portavoz del DHS dijo a The Washington Post que la suspensión de TSA PreCheck y Global Entry comenzará este domingo a las 6:00 a.m. hora de Miami debido al cierre de gran parte de la agencia.

La suspensión de las filas TSA PreCheck en los aeropuertos de EE.UU. obligaría a los viajeros inscritos a usar el control de seguridad estándar. No está claro cómo se verán afectados los pasajeros internacionales que regresan o ingresan a EE.UU. a través de Global Entry, ya que la mayor parte de este proceso se realiza en quioscos automatizados. Es probable que las interrupciones aumenten los tiempos de espera en aduana

Análisis por Stephen Collinson, CNN

No, el presidente Donald Trump no está buscando una nueva “palabra más hermosa” en el diccionario para reemplazar sus queridos aranceles.

Fiel a su filosofía de nunca aceptar una derrota, ya está contraatacando después de que la Corte Suprema declarara ilegal su uso de poderes de emergencia para la guerra comercial.

Antes de su discurso sobre el Estado de la Unión este martes, Trump promete vengar la derrota más dañina de su segundo mandato prometiendo aranceles aún más altos a las importaciones. Sin embargo, muchos republicanos preferirían un cambio de rumbo ante la proximidad de las elecciones de medio término.

La actitud desafiante del presidente implica grandes riesgos políticos para él y su partido, y nuevas incertidumbres para una economía desigual. También ya está abriendo una nueva vía para los ataques demócratas.

Pero Trump sigue convencido de que los aranceles traerán una prosperidad explosiva, aunque el resultado más probable sea un mayor peso en el poder adquisitivo de millones de votantes estadounidenses.

“Lo que dijo la Corte Suprema es que el presidente no puede usar la IEEPA, la Ley de Poderes Económicos de Emergencia Internacional, para hacer esto”, dijo el secretario del Tesoro, Scott Bessent, a Dana Bash de CNN el domingo. “El presidente sí tiene otras facultades”.

Bessent dijo en “State of the Union” que Trump reforzará sus aranceles utilizando otras leyes como un “puente” de cinco meses hacia un régimen más permanente.

Pero el senador demócrata Andy Kim dijo a Manu Raju de CNN en “Inside Politics” que su partido ya está trabajando en una legislación para obligar a Trump a reembolsar a los consumidores por los mayores costos provocados por los aranceles, la primera de una serie de medidas destinadas a avergonzar al presidente y dificultar la vida a los legisladores republicanos.

Trump seguirá adelante por dos razones principales.

Primero, cree en los aranceles con una intensidad casi evangélica. Su fe en ellos es tan fuerte que ignora cualquier evidencia de que son un impuesto para los consumidores o de que no funcionan. Considera que la devastación de los centros industriales por la globalización —donde ganó millones de votos— es una reivindicación de las posturas proteccionistas que sostiene desde los años 80.

“He utilizado los aranceles de manera muy efectiva durante el último año para hacer que Estados Unidos vuelva a ser grande”, dijo el presidente el viernes, ignorando nuevos datos que muestran un déficit comercial anual sin cambios y una disminución de empleos manufactureros.

La segunda razón por la que Trump se niega a ceder es que los aranceles son un medio para sus fines últimos: una autoridad presidencial sin restricciones y el rechazo a un sistema constitucional que, por diseño, reparte el poder en el Gobierno.

Esto quedó en evidencia con el comentario más revelador de la airada conferencia de prensa de Trump el viernes tras la decisión de la corte, cuando le preguntaron por qué no trabajaba simplemente con el Congreso para aprobar nuevos aranceles.

“No tengo que hacerlo. Tengo el derecho de imponer aranceles”, respondió.

Trump ha utilizado los aranceles de manera más expansiva que cualquier presidente moderno, de una forma que va mucho más allá de la política económica. Si una nación extranjera lo enfada, es castigada; como Brasil, que recibió un arancel del 50 % por investigar a su amigo, el expresidente Jair Bolsonaro, por presunta injerencia electoral. Si un líder mundial muestra insuficiente deferencia, su país paga el precio. Por ejemplo, Tru

From CNN en Español’s Gonzalo Zegarra and Rocío Muñoz-Ledo

(CNN) — Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes was a feared Mexican drug lord and the leader of a ruthless cartel accused of masterminding efforts to push fentanyl into the United States.

Once a police officer, Oseguera went on to become one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, with the United States alone offering a $15 million bounty for information leading to his arrest.

Oseguera, who formed and led the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was an elusive figure who had been considered Mexico’s most powerful cartel boss since Sinaloa kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was arrested last decade.

Born in July 1966 in the western state of Michoacán, Oseguera later moved to the US and was deeply involved in drug trafficking from the 1990s, according to the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). In 1994, he was convicted in California for conspiracy to distribute heroin and served three years in a US prison.

After he returned to Mexico, he worked as a police officer in the western state of Jalisco but soon resumed his criminal activities, building his influence in the shadowy world of narcotics and rising to become the head of one of the country’s most powerful and ruthless criminal empires.

Wanted by authorities in Mexico and the US, Oseguera or “El Mencho” kept a low profile – so much so that only a handful of photographs of him exist.

His death on Sunday in a Mexican military operation in Tapalpa, in the western coastal state of Jalisco, has triggered widespread unrest across parts of the country.

On the most-wanted list

Oseguera had a long career in brutality before forming CJNG. For a time, he served as chief of hitmen, or key enforcer, for the Milenio Cartel, before overseeing security and operational violence for the famed Sinaloa Cartel, whose former leader Guzmán is serving a life sentence in a US prison.

According to the DEA, CJNG emerged in the 2010s from the remnants of the Milenio Cartel, which splintered amid a power vacuum after its leader Óscar Nava Valencia was captured in 2009.

Oseguera built the group with Abigael González Valencia, leader of Los Cuinis – a family-based cartel operating in Michoacán, which served as the financial and logistical arm of CJNG and oversaw its “diverse network of money laundering operations,” according to the DEA.

But it was only through marriage to Abigael’s sister, Rosalinda González Valencia, that Oseguera gained real influence in the new entity.

“In reality, El Mencho reached the cartel’s leadership through a strategy of diplomacy via marriage,” public security analyst David Saucedo told CNN en Español. “He was indeed the chief of hitmen for ‘Nacho’ Coronel (a Sinaloa Cartel leader), but he lacked the lineage that Rosalinda, his wife, possessed,” Saucedo added.

The burgeoning cartel quickly grew its sphere of influence to claim a significant presence across Mexico and became a key player in the global drug trade.

It is a brutally violent operation responsible for assassination attempts on Mexican government officials and homicides against rival trafficking groups and Mexican law enforcement officers, according to the US State Department.

The cartel demonstrated its firepower in May 2015, when it responded to a security operation with simultaneous roadblocks across several municipalities and shot down a military helicopter. Three soldiers were killed in the clashes.

The following year, the gang was credited with a brazen kidnapping of Guzman’s son from a trendy restaurant in Puerto Vall

Por Tom Page, CNN

Fue el clip escuchado en todo el mundo tras la ceremonia de los premios BAFTA del domingo por la noche en Londres: un hombre gritó un insulto racista mientras dos reconocidos actores negros, Michael B. Jordan y Delroy Lindo, presentaban un premio en el escenario.

El hombre era John Davidson, cuya historia real inspiró el filme independiente británico “I Swear”, sobre un hombre con síndrome de Tourette. Davidson, quien desde hace tiempo lucha por la concienciación sobre la condición, dijo a CNN antes de la ceremonia que le preocupaban los tics involuntarios que la caracterizan.

El actor Robert Aramayo, quien interpreta a Davidson en la película, ganó el premio de la noche a mejor actor. Davidson contó que el joven actor inglés lo estudió de cerca, haciéndole preguntas como: “Cuando tienes un tic, ¿sabes de dónde viene? ¿Y los desencadenantes de los tics?” Hablando en la concurrida alfombra roja, Davidson añadió: “Ciertas cosas —como hoy, mucha gente alrededor— me hacen sentir, ya sabes, más tics por si acaso me descontrolo. Diferentes situaciones pueden desencadenar distintas emociones y tics y esas cosas”.

El público había sido advertido antes de la ceremonia de que podrían ocurrir tics o palabrotas involuntarias, y Davidson recibió una gran ovación dentro del recinto. Tras el incidente, el presentador Alan Cumming pidió “comprensión” por el “lenguaje fuerte y ofensivo”. Recordó a la audiencia que el síndrome de Tourette es una discapacidad y que los tics son involuntarios, y dijo: “Pedimos disculpas si alguien se siente ofendido esta noche”.

Contactada por CNN, la BBC, que transmite la ceremonia con un largo retraso, reiteró ese mensaje. No respondió a preguntas sobre por qué el momento no fue eliminado de la transmisión televisiva.

Lindo, en particular, se mostró sorprendido por el estallido, pero luego continuó con la ceremonia, en la que él y Jordan presentaron el primer premio de la noche: a mejores efectos visuales para “Avatar: Fire and Ash”.

“I Swear” ha recaudado el equivalente a US$ 8 millones en la taquilla del Reino Unido hasta la fecha y se estrenará en cines de EE.UU. en abril.

Al aceptar su premio a mejor actor, Aramayo dijo: “No puedo creer que esté aquí arriba mirando a personas como usted”, señalando a Leonardo DiCaprio, quien había sido nominado por su papel en “One Battle After Another”. Aramayo continuó contando a un emocionado Ethan Hawke, otro nominado, cómo una charla que el experimentado actor dio en Julliard cambió su propia perspectiva como estudiante de actuación.

La noche más importante del cine británico se mantuvo fiel a algunas narrativas tradicionales de la temporada de premios, pero se desvió en otras.

Otorgó el premio a mejor actriz de reparto a Wunmi Mosaku de “Sinners” (por cierto, una de las pocas actrices británicas nominadas) por encima de Teyana Taylor de “One Battle After Another”. Stellan Skarsgård y Benicio del Toro, ambos ganadores de premios importantes esta temporada, perdieron ante Sean Penn como mejor actor de reparto.

“Hamnet” fue galardonada como mejor película británica, pero el título local, que ganó mejor drama en los Globos de Oro el mes pasado, se fue con relativamente poco, siendo su único otro premio el de mejor actriz para Jessie Buckley (la apuesta más segura de la temporada).

La mayor película que se fue con las manos vacías fue “Marty Supreme”. Timothée Chalamet deja Londres con un discurso sin leer y otra oportunidad de confirmar su grandeza en los premios Oscar del próximo mes. Con Aramayo fuera de competencia, nada sugiere que no lo logre.

Aunque los BAFTA repartieron reconocimientos, otorgando tres premios a “Sinners” y tres a “Frankenstein”, no pudieron negar

By Ariel Edwards-Levy, Jennifer Agiesta, CNN

(CNN) — When President Donald Trump gives his State of the Union address Tuesday, he will face a public that increasingly questions his priorities and expresses broad doubts about whether his proposed policies are helping the nation, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.

Adding to the pile of alarming indicators for the president’s party heading into this year’s midterms, Trump’s approval rating among political independents has dipped to a new low in CNN polling.

Just 32% of Americans now say that Trump has had the right priorities, while 68% say he hasn’t paid enough attention to the country’s most important problems. That’s the president’s most negative reading on that question to date during either of his terms in office. At the same time, Americans say, 61% to 38%, that Trump’s policies will move the country in the wrong direction rather than the right one. And Trump’s job approval rating among all adults remains mired at 36%.

The poll’s findings suggest the scale of the task ahead of the president.

When Trump addressed Congress last year for the first time since returning to the White House, his approval rating stood at a career-high 48% in CNN’s pre-speech polling. Since then, he has lost ground across all major demographic groups, with Republicans, conservatives and White Americans without college degrees among the few groups to hold a net-positive view of Trump.

Some of the steepest declines include a 19-point drop in approval among Latino Americans and an 18-point drop among Americans younger than 45. Among political independents, Trump’s approval rating has dropped 15 points over the past year to 26%, the lowest it’s been in either of his terms.

Americans want to hear about the economy and cost of living

State of the Union addresses typically draw disproportionately friendly audiences, with supporters of the president more likely to tune in. That could give Trump an opportunity to rally his own partisans, whose support for the president has also softened over the past year.

Strong approval among Republicans stands at 49% in the poll, down from 64% just after his address to Congress last year and the first time in this term it’s dipped below the 50% mark. Nearly three in 10 Republicans say Trump hasn’t paid enough attention to the most important problems, and 16% say his policies will move the country in the wrong direction.

Asked to choose the issue they’d most like Trump to address in his State of the Union speech, 57% pick the economy and cost of living, more than quadrupling the share who want to hear him focus on any other individual topic, including immigration, the state of democracy, health care policy, crime or foreign policy. Half of Democrats say they want Trump’s speech to touch on economic issues, rising to 56% among independents and 65% of Republicans.

“Part of the reason why I think people elected Trump was because they were hurting under Biden. … I think people were expecting Trump to provide a little bit of relief to their suffering,” wrote one poll respondent, a Republican from New Mexico. “Grocery prices are just through the roof. Everything is so expensive. … So I think he needs to talk about the economy, and he needs to talk about what kind of things he’s already done.”

Trump’s job approval rating, which has hovered below the 40% mark since last autumn, stands at 36%, with 63% disapproving. Nearly half strongly disapprove of his job performance, while 19% strongly approve.

Those who approve only moderately of Trump’s performance are more likely to take issue with his priorities than with his policies. While just 6% in this group think Trump’s proposals will move the country in the wrong direction, 34% say the president hasn’t paid enough attention to the country’s most important issues.

By Hanna Park, Sandra Gonzalez, CNN

(CNN) — Robert Carradine, known for his roles in “The Long Riders,” “Revenge of the Nerds” and the television series “Lizzie McGuire,” has died at 71, his management company told CNN.

“It is with profound sadness that we must share that our beloved father, grandfather, uncle, and brother Robert Carradine has passed away,” his family said in a statement to Deadline.

“In a world that can feel so dark, Bobby was always a beacon on light to everyone around him. We are bereft at the loss of this beautiful soul and want to acknowledge Bobby’s valiant struggle against his nearly two-decade battle with Bipolar Disorder,” the family statement said.

“We hope his journey can shine a light and encourage addressing the stigma that attaches to mental illness,” it added.

Born March 24, 1954, Robert Carradine was the youngest son of late American actor John Carradine, and the brother of actors David Carradine and Keith Carradine, as well as Christopher Carradine, a former vice president of Walt Disney Imagineering.

Carradine made his film debut in the 1972 film “The Cowboys,” which starred John Wayne and Roscoe Lee Browne, before forging a decades-long career in Hollywood across studio films, independent cinema and television.

He garnered huge popularity with his role as Lewis Skolnick, the idealistic leader of a fraternity of social misfits, in the 1984 film “Revenge of the Nerds,” a studio comedy which spawned multiple sequels.

Two decades later, he found a new generation of fans, starring as Sam McGuire in the popular Disney television series, “Lizzie McGuire.”

Hilary Duff, who co-starred in the series, paid tribute to Carradine in a post on Instagram Tuesday morning, writing, “This one hurts. It’s really hard to face this reality about an old friend.”

“There was so much warmth in the McGuire family and I always felt so cared for by my on-screen parents. I’ll be forever grateful for that,” Duff wrote. “I’m deeply sad to learn Bobby was suffering. My heart aches for him, his family, and everyone who loved him.”

Another “Lizzie McGuire” co-star, Jake Thomas, called him “one of the coolest guys you could ever meet. Funny, pragmatic, sometimes cranky, always a little eccentric.”

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN

(CNN) — Abigail Spanberger is less known for her oratory than for drilling down into the work of government and bucking her party leadership.

On Tuesday night, she has one of the riskier speeches in politics to figure her way through.

The 46-year-old Virginia governor, the first female chief executive of her state, was House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ pick to rebut a State of the Union address Tuesday that President Donald Trump warned would likely again be very long.

The onetime CIA officer doesn’t talk in slogans or catchy promises, once instead describing herself to CNN in an interview as “an optimistic, starry-eyed pragmatist.” She refused to support Nancy Pelosi for speaker and once pushed back on former President Joe Biden’s overarching economic push by saying no one had elected him to try to be a new Franklin Roosevelt.

Spanberger will deliver the speech live from Colonial Williamsburg, with an aide saying that she picked the spot – now a favorite for school groups to enjoy live re-enactments of colonial times – because it was from there in 1776 that Virginia sent its delegation to the Continental Congress to propose independence, and less than a month later, adopted the Virginia Declaration of Rights.

The aide added that Spanberger’s address will hit on themes of affordability, the “chaos” caused by the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress not standing up more to the president. She’ll also talk about how some citizens are pushing back, and, calling on her experience in the CIA, argue the administration is causing dangerous uncertainty around the world.

Between directing the response to yet another big storm and fielding calls and texts of congratulations and advice, Spanberger and top aides have been writing and rehearsing what they know will be a tricky task.

Not only will she have to immediately rebut a president who often goes off script, but she’ll be doing it as the kickoff to her party’s midterm campaign, trying to be the unified voice of a party that remains very much divided over what it stands for and what it wants to be.

In announcing her selection, Jeffries called Spanberger a “stark contrast to Donald Trump.”

Spanberger tends to talk in terms of how people in her state, which voted for Kamala Harris in 2024 but by a much slimmer margin than expected, are processing Trump’s second term.

“I have no positive feelings about him as a human, but it’s the choices he’s making. And those are choices that he’s helped along with by others who are supporting him or who aren’t standing up to him, whether they’re here in Virginia or they’re senators and Congress people from other states,” she told CNN in an interview last year on her campaign bus just before election day, where she went on to score an over 15-point win.

Democrats’ answer, she said then, shouldn’t be about continuing to ask in bewilderment how people could vote for Trump, but citing specifics of what his agenda has actually meant.

“The answer is: He lied to them. He lied to Virginia farmers. Virginia farmers are struggling and they’re watching him bail out Argentina?” she said, speaking shortly after the Trump administration offered a $20 billion lifeline to the Argentine economy. “We have small, by a lot of state standards, family cattle farms. What they need is localized processing. They need to not have more of a monopolistic meatpacking industry and they need markets for what they’re producing. And he’s going to flood the US market with Argentinian beef? It’s a slap in the face. And this is after our

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Para Ucrania, la guerra ha sido una maldición: una maldición para sobrevivir y adaptarse el tiempo suficiente para salvar las fronteras de Europa de las fuerzas rusas y absolver a sus aliados de entrar en acción.

Kyiv está pagando el precio de la convulsión con constantes cambios y pérdidas implacables, me dijeron los ucranianos. “Algunos seguimos siendo positivos, pero solo porque no hay otra opción”, escribió un oficial de inteligencia militar.

Son los ucranianos quienes desean con mayor urgencia que la guerra termine realmente mañana.

Es una cruel paradoja: muchos en Occidente también desean que la guerra se detenga, debido al coste que supone para sus presupuestos de defensa y sus facturas de calefacción. Sin embargo, es la falta de gasto de Occidente —de apoyo material a Kyiv— lo que ha condenado a Ucrania a seguir luchando.

La economía europea es falsa: gasta menos ahora pero corre el riesgo de gastar mucho más si el conflicto se extiende en el futuro.

Si las líneas del frente de Ucrania colapsaran y Kyiv cayera, Moscú, según la mayoría de las estimaciones occidentales, pronto avanzaría hacia las fronteras de la OTAN. Sin embargo, esa amenaza no lleva a Europa a una acción generalizada.

Los primeros tres años de apoyo estadounidense a gran escala solo llegaron hasta cierto punto y ahora han terminado. Pero la guerra no, y probablemente se acercan más aniversarios.

Tras cuatro años completos, la exhibición de crueldad y determinación del presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, parece haber dejado a Europa más convencida de que algún día podría intentar ocupar más tierras extranjeras, en lugar de menos.

Curiosamente, el agotamiento —tanto de los presupuestos rusos como su mano de obra— es tanto lo que Occidente espera que ponga fin a la guerra como la emoción a través de la cual a menudo la percibe.

Sin embargo, con el paso de cada año, la guerra ha provocado cambios radicales a nivel mundial.

Esta disrupción es implacable y puede ser difícil de catalogar, pero comencemos con la diplomacia.

El rechazo por parte del presidente Donald Trump a décadas de normas de negociación —los formatos sobrecargados de líneas rojas y agendas, que durante décadas han sido los mecanismos para el inicio de la paz— marcó un enfoque nuevo y disruptivo.

Debe juzgarse no por cuánto destruyó el orden establecido, sino únicamente por sus resultados.

Y por el momento, esos resultados son escasos. Una alfombra roja para Putin, quien enfrenta una acusación por crímenes de guerra en Alaska. Sanciones severas al petróleo ruso. Dos ceses del fuego breves e irregulares, limitados a la infraestructura energética. Montañas rusas emocionales para los desconcertados aliados europeos. Y el constante redoble de amenazas contra Kyiv si no cede.

Pero no habrá paz en 24 horas, como Trump presumió una vez, ni en 100 días, ni siquiera en un año.

El secretario de Estado de Trump, Marco Rubio, incluso admitió en la Conferencia de Seguridad de Munich de este mes que Estados Unidos no sabe si Rusia realmente quiere la paz.

Pero no parece inminente ninguna nueva repercusión para Moscú, aun cuando las últimas conversaciones trilaterales en Ginebra concluyeron tras dos horas sin avances públicos. El ciclo de nuevas sedes, formatos, agendas y personajes para las conversaciones de paz parece infinito.

La automatización de la guerra en Ucrania es la evolución que puede perdurar más tiempo.

A finales de 2023, los drones de ataque llenaron las urgentes lagunas en las defensas de infantería y las r

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El noreste se está recuperando de las nevadas extremas y los fuertes vientos que azotaron la región durante la noche del domingo y durante todo el día del lunes, provocando condiciones de ventisca mientras más de 0,6 metros de nieve cubrían varios estados.

La tormenta alcanzó la categoría de bomba ciclónica en la madrugada del lunes, al fortalecerse con extrema rapidez, intensificando los vientos hasta convertirse en ráfagas huracanadas e intensificando las bandas de nieve. Las autoridades locales se hicieron eco de las declaraciones de estado de emergencia y emitieron prohibiciones de viaje, mientras que las decenas de millones de personas bajo alerta de ventisca se refugiaron.

La histórica tormenta produjo una gran cantidad de impactos: las escuelas de toda la región cerraron, tanto la Cámara de Representantes como el Senado de Estados Unidos pospusieron la primera serie de votaciones de esta semana, se ajustaron las principales rutas de trenes , se suspendió el transporte público e incluso el popular servicio de entrega de alimentos DoorDash suspendió sus operaciones en la ciudad más grande del país.

La tormenta se atenuó al anochecer, dejando tras de sí un amplio camino cubierto de nieve, pero se prevén más tormentas. Esto es lo que necesitas saber:

• Impresionantes nevadas: desde el Atlántico Medio hasta Nueva Inglaterra, entre 30 y 90 centímetros de nieve sepultaron comunidades durante la histórica tormenta de nieve. Hasta las 19:00 h (hora del este) del lunes, Providence, Rhode Island, registró la mayor cantidad de nieve, con 95,5 centímetros. Otros estados con nevadas más altas incluyen Whitman, Massachusetts, con 85,5 centímetros; Central Islip, Nueva York, con 78,7 centímetros; North Stonington, Connecticut, con 79,5 centímetros; y Lyndhurst, Nueva Jersey, con 79,5 centímetros.
• Récords en toda la región: la bomba ciclónica causó impactos históricos en ciudades del noreste, convirtiéndose en la mayor tormenta de nieve registrada en Providence, Rhode Island . Con poco más de 68 cm de nieve en Newark, Nueva Jersey, alrededor de la 1 p. m., la tormenta se clasificó oficialmente como la segunda más intensa de la ciudad , según registros que datan de 1931. La tormenta también marcó el invierno más nevado de la Gran Manzana desde la temporada 2020-2021. En Read more

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Un líder de la oposición venezolana recientemente liberado de prisión se reunió con su sobrina el martes durante el discurso del Estado de la Unión, mientras el presidente Donald Trump promocionaba la operación militar estadounidense que derrocó al presidente Nicolás Maduro.

En su discurso, Trump llamó la atención sobre Alejandra González, quien estaba entre el público, diciendo que compartía un vínculo especial con su tío Enrique Márquez.

“Alejandra, me complace informarle que su tío no solo ha sido liberado, sino que está aquí esta noche”, anunció Trump, antes de que Enrique Márquez entrara en la Cámara de Representantes, donde la abrazó mientras los legisladores aplaudían.

La conmovedora y sorpresiva reunión se produjo en el contexto de importantes cambios políticos en Venezuela tras el derrocamiento de Maduro el 3 de enero. Desde entonces, Estados Unidos ha presionado a la presidenta interina de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, exvicepresidenta de Maduro, para que libere a cientos de presos políticos encarcelados durante casi tres décadas de régimen autoritario.

Márquez, candidato presidencial para 2024 por un partido centrista, fue uno de los primeros en salir en libertad el mes pasado. Había permanecido recluido en la infame prisión El Helicode desde su arresto en enero de 2025. Fue acusado de participar en un intento de golpe de Estado tras cuestionar la victoria electoral de Maduro.

“Alejandra temía no volver a ver a su tío”, dijo Trump.

“Desde la redada hemos trabajado con los nuevos líderes y ellos han ordenado el cierre de esa vil prisión y ya han liberado a cientos de presos políticos, y habrá más”.

Trump, que se centró principalmente en cuestiones internas durante su discurso, llamó a Venezuela un “nuevo amigo” y un “socio”.

Venezuela ha liberado a más de 400 presos políticos desde que Estados Unidos derrocó a Maduro, según la principal organización de derechos humanos del país, Foro Penal.

Cientos de presos políticos siguen encarcelados, según grupos de derechos humanos, y muchos de los liberados hasta ahora han enfrentado restricciones y condiciones como prohibiciones de viajar, comparecencias periódicas ante los tribunales y órdenes de silencio.

La semana pasada, los legisladores venezolanos aprobaron un nuevo proyecto de ley que otorga amnistía a las personas que fueron procesadas o condenadas por razones políticas, allanando el camino para cientos de liberaciones más.

Tras firmar la ley, Rodríguez la calificó como “una puerta extraordinaria para que Venezuela se reencuentre, para que Venezuela aprenda a convivir democráticamente y en paz, para que Venezuela se deshaga del odio, de la intolerancia, se abra a los derechos humanos”.

El presidente de la Asamblea Nacional, Jorge Rodríguez, dijo que las autoridades venezolanas habían recibido más de 1.500 solicitudes de amnistía hasta el sábado.

Durante su discurso en Washington el martes, Trump le otorgó al piloto de helicóptero estadounidense, suboficial jefe 5 Eric Slover, una Medalla de Honor por su participación en la operación para capturar a Maduro.

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KEYT) - Five UCSB pitchers combined for 17 strikeouts as the Gauchos outlasted Loyola Marymount 5-3 in 11 innings for their fourth straight win.

Despite the solid work on the mound, the Gauchos trailed 2-1 heading into the 9th inning but Noah Karliner took care of that with one swing of the bat. He led off with a home run to right and this game would go to extra innings tied at 2.

Each team plated a run in the tenth inning and UCSB took the lead in the 11th inning on a wild throw to first base on a bunt by Corey Nunez. The error allowed Nick Husovsky to score and the Gauchos added another run on a sacrifice fly by Cole Kosciusko.

UCSB pitching did not allow a hit to the Lions until the eighth inning and LMU only totaled 3 hits all game.

Gauchos starter Josh Jannicelli pitched 3 2/3 innings allowing a run without the aid of hit and he struck out seven.

Reliever Donovann Jackson pitched three innings of shutout ball without allowing a hit and he struck out 5.

Raymond Olivas, Chase Hoover and AJ Krodel followed on the mound and held the Lions in check.

Krodel pitched the final two innings to get the win, giving up just one hit and striking out two.

UCSB is now 5-2 on the year and play their next 8 games at home starting Friday against Utah with first pitch at 4:05 p.m.

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By Hilary Whiteman, CNN

Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — Across the world from the expansive US police search for the missing Nancy Guthrie, a family in Australia was pleading for help to find their 85-year-old grandfather, who police say was mistakenly kidnapped from his modest home in suburban Sydney, and later murdered.

Chris Baghsarian, a widower who lived alone, was ripped from his bed on the morning of February 13 by assailants who detectives believe were intending to target another man.

“I suspect that the intended target was going to be kidnapped, where a ransom for money was going to be asked,” Detective Acting Superintendent Andrew Marks told reporters Wednesday.

New South Wales (NSW) Police immediately alerted the kidnappers to their mistake in successive press conferences, urging them to abandon the grandfather at a safe location.

Instead, a video emerged of the older man tied up at a location later found to be an abandoned and derelict property in Dural, on the outskirts of Sydney, some 20 kilometers (12 miles) from his home.

By the time police had identified and searched the location, Baghsarian was gone.

In the days after his disappearance, the man’s family released a statement describing the situation as a “surreal nightmare.”

“We are struggling to make sense of the fact that he has been taken and that our family has been caught up in something that has nothing to do with us,” they said.

“Chris is a devoted father, brother, uncle, and grandfather. He is deeply loved, gentle, and the kindest person.”

On Wednesday, police confirmed Baghsarian’s body had been found the previous day near a golf course in a rural area west of Sydney. An autopsy is expected to reveal his cause of death.

“It’s somebody’s worst nightmare, right?” Marks told reporters. “The fact that an innocent man was taken from his home is not acceptable.”

“These people need to be held to account.”

Two arrested in police raids

Less than 24 hours after Baghsarian’s body was found, police swooped on two properties, arresting two men, ages 24 and 29, and seizing items they say connect them to his murder.

Video released by police shows tactical squads pulling up in SUVs to a large suburban home on Sydney’s outskirts, jumping the fence, and banging on the front door, before breaking in.

Inside, a woman can be heard screaming. Later, officers escort a barefoot, disheveled man to a waiting police van. A separate raid led to the arrest of another man, who’s expected to face similar charges of kidnapping and murder.

“We’ll allege in court that these men participated in a joint criminal enterprise with other persons to kidnap Mr Baghsarian,” Marks said.

Police suspect that at least three people are involved in the fatal abduction, and they expect to make further arrests.

Kidnappings are rare in Australia – even more so when victims have no prior history that would suggest they were a target, said criminologist Clarke Jones, a visiting fellow at the Australian National University. “In past situations, people are released once they realize they’ve got the wrong person,” he said.

He said technology had made it easier for criminal groups to conceal their activities – and to coordinate action from within Australia or anywhere in the world.

“The tighter the law enforcement gets on these types of crimes, the more they then adapt to try and evade any type of detection,” he said.

Baghsarian’s family has asked for privacy as they process the disturbing events of the past two weeks.

“This is an extraordinarily distressing time, and we need space to support one another and focus on navigating what comes next,” they said in a statement.

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) -

High School Boys Volleyball:

Bishop Diego 3, Del Sol 1

Santa Ynez 3, Oxnard 2

Dos Pueblos 3, Oak Park 0

Carpinteria 3, Pacifica 0

Ventura 3, Nordhoff 0

High School Girls Beach Volleyball:

Santa Barbara 5, Oxnard 0

Dos Pueblos 5, Buena 0

High School Softball:

Simi Valley 6, Dos Pueblos 3

San Marcos 18, Del Sol 0

Camarillo 11, Oxnard 4

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NIPOMO, Calif. (KEYT) - The Titans scored early and often and they stayed late celebrating school history.

Nipomo routed Dos Palos 6-1 to win the CIF-Central Section Division 5 championship. It's the Titans first CIF crown in boys soccer.

The Titans scored four times in the first twenty minutes and the only drama left was just how many goals would Nipomo put up the scoreboard in this lopsided final.

Finn Callaghan opened the scoring with a perfect redirection header for a goal. Chase Meyer left-footed shot skipped past the goalkeeper to make it 2-0 Titans.

Roman Cortez scored in front of the net and Shane Smeda made it 4-0 with a goal from outside the box.

Just before the half Nipomo scored again off a set piece. Casey Lemus headed home a corner kick and the Titans went to the break up 5-0.

Each team scored a goal in the second half as Nipomo called off the dogs.

The Titans raise the CIF plaque for a job well done.

The season does not end here as the Titans (18-5-3) will now get ready for next week's State playoffs.

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Dos Pueblos 10, Oaks Christian 9 (OT): Austin Fauver scored in the final minute of regulation to tie the game at 9 and Dylan Wooten scored early in overtime to complete the comeback for the Chargers.

DP trailed the Lions 5-1 after the first quarter and 8-4 after the third quarter before staging a furious rally to win their first game on the year.

DP (1-2) was led on offense by Fauver who scored 4 goals. Wooten had 2 goals and 3 assists.

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By Auzinea Bacon, CNN

(CNN) — We’ve been talking about AI changing the world for a long time. But this week felt different — as if it were right in the middle of something big.

The stock market tumbled — three separate days — because of investors’ both bearish and bullish fears about AI, including Nvidia’s somewhat tepid outlook and a viral blog post that imagined a hypothetical scenario in which white-collar work evaporated.

Anthropic unveiled new tools that could upend the way people do work. Then Anthropic entered into an epic battle over red lines with the Pentagon that risked making the AI company a pariah. At the same time, the company loosened its safety policy as the AI market continues to charge ahead.

And then there was Block, which laid off 4,000 people — nearly half of its staff — because of AI. The company’s CEO predicted that other companies were about to do the same.

What a week, indeed. Here’s how it unfolded.

Investor fears

The Dow tumbled more than 800 points on Monday, in large part because of a Substack post from Citrini Research that laid out hypothetical scenarios for how developments in AI could disrupt certain parts of the economy, including AI agents making white-collar work superfluous.

The post, which was published last Sunday, specifically said it was not meant to be predictive. It was a work of fiction.

And yet stocks for companies mentioned in the report — like DoorDash and American Express — tumbled on Monday.

Tech stocks tumbled again on Thursday after leading chipmaker Nvidia released its earnings. Although the company’s profit nearly doubled in the fourth quarter and sales reached an all-time high, Wall Street seemed disappointed by its somewhat lackluster outlook. It fueled AI bubble concerns — that massive investments in AI infrastructure may not translate to big returns.

The steep declines this week showed just how on edge investors are regarding AI — even when the news is good, or when doomsday scenarios are completely made out of thin air.

Changes to Claude AI

Anthropic fed into disruption fears earlier this month when it announced an update to its Claude Cowork agent, stoking fears that it could replace dozens of software tools.

On Tuesday, Anthropic announced another update to Claude to improve the tool’s performance at specific jobs, such as design, human resources and wealth management roles, and it can now work within applications like Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint apps.

Anthropic denied that its tools will replace existing software tools and jobs, noting Claude Cowork is designed to be complementary. But its rapid-fire updates are giving Wall Street whiplash.

Anthropic vs. the Pentagon

Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s chief executive, went head-to-head with the Pentagon in a high-stakes battle over AI safety.

Anthropic set two red lines for its AI: Claude will not be used in autonomous weapons, and it will not be used in the mass surveillance of US citizens.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon would use the Defense Production Act to access Anthropic’s technologies regardless of the company’s decision. He met with Amodei on Tuesday, saying that the Pentagon wanted to use the AI model “for all lawful purposes” and set a Friday deadline for the company to agree.

Hegseth also threaten

By Brad Lendon, CNN

(CNN) — North Korea on Saturday released pictures showing leader Kim Jong Un and his teenage daughter at a rifle range, the latest propaganda images to promote the child touted as a potential successor.

State media KCNA said Kim and his daughter – along with Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister Kim Yo Jong and other officials – fired the rifles after the North Korean leader gifted them to military leaders to salute their service to the reclusive state’s ruling party.

One of the images – which was flagged during a CNN check as being potentially AI-manipulated – showed the girl, believed to be named Kim Ju Ae and in her early teens, firing a sniper rifle.

In all, North Korea released 27 pictures of the event.

CNN checked four of the photos for signs of manipulation. Only the picture of Kim Ju Ae firing the rifle showed possible use of AI.

Kim specially prepared the gifts of the “new generation sniper’s rifle” for the key leaders, calling it “a really wonderful weapon,” the KCNA report said.

The shooting-range event came after the conclusion of a congress of the Korean Workers’ Party, a largely rubber-stamp political gathering of the nation’s elite, where Kim’s leadership was reaffirmed by unanimous vote.

At the assembly, Kim Yo Jong was promoted to director of a party department after years in a deputy role, solidifying her standing in the inner circle. Several senior party and military posts were reshuffled, elevating younger loyalists.

But much of the attention was on Kim’s daughter.

Kim Ju Ae stood withbher father on the grandstand as he reviewed some 14,000 troops goosestepping through Kim Il Sung Square, named after her great-grandfather, in the capital of Pyongyang.

She has also been at her father’s side for previous missile tests and other ruling-party events, fueling speculation that she will be the fourth-generation successor to the Kim family dynasty that has ruled North Korea since before the Korean War started in 1950.

In February South Korea’s spy agency said it believes the dictator has “entered the stage of nominating her as successor.”

There has been no official confirmation from North Korea on the daughter’s role, but the image of her purportedly firing the sniper rifle on Friday brought even more attention to her.

“By emphasizing that Kim Ju Ae knows how to fire a rifle, North Korea is hinting that she is undergoing succession training,” Yang Mu-jin, a distinguished professor at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, told the Chosun Daily newspaper.

Other images appeared to show Kim Ju Ae, wearing a leather jacket, observing through binoculars as her father took a shot, and helping present the rifles to others at the event.

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By Eric Levenson, CNN

(CNN) — Minutes before the 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School, administrators and officers went to intercept a freshman student named Colt Gray, whose concerning comments that morning had raised several red flags.

They went to his second period math class but learned he had gone to the bathroom. There, they found a student named Kolton Gray and brought him to the office for questioning.

Minutes later, Colt Gray began shooting.

The bizarre, unfortunate name mix-up was revealed in its full extent this week at the trial of Colin Gray, the father of the school shooter, on charges of murder and manslaughter.

The shooting at Apalachee High in Winder, Georgia, on September 4, 2024, left four people dead and nine injured. Colt Gray surrendered to police and has admitted to the shooting, according to authorities. Now 16, he has pleaded not guilty to 55 felony counts, including four counts of malice murder. A trial date has not been set.

Colin Gray, the teen’s father, has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and manslaughter. Prosecutors say he acted recklessly by buying his son the rifle as a Christmas gift and allowing him access to it despite previous warnings that his son was a danger to others. His defense has said he was unaware his son was planning the shooting and had taken steps to try to get him help.

The trial has primarily focused on what the father knew about his troubled son and what he did with that knowledge before the attack. But it has also featured dozens of witnesses who have offered key testimony about the day of the attack and the “what-if” moments in which police nearly stopped it before it started.

In particular, the testimony revealed Colt Gray’s alarming actions and statements prior to the attack: the school’s efforts to locate him that day, the confusion with a similarly named student, and finally the horrific shooting itself.

Here’s a closer look at what we now know about the shooting based on trial testimony so far:

Red flags were raised

On the morning of September 4, 2024, Colt’s comments and actions raised multiple red flags.

In his first period class, Colt asked his teacher, Suzanne Harris, if the school had done any active shooter drills, she testified.

“It was a little bit alarming, and I did send an email to the counselor in regards to that,” Harris testified.

She noticed Colt was carrying a backpack with a large poster sticking out of the top of it. Shortly after Colt left her classroom, Harris told an administrator she thought he had a gun. “I felt in every fiber of my being that something was wrong,” she testified.

The poster, reading “Happy Mama’s Day,” was wrapped around the part of the firearm that stuck out of the top of the backpack, according to trial evidence.

At 9:40 a.m., Colt sent several concerning texts to his father that alarmed him, according to phone records.

“I’m sorry,” he wrote to his father. “It’s not ur fault.” Colin Gray, at his construction job, texted him what was wrong, but the teen didn’t respond, text evidence shows.

Colin Gray then called his estranged wife, Marcee, who called the school guidance counselor, Lisa Butler, at 9:50 a.m. to ask them to check on Colt. Toward the end of that conversation, she told Butler Colt had access to a firearm and had an obsession with school shooters, alarming the counselor, Butler testified.

Butler relayed the information t

By Kevin Liptak, CNN

(CNN) — President Donald Trump’s announcement of a “massive and ongoing” US military campaign against Iran — and his explicit call for the country’s citizens to shake off their oppressive leadership — put on display his fresh appetite for geopolitical risk and thrust his presidency into a deeper period of uncertainty.

“The United States military is undertaking a massive and ongoing operation to prevent this very wicked, radical dictatorship from threatening America and our core national security interests,” he said of Iran in a video posted to Truth Social early Saturday morning, in which he starkly acknowledged that US lives may be lost in the operation.

The eight-minute recording laid bare both the president’s objectives in Iran — which had been unclear — and the potential for dire consequences. Trump appears hopeful his major air operation can successfully result in a change in Iran’s regime, despite the vast uncertainties about what might replace it and the limited historical examples of air power alone ousting a country’s leader.

“They rejected every opportunity to renounce their nuclear ambitions, and we can’t take it anymore,” said Trump, who a US official said is continuing to monitor the strikes from Mar-a-Lago.

The president reached his decision after weeks of deliberation and an attempt by his envoys to strike a rapid diplomatic agreement that would have forced Iran to abandon long-held red lines. The US military is planning for several days of attacks, two sources told CNN, and Iran has already retaliated across the Middle East, including targeting the US Navy base in Bahrain that is home to the Fifth Fleet, a US official said.

Trump never fully publicly laid out his case for war, even during his State of the Union address on Tuesday, despite strikes being a politically perilous move at home, especially for a president who campaigned on ending foreign entanglements. He noted on Saturday the potential cost to American lives.

“The Iranian regime seeks to kill. The lives of courageous American heroes may be lost and we may have casualties — that often happens in war — but we’re doing this not for now. We’re doing this for the future, and it is a noble mission,” the president said, adding that US had “taken every possible step to minimize the risk to US personnel in the region.”

To many of Trump’s allies, military action had long appeared inevitable. After telling Iranian protesters at the start of the year that he would come to their support, warning the US was “locked and loaded” to attack, he felt obligated to enforce his red line.

“When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. This will be probably your only chance for generations,” Trump told the Iranian people in his video.

“For many years, you have asked for America’s help, but you never got it. No president was willing to do what I am willing to do tonight. Now you have a president who is giving you what you want, so let’s see how you respond,” he said.

Trump’s motivations for his second set of strikes within Iran since returning to office — conveyed mostly in curt, off-hand public remarks — appeared to shift over time, moving from protecting protesters to curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions to ousting the Iranian regime. He’s also cited Iran’s arsenal of missiles and destabilizing support for regional proxy groups, like Hezbollah and Hamas.

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