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22- CIF Water Polo Finals: Dons fall in D2, Oaks Christian repeats in Open Division
CIF Water Polo Finals: Dons fall in D2, Oaks Christian repeats in Open Division
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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- Wild pitch gives Cal Poly walk off win over Washington State
Wild pitch gives Cal Poly walk off win over Washington State
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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- Trump virtually eliminated emissions regulations. Here’s what happens to your next car now
Trump virtually eliminated emissions regulations. Here’s what happens to your next car now
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,
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- El DHS suspende los programas de viajeros confiables TSA PreCheck y Global Entry mientras el cierre gubernamental se prolonga
El DHS suspende los programas de viajeros confiables TSA PreCheck y Global Entry mientras el cierre gubernamental se prolonga
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
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| 23- Trump no cederá en los aranceles porque no puede
Trump no cederá en los aranceles porque no puede
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
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- Who was El Mencho, the feared cartel leader killed in a military operation?
Who was El Mencho, the feared cartel leader killed in a military operation?
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
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- Interrumpen los premios BAFTA de cine por insulto racista de un hombre con síndrome de Tourette
Interrumpen los premios BAFTA de cine por insulto racista de un hombre con síndrome de Tourette
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
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- Trump’s approval rating with independents hits a new low ahead of the State of the Union
Trump’s approval rating with independents hits a new low ahead of the State of the Union
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.
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| 24- Robert Carradine, actor in ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ and ‘Lizzie McGuire,’ dies at 71
Robert Carradine, actor in ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ and ‘Lizzie McGuire,’ dies at 71
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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- What to expect from Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s State of the Union response
What to expect from Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s State of the Union response
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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- Cuatro años después, la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania ha transformado el conflicto y destrozado la seguridad global
Cuatro años después, la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania ha transformado el conflicto y destrozado la seguridad global
Por Nick Paton Walsh, CNN
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.
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- Tras una histórica tormenta de nieve con bomba ciclónica, se avecina más nieve para el noreste de EE.UU.
Tras una histórica tormenta de nieve con bomba ciclónica, se avecina más nieve para el noreste de EE.UU.
Por Danya Gainor, CNN
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
| 25- Enrique Márquez se reúne con su sobrina en discurso del Estado de la Unión de Trump
Enrique Márquez se reúne con su sobrina en discurso del Estado de la Unión de Trump
Por Alejandra Jaramillo, Lex Harvey y Rocio Munoz
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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- UCSB works extra innings to beat LMU
UCSB works extra innings to beat LMU
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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- Grandfather kidnapped from his bed and murdered in case of mistaken identity, police say
Grandfather kidnapped from his bed and murdered in case of mistaken identity, police say
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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- Boys Volleyball, Girls Beach Volleyball and Softball results
Boys Volleyball, Girls Beach Volleyball and Softball results
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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| 26 | 27- Cal Poly blanked by #25 USC to begin 4-game home series
Cal Poly blanked by #25 USC to begin 4-game home series
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) - A quartet of Southern California pitchers combined on a five-hit shutout as the Trojans opened a four-game non-conference baseball series at Baggett Stadium with a 4-0 victory over Cal Poly on Thursday night.
On an unusually warm winter night with temperatures in the low 70s, USC tallied a pair of runs in the third inning and added single markers in the fifth and seventh frames to maintain its perfect record on the young season, now 8-0. Cal Poly suffered its third straight loss following a 4-1 start, evening its mark at 4-4.
Making his second start of the year, Chase Herrell (1-0) pitched five scoreless innings for the victory, allowing a pair of hits and two walks while striking out five. Gavin Lauridsen (1 2/3 innings), Sax Matson (one inning) and Adam Troy (1 1/3 innings) completed the shutout.
Mustang freshman right-hander Corden Pettey (1-1) struck out seven Trojans over four innings, but allowed two runs in the third frame on a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly in absorbing the loss. Chris Downs allowed the runs in the fifth and seventh during his three-inning stint on the mound while Brady Estes and Luke Kalfsbeek each tossed one scoreless frame.
Cal Poly produced several scoring opportunities, but stranded 10 runners on the basepaths.
Casey Murray Jr. doubled with one out in the second inning. Murray also drew a leadoff walk in the fifth and Ryan Tayman followed with a single to shallow left field. Both advanced 90 feet on a grounder for the first out, but a strikeout and fly ball to the outfield ended the threat.
Dante Vachini opened the sixth with a single to left, but three straight line drive outs dashed that rally. Cal Poly loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh but Matson came out of the bullpen to notch the first of his two strikeouts, ending the uprising.
Alejandro Garza singled with one out in the eighth, extending his season-opening hitting streak to eight games, and two Mustangs reached base in the ninth on walks before USC closed out the shutout with a popup to shortstop.
Cal Poly's five hits were scattered among five players. USC collected seven hits, including a single and triple by Abbrie Covarrubias and another triple by Kevin Takeuchi.
Prior to the start of the series opener, Robin Baggett, the namesake of the stadium Cal Poly has called home for 25 years, threw the ceremonial first pitch.
Second game of the weekend series will be played Friday night at 6:05 with Cal Poly junior right-hander Griffin Naess (1-1, 1.50 ERA), coming off a 14-strikeout performance over seven scoreless innings against Washington State last week, facing USC junior southpaw Mason Edwards (2-0, 0.00 ERA).
The series continues Saturday at 3:05 p.m. and wraps up Sunday at 1:05 p.m.
(Article courtesy of Cal Poly Athletics)
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- Cal Poly blanked by #25 USC to begin 4-game home series
Cal Poly blanked by #25 USC to begin 4-game home series
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) - A quartet of Southern California pitchers combined on a five-hit shutout as the Trojans opened a four-game non-conference baseball series at Baggett Stadium with a 4-0 victory over Cal Poly on Thursday night.
On an unusually warm winter night with temperatures in the low 70s, USC tallied a pair of runs in the third inning and added single markers in the fifth and seventh frames to maintain its perfect record on the young season, now 8-0. Cal Poly suffered its third straight loss following a 4-1 start, evening its mark at 4-4.
Making his second start of the year, Chase Herrell (1-0) pitched five scoreless innings for the victory, allowing a pair of hits and two walks while striking out five. Gavin Lauridsen (1 2/3 innings), Sax Matson (one inning) and Adam Troy (1 1/3 innings) completed the shutout.
Mustang freshman right-hander Corden Pettey (1-1) struck out seven Trojans over four innings, but allowed two runs in the third frame on a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly in absorbing the loss. Chris Downs allowed the runs in the fifth and seventh during his three-inning stint on the mound while Brady Estes and Luke Kalfsbeek each tossed one scoreless frame.
Cal Poly produced several scoring opportunities, but stranded 10 runners on the basepaths.
Casey Murray Jr. doubled with one out in the second inning. Murray also drew a leadoff walk in the fifth and Ryan Tayman followed with a single to shallow left field. Both advanced 90 feet on a grounder for the first out, but a strikeout and fly ball to the outfield ended the threat.
Dante Vachini opened the sixth with a single to left, but three straight line drive outs dashed that rally. Cal Poly loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh but Matson came out of the bullpen to notch the first of his two strikeouts, ending the uprising.
Alejandro Garza singled with one out in the eighth, extending his season-opening hitting streak to eight games, and two Mustangs reached base in the ninth on walks before USC closed out the shutout with a popup to shortstop.
Cal Poly's five hits were scattered among five players. USC collected seven hits, including a single and triple by Abbrie Covarrubias and another triple by Kevin Takeuchi.
Prior to the start of the series opener, Robin Baggett, the namesake of the stadium Cal Poly has called home for 25 years, threw the ceremonial first pitch.
Second game of the weekend series will be played Friday night at 6:05 with Cal Poly junior right-hander Griffin Naess (1-1, 1.50 ERA), coming off a 14-strikeout performance over seven scoreless innings against Washington State last week, facing USC junior southpaw Mason Edwards (2-0, 0.00 ERA).
The series continues Saturday at 3:05 p.m. and wraps up Sunday at 1:05 p.m.
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- Surging Cal Poly tops century mark against Long Beach State and books a spot into Big West Tournament
Surging Cal Poly tops century mark against Long Beach State and books a spot into Big West Tournament
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) - Hamad Mousa finished with a game high 29 points and Cayden Ward matched his career best with 28 Thursday evening as the Cal Poly men’s basketball program clinched a spot in the 2026 Big West Championship with a 102-92 victory against Long Beach State inside Mott Athletics Center.
Freshman Jess Esso Essis enjoyed a career high 15 points for Cal Poly (13-16, 9-8), which extended its winning streak to four straight after sinking 13 three-pointers, shooting 95.5 (21-for-22) percent from the free throw line and recording its highest regulation point total since a 102-89 victory at Hawai’i on Feb. 20, 2010.
Ward added a game high nine rebounds for Cal Poly, which matched a season low with just eight turnovers.
Cal Poly’s Thursday victory confirmed all eight Big West Championship programs – with three regular season matchups remaining. Long Beach State (8-21, 4-13) was eliminated from postseason contention with the loss.
Thursday’s matchup featured 10 lead changes during the opening 10-and-a-half minutes before a jumper from sophomore Guzman Vasilic handed Cal Poly a 29-27 edge. Cal Poly then produced a 15-7 run to go up by double digits with three minutes remaining in the half.
The Mustangs took a 48-40 lead into the break before a jumper and three-pointer from Long Beach State guard Shaquil Bender to open the second half cut Cal Poly’s advantage to three.
Cal Poly, however, scored on four of its next five possessions to reestablish a double-digit lead for the remainder of the night.
Notes:
Despite a four-game win streak, Cal Poly remained in eighth place in the Big West standings – but just three games behind co-leaders UC Irvine and Hawai’i.
Up Next: Cal Poly visits UC San Diego on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. The Tritons, sharing fifth place alongside Cal State Fullerton, reside just one game ahead of Cal Poly.
With 29 points Thursday, Hamad Mousa improved his season point total to 574 – the fourth highest single season total in program history.
Cal Poly’s nine Big West victories are the program’s highest total since finishing 12-6 to close the 2012-13 season.
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- Rori’s Rewards Library Lovers with a Free Scoop
Rori’s Rewards Library Lovers with a Free Scoop
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - If you have a library card or a library book, for the month of February, Rori's Creamery has a free scoop for you.
February is library month.
This promotion has also sent many people to their local libraries to get a library card, check out what is offered inside, and then enjoy the free treat.
In Santa Barbara alone the main library says 800 new cards were issued.
The deal is offered at all seven Rori's locations.
Owner Rori Travoto said, "even if just a handful of kids started reading because they got a free scoop to come into Rori's with their new library card, it was so gratifying. I'm so grateful that we had a good turnout and I hope we have a whole new generation of Rori readers!"
The message had been going out on social media, but now your Newschannel is giving you "the scoop."
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| 28- The week when AI changed everything
The week when AI changed everything
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
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- With sniper rifle photos, Kim Jong Un intensifies spotlight on his daughter, a potential successor
With sniper rifle photos, Kim Jong Un intensifies spotlight on his daughter, a potential successor
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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- Concerning texts and a case of mistaken identity. Colin Gray trial testimony reveals frantic moments before school shooting
Concerning texts and a case of mistaken identity. Colin Gray trial testimony reveals frantic moments before school shooting
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
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- Trump deliberated on Iran for weeks. His ‘massive and ongoing’ operation comes with acknowledgment US lives could be lost
Trump deliberated on Iran for weeks. His ‘massive and ongoing’ operation comes with acknowledgment US lives could be lost
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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- Tras abrir un vacío, no hay garantía de que a EE.UU. e Israel les guste lo que viene después
Tras abrir un vacío, no hay garantía de que a EE.UU. e Israel les guste lo que viene después
Análisis por Nick Paton Walsh, CNN
Lo que mina este momento de alivio para muchos iraníes reprimidos es que matar al líder supremo, el ayatola Alí Jamenei, es una solución peligrosamente simple a un problema muy complejo.
El Gobierno de Jamenei estuvo marcado por la mala gestión y terminó con uno de los episodios más brutales de su represión característica: la violencia que su régimen recurrió para mantenerse en el poder.
Su destitución ha provocado celebraciones en Teherán, así como 40 días de luto oficial y enormes multitudes a favor del régimen, pero también una lucha para que lo que queda del régimen resuelva qué viene a continuación.
Las autoridades israelíes han insinuado que el ataque se aceleró para aprovechar una oportunidad durante la reunión de altos líderes iraníes. Y el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, parece haber recurrido de nuevo a la estrategia venezolana, sugiriendo que tenía un sucesor en mente, como lo hizo tras la captura de Nicolás Maduro, designando a la vicepresidenta, Delcy Rodríguez, como su interlocutora preferida.
Cuando se le preguntó el sábado por la noche, Trump se negó notablemente a decir quién creía que desempeñaría ese papel en este caso. Sin embargo, pronto Teherán tendrá que anunciar un plan de sucesión.
Pero Irán no es tan persuasible como lo ha sido Venezuela hasta ahora.
Durante 47 años, una teocracia se ha convertido en autocracia y cleptocracia. Una gran proporción de los más de 90 millones de habitantes del país dependen del régimen para su sustento, y una minoría tiene las manos manchadas de sangre por haber contribuido a reprimir la disidencia.
Cuando el régimen de al-Assad en la vecina Siria se derrumbó a finales de 2024, sus fuerzas de seguridad se encontraban debilitadas —y su economía devastada— por años de conflicto civil. Las fuerzas de seguridad iraníes acaban de recibir un repaso del poder de la brutalidad al reprimir el levantamiento de enero.
Estados Unidos e Israel parecen estar unidos en su evaluación de que eliminar la capa superior del régimen de Irán los dejará en una mejor situación.
Además de Jamenei, el ministro de Defensa, Aziz Nasirzadeh; el jefe del Consejo de Seguridad iraní, Alí Shamkhani; y el comandante del Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica (CGRI), Mohammad Pakpour, murieron en cuestión de horas. Se trata de una élite de seguridad recientemente reconstituida tras la devastadora guerra de 12 días de junio.
Pero la historia carece de buenos ejemplos de campañas aéreas que hayan derrocado fácilmente regímenes y conducido a reemplazos preferidos por los atacantes.
Los intransigentes se apresurarán a llenar el vacío, simplemente para sobrevivir. Puede que se muestren reacios a ser los siguientes en la mira estadounidense-israelí, pero ese temor no ha provocado una escasez de candidatos en el pasado. ¿Es posible que surja un consenso de que, para perdurar, la autocracia debe hacer las paces con Estados Unidos y la región, y fingir moderación por un tiempo?
Quizás. Pero eso corre el riesgo de proyectar la debilidad a la que Teherán es tan alérgico.
No existe un Gobierno sustituto fácil de la oposición en una caja que Trump pueda promover.
Reza Pahlavi, heredero del shah depuesto hace tiempo, no puede llegar a Teherán y tomar las riendas sin arriesgarse a que un CGRI furioso intente asesinarlo. En realidad, no queda oposición dentro de Irán. Al igual que en Caracas, cualquier solución probablemente tendrá que surgir de los restos del régimen.
En muchos sentidos, los errores de Jamenei han facilitado l
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- ¿Son legales los ataques de Trump contra Irán? Los expertos se muestran escépticos
¿Son legales los ataques de Trump contra Irán? Los expertos se muestran escépticos
Por Dan Berman y Devan Cole, CNN
Los expertos legales ya se muestran escépticos respecto de la autoridad constitucional del presidente Donald Trump para lanzar una nueva acción militar contra Irán sin la aprobación del Congreso, especialmente si conduce a un conflicto prolongado.
Al igual que ocurrió con el bombardeo estadounidense de las instalaciones nucleares iraníes el verano pasado y la captura militar en enero del presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, los ataques ponen en primer plano la cuestión de la autoridad ejecutiva y el alcance de los poderes presidenciales.
La Casa Blanca no ha presentado una justificación legal al público, y el secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, no dio un informe completo de ello a los miembros del Congreso, dijeron varias fuentes a CNN.
Trump “violó la Constitución al invadir Irán porque la Constitución es meridianamente clara sobre quién tiene la autoridad para declarar la guerra y comprometer a los militares estadounidenses en la batalla y ese es solo el Congreso”, dijo Christopher Anders, abogado del Sindicado Estadounidense por las Libertades Civiles y experto en asuntos de seguridad nacional.
“El presidente ha intentado apropiarse de ese poder sin obtener antes autorización del Congreso”, añadió Anders.
La Constitución establece inequívocamente que sólo el Congreso puede declarar o autorizar la guerra.
“Esto es, obviamente, una guerra”, dijo Ilya Somin, profesor de Derecho en la Universidad George Mason e investigador del Cato Institute, un centro de estudios libertario. “No tienen que creerme a mí; el propio Trump dice que es una guerra”.
En su mensaje anunciando los ataques la madrugada del sábado, el presidente dijo: “El régimen iraní busca matar. Se podrían perder las vidas de valientes héroes estadounidenses y podríamos tener bajas. Eso suele ocurrir en la guerra, pero no lo hacemos por ahora. Lo hacemos por el futuro, y es una noble misión”.
CNN se comunicó con el Departamento de Justicia y la oficina del abogado de la Casa Blanca para solicitar comentarios.
Si bien solo el Congreso puede declarar o autorizar la guerra, Trump y otros presidentes han citado continuamente el Artículo II de la Constitución, que dice que el comandante en jefe tiene el poder de dirigir las fuerzas militares estadounidenses en combates necesarios para promover los intereses nacionales estadounidenses en el exterior.
Además, la Corte Suprema ha sido generosa al aprobar el uso expansivo del poder por parte de Trump, sobre todo en su fallo de inmunidad de 2024. Esta opinión contribuyó al análisis para avanzar bajo la autoridad del Artículo II cuando Estados Unidos atacó a Irán el verano pasado, según declaró entonces un alto funcionario de la Casa Blanca .
El Artículo II se utilizó en parte para justificar legalmente la reciente operación militar estadounidense para capturar a Maduro. El Departamento de Justicia emitió una opinión legal clasificada (y posteriormente una versión censurada) que afirmaba que Trump no estaba limitado por la legislación nacional para llevar a cabo operaciones policiales en el extranjero.
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- Kuwait’s defense ministry says ‘several’ US military aircraft have crashed, all crews survived
Kuwait’s defense ministry says ‘several’ US military aircraft have crashed, all crews survived
By Helen Regan, Eyad Kourdi, Haley Britzky, CNN
(CNN) — Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense said “several United States military aircraft crashed” on Monday and that “all crew members survived.”
The statement comes after videos geolocated by CNN showed a fighter jet crashing in Kuwait and a pilot parachuting to the ground. The video appeared to show an F-15E fighter jet, according to a CNN analysis.
It’s unclear what caused the crashes of the aircraft, which each cost tens of millions of dollars. CNN has reached out to US Central Command and the White House for comment.
“Relevant authorities immediately initiated search-and-rescue operations,” Kuwait’s defense ministry spokesperson Col. Said Al-Atwan said in the statement.
“The crews were evacuating from the crash sites and transferred to hospital to assess their condition and provided necessary medical care,” he said.
The crew members are in a “stable” condition, the ministry added.
Al-Atwan said Kuwait was in “direct coordination” with US authorities.
One video geolocated by CNN shows a fighter jet crashing over Kuwait near a US air base. The video shows a jet on fire and falling in a tailspin out of the sky, and it suggests the jet came down within 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) of the US Ali Al Salem base in Kuwait.
The crashes come during heavy bombardment on Gulf nations as part of an expanding war with Iran. It also comes as smoke has been seen over the area surrounding the US Embassy in Kuwait.
It is notable when US fighter jets crash overseas and often triggers an investigation.
In 2024, a US ship “mistakenly fired” upon a F/A-18 operating from the USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea. The incident was investigated, and the two Navy pilots ejected safely.
The US military has a significant number of military assets in the region, deployed in the weeks leading up to the joint US-Israeli military operation that kicked off early Saturday morning Eastern Time. A list put out by CENTCOM on Sunday showing the assets employed thus far included F-18s, F-16s, F-22s, F-35s, A-10 attack aircraft, MQ-9 Reaper drones, refueling aircraft, counter-drone systems, Navy aircraft carriers and guided-missile destroyers.
More than 1,000 targets have been struck, the CENTCOM release on Sunday said, adding that the military is focusing on military targets like command and control centers, Iranian Navy ships and submarines, Islamic Revolutionary Guard corps headquarters and more.
This story has been updated with additional details.
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- Ministerio de Defensa de Kuwait afirma que “varios” aviones militares estadounidenses se estrellaron y todos sobrevivieron
Ministerio de Defensa de Kuwait afirma que “varios” aviones militares estadounidenses se estrellaron y todos sobrevivieron
Por Sofia Barruti, CNN en Español
El Ministerio de Defensa de Kuwait dijo que “varios aviones militares de Estados Unidos se estrellaron” el lunes y que “todos los miembros de la tripulación sobrevivieron”.
La declaración llega después de que unos vídeos geolocalizados por CNN mostraran un avión de combate estrellándose en Kuwait y a un piloto saltando en paracaídas hacia el suelo.
CNN se ha comunicado con el Comando Central de Estados Unidos para solicitar comentarios.
“Las autoridades pertinentes iniciaron inmediatamente operaciones de búsqueda y rescate”, dijo el portavoz del Ministerio de Defensa de Kuwait, coronel Said Al-Atwan, en el comunicado.
“Las tripulaciones estaban evacuando los lugares del accidente y fueron trasladadas al hospital para evaluar su condición y brindarles la atención médica necesaria”, dijo.
Los miembros de la tripulación se encuentran en condición “estable”, añadió el ministerio.
Al-Atwan dijo que Kuwait estaba en “coordinación directa” con las autoridades estadounidenses.
Esta es una historia en desarrollo y se actualizará.
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- Irán después de 48 horas: éxito táctico, incertidumbre estratégica
Irán después de 48 horas: éxito táctico, incertidumbre estratégica
Análisis por Brett H. McGurk, CNN
Durante una crisis como la que se está desarrollando actualmente en Medio Oriente, un presidente recibe una evaluación neta elaborada a partir de fuentes de inteligencia y militares. Esta podría evaluar el equilibrio de fuerzas, la dinámica de liderazgo y los cálculos estratégicos, sin formular recomendaciones políticas. Su propósito es la claridad: una base a partir de la cual se puedan tomar decisiones.
No tenemos acceso al flujo de informes que llega a la sala de crisis. Pero hay suficiente información visible para construir una evaluación de referencia rigurosa.
Aquí están los diez temas que más importan y qué debemos tener en cuenta a continuación.
En la madrugada del sábado, se informó que las fuerzas militares estadounidenses destruyeron lo que quedaba de las defensas aéreas iraníes. No había mucho allí, ya que gran parte de los sistemas iraníes suministrados por Rusia fueron destruidos en ataques previos de Israel durante el último año.
Estados Unidos e Israel parecen ahora tener dominio aéreo sobre Irán. Esto significa que las aeronaves estadounidenses e israelíes pueden volar libremente con un riesgo manejable mientras dure el conflicto, y después.
Trump ha informado que 48 altos líderes iraníes murieron en las primeras horas de la campaña aérea, incluido el líder supremo de Irán, el ayatola Alí Jamenei. Esto equivaldría a la muerte en un instante del presidente de Estados Unidos, el jefe del Estado Mayor Conjunto y varios funcionarios del gabinete.
Para un país como Irán, que solo ha tenido una sucesión de líder desde la guerra civil de 1979, es probable que esto genere un profundo desconcierto e incertidumbre en toda la cadena de mando iraní. El domingo, el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Irán reconoció en una entrevista que sus unidades militares probablemente actúen de forma independiente y sin contacto con una cadena de mando superior.
Esto supone un reconocimiento de que incluso los funcionarios iraníes pueden no estar seguros de quién está a cargo.
El régimen iraní ha intentado tranquilizar a sus seguidores afirmando que la sucesión para reemplazar a Jamenei está en marcha, según un proceso descrito en su constitución. Esto significa que un consejo interino, encabezado por su presidente, el presidente del Tribunal Supremo y un clérigo aún por determinar, supuestamente está tomando decisiones. Sin embargo, ninguna de estas decisiones ha sido vista públicamente, y aviones israelíes y estadounidenses continúan atacando a los líderes iraníes. El sábado se informó de un ataque en las inmediaciones de donde supuestamente reside el expresidente de Irán Mahmud Ahmadineyad.
Además, no hay un sucesor claro para Jamenei. Uno de los principales candidatos, el expresidente Ebrahim Raisi, falleció en un accidente de helicóptero hace dos años. Otro, el hijo de Jamenei, Mojtaba, enfrentaría varios obstáculos a pesar de sus fuertes vínculos con el Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica. Sin un sucesor designado, los cimientos de la República Islámica de Irán podrían erosionarse aún más en las próximas semanas.
Irán está respondiendo a los ataques estadounidenses e israelíes con ataques con misiles contra Israel, instalaciones estadounidenses en la región y objetivos civiles en todo el Golfo. La principal prioridad de los comandantes militares estadounidenses e israelíes en estos primeros días es degradar la capacidad misilística de Irán, en particular sus lanzadores. Estos últimos determinan cuántos misiles puede disparar Irán por salva. Esto será difícil. Irán dispone de cantidades limitadas de misiles de largo alcance para alcanzar Israel, pero posee mayores arsenales de misiles de corto y medio alcance para objetivos más cercanos, como Iraq o los países del Golfo. Además, es probable que estén d
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| 3- Austin shooting suspect is being investigated for possible terror motive. Who was he?
Austin shooting suspect is being investigated for possible terror motive. Who was he?
By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN
(CNN) — As a large SUV rolled past a block of Austin’s lively bars and late-night crowds in Sunday’s early hours, a sweatshirted arm reached out the driver’s side window with a pistol and began to pull the trigger.
Over the course of just one minute, the gunman sailed down the city’s bustling Sixth Street and then exited his car, firing off even more bullets, ultimately killing three people and injuring 13 others before he was fatally shot by police.
The suspect, 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne, was wearing a hoodie emblazoned with the words “Property of Allah,” a picture obtained by CNN shows. Law enforcement later found Diagne – who was fatally shot by police – was wearing a T-shirt stamped with an Iranian flag design, according to a source.
Though investigators have kept details close to the vest, they are probing whether the Texas shooting was inspired by this weekend’s strikes on Iran by the US and Israel, multiple law enforcement officials briefed on the case said.
Diagne, a Senegalese immigrant-turned US citizen, was not on the radar of local police nor the FBI before Sunday’s attack, officials said at a Monday news conference. Now, his personal life, criminal history and private affiliations are under extreme scrutiny as investigators dissect his motive.
Making a life in the US
Diagne made his way to the United States from his home country of Senegal, initially settling in New York before moving to Texas, a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation told CNN.
Diagne entered the US on March 13, 2000, on a B‑2 tourist visa, a Department of Homeland Security official told CNN. These nonimmigrant visas are intended for visitors traveling to the US temporarily, such as for vacation or visiting family.
Diagne married a US citizen, allowing him to adjust his status to lawful permanent resident in June 2006, the DHS official said. He became a naturalized citizen on April 5, 2013.
CNN has been unable to confirm the identity of Diagne’s wife or whether they are still married.
Though it is unclear when Diagne relocated to Texas, public records indicate he was still a resident of Bronx, New York, in the late 2010s. Since moving to the Lone Star State, he has had multiple addresses, the law enforcement official told CNN.
‘A potential nexus to terrorism’
Diagne’s motive is still unclear, but items discovered during the investigation have led authorities to consider whether the attack was an act of domestic terrorism or motivated by the nascent US war with Iran, multiple law enforcement officials briefed on the case have said.
“Obviously, it’s still way too early in the process to determine an exact motivation, but there were indicators on the subject and then his vehicle that indicate a potential nexus to terrorism,” Alex Doran, acting special agent in charge of the FBI’s San Antonio division, said Sunday morning.
After police secured the sprawling, chaotic scene Sunday, federal partners were called to “address concerns of potential terrorism,” Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said.
A search warrant has been executed on at least one residence connected to the suspect. A bevy of law enforcement, some from federal agencies, gathered at a home connected to Diagne in Pflugerville, a suburb just north of Austin.
Investigators hauled boxes of items from the home and examined a car in the driveway, CNN affiliate KEYE reported. A Quran was also found in the suspect’s car, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the in
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- Estados Unidos e Irán están en guerra tres meses antes del inicio del Mundial. No está claro si la selección iraní jugará
Estados Unidos e Irán están en guerra tres meses antes del inicio del Mundial. No está claro si la selección iraní jugará
Por Ben Church
Faltan 100 días para que comience la Copa Mundial de la FIFA en América del Norte, y la intensificación de la guerra en Medio Oriente ha suscitado más preguntas en torno a lo que ya es un torneo controvertido.
La principal pregunta en este momento es: ¿Participará Irán en el torneo ahora que está esencialmente en guerra con uno de los anfitriones?
Y aunque el deporte será una preocupación secundaria para aquellos en Medio Oriente esta semana, el conflicto ha desencadenado nuevas dudas sobre la participación de Irán en la competencia, con el país involucrado en una escalada de violencia luego de los ataques de Estados Unidos e Israel.
Con el liderazgo de la República Islámica diezmado y el país bajo ataque, aquí está todo lo que sabemos sobre el equipo de fútbol de la nación, poco más de tres meses antes de su primer partido de la fase de grupos contra Nueva Zelanda en Los Ángeles.
Dado el ritmo al que se están desarrollando los acontecimientos en todo Medio Oriente, es muy pronto para predecir cómo afectará el conflicto al equipo de fútbol iraní.
Sin embargo, el presidente de la federación de fútbol del país ya ha puesto en duda su participación en la Copa del Mundo.
“Lo que es seguro es que después de este ataque no podemos esperar que miremos el Mundial con esperanza”, dijo Mehdi Taj al portal deportivo Varzesh3, según Associated Press.
La muerte del líder supremo de Irán, el ayatola Alí Jamenei, ha creado un vacío de poder en el régimen, lo que ha desencadenado un complejo proceso para encontrar un sucesor. Esto deja en entredicho quién estaría a cargo de cualquier decisión sobre un posible boicot al torneo, o cómo será la relación del próximo líder con Estados Unidos.
Cuando se le pidió un comentario sobre la situación, la FIFA, el organismo rector del fútbol mundial, remitió a CNN Sports a las declaraciones de su secretario general, Mattias Grafstrom, del domingo.
“Es un poco prematuro comentar eso en detalle, pero por supuesto monitorearemos los desarrollos en torno a todos los temas en todo el mundo”, dijo Grafstrom después de una reunión de la Junta de la Asociación Internacional de Fútbol en Gales.
El sorteo final se celebró en Washington, donde participaron todos los equipos. Nuestro objetivo es que el Mundial sea seguro y todos participen.
Incluso antes de que estallara el más reciente conflicto en Medio Oriente, ya había incertidumbre sobre la participación de Irán en el torneo.
Los aficionados iraníes no pueden entrar a Estados Unidos después de que la administración del presidente Donald Trump impusiera prohibiciones de viaje el año pasado. Esto significa que muchos aficionados iraníes no podrán ver los partidos de la fase de grupos de su equipo en California y Seattle.
Y aunque los atletas y entrenadores están exentos de la prohibición, Irán amenazó con boicotear el sorteo de la Copa del Mundo en Washington, en diciembre, después de que a los miembros de su delegación se les negaron visas estadounidenses.
Al final, una pequeña delegación, incluido el entrenador del equipo, asistió a la ceremonia, pero el conflicto dio un ejemplo tangible de la tensión que ya estaba latente.
Posteriormente, Irán fue sorteado en el Grupo G y jugará contra Nueva Zelanda, Egipto y Bélgica en la Copa del Mundo.
Se prevé que la Copa del Mundo sea la más grande de la historia, con 48 equipos jugando en un torneo
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- Un agujero en el cielo: cómo los cierres del espacio aéreo en Medio Oriente están transformando la aviación mundial
Un agujero en el cielo: cómo los cierres del espacio aéreo en Medio Oriente están transformando la aviación mundial
Por Francesca Street, CNN
Abra el sitio web de seguimiento de aviones Flightradar24 ahora mismo y el cambio es inconfundible. Donde debería verse uno de los cruces de caminos de la aviación más transitados del mundo (una densa red de aeronaves que une Europa, Asia y África), hay en cambio un enorme vacío. Un agujero en el cielo.
A medida que el conflicto se intensifica en Irán, con repercusiones en todo Medio Oriente, vastas franjas del espacio aéreo regional se han cerrado o vaciado. Y dado que esta región se encuentra en el centro de los viajes modernos de larga distancia, la disrupción se está extendiendo mucho más allá.
Durante décadas, el tráfico entre Europa y Asia ha fluido directamente a través de Oriente Medio. La región alberga algunos de los megacentros de aviación más importantes —el Aeropuerto Internacional de Dubái, el Aeropuerto Internacional de Hamad y el Aeropuerto Internacional de Zayed— y aerolíneas como Emirates, Qatar Airways y Etihad Airways, cuyos modelos de negocio se basan en conectar Oriente y Occidente.
Cuando ese espacio aéreo se cierra, las consecuencias son inmediatas y globales. Los vuelos deben desviarse, lo que a menudo implica tiempo adicional, mayor consumo de combustible y complicaciones derivadas para las tripulaciones y las aeronaves, además de mayores costos.
Las aeronaves se ven desplazadas y las tripulaciones varadas. A medida que aumenta la incertidumbre, hay implicaciones para los seguros de aeronaves, los precios de los billetes y la sostenibilidad operativa.
Tony Stanton, director consultor de Strategic Air en Australia, describe el espacio aéreo de Oriente Medio como “un puente de alta capacidad” entre Europa y Asia
“Cuando ese puente se derrumba o se cierra, el tráfico no desaparece en gran medida”, explica Stanton a CNN Travel. “Tiende a canalizarse hacia el norte o el sur en esos dos corredores principales, y luego lo que vemos es que esos dos corredores se congestionan mucho porque son estrechos”, explica.
El resultado: mayores retrasos, más perturbaciones y mayor incertidumbre.
No hay lugar para la improvisación. “Las aerolíneas no pueden volar a cualquier lugar”, dice Stanton.
“Necesitan permiso para sobrevolar el espacio aéreo de cada país, y solo pueden operar a través del espacio aéreo abierto y gestionado por el control de tráfico aéreo”, afirma. “Obviamente, necesitan obtener esos permisos para sobrevolar países que antes no sobrevolaban”.
Las aerolíneas se preparan para la volatilidad geopolítica. Los sofisticados sistemas de monitoreo de riesgos analizan los puntos críticos globales, lo que permite a los equipos de operaciones modelar contingencias antes de que se produzcan los cierres.
Se calculan nuevos planes de vuelo, se ajustan las cargas de combustible y se reposicionan las tripulaciones, todo mediante lo que Stanton llama un “proceso bien aceitado”.
Pero incluso este sistema puede verse sometido a tensiones si se produce una interrupción prolongada.
El actual “agujero en el cielo” evoca crisis de aviación anteriores, incluidos los meses de parálisis durante la pandemia de covid-19, los días de cierre transatlántico durante la erupción del volcán islandés de 2010 y el desvío aún en curso causado por la guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania.
El vuelo JL43 de Japan Airlines de Tokio a Londres es un buen ejemplo. Antes de la invasión rusa de Ucrania en 2022, volaba hacia el oeste sobre territorio de Rusia. Durante los últimos tres años, ha operado hacia el este sobre el Pacíf
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| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7- Trump’s demands for ending Iran war shift as US military works through its target list
Trump’s demands for ending Iran war shift as US military works through its target list
By Kevin Liptak, Natasha Bertrand, Zachary Cohen, Kylie Atwood, CNN
(CNN) — Inside the Oval Office this week, after a crowd of jostling reporters departed into the Rose Garden, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz tried to get an answer from President Donald Trump: how, exactly, did he envision the war with Iran ending?
Despite some pressing by the chancellor, the answer from the president — as it has been since the conflict began a week ago — wasn’t quite clear, according to a person familiar.
As the US military operation against Iran shifts into a new phase following last Saturday’s opening salvo, how the war ends remains the top question for many officials, lawmakers and US allies.
In briefings with lawmakers and congressional staff in recent days, Pentagon officials have leaned into the US military mission being narrowly focused on destroying Iran’s ballistic missile launchers, people who attended the briefings said, rather than on targeting Iranian nuclear facilities or taking out regime figures or military personnel. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has spoken dismissively of repeating the “nation building” exercises of past administrations.
At the same time, Trump has offered far more expansive goals that appear to extend beyond the military’s stated remit. On Friday, he lumped in the “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER” of Iran’s current regime as an additional requirement for the war to conclude.
The apparent disconnect has only fueled questions about where the conflict, which is already broadly unpopular among Americans, is headed. In conversations with their US counterparts, Arab and European officials say they haven’t detected what exactly Trump’s endgame looks like, or if it exists at all.
Emerging from briefings with senior administration officials this week, lawmakers similarly professed little understanding of how Trump will know he has achieved all his goals in Iran, or whether he has a plan for what comes afterward. Some lawmakers also appeared unnerved by the fact that Hegseth would not rule out putting US troops on the ground in Iran.
Who will take over?
The US has so far rejected Iranian overtures to begin talks that could suss out ways to end the conflict. Iranian intelligence sent word this week to the US it could be prepared to open talks on how to end the war, according to people familiar with the indirect messages, but US officials say there were no negotiations underway and that potential “off-ramps” are unlikely to materialize in the near term.
“Since this thing went kinetic, we’ve had a number of reach-outs,” a senior Trump administration official said this week, putting the number of nations at nearly a dozen. “It’s not dissimilar to what we had before, people wanting to see if they can help solve it, and we’ve talked to them.”
To date, that has not resulted in any robust exchange of messages between the United States and Iran. “We’re not using anyone as an interlocutor. This is a military action, and it’s got to run its course,” the official said.
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said Trump alone would determine when Iran was in a state of “unconditional surrender.”
“What the president means is that when he, as commander in chief of the US Armed Forces, determines that Iran no longer poses a threat to the United States of America and the goals of Operation Epic Fury has been fully realized, then Iran will essentially be in a place of unconditional surrender, whether the
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- Catherine Opie: ‘All people have the right to exist’
Catherine Opie: ‘All people have the right to exist’
By Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN
London (CNN) — In Trump’s America, the question of what art is shown in national galleries and museums is a potent one, and Catherine Opie believes she knows when she’s not welcome.
“There’s absolutely no way the Smithsonian will show me right now,” she says while overseeing the final installation of her highly anticipated new exhibition in London, at the UK’s National Portrait Gallery. It would be reasonable to assume a show like this, which displays photos of American people from the ’90s to now, might eventually make its way to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC but no, she says. “Absolutely not.”
Opie, one of America’s foremost photographers, has turned her lens on a wide range of subjects from Elton John to high school football players, and her own friends and family. A lot of her work challenges gender stereotypes and shines light on marginalized, queer-identifying people, through formally staged portraiture akin to paintings by Renaissance masters like Hans Holbein the Younger, who she often references.
She started making art during a complicated time in the US, amid the culture wars of the ’90s and the latter years of the AIDS crisis. But 2026 is no less complicated, in Opie’s eyes. “What we’re seeing right now is literally the worst of the worst, and I couldn’t have imagined this. I couldn’t have written this. This is a terrible dystopic novel,” she says, drawing stark contrasts between the optimism she felt during Barack Obama’s presidency versus today.
She may not have been able to imagine it, but notes that she’s certainly been a witness to critical preceding events across the political spectrum. Beyond staged portraiture, Opie documents life outside her studio – she’s photographed conservative Tea Party rallies, Obama’s presidential inauguration, Boy Scout jamborees and women’s marches.
She’s also turned the camera on herself. Three self-portraits are some of her most recognized works: “Self-Portrait/Cutting” (1993) shows Opie, back turned, with a childlike scene of a house and two figures holding hands cut into her. “Self-Portrait/Pervert” (1994) shows Opie in a leather gimp mask, needles piercing her arms and this time with the word “pervert” etched into her bare chest. Ten years later, she photographed herself in “Self-Portrait/Nursing” while feeding her infant son. Traces of “pervert” are still visible as a scar. (When her son would start to ask her what the letters mean, she’d tell him they say “perfect.”)
The ability of a single image to evoke feelings of hope and acceptance in some viewers while unsettling others is a fascinating reality of our culture and one Opie is unbothered by. “So guess what, I’m a disrupter,” she says when asked the question while standing in front of a series of portraits of women wearing cheap store-bought mustaches, staring down the camera with looks that might make the male gaze go weak at the knees. “Men don’t like to be toyed with, apparently,” she laughs.
Opie addresses the topic of masculinity in many ways throughout her work – she subverts it, performs it and celebrates it (there’s a particularly beautiful photo of her newborn grandson being cradled by his father in the show), and she’s not done with it yet. She hints at a new project about cowboy culture. She has questions for these men she calls the “Taylor Sheridans” of the world, referring to the creator of popular show “Yellowstone.”
“I invite him to sit and I would love to talk about masculinity with him in terms of representation,” she says.
She’s open about her “own problem” with masculinity and how that played out after she gave birth to a baby boy, her son Oliver. “I had such a hard time fitting into the world as a girl,” says Opie, explaining that when she realized she
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- A reporter in Nashville has been covering ICE arrests in her community. Then she was detained herself
A reporter in Nashville has been covering ICE arrests in her community. Then she was detained herself
By Elise Hammond, Caroll Alvarado, CNN
(CNN) — Nashville journalist Estefany Rodriguez frequently reports on Immigration and Customs Enforcement action, becoming familiar with the sudden arrests that have become hallmarks of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
But when trucks surrounded her and her husband’s car Wednesday and agents approached the windows, she was confused, her husband Alejandro Medina said.
Medina realized it was ICE before his wife did, he said. “We really couldn’t understand why we’re being surrounded.”
“We’re definitely shocked,” he told CNN.
Rodriguez, who was born in Colombia, entered the United States legally, one of her lawyers said. She is a journalist for Spanish-language news outlet Nashville Noticias and has reported stories “critical of the practices” by ICE and was covering immigration arrests the day before her detainment Wednesday, a petition filed by her lawyers for her release stated.
It’s the latest instance of journalists being caught up in the Trump administration’s nationwide crackdown on immigration. Mario Guevara, a Salvadoran journalist, was deported in October after being arrested while covering a “No Kings” protest in Atlanta.
The agents swarming the car to detain Rodriguez knew a lot about her and her husband, Medina said. They knew he was born in the US, and they knew they had applied for a green card, he said.
Rodriguez also has a pending political asylum claim and a valid work permit, according to court documents. A spokesperson for ICE told CNN in a statement Rodriguez “currently has no lawful immigration status.”
“A pending green card application and work authorization does NOT give someone legal status to be in our country,” a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told CNN.
Rodriguez was at a detention center in Alabama as of Friday before she was set to be sent to Louisiana, according to her lawyer, Joel Coxander.
When she worked for a large broadcaster in her home country of Colombia, she reported on government agencies and instances of corruption, her dad Juan Rodriguez and Coxander said.
But then she started receiving threats, Juan Rodriguez said. She reported them to the police and the country’s prosecutor’s office, and a security detail was assigned to her for a while, but that later changed to routine check-ins, her father said.
“There are a lot of problems, including armed groups, guerrillas, corrupt politicians. When you report, you’ll find that some of these people don’t like what you’re reporting on, and they’ll get bothered and think they have to get rid of the reporter because the reporter is making too much noise and informing the public,” Juan Rodriguez said.
When her daughter turned 1, Estefany Rodriguez decided to try to find safety in the US, he said. She came to the United States on a tourist visa in 2021, according to court documents. Before it expired, she applied for political asylum, it said.
However, according to ICE, “she failed to depart the country and is in violation of the conditions of her visa and currently has no lawful immigration status. She will remain in ICE custody pending her immigration proceedings.”
While Coxander said Friday he asked the court to let him amend his initial petition to release Rodriguez to “specifically address that this is a First Amendment violation and retaliation” for her coverage of ICE activities, the agents said they were detaining her because she had failed to show up for two immigration appointments.
Rodriguez received a letter from ICE on January 8 asking her to come to the Nashville fiel
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- Voting Begins on Summer Solstice Festival Poster
Voting Begins on Summer Solstice Festival Poster
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - We now have the first look of what the Summer Solstice poster could look like for the upcoming annual celebration in June.
Last night, at a special event in downtown Santa Barbara, the poster art from a recent contest, was on display.
It was part of the First Thursday event throughout downtown. This Solstice gathering was in the office of the Downtown Santa Barbara Improvement Association.
Those attending were able to cast a vote for their favorite art piece that fit this year's theme, "Wave."
Starting today, you can also vote on line.
A winner will be selected later on this month, by the Solstice board.
This year the 52nd Summer Solstice celebration will be June 19th through 21st with the colorful parade set for noon on June 20th on Santa Barbara Street.
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8- Time ‘sprang forward’ this weekend but you didn’t prepare. What to do now
Time ‘sprang forward’ this weekend but you didn’t prepare. What to do now
By Katia Hetter, CNN
(CNN) — No, I did not prepare for the start of Daylight Saving Time this past weekend, when most people in the United States move their clocks forward an hour. That means sunset will come later — despite our need for that lost hour of sleep overnight.
Experts advised planning for this change two weeks ago by shifting your sleeping schedule a bit each night. That did not happen in my house and maybe it didn’t happen in your house either, since the workdays are long and everyone’s calendars are packed.
Even though the shift is only 60 minutes, the sudden change can disrupt the body’s internal clock. Many people find themselves feeling groggy in the morning, restless at night and less focused during the day.
Knowing what happens to your body when the clocks move forward and why the change affects some people more than others can help you adjust faster. And yes, there are times when people seek medical advice for sleep problems that linger after the transition.
To guide us through this adjustment, I spoke with CNN wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen. Wen is an emergency physician and adjunct associate professor at George Washington University. She previously served as Baltimore’s health commissioner.
CNN: What happens in the body when we “spring forward”?
Dr. Leana Wen: Our internal clock, known as the circadian rhythm, is closely regulated by exposure to light and darkness. When the clock suddenly jumps forward by an hour, the brain doesn’t instantly adjust. Your body is still operating on the previous day’s schedule.
One important factor is melatonin, the hormone that helps signal when it’s time to sleep. After the time change, melatonin may still be released according to the old schedule. That means people might not feel sleepy when they should, making it harder to fall asleep at night and wake up the next morning.
This shift can feel like a mild form of jet lag. Instead of traveling across time zones, the time zone effectively moves around you. Even though it’s just an hour, the change can temporarily disrupt sleep, alertness, appetite and mood.
CNN: Why do some people struggle more than others with the spring time change?
Wen: Losing an hour of sleep tends to be more difficult for the body than gaining one, which is why many people notice the spring transition more than the fall shift.
People who already don’t get enough sleep may feel the effects more strongly. If someone is already sleep deprived, losing even one hour can worsen fatigue and concentration problems. Early work or school schedules can make the adjustment harder, too, because people still need to wake up at the same clock time even though their bodies feel like it’s earlier.
Children and teenagers can also have difficulty adapting. Many adolescents naturally fall asleep and wake later than adults, so an earlier effective wake time can leave them especially tired for several days. Shift workers and people with irregular sleep schedules may notice the disruption more as well.
CNN: How long does it usually take to adjust to the new schedule?
Wen: For many people, the adjustment takes several days. Others may need closer to a week before their sleep schedule fully aligns with the new time.
The key is consistency, and you can start that practice today. Going to bed and waking up at the same time each day hel
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- Checketts wins #500 as UCSB runs win streak to 10 games
Checketts wins #500 as UCSB runs win streak to 10 games
UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - Andrew Checketts enters the exclusive 500 win club at UCSB as his Gauchos extended their winning streak to 10 games with a 7-4 victory over Long Beach State.
Checketts joins former volleyball legends Kathy Gregory and Ken Preston as the only head coaches to win 500 games at UCSB.
The Gauchos scored three times in the third inning to grab a 4-2 lead highlighted by a 2-run double by Jonathan Mendez.
Long Beach State tied the game at 4 with single runs in the fourth and sixth innings but the Gauchos plated three runs in the eighth inning. Colin Beazizo blasted a 2-run homer to cap the scoring for UCSB who improves to 11-2 on the year and 2-0 in the Big West.
The Gauchos got a terrific effort from reliever Donovann Jackson who pitched 4 1/3 innings allowing just one run and two hits while striking out 5.
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- CIF-State Playoffs: St. Joseph boys basketball loses, Knights girls win
- Local college scores
Local college scores
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) -
NCAA Men's Basketball:
UC San Diego 64, UCSB 63
Cal Poly 108, CS Bakersfield 76
Point Loma 94, Westmont 69: Championship game in PacWest Tournament
NCAA Women's Basketball:
UC San Diego 72, UCSB 65
Cal Poly 66, CS Bakersfield 54
NCAA Baseball:
UCSB 7, Long Beach State 4: Andrew Checketts wins 500th game at UCSB
Cal Poly 6, Hawai'i 2
Westmont 3, Fresno Pacific 2: Game 1
Fresno Pacific 12, Westmont 3: Game 2
NCAA Softball:
UCSB 9, UC San Diego 2: Game 1
UCSB 8, UC San Diego 4: Game 2
CS Fullerton 10, Cal Poly 2: Game 1
CS Fullerton 9, Cal Poly 1: Game 2
NCAA Men's Tennis:
UCSB 4, Texas Tech 3
NCAA Women's Tennis:
Cal Poly 5, UC San Diego 2
Westmont 5, Cal State LA 2
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| 9- Aeropuertos de EE.UU. sufren demoras por escasez de personal, mientras sigue el cierre del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional
Aeropuertos de EE.UU. sufren demoras por escasez de personal, mientras sigue el cierre del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional
Por Aaron Cooper
Las filas en los controles de seguridad se extendieron por más de una hora el domingo en los aeropuertos de todo el país, mientras continúa el cierre parcial del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional.
El departamento, que supervisa la Administración de Seguridad en el Transporte (TSA), publicó fotos de largas filas en sus redes sociales, culpando a los demócratas de usar los viajes de vacaciones de primavera como rehenes para obtener beneficios políticos. La financiación del departamento se agotó a mediados de febrero en medio de un estancamiento entre republicanos y demócratas sobre la reforma migratoria federal.
Las filas de la TSA en el Aeropuerto William P. Hobby de Houston se extendieron durante más de tres horas la tarde del domingo, según informó la agencia. El aeropuerto recomendó a los pasajeros llegar de cuatro a cinco horas antes de sus vuelos.
“El cierre del gobierno podría afectar las operaciones de seguridad de un día para otro, e incluso de un turno para otro”, anunció el aeropuerto Hobby en una publicación en redes sociales. “Agradecemos su paciencia y comprensión mientras nuestros colaboradores federales trabajan para mantener la seguridad de todos los pasajeros”.
También se informaron largas colas en el Aeropuerto Internacional Louis Armstrong de Nueva Orleans, donde se animó a los pasajeros a llegar tres horas antes de su hora de salida programada.
Las imágenes de WWL, afiliada de CNN, mostraron la fila de seguridad que se extendía fuera del aeropuerto y hasta un estacionamiento.
“Empezó en lo profundo del garaje”, dijo Gal Jurick a WWL sobre la línea. “Dio siete vueltas antes de llegar a esta parte (dentro de la terminal)”.
“Debido a las consecuencias del cierre parcial del gobierno federal, la TSA está experimentando una escasez de personal en el control de seguridad, lo que está provocando filas más largas de lo habitual”, publicó el aeropuerto en redes sociales. “El aeropuerto cuenta con personal disponible para ayudar a mantener las filas organizadas, y seguiremos coordinando con nuestros socios federales de la TSA para abordar este problema”.
“Iré allí y empezaré a registrar a la gente”, dijo a WWL un hombre que se identificó como Brian. “Les pondré una placa”.
Los aeropuertos internacionales Hartsfield-Jackson de Atlanta, Charlotte Douglas y el Aeropuerto Intercontinental George Bush de Houston también informaron filas más largas de lo normal.
Las fotografías tomadas en el Aeropuerto Bush el domingo por la tarde muestran la cola de seguridad que se extiende fuera de la terminal, con viajeros formados a lo largo de la acera en el área de llegadas.
Los trabajadores de TSA recibieron sólo un cheque de pago parcial el 28 de febrero y perderán su primer cheque de pago completo el 14 de marzo.
“Este caos es consecuencia directa de los demócratas y su negativa a financiar el DHS”, declaró Lauren Bis, portavoz del DHS, en un comunicado. “Estos héroes de primera línea recibieron solo parte de sus pagos a principios de mes y ahora se enfrentan a su primer pago completo no recibido, lo que les ha provocado dificultades económicas, ausencias y una grave escasez de personal”.
Los retrasos se producen mientras el DHS se prepara para un nuevo líder después de que el presidente Donald Trump despidiera a la secretaria Kristi Noem la semana pasada y designara al senador de Oklahoma Read more
- ‘Save our girls’: Supporters plead for action over Iranian women’s football team in Australia
‘Save our girls’: Supporters plead for action over Iranian women’s football team in Australia
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN
Brisbane, Australia (CNN) — After their final defeat in the Asian Women’s Cup on Sunday, supporters of the Iranian women’s football team crowded around their bus shouting at police to “save our girls” as it pulled away.
Hadi Karimi, a human rights advocate and member of the local Iranian community, said supporters outside the bus could clearly see at least three players inside making the international hand signal for help.
“We’re asking federal police, the government, Australian people, everyone. These girls are asking for help. They showing their hand, (the) SOS sign. This is very, very important. Their life is in danger,” he said.
The players, who’ve been in Australia for a week, are at the center of growing calls for their exit from the country to be blocked for fear of persecution in Iran, their home country that’s at war with the US and Israel under a hardline new supreme leader.
Before their first match last Monday, the players stood silent during the Iranian national anthem, a gesture they didn’t explain but one that was interpreted by some hardliners inside Iran as a sign of treason.
Sources told CNN they were forced to sing the national anthem ahead of their next match on Thursday, and on Sunday, ahead of their final 0-2 defeat to the Philippines, they again sang the anthem and gave a military salute.
The women’s plight has reached Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran’s ousted shah, who also joined calls for the Australia government to ensure their safety, warning in a post on X that they’ll face “dire consequences” if they return to Iran.
“As a result of their brave act of civil disobedience in refusing to sing the current regime’s national anthem, they face dire consequences should they return to Iran,” Pahlavi posted on X. “I call on the Australian government to ensure their safety and give them any and all needed support.”
Defiance then silence
The Iranian women’s team has been contesting the Women’s Asian Cup in Australia during a week of turmoil for their country as the conflict with the US and Israel escalates to take in neighboring countries.
The war has disrupted international travel, and while flying to the Middle East right now is difficult due to airspace closures and the risk of airstrikes, supporters fear the women will be taken to a third country – perhaps China, Russia or Malaysia – before an onward journey to the Middle East.
Craig Foster, a former Australian international and human rights advocate, said “a vast range of organizations” had tried to speak with the women during their time in Australia but had been denied the opportunity.
“No athlete group should ever be effectively held hostage by their own member federation and denied access to external support networks,” he said. He said as the players had been knocked out the competition, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) had responsibility for their welfare.
“The first thing that the Australian football community is calling on them is to grant access to the players to safe, culturally appropriate support networks, so that they can privately and confidentially express if they are feeling unsafe and what they would like to see happen,” he said.
CNN has reached out to the AFC and the Iranian Football Federation for comment.
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong declined to comment on Sunday, when asked if there’d been any contact between Australian officials and the Iranian players. She said she didn’t want to “get into commentary about the Iranian women’s team.”
“We stand in solidarity with the men and women of Iran and particularly Iranian women and girls,” she told national broadcaster, the ABC. “Obviously, this is a regime that we know has brutally cracke
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- La guerra de Trump con Irán arrastra al mundo a su política destructora
La guerra de Trump con Irán arrastra al mundo a su política destructora
Análisis por Stephen Collinson, Kylie Atwood y Tal Shalev, CNN
La actitud de Estados Unidos hacia sus aliados antes de la guerra con Irán fue el equivalente geopolítico de un eslogan en una chaqueta que lució notoriamente la primera dama Melania Trump: “Realmente no me importa. ¿A ti sí?”.
La administración Trump no solo rechazó las coaliciones y no buscó la legitimidad diplomática que marcó la guerra del Golfo de 1990-91 o incluso la invasión de Iraq en 2003; lanzó su ataque, junto con Israel, sin siquiera contárselo a muchos de sus amigos.
Tomemos, por ejemplo, la intimidación durante un viaje a Dubai de un alto cargo del Gobierno italiano, cuya ideología se acerca más a la de Trump que la de la mayoría en Europa. “Piensen en la falta fundamental de coordinación que esto representa: el ministro de Defensa de uno de los aliados más cercanos de EE.UU. estaba presente cuando empezó todo y no tenía ni idea”, dijo un funcionario estadounidense.
Nueve días después, la guerra ha arrastrado al mundo más profundamente que nunca al vórtice desorientador que ya ha definido la vida estadounidense en la era de la política destructora de Donald Trump.
Los ataques iniciales de Estados Unidos e Israel —que mataron al líder supremo de Irán, el ayatola Alí Jamenei— desataron un caos regional. Los gobiernos europeos y de Medio Oriente se enfrentaron a una guerra repentina que no les correspondía y que la mayoría no deseaba. Las autoridades se apresuraron a rescatar a los ciudadanos atrapados en una zona de combate cada vez más amplia. El alza de los precios de la energía azotó las frágiles economías y la agitación política interna se apoderó de la política. En el Golfo, los aliados de Estados Unidos se enfrentaron a un bombardeo de drones y misiles que destrozó la opulenta calma de las relucientes ciudades de cristal que surgían del desierto y paralizó una encrucijada de la aviación mundial.
Ahora, algunos aliados se sienten cada vez más frustrados ante el aumento de los costos económicos, el temor a una crisis migratoria si Irán implosiona y la vulnerabilidad de sus ciudadanos. Y les preocupa lo que pueda suceder después.
Pero a pesar del triunfalismo de la administración y la determinación de sus críticos de comparar la nueva guerra de Estados Unidos con el atolladero de Iraq, es demasiado pronto para juzgar con justicia cómo podría terminar la guerra.
Los incesantes ataques aéreos estadounidenses e israelíes —en una estrategia militar que parece mucho más planificada que política— tienen una gran posibilidad de neutralizar el poder de Teherán para amenazar a sus vecinos. Esto beneficiaría a todo el Medio Oriente, presentaría a Trump como un hombre fuerte en la región, liberaría a Israel de una amenaza existencial y mejoraría la seguridad nacional de Estados Unidos tras una disputa de casi 50 años con la República Islámica.
Pero sin un cambio de régimen completo, los iraníes aún podrían pagar un alto precio si se opta por la represión en lugar de la contrarrevolución. Y si la guerra de Trump destroza el Estado iraní y desencadena una guerra civil, una crisis de refugiados o graves consecuencias económicas podrían desestabilizar el mundo.
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- An explosive device thrown near NYC mayor’s home is being investigated by FBI’s terrorism task force. Here’s what we know
An explosive device thrown near NYC mayor’s home is being investigated by FBI’s terrorism task force. Here’s what we know
By Karina Tsui, CNN
(CNN) — A man hurled an improvised explosive device amid dueling protests outside New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Manhattan residence on Saturday, prompting an investigation by federal terrorism authorities and the discovery of an additional device in a nearby car the next day.
While the device thrown Saturday did not explode, police said it was capable of causing “serious injury or death.” Law enforcement sources told CNN the two men arrested in connection with the device admitted to being inspired by ISIS.
The violence erupted during an anti-Islam protest organized by a right-wing provocateur that was dwarfed by a crowd of more than 100 counterprotesters, officials said.
Saturday’s clash unfolded during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Mamdani, who is the city’s first Muslim mayor, and his wife Rama Duwaji, were not at Gracie Mansion at the time, a source familiar with the situation told CNN.
Here’s what we know:
How opposing protests boiled over
An anti-Islam protest organized by right-wing influencer Jake Lang drew roughly 20 participants, while a counterprotest called “Drive the Nazis Out of New York” peaked at about 125 people, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.
Tensions between the two groups, who were separated into designated protest areas, escalated shortly before noon. At around 12:15 p.m., a protester associated with Lang’s group pepper-sprayed counterprotesters, Tisch said.
Twenty minutes later, a counterprotester “threw an ignited device toward the protest area,” which landed on a crosswalk, Tisch said.
Video shows the moment the device was thrown, with protesters and police officers scrambling to get away from where it landed.
“Witnesses reported seeing flames and smoke as it traveled through the air before it struck a barrier and extinguished itself a few feet from police officers,” the commissioner said.
The man then retrieved a second device from another man before lighting it and starting to run, Tisch said. He dropped the second device on the street, where it appeared to emit smoke but also did not explode.
Officers secured the area, taking both men, an 18-year-old and a 19-year-old, into custody. Authorities have not yet announced any charges.
Police told The New York Times the two teenagers are from Pennsylvania. CNN has reached out to the NYPD for further information.
The anti-Islam protester accused of using pepper spray was also arrested, along with three others for alleged disorderly conduct and obstructing traffic, Tisch said.
Device designed to cause harm
A preliminary analysis from the NYPD bomb squad determined both devices recovered Saturday were slightly smaller than a football and appeared to be jars wrapped in black tape containing bolts, screws and a hobby fuse, Tisch said.
The device thrown into the crosswalk appears to have been made with TATP, an extraordinarily powerful and unstable explosive that’s easy to obtain, multiple law enforcement officials told CNN, citing preliminary inspection results.
“It is not a hoax device or a smoke bomb,” Tisch said in a post on X. Analysis of the second device recovered at the scene is ongoing.
On Sunday, the NYPD said it was investigating a suspicious device in a vehicle a few blocks south of Gracie Mansion “in connection with” Saturday’s incident.
The area was blocked off, and “limited evacuations” of buildings were conducted while the bomb squad c
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| 10- Administración Federal de Aviación de EE.UU. cancela una breve parada en tierra para los aviones de JetBlue
Administración Federal de Aviación de EE.UU. cancela una breve parada en tierra para los aviones de JetBlue
Por Reuters
Una breve parada en tierra emitida para todos los vuelos de JetBlue fue cancelada en una hora el martes por la Administración Federal de Aviación de Estados Unidos (FFA, por sus siglas en inglés) después de que la aerolínea dijera que había resuelto una “interrupción del sistema”.
“Se ha resuelto una breve interrupción del sistema y hemos reanudado las operaciones”, dijo un portavoz de JetBlue en un comunicado, sin proporcionar más detalles.
La FAA había dicho que la suspensión del vuelo se emitió a petición de JetBlue.
JetBlue, con sede en Nueva York, presta servicios a más de 110 destinos en Estados Unidos, el Caribe, América Latina, Canadá y Europa.
Esta historia ha sido actualizada con información adicional.
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- “Muchas noches sin dormir”: por qué la guerra en Irán podría costarle a Iraq un lugar en el Mundial de 2026
“Muchas noches sin dormir”: por qué la guerra en Irán podría costarle a Iraq un lugar en el Mundial de 2026
Por Don Riddell, CNN
La selección masculina de fútbol de Iraq está a solo 90 minutos de clasificarse para la Copa Mundial de la FIFA por primera vez en 40 años, en teoría. Eventos ajenos al control del equipo han reforzado el dicho de que el último tramo suele ser el más difícil.
El 31 de marzo, los Leones de Mesopotamia se enfrentarán al ganador del partido entre Bolivia y Surinam, que se enfrentarán cinco días antes, en un repechaje clasificatorio para el Mundial de 2026.
Sin embargo, la guerra en Irán y la violencia que se ha extendido a muchos otros países de Medio Oriente significan que Iraq casi con certeza no podrá viajar a tiempo al partido en Monterrey, México.
Graham Arnold, el entrenador australiano del equipo, declaró a CNN Sports que la mayoría de sus jugadores y todo su cuerpo técnico estarán atrapados en Iraq al menos hasta el 1 de abril, el día después del partido, porque el espacio aéreo sobre el país ha sido cerrado.
“Es estresante”, explicó. “Es un gran reto. Tengo unos cuatro o cinco planes ahora mismo, y obviamente, todos son diferentes. Muchas noches en vela preocupándome por acertar con la planificación”.
La Asociación Iraquí de Fútbol (IFA) solicitó formalmente a la FIFA, el organismo rector del fútbol mundial, que posponga el partido para que el equipo pueda viajar a México, según informó a CNN Sports una fuente de la organización.
Se espera que la FIFA tome una decisión a finales de semana.
Mientras tanto, Arnold está bajo mucha presión. No solo aproximadamente el 60 % de su equipo está confinado en Iraq durante el resto del mes, sino que su equipo médico también está varado en Qatar y él está atrapado en Dubai, donde estaba evaluando a un par de sus jugadores cuando estallaron las hostilidades el 28 de febrero.
Es una situación que Arnold compara con los primeros días de la pandemia de covid-19, cuando entrenaba a la selección nacional australiana.
Dijo que en ese momento tenía un plan “A, B, C, D, E y F para intentar superarlo”, pero esta vez tiene las manos completamente atadas, no solo por la logística del viaje, sino también porque el cierre de las embajadas en la región dificulta la obtención de visas tanto para México como para Estados Unidos.
Asegura que un campamento de entrenamiento planeado en Houston, Texas, para adaptarse al clima y la zona horaria ya se ha cancelado.
Con el espacio aéreo cerrado, la única solución remotamente viable sería sacar a los jugadores de Iraq en autobús, pero Arnold dice que eso no es viable.
“Un viaje en autobús de 30 horas a otro país no es posible, no es saludable para los jugadores, y además están las complicaciones, de nuevo, de las posibles visas para entrar a esos países”, comentó.
Mientras tanto, la FIFA ahora debe prepararse para la posibilidad de que Irán se retire del torneo, que está siendo coorganizado por el país que los atacó.
Mehdi Taj, presidente de la Federación de Fútbol de Irán (FFIRI), puso en duda la participación de su país cuando declaró: “Lo que es seguro es que después de este ataque, no se puede esperar que miremos hacia la Copa del Mundo con esperanza”.
Desde el torneo de 1950 en Brasil, ningún equipo se había retirado de la competencia después de la clasificación.
Si Irán se retira, la FIFA tendrá que encontrar un sustituto y Arnold confía en que el puesto vacante debería ser otorgado a su equipo.
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- Two men were charged for throwing makeshift bombs near the NYC mayor’s home. Here’s what we know
Two men were charged for throwing makeshift bombs near the NYC mayor’s home. Here’s what we know
By Taylor Romine, Gloria Pazmino, CNN
(CNN) — Two Pennsylvania men on Saturday followed the route taken by thousands as they crossed the George Washington Bridge into New York City. But less than an hour later, their trajectory took a dark turn as they were arrested for throwing homemade bombs during an anti-Muslim protest outside of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s home.
Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, were charged Monday with providing material support to a terrorist organization and using a weapon of mass destruction, among other charges, after they threw two improved explosive devices, also known as IEDs, during a protest, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court.
The men told law enforcement they were inspired by ISIS, the terrorist group that has seen a resurgence in recent years.
“This was a planned attack motivated by extremist ideology and inspired by a violent foreign terrorist organization,” New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a press conference.
The events come as the city is near the tail-end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, all while taking place outside the residence of the city’s first Muslim mayor.
As investigators look into the two men’s ties with ISIS and their motivations, here is what we know about the situation.
Attack stemmed from anti-Muslim protest
On Saturday, an anti-Islam protest organized by right-wing influencer Jake Lang attracted about 20 people, with about 125 people coming to a counterprotest dubbed “Drive the Nazis Out of New York,” Tisch said. The protest was near Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s residence.
The groups stayed in their own designated areas, but tensions escalated when a protester associated with Lang’s group pepper-sprayed counterprotesters around 12:15 p.m., she said.
Twenty minutes later, a counterprotester later identified in court documents as Balat, “threw an ignited device toward the protest area,” which landed on a crosswalk, Tisch said. Video showed protesters and police quickly scatter to avoid the device.
“Witnesses reported seeing flames and smoke as it traveled through the air before it struck a barrier and extinguished itself a few feet from police officers,” the commissioner said.
Balat then retrieved a second device from Kayumi before lighting it and starting to run, the complaint said. He dropped the second device on the street, where it appeared to emit smoke but also did not explode, according to Tisch.
Balat and Kayumi were arrested after the devices were thrown, Tisch said. On Monday, they were charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization, using a weapon of mass destruction, transportation of explosive materials; unlawful possession of destructive devices; and interstate transportation and receipt of explosives, according to the complaint.
The anti-Islam protester accused of using pepper spray was also arrested, and three others were arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct and obstructing traffic Tisch said. Mamdani said he and his wife, Rama Duwaji, were not home during the time of the protest.
Suspects are teens from Pennsylvania
Balat and Kayumi both made comments saying their actions were related to ISIS, according to authorities.
As Kayumi was being placed into an NYPD vehicle, an officer’s body-worn camera footage captured someone asking why he had done this, and he responded with “ISIS,” the complaint said.
After waiving his Miranda rights, Kayumi also told authorities he watched ISIS propaganda o
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- Trump se contradice repetidamente sobre Irán en apenas unas horas
Trump se contradice repetidamente sobre Irán en apenas unas horas
Análisis por Aaron Blake
La retórica del presidente Donald Trump sobre la guerra con Irán ha sido confusa y contradictoria desde mucho antes de que comenzaran los primeros ataques.
Pero el lunes hizo declaraciones muy diferentes sobre los mismos temas en el lapso de solo unas pocas horas.
La gran noticia del lunes por la tarde fue que parecía que la guerra estaba a punto de terminar, al menos a juzgar por los comentarios de Trump.
En una entrevista telefónica con CBS News, Trump declaró: “Creo que la guerra está prácticamente terminada”.
Pero casi al mismo tiempo, la cuenta de respuesta rápida del Departamento de Defensa publicó en X: “Apenas hemos comenzado a luchar”, sin más contexto. (Y hace apenas unos días, el secretario de Defensa, Pete Hegseth, enfatizó en el programa “60 Minutes” de CBS, en una entrevista grabada el viernes, que “esto es solo el comienzo”).
Y el comentario de Trump en esa entrevista del lunes también fue bastante diferente de lo que diría más tarde.
“Ya hemos ganado en muchos sentidos, pero no lo suficiente”, manifestó en un discurso ante los republicanos de la Cámara de Representantes en Florida. “Seguimos adelante con más determinación que nunca para lograr la victoria definitiva que pondrá fin a este peligro persistente de una vez por todas”.
Minutos después de ese discurso, Trump, en una conferencia de prensa, volvió a calificar la victoria de no tan completa.
“No cederemos hasta derrotar total y decisivamente al enemigo”, afirmó.
“Podríamos decir que es un éxito rotundo ahora mismo; al salir de aquí, podría decirlo”, añadió Trump. “O podríamos ir más allá, y vamos a ir más allá”.
Trump también ofreció algunos comentarios contradictorios sobre el estado del poder de fuego de Irán.
En la misma entrevista de CBS, sugirió que Irán ya no tenía medios para luchar.
Irán “no tiene armada, no tiene comunicaciones, no tiene fuerza aérea”, indicó Trump.
Añadió: “Ya han disparado todo lo que tenían que disparar”.
Y: “Si te fijas, no les queda nada. No queda nada en términos militares”.
En su conferencia de prensa, también afirmó: “No tienen radar, no tienen telecomunicaciones… Todo se acabó”.
Pero en otras partes de ese evento, él consideró que las mismas capacidades estaban muy disminuidas en lugar de haber desaparecido.
Aunque anteriormente había dicho que Irán “no tenía armada”, en cambio afirmó que “la mayor parte del poder naval de Irán se ha hundido”.
(Trump también aumentó rápidamente el número de barcos iraníes que, según él, las fuerzas estadounidenses habían hundido, de 46 durante su discurso a 50 y luego a 51 en su conferencia de prensa).
Si bien había dicho que Irán disparó básicamente todo lo que tenía, en otro momento declaró que su capacidad de misiles se había “reducido a alrededor del 10 %, tal vez menos” y en otro momento indicó que “la mayoría” de los misiles habían sido utilizados o destruidos.
“Los drones probablemente se han reducido al 25 % y pronto se reducirán a nada”, añadió.
Mientras Trump resaltaba los éxitos del esfuerzo bélico en la conferencia de prensa, inicialmente afirmó que el liderazgo de Irán había desaparecido por completo.
“Todo lo que tenían se ha ido, incluido su liderazgo”, apuntó.
“No tienen liderazgo”, añadió.
Pero entonces se dio cuenta de que “los dos niveles de liderazgo han desaparecid
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| 11- UCSB crushes Saint Mary’s to extend win streak to 12 games
UCSB crushes Saint Mary’s to extend win streak to 12 games
UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - Noah Karliner smashed a 3-run home run in the bottom the first inning as UCSB rolled to a 12th straight win, 13-3 over Saint Mary's in a game shortened to 6 1/2 innings due to the run-rule.
Karliner had 3 RBI and 3 runs scores while William Vasseur also knocked in 3 runs as the 22nd ranked Gauchos improved to 13-2 on the year.
Eleven of the wins in this streak have come at home.
Jonathan Mendez and Rowan Kelly each added 2 RBI as the Gauchos followed up their 3-run first inning with 4 more runs in the third before a 5-run outburst in the sixth inning.
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- Meta acaba de comprar la red social para bots de IA de la que todo el mundo habla
Meta acaba de comprar la red social para bots de IA de la que todo el mundo habla
Por Hadas Gold, CNN
Meta, la empresa detrás de algunas de las plataformas de redes sociales más populares del mundo, acaba de crear un nuevo sitio… para bots.
Meta adquirió Moltbook, la red social donde los agentes de IA interactúan entre sí de forma autónoma, dijo la compañía en un comunicado el martes.
Meta compite con rivales como OpenAI por el talento y la atención de los usuarios. Y a medida que la IA se expande a más aspectos de la vida de los estadounidenses, las empresas tecnológicas intentan encontrar la mejor manera de posicionarse para ganar lo que se está convirtiendo en una especie de carrera armamentística tecnológica.
Moltbook se convirtió en el centro de atención de Silicon Valley el mes pasado, acumulando millones de bots registrados a los pocos días de su lanzamiento. Algunos en la industria lo consideraron un gran avance, ya que demostró lo que puede suceder cuando los agentes de IA interactúan entre sí como humanos. Otros afirmaron que el sitio está lleno de agentes falsos, IA deficiente y riesgos de seguridad, por lo que debería considerarse con escepticismo.
La adquisición de Meta se produce semanas después de que OpenAI contratara al fundador de la tecnología detrás de Moltbook, un sistema de agentes de IA llamado OpenClaw. El equipo de Moltbook se unirá a los laboratorios de superinteligencia de Meta. Un portavoz de Meta afirmó que el enfoque de Moltbook “abre nuevas vías para que los agentes de IA trabajen para personas y empresas”.
El CEO de OpenAI, Sam Altman, restó importancia al entusiasmo generado por Moltbook el mes pasado, sugiriendo que OpenClaw, el agente autónomo de IA de código abierto que impulsa los bots del sitio, fue el verdadero avance. Altman escribió que espera que la tecnología se convierta en un elemento central de los productos de OpenAI.
Meta adquirió Manus, la startup de agentes de IA, en auge en diciembre, tras una serie de contrataciones de alto perfil destinadas a fortalecer su equipo de superinteligencia . La compañía también invirtió US$ 14.300 en Scale AI el año pasado y contrató a su director ejecutivo.
Pero Meta, al igual que algunas de sus grandes tecnológicas, se enfrenta a la presión de demostrar que sus inversiones en IA serán rentables, especialmente a medida que rivales como OpenAI, Anthropic y Google desarrollan modelos nuevos y mejorados para sus chatbots. El CEO de Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, anunció en una conferencia telefónica sobre resultados en enero que la compañía lanzará sus nuevos modelos de IA “en los próximos meses”.
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- Katie Perry vs Katy Perry: Australian designer wins trademark over popstar
Katie Perry vs Katy Perry: Australian designer wins trademark over popstar
By Lex Harvey, Angus Watson, CNN
Sydney (CNN) — Sydney-based fashion designer Katie Perry had always dreamed of starting her own clothing brand. She never imagined a global pop star would be her biggest obstacle.
But on Wednesday Australia’s highest court ruled that Perry, who now goes by her married name Katie Taylor, has the right to sell clothes under her own name.
It’s a major victory for the underdog small business owner, who more than 15 years ago received a letter from the other Katy Perry — yes, that one.
“Just picture it. I had just launched my first showroom,” she told CNN, recalling the moment in 2009, two years after she had launched her fashion line “Katie Perry,” which sells colorful and comfortable basics.
“I arrived back in the showroom, there were empty champagne glasses everywhere, and opened my post, and all I remember is looking at this paper that said, cease and desist. Stop sale of your clothes, stop any website, and stop any advertising material.”
Perry, the American singer who was born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, was skyrocketing to international fame following the launch of her popular singles “I Kissed a Girl” and “Hot N Cold,” which were topping Australian and global charts in 2008.
Ahead of Perry’s first Australian tour in 2009, her lawyers sent Taylor a letter demanding she withdraw her trademark application, which she had registered months prior.
“I remember, bursting into tears and thinking, what is this all about? I haven’t done anything wrong,” Taylor said.
That letter kicked off a legal saga that would last nearly two decades, winding through several courts, until the Australian High Court found on Wednesday the designer’s use of her own name for her clothing brand did not violate trademark laws.
“Honestly, it kind of feels like a dream,” Taylor told CNN after reading the ruling. “I keep thinking, like, oh my god, has this actually happened?”
CNN has reached out to Perry’s management for comment on the outcome.
A victory for the underdog
The case was about who was legally allowed to sell clothing under the Katie — or Katy — Perry name.
Taylor said she first heard about Perry in July 2008 when “I Kissed a Girl” came on the radio, according to the court filing Wednesday.
Taylor “bought the song on iTunes because she wanted to support an artist who had the same name as her.”
But their matching names would soon drive a wedge between them.
After the 2009 letter, the two sides attempted to come to a settlement but they could not agree on the terms, according to the court filings.
Taylor was granted the trademark for clothing and Perry amended her application to include just music and entertainment, according to the court ruling.
The legal battle faded to the background. But as Perry’s star grew and she continued to tour the world, including Australia, she began to offer branded tour merchandise, including clothing, to fans.
In 2019, Taylor sued the singer, arguing Perry had infringed on her trademark.
Taylor won her case in Federal Court but lost on appeal, with the judges finding that Perry’s reputation in Australia was stronger than Taylor’s at the time Taylor had registered her trademark application, and that it is common practice for pop stars to sell merchandise.
In a strong rebuke against Taylor’s case, they argued that her “Katie Perry” trademark should be canceled.
But on Wednesday, Australia’s High Court overturned the ruling, arguing the cancellation of the trademark was not warranted, and the use of the “Katie Perry” trademark was not likely to deceive or cause confusion.
Taylor said the court battle was a long and difficult process, but s
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| 12- For nearly two weeks, Chinese fighter jets stopped buzzing Taiwan. No one seems to know why.
For nearly two weeks, Chinese fighter jets stopped buzzing Taiwan. No one seems to know why.
By Will Ripley, Wayne Chang, CNN
Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan’s military has grown used to the daily task of tracking Chinese warplanes flying near the island. Some days there are a handful. On others, many more. But they are a near-constant presence.
So when the aircraft suddenly stopped coming for nearly two weeks, the silence was both striking and deeply puzzling.
That spell was broken on Thursday with five People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft operating around the Taiwan Strait over the previous 24 hours, according to Taiwan’s military, with several flying near the median line that divides the waterway.
Analysts say it was the longest pause in Chinese air activity since Taiwan began publicly releasing daily military data.
“This is frankly unlike anything we’ve seen in recent history in terms of PLA activity around Taiwan,” Ben Lewis, founder of PLATracker, an open data platform that tracks Chinese military movements around Taiwan, Japan and the South China Sea, told CNN.
“Since Taiwan’s defense ministry began releasing this data in 2020 the trend has been up, up, up,” Lewis said. “And now this lull, which maybe has ended today, maybe not, represents a very significant change in the pattern.”
Beginning February 27, Taiwan recorded 13 consecutive days without Chinese warplanes flying near the island.
One brief exception came on March 6 when two aircraft were detected in the far southwestern corner of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone, but analysts say the broader pattern still represented a striking break from recent years of steadily increasing Chinese military activity.
The sudden quiet puzzled analysts and raised a range of possible explanations.
One theory is that Beijing may be trying to avoid escalating tensions ahead of a planned meeting later this month between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, where trade, technology and Taiwan are expected to feature prominently.
“If I was in Vegas, I would put it on the Trump visit,” Lewis said.
Others have pointed to the war involving Iran and the potential impact on global energy markets, though analysts say that connection is less certain.
Some observers also note that China’s annual parliamentary meetings, known as the “Two Sessions,” are concluding this week, a period when military activity has occasionally slowed in the past.
Taiwan’s defense minister Wellington Koo urged caution about drawing conclusions from the lull, noting that Chinese naval activity around Taiwan has continued throughout the period.
“There are a lot of theories out there,” Koo told reporters on Wednesday. “But we still see Chinese naval vessels operating around Taiwan on a daily basis, and these efforts to turn the Taiwan Strait into China’s internal waters have not stopped.”
Indeed, Taiwan continued to track several Chinese warships operating around the island throughout the period, even as the skies above remained unusually quiet.
Lewis said the limited number of aircraft detected Thursday may not signal a full return to normal activity.
The flights came the same day a US Navy P-8 surveillance aircraft transited the Taiwan Strait, in what the 7th Fleet says is a demonstration of Washington’s “commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” and the Chinese planes may have been deployed simply to monitor the American aircraft.
Even then, the response appeared muted compared with past incidents when US ships or aircraft passed through the waterway.
“Relative to previous incidents when the US Navy transited the Taiwan Strait, the number of Chinese aircraft deployed today was actually quite low,” Lewis said.
That uncertainty leaves analysts watching closely to see what happens next.
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- Tormentas severas avanzan hacia el este de EE.UU. tras tornado mortal
Tormentas severas avanzan hacia el este de EE.UU. tras tornado mortal
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Una línea de turbonadas con fuertes lluvias y frecuentes relámpagos avanza por el sureste la madrugada del jueves.
Como consecuencia, se mantienen los avisos por tornado en Alabama y Georgia, donde podrían formarse rápidamente a lo largo de la línea fronteriza mutua. Los vientos destructivos en línea recta siguen siendo la principal amenaza de este sistema.
El Centro de Predicción de Tormentas ha emitido una nueva alerta de tornado para partes del sureste de Alabama, el norte de Florida y el centro-oeste de Georgia hasta las 8:00 a.m., hora de Miami.
Esta área incluye Montgomery, Alabama; Pensacola y Panama City, Florida; y Columbus y Macon, Georgia. Partes del área metropolitana del sur de Atlanta también están en riesgo.
Es posible que se produzcan tornados aislados, ráfagas de viento dañinas de hasta 112 km/h y granizo grande disperso a medida que una poderosa línea de tormentas eléctricas se mueve hacia el este a través de la región esta mañana.
Casi 150.000 clientes se quedaron sin electricidad desde Texas hasta el Atlántico Medio el miércoles después de que severas tormentas eléctricas azotaran la región temprano en la noche.
Los cortes se concentraban en el sur, con casi 50.000 clientes sin electricidad en Louisiana y más de 45.500 en Misisipi, según PowerOutage.com. También se reportan cortes más pequeños, pero igualmente importantes, en Ohio, Maryland, Washington y Texas.
Lake Village, un pequeño pueblo en el noroeste de Indiana, fue uno de los lugares del Medio Oeste más afectados por el tornado.
Mientras los residentes evaluaban los daños causados por la poderosa tormenta el miércoles, muchos se sintieron afortunados de seguir con vida.
Un sobreviviente, Steven Travis, declaró a WBBM, afiliada de CNN, que estaba en casa cuando la tormenta azotó su calle. Desde adentro, vio cómo el techo de su habitación se desprendía y se derrumbaba.
“Me metí en el armario y al salir había escombros por todas partes”, contó. “O sea, el lugar estaba destrozado”.
Travis manifestó que estaba agradecido de haber sobrevivido. No sufrió heridas y pudo dormir en casa de su hija el martes por la noche.
Otros, sin embargo, no tuvieron tanta suerte.
Una mujer que visitó una de las casas derrumbadas en el pueblo el miércoles señaló que su hermana y su cuñado, de unos 80 años, murieron a causa de la tormenta. Un familiar los encontró en el patio trasero de la casa, añadió.
“Esto es devastador”, declaró Christine Kwintera a WLS, afiliada de CNN, y compartió que la pareja había vivido en su casa durante décadas y disfrutaba de una vida tranquila después de la jubilación.
“Eran personas maravillosas, maravillosas”, afirmó la vecina Theresa Figueroa al medio. “Me quedé sin palabras… Ese era su hogar definitivo”.
El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional confirmó una clasificación preliminar de EF3 para el tornado que azotó Aroma Park, Illinois. Los vientos máximos asociados con el tornado fueron de 240 km/h.
La información preliminar sugiere que este tornado comenzó al suroeste de Kankakee, Illinois, y terminó al noreste de Roselawn, Indiana, según el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional.
Por su parte, otro tornado que azotó el martes por la noche y provocó una rara emergencia en Knox, Indiana, recibió una calificación preliminar EF-2.
Los estudios de daños en el condado de Starke revelaron vientos estimados de 185 a 193 km/h, lo suficientemente fuertes como para causar daños estructurales significativos y derribar numerosos árboles a lo largo de la trayectoria del tornado.
La clasificación podría cambiar a med
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- China doesn’t want to catch up with the US in tech. It aims to lead
China doesn’t want to catch up with the US in tech. It aims to lead
By John Liu, CNN
Hong Kong (CNN) — In an era marked by US overseas military actions and trade turbulence, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is counting on a plan to shield his country from the storm: driving innovation to transform China into the world’s leading tech superpower.
Over the next five years, China seeks to upgrade its already powerful industrial sector, strengthen tech “self-sufficiency” and incubate sectors that will help accelerate the country’s tech supremacy, from artificial intelligence and robotics to aerospace and quantum computing.
“For the first time, China wants to lead in a number of technologies. Previously, the focus was always catching up with the West,” said Dan Wang, China director at political risk consultancy Eurasia Group.
Details of Xi’s gambit for the future were approved on Thursday by China’s rubber-stamp legislature in Beijing as the week-long annual assembly drew to a close. The policy document, known as the Five-Year Plan, has been hashed out behind closed doors by Xi’s inner circle for months and serves as a North Star for the country’s development into the next half-decade.
“Strive to achieve new breakthroughs in advancing original innovation, tackling key core technologies, and seizing the strategic high ground in science and technology,” Xi told local officials in a meeting discussing the new plan last week.
As China’s economy contends with deep-rooted structural challenges, including a persistent real estate crisis and low consumer confidence, Xi is zeroing in on bolstering its tech sector, betting proactively on emerging technologies to power the country’s growth in the decades ahead. Last week, China set its lowest-ever economic growth target since it began adopting such figures.
“In the face of tumultuous international dynamics and a range of risks and challenges,” the policy document reads, “we must concentrate on doing our own work well… consolidate and expand our strengths, remove bottlenecks and constraints, and shore up weaknesses.”
Although Xi is expected to host US President Donald Trump in Beijing later this month to discuss extending a trade truce and narrowing their differences, experts said relations between the world’s two biggest economies will continue to center on competition in the next five years.
“Collaboration will drop in every aspect from academia to industries. Both sides want to reduce reliance on the other side and thus decoupling is mutual,” Wang of Eurasia Group said, warning that bilateral tensions could flare up again after a period of calm brought by the trade truce.
In an uncertain world, China is positioning itself as a “stabilizing anchor for the global economy,” said Henry Huiyao Wang, president of the Beijing-based research group Center for China and Globalization.
“The China the US is dealing with today is a highly organized country, one that is still driven by strong vitality and growth momentum, and moving forward with clear strategic resolve through successive five-year plans,” said the analyst, who previously served as an adviser to China’s cabinet, the State Council.
The long game
China’s state-led model is helping the country rapidly narrow the gap in research and development spending with the US.
Beijing has committed to a 10% increase in annual budget for science and technology – in line with the pace of growth over the past two years. The plan also set a goal of expanding annual research and development investment by at least 7%.
“C
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| 13- Siete razones por las que Trump no ha ganado la guerra con Irán
Siete razones por las que Trump no ha ganado la guerra con Irán
Análisis por Stephen Collinson, CNN
El presidente Donald Trump se dirige hacia una encrucijada inquietante en Irán
No puede declarar honestamente la victoria, parece estar perdiendo el control de una guerra en expansión, y las consecuencias estratégicas y económicas de retirarse serían más desastrosas que las de permanecer en el conflicto.
Trump aún no enfrenta la terrible situación de presidentes como Lyndon Johnson y George W. Bush, quienes prolongaron conflictos que ya estaban perdidos.
Pero las señales de peligro están en todas partes.
Hay un capítulo en la guerra de casi dos semanas que ejemplifica a la perfección la pérdida de capacidad de Trump para controlar su expansión: el cierre por parte de Irán del estrecho de Ormuz, un importante cuello de botella para la exportación de petróleo.
La resistencia del régimen demuestra que, si bien Estados Unidos goza de un enorme dominio militar, no todo se puede resolver con violencia, a pesar de la retórica de tierra arrasada de la administración.
El cierre del estrecho plantea a Trump un dilema militar que será extremadamente peligroso para la Armada estadounidense intentar resolver, a pesar de la inferioridad militar de la República Islámica.
También es la última consecuencia de una guerra que Trump lanzó basándose en una “intuición” que parece delatar una negligente falta de previsión. Después de todo, los funcionarios estadounidenses han comprendido durante décadas cómo respondería Irán a un ataque.
“No se puede alcanzar la victoria si no se puede utilizar el estrecho de Ormuz”, declaró el miércoles el capitán retirado de la Marina estadounidense Lawrence Brennan a Erin Burnett de CNN. “El estrecho de Ormuz debe reabrirse al comercio internacional, y eso es difícil, si no imposible, de lograr en las circunstancias actuales”.
Brennan, quien sirvió en el portaaviones USS Nimitz durante la crisis de los rehenes iraníes de 1979-81, añadió: “Aunque aprecio mucho el optimismo del presidente… declarar la victoria después del primer o segundo día simplemente no es lo correcto… Esto va a durar mucho más de lo que esperamos”.
La creciente reacción en cadena va más allá de los precios del petróleo. La pérdida de un avión cisterna estadounidense sobre Iraq el jueves, en lo que las autoridades describieron como un accidente, subrayó los costos de las movilizaciones militares masivas, tras la muerte previa de siete estadounidenses en el conflicto.
En Estados Unidos, los incidentes violentos ocurridos el jueves en Virginia y Michigan pusieron de manifiesto la posibilidad de repercusiones internas derivadas de una guerra al otro lado del mundo.
No está claro que estos hechos estén vinculados definitivamente con la guerra en Medio Oriente. Sin embargo, en medio de una creciente tensión y un aumento de las amenazas, las autoridades están tratando el tiroteo en Virginia como un acto terrorista.
Mientras tanto, el FBI describió la embestida de un vehículo contra una sinagoga en Michigan como un “acto de violencia dirigido contra la comunidad judía”.
El ambiente ominoso socava las garantías de la Casa Blanca de que el conflicto ya ha hecho que los estadounidenses estén más seguros al eliminar la posibilidad de una bomba nuclear iraní y al desmantelar el programa de misiles balísticos del país.
“La situación con Irán avanza muy rápido. Va mu
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- Heat Advisory issued March 13 at 12:22AM PDT until March 13 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
- Heat Advisory issued March 13 at 12:22AM PDT until March 13 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
Heat Advisory issued March 13 at 12:22AM PDT until March 13 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
* WHAT…Temperatures of 85 to 95 expected.
* WHERE…San Luis Obispo County Beaches, San Luis Obispo County
Inland Central Coast, Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches,
Santa Barbara County Inland Central Coast, Santa Barbara County
Southeastern Coast, Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast, Santa
Lucia Mountains, Santa Ynez Mountains Eastern Range, Santa Ynez
Mountains Western Range, and Santa Ynez Valley.
* WHEN…Until 8 PM PDT this evening.
* IMPACTS…There is a high risk for heat illness for sensitive
populations including the very young, the very old, those without
air conditioning, and those active outdoors.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Well above normal temperatures will continue
well into next week, and additional Heat Advisories or Extreme
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the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose
fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning
or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and
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- EE.UU. levanta temporalmente las sanciones al petróleo ruso varado en el mar
EE.UU. levanta temporalmente las sanciones al petróleo ruso varado en el mar
Por Por Luciana López Stephanie Yang, CNN
La administración Trump emitió el jueves una nueva licencia que permite a los países comprar temporalmente ciertos productos petroleros rusos, el último esfuerzo de Estados Unidos para mitigar el aumento de los precios del crudo tras la guerra que lanzó con Irán.
Los precios del petróleo crudo se dispararon tras el cierre del estrecho de Ormuz, por donde pasa una quinta parte del petróleo del mundo, lo que provocó una escasez histórica en los suministros energéticos mundiales.
El Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica de Irán advirtió que “prenderá fuego” al petróleo y al gas de la región en represalia contra cualquier ataque a la infraestructura energética de Irán.
Según informes de CNN, las autoridades de seguridad nacional estadounidenses subestimaron significativamente la disposición de Irán a cerrar el estrecho de Ormuz y la consiguiente crisis energética mundial. Ahora, Estados Unidos se apresura a contener las consecuencias económicas.
Al menos 16 petroleros, cargueros y otras embarcaciones han sido atacados en el estrecho de Ormuz, el golfo Pérsico y el golfo de Omán y sus alrededores en las últimas dos semanas, según la UKMTO, que supervisa el tráfico marítimo. Según informes, Irán ha estado colocando minas en el estrecho, y las fuerzas estadounidenses afirmaron haber hundido 16 minadores en la zona a principios de esta semana.
Sin embargo, en una entrevista con Fox News, el presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, sugirió que las tripulaciones de los petroleros en el estrecho de Ormuz deberían simplemente “mostrar algo de coraje” e insistió en que “no hay nada que temer”.
La decisión de Estados Unidos de levantar temporalmente las sanciones al petróleo de Rusia, un importante exportador, se produce a pesar de la presión previa sobre las compañías petroleras rusas como parte de un intento por detener el flujo de efectivo que financia la guerra de Moscú en Ucrania.
“Para ampliar el alcance global del suministro existente, @USTreasury otorga una autorización temporal para que los países puedan comprar petróleo ruso actualmente varado en el mar”, escribió el secretario del Tesoro, Scott Bessent, en redes sociales. “Esta medida, de alcance limitado y a corto plazo, se aplica únicamente al petróleo que ya está en tránsito y no aportará un beneficio financiero significativo al gobierno ruso, que obtiene la mayor parte de sus ingresos energéticos de los impuestos aplicados en el punto de extracción”.
La licencia, publicada en el sitio del Tesoro de Estados Unidos, solo se aplica al crudo o productos derivados del petróleo rusos cargados en buques a partir del 12 de marzo. La licencia autoriza esos envíos hasta el 11 de abril.
La senadora demócrata Jeanne Shaheen, de Nueva Hampshire y miembro de alto rango de la Comisión de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado, criticó la decisión en redes sociales. “Mientras Putin ayuda a Irán a atacar a los estadounidenses en Medio Oriente, @POTUS ahora está llenando las arcas de guerra del Kremlin. En lugar de presionar la tambaleante economía rusa, la guerra mal planificada del presidente le está dando a Putin una ganancia inesperada mientras las familias estadounidenses se enfrentan a precios más altos”, escribió Shaheen.
CNN informó previamente que Estados Unidos había concedido a las refinerías indias una exención de 30 días para que compren petróleo ruso actualmente varado en el mar. Bessent, en aquel momento, declaró que la medida tenía como objetivo “permitir que el petróleo siguiera fluyendo hacia el mercado global”.
A medida que la escasez de energía se agrava, los países se han apresurado a frenar el impacto económico frenando el consumo y recurriendo a las reservas de petróleo de emergencia. Analistas, economistas y operadores han advertido que incluso un rápido fin de la guerra
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| 14- After their synagogue is attacked, a tight-knit Jewish community vows to keep coming together
After their synagogue is attacked, a tight-knit Jewish community vows to keep coming together
By Ray Sanchez, CNN
(CNN) — A Torah scroll removed from Temple Israel outside Detroit – where a driver rammed an explosives-laden truck and opened fire – was lifted up at Friday’s Shabbat service across the street in a makeshift sanctuary for one of the nation’s largest Reform houses of worship.
Rabbi Jennifer Kaluzny was in tears as she held one of the sacred scrolls removed from the West Bloomfield Township synagogue, where the grounds were sealed off with crime scene tape and heavy barricades one day after Thursday’s attack.
“We’re keeping one of them with us during services so everyone can see it,” she told CNN. “Our traditions live… We’re going to keep celebrating Shabbat. We may need security but we need to keep coming together and supporting each other.”
On the first Jewish Sabbath since the attack, many in the Temple Israel community – about 3,500 families, or more than 12,000 members, according to its website – gathered in a hall at the sprawling Shenandoah Country Club, which was founded by Chaldean Iraqi immigrants escaping persecution.
“The place that so many of us call home, Temple Israel, became the site of something frightening and painful, an act of violence that was meant to shake us in our sense of safety and belonging,” Cantor Neil Michaels said at the Friday night service.
“And yet, tonight, we gather… When the world feels uncertain, we come closer. When fears try to scatter us, we build community.”
Temple Israel includes a nursery school and a religious school for children in pre-kindergarten to 12th grade, according to its website.
There were more than 100 young children at the school in a separate part of the building at the time of the attack, which was stopped when guards opened fire on the truck that drove through the front doors and down a hallway, authorities said. The attacker died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the FBI said Friday.
One guard was injured, and dozens of first responders were treated for smoke inhalation after the truck caught fire in what the FBI called a “targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.” But all the children and teachers inside the heavily-guarded temple and school were safe.
The attack was among four acts of violence that rattled America in recent weeks.
In a powerful sign of interfaith solidarity and cultural recognition from a community with a common history of displacement and resilience, members of the Chaldean country club across the street opened their doors to the Jewish congregation in a time of crisis, providing a safe haven and serving as a command and reunification center for families.
“When the children finally started coming over, I really understood why the Jews and the Chaldeans get along so well, because the first thing that they did was bring out food for the children,” Temple Israel Rabbi Paul Yedwab said.
He added, “We all knew that this was the only place that this service could be tonight.”
Children sing as teachers shield them from attack
Rabbi Kaluzny was among those greeting anxious parents arriving at the country club after the attack.
“We just kept bringing parents literally into our arms,” she said. “We had parents coming out of the woods, coming down the streets, running for their children, screaming some of them, others almost blank in affect.”
The children were rushed out and locked down in a neighbor’s garage, where during the ordeal they sang a version of “The wheels on the bus” about traveling to synagogue, lighting candles and celebr
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- Disney’s new CEO has overseen a huge transformation of the Disney parks. Take a tour
Disney’s new CEO has overseen a huge transformation of the Disney parks. Take a tour
By Ramishah Maruf, Sarah-Grace Mankarious, Koko Nakajima, Marie Barbier, Agne Jurkenaite, CNN
New York (CNN) — Josh D’Amaro begins his first day as Disney CEO on Wednesday.
For the past six years, D’Amaro has been the face of the company’s iconic parks as the chief of Disney Experiences and has overseen the most lucrative part of the entertainment behemoth, a division made up of theme parks, cruise lines and consumer products.
Under D’Amaro’s tenure, Disney launched a massive – and expensive – strategy to turbocharge its experiences around the world. In 2023, the company said it would double its previous investment and pour $60 billion into parks over the next 10 years.
Disney announced that it’s doubling its cruise ship fleet by 2031 and building a new park in Abu Dhabi. And D’Amaro is also at the helm of Disney’s $1.5 billion investment into Epic Games, which owns Fortnite.
But the parks remain expensive as visitors continue to struggle with the high cost of living, and D’Amaro has worked to promote cost transparency and package affordability in recent years.
Disney said there are more projects underway across D’Amaro’s previous division – whether it’s theme parks, cruises or digital – now than at any other time.
CNN’s Brian Stelter contributed to this report.
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- Cómo es la isla de Kharg, el pequeño afloramiento de coral en el corazón de la industria petrolera de Irán
Cómo es la isla de Kharg, el pequeño afloramiento de coral en el corazón de la industria petrolera de Irán
Por Helen Regan y Laura Sharman, CNN
Durante las dos primeras semanas de la última guerra en Medio Oriente, mientras los ataques estadounidenses e israelíes caían sin cesar sobre instalaciones militares y energéticas en todo Irán, un emplazamiento permaneció notablemente intacto.
A pesar de su pequeño tamaño, la isla de Kharg es un pilar fundamental de la economía iraní, ya que gestiona aproximadamente el 90 % de las exportaciones de crudo del país, lo que significa que cualquier ataque contra ese territorio conlleva el riesgo de una escalada importante.
Pero el viernes, Estados Unidos atacó instalaciones militares en la isla. Según funcionarios estadounidenses y medios estatales iraníes, los sitios relacionados con el comercio de petróleo no fueron atacados.
Sin embargo, Trump ha amenazado con convertirlos también en blancos si Irán continúa bloqueando el paso de barcos por el estrecho de Ormuz.
Esto es lo que debes saber sobre este grifo crucial en la operación de exportación de petróleo de Irán.
La isla de Kharg es un afloramiento de coral de aproximadamente un tercio del tamaño de Manhattan, situado a tan solo 25 kilómetros (15 millas) de la costa de Irán, en el Golfo Pérsico.
Casi a diario, millones de barriles de petróleo crudo brotan de los principales yacimientos de Irán, incluidos Ahvaz, Marun y Gachsaran, a través de oleoductos hasta la isla, conocida entre los iraníes como la “Isla Prohibida” debido a los estrictos controles militares.
Sus largos muelles, que se adentran en aguas lo suficientemente profundas como para albergar superpetroleros, convierten a la isla en un enclave crucial para la distribución de petróleo. Procesa el 90 % de las exportaciones de crudo de Irán.
La isla ha sido durante mucho tiempo clave para la economía de Irán. Un documento de la CIA de 1984 afirmaba que las instalaciones son “las más vitales del sistema petrolero iraní, y su funcionamiento continuo es esencial para el bienestar económico del país”.
El líder de la oposición israelí, Yair Lapid, declaró recientemente que destruir la terminal “paralizaría la economía iraní y derrocaría al régimen”.
Según Reuters, Irán suministra alrededor del 4,5 % del petróleo mundial, con una producción diaria de 3,3 millones de barriles de crudo y 1,3 millones de barriles de condensado y otros líquidos.
Según TankerTrackers.com, que utiliza imágenes satelitales, fotografías de la costa y datos para rastrear los envíos de petróleo crudo, la isla ha estado cargando buques cisterna “sin parar desde que estalló la guerra”.
En las semanas previas a los ataques estadounidenses e israelíes contra Irán, las exportaciones de Kharg aumentaron hasta alcanzar niveles casi récord, según indicó el banco de inversión estadounidense JP Morgan en una nota recogida por Reuters.
La capacidad de almacenamiento en Kharg se estima en aproximadamente 30 millones de barriles y, según el analista de comercio mundial Kpler, actualmente hay allí almacenados unos 18 millones de barriles de crudo, informó Reuters.
Trump anunció el viernes que el ejército estadounidense llevó a cabo lo que calificó como “uno de los bombardeos más poderosos de la historia de Medio Oriente”, aniquilando activos militares en la isla de Kharg.
Un vídeo publicado en Truth Social por Trump y geolocalizado por CNN mostraba ataques estadounidenses contra las instalaciones y la pista del aeropuerto de Kharg.
Un oficial militar estadounidense declaró a CNN que los bombardeos
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- UCSB Volleyball wins rematch against #5 UC Irvine
UCSB Volleyball wins rematch against #5 UC Irvine
UC SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - The Gauchos rallied for revenge.
#11 UCSB won the final two sets to upset fifth-ranked UC Irvine 3-2 (16-25, 25-23, 18-25, 25-17, 17-15).
It is the Gauchos third top-ten win of the season and first victory over UC Irvine since 2022.
The Gauchos had just lost to the Anteaters earlier in the week in four sets in Irvine.
George Bruening had a match-high 20 kills for UCSB while Riggs Guy added 14.
With the win UCSB 10-7 overall and 2-1 in the Big West while Irvine sees their record go to 13-3 and 1-1 in league.
(Dos Pueblos High School graduate Micah Goss had 7 kills and 5 blocks in his return to the area. Entenza Design).
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15- What we know about the Old Dominion University gunman, a veteran and convicted ISIS supporter
What we know about the Old Dominion University gunman, a veteran and convicted ISIS supporter
By Alaa Elassar, CNN
(CNN) — In a grim pattern that has become all too familiar, another campus has been shattered by gunfire, this time at Old Dominion University in Virginia, where an attacker cloaked violence in the language of religion.
Federal authorities are investigating Thursday’s shooting at Old Dominion University as an act of terrorism after identifying the gunman as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, a former member of the Virginia National Guard who previously served prison time for attempting to aid the terrorist group ISIS.
Devoted ROTC instructor Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, a father and husband, was killed in the attack. Two others were hospitalized with injuries, university police Chief Garrett Shelton said, noting all three victims were affiliated with the university.
Federal investigators say they are still piecing together the events leading up to the attack and what led Jalloh to carry out the shooting.
The case has drawn renewed scrutiny to Jalloh’s past, including a terrorism conviction nearly a decade ago that followed an investigation officials said kept them “up at night,” as well as the circumstances surrounding his early release from prison.
During the earlier investigation before his stint in prison, investigators were made aware that Jalloh had expressed admiration for the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage, when Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan killed 13 people and wounded dozens at a Texas military base.
Here’s what we know about Jalloh.
A former National Guard member with a terrorism conviction
Jalloh, a naturalized US citizen born in Sierra Leone, served as a combat engineer in the Virginia National Guard between 2009 and 2015, according to a US Army official.
During a 2016 investigation, authorities learned he had begun consuming online lectures from a deceased Al-Qaeda leader and ultimately decided not to reenlist after leaving the Guard.
That same year, federal prosecutors said Jalloh attempted to assist ISIS. He sought to obtain weapons he believed would be used in an attack carried out in the group’s name and also tried to send money to the terrorist organization, according to the Department of Justice.
Unbeknownst to him, the person he was communicating with was an FBI source who was monitoring his behavior.
In 2016, Jalloh initially attempted to purchase an AR-15-style rifle from a gun shop in Virginia but was denied because he did not have the required documentation, according to the affidavit.
Authorities say he came back later the same day and purchased a different rifle, but the weapon had been disabled before he left the store. He was taken into custody the next day.
In conversations with the source, court documents say Jalloh had discussed potential timelines for an attack on US soil and “expressed that it was better to plan an operation for Ramadan,” according to a FBI affidavit filed in his criminal case.
Ramadan is one of the holiest periods in Islam, a month dedicated to fasting, prayer, reflection and spiritual renewal. The faith’s teachings emphasize compassion, patience and restraint, including refraining from anger and cruelty, values meant to be practiced even more deeply during Ramadan.
Central to Islamic doctrine is the prohibition against taking innocent life, a principle that stands in direct contrast to acts of violence sometim
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- Heat Advisory issued March 15 at 12:07AM PDT until March 16 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
Heat Advisory issued March 15 at 12:07AM PDT until March 16 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
* WHAT…For the Heat Advisory, temperatures of 82 to 98 expected..
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* WHERE…A portion of southwest California.
* WHEN…For the Heat Advisory, from 10 AM to 8 PM PDT Monday. For
the Extreme Heat Watch, from Monday evening through Friday evening.
* IMPACTS…There is a high risk for dangerous heat illness for
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- Dentro de la arriesgada decisión de Trump de atacar a Irán; y la carrera para contener las consecuencias
Dentro de la arriesgada decisión de Trump de atacar a Irán; y la carrera para contener las consecuencias
Por Adam Cancryn, Kylie Atwood, Sarah Ferris, Leila Gharagozlou y Mostafa Salem, CNN
La guerra del presidente Donald Trump con Irán tenía apenas unas horas, y el plan ya se había torcido.
Impulsados por nuevos reportes de inteligencia que indicaba que el líder supremo del país, Alí Jamenei, de 86 años, se reunía con sus principales funcionarios en la mañana del 28 de febrero, Estados Unidos e Israel habían acelerado los planes de un ataque con la esperanza de eliminar de una vez a la cúpula del régimen.
Si funcionaba, calculaban los funcionarios, el vacío de poder resultante podría llenarse con una lista de líderes de rango inferior que esperaban que estuvieran dispuestos a dar paso a una era más favorable a Estados Unidos en Irán.
Los primeros ataques contra objetivos en todo el país lograron matar a Jamenei y a otros asesores de alto rango. Sin embargo, a medida que fueron llegando los primeros informes, quedó claro que habían creado un nuevo problema: todos los candidatos que la administración había considerado para dirigir Irán también habían sido eliminados.
“La mayoría de las personas que teníamos en mente están muertas”, reconoció Trump días después. “Y ahora tenemos a otro grupo. Puede que también estén muertos, según los informes. Así que supongo que llegará una tercera oleada. Dentro de poco, no vamos a conocer a nadie”.
El impacto más amplio de lo previsto del asalto inicial contra el liderazgo iraní marcó la primera de una serie de apuestas que han convertido una operación que la Casa Blanca imaginó alguna vez como una campaña militar focalizada de varias semanas en una guerra sin un final definido que se intensificó más allá del control de Estados Unidos, con repercusiones económicas y políticas cada vez mayores; y sin una estrategia clara de salida.
En lugar de un colapso rápido, el régimen iraní ha consolidado el control y ha respondido de forma más agresiva de lo que los funcionarios estadounidenses esperaban, disparando contra objetivos en todo Medio Oriente, incluidos petroleros. Irán ha detenido de hecho el flujo de petróleo a través del estrecho de Ormuz, lo que ha provocado una crisis energética mundial que la administración ahora lucha por contener.
Trump ha seguido presentando la guerra como un éxito rotundo, aferrándose a la magnitud de la operación militar y sugiriendo que Estados Unidos podría declarar la victoria en cualquier momento. Pero dos semanas después, la administración no está más cerca de articular una estrategia definida para terminar un conflicto que se ha vuelto más complicado día a día, según entrevistas con más de media decena de personas familiarizadas con las deliberaciones internas.
Hasta ahora han muerto 13 miembros del servicio estadounidenses, y aproximadamente otros 140 han resultado heridos desde que comenzaron los combates. En todo Estados Unidos, hay pocos indicios en las primeras encuestas de que el público apoye la idea de la guerra.
Eso ha dejado a los funcionarios estadounidenses apresurándose a trazar las próximas etapas de la operación, plenamente conscientes de la historia de desventuras estadounidenses en Medio Oriente, pero sin saber cómo evitar un destino similar.
Este relato de las primeras semanas de la guerra se basa en entrevistas realizadas en todo el mundo, incluidas con funcionarios actuales y anteriores de Estados Unidos, asesores y aliados de Trump, funcionarios extranjeros, representantes de la industria, analistas externos y otras personas familiarizadas con las deliberaciones internas que han
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- Will the price of plane tickets go up due to the war with Iran? Here’s what to know
Will the price of plane tickets go up due to the war with Iran? Here’s what to know
By Alexandra Skores, Chris Isidore, CNN
Washington, DC (CNN) — As the war with Iran continues, oil prices are soaring and airlines will see higher fuel costs – which could hit travelers around the world in their wallets.
It will “probably start quick,” United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby told CNBC last week.
Crude oil prices surged after the US and Israel’s strikes on Iran and hovered around $100 a barrel on Thursday, closing above $100 for the first time in nearly four years, before closing the week slightly lower at $99 a barrel.
The war has also had massive operational impacts on airlines in the region, with nearly 50,000 flights canceled since February 28, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium.
Rob Britton is an adjunct professor of marketing at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business and a retired American Airlines executive. He said for now, the availability of petroleum has only been slightly disrupted, but oil prices have soared.
“If fuel prices remain high, fares will rise,” Britton told CNN. “There’s no mystery there … So just doing some simple math, one might expect ticket prices to rise almost proportionately.”
Second to labor, an airline’s largest cost is jet fuel. Dependent upon crude oil prices, it could be 20-30% of an airline’s total expenses, Britton said.
“Historically, airlines have been prompt at raising fares when fuel prices spike,” he said.
Yet, airlines often have trouble freely passing on cost increases, such as higher fuel prices, to passengers, even if it’s costs being felt widely across the industry, said Zach Griff, author of an airline newsletter, From the Tray Table.
“There’s so much more to flight prices than just the cost of fuel or even just the cost of operating a given flight,” he said.
The demand for travel will have the greatest impact on fares that airlines can charge, Griff noted. If inflation or rising unemployment makes business and leisure travelers cut back on their plans this summer, the airlines won’t have a lot of ability to raise fares, no matter their costs.
Fuel and oil “can be extremely volatile and unpredictable, and even a small change in market fuel prices can significantly affect profitability,” Southwest Airlines’ 2025 annual report noted. “Passengers often purchase tickets well in advance of their travel, and the Company may not be able to increase fares, impose fuel surcharges, increase revenues, or decrease other operating costs sufficiently to offset rapid or prolonged fuel price increases.”
Kirby told CNBC that fuel prices could have a “meaningful” impact on United’s next quarter financial results.
“If it continues, we’ll feel it in Q2 also,” Kirby said after an event last week at Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
At a Punchbowl news conference this week, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy expressed optimism, predicting a “recovery in energy markets” and praising President Donald Trump’s engagement in the conflict.
Airline cuts that could hurt passengers
Higher fuel costs have the potential to hurt passengers in another way – airlines may re-examine whether to keep some flights that were profitable with lower fuel prices but are now unprofitable.
With fewer choices for passengers, a reduced supply of tickets could itself be a factor that could raise fares.
“Airlines are going to have to keep very close tabs on costs i
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| 16- “Golden”, de “KPop Demon Hunters”, se convierte en la primera canción de K-pop en ganar un premio Oscar
“Golden”, de “KPop Demon Hunters”, se convierte en la primera canción de K-pop en ganar un premio Oscar
Por Gonzalo Jiménez, CNN en Español
El K-pop avanza en su conquista de la cultura pop global. Este domingo, este género musical oriundo de Corea del Sur alcanzó un hito: ganó el premio Oscar a mejor canción original con la canción “Golden” de la película “KPop Demon Hunters”.
Fue un momento agridulce, no obstante, pues el discurso de Ejae, una de las cantantes de la canción y una de las compositoras del tema, fue cortado abruptamente por los productores de la gala, efectuada el domingo en el Dolby Theatre de Los Ángeles, California.
Quizás fue un momento de pánico de los organizadores, ya que seis personas subieron al escenario, como coautores de la canción, para recibir su estatuilla. El equipo creador de “Golden” está formado EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo y Teddy Park. ¿Pensó la Academia cada uno de los ganadores diría unas palabras de agradecimiento?
Según reportó Lisa Respers France, de CNN, la interrupción fue recibida con algunos abucheos. Finalmente, detrás de escena, en el breve intercambio con la prensa que sucede tras el escenario, los ganadores por “Golden” pudieron dar sus agradecimientos.
Antes de recibir el premio, las tres cantantes del tema musical, Ejae, Rei Ami y Audrey Nuna, interpretaron “Golden” en una presentación que exaltó la cultura coreana, que forma parte de los valores distintivos de “KPop Demon Hunters”.
Al ganar el premio a mejor canción original en la 98.ª edición de los Oscar, “Golden” estableció otros dos récords: la primera canción con más de cuatro compositores en ganar un Oscar; y la primera ganadora de mejor canción en la que no todos los compositores recibirán un trofeo individual.
En total, la película también ganó el premio Oscar a mejor cinta animada, en una categoría en la que también participaba “Zootopia 2”.
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- More airport disruptions expected as TSA agents quit amid first weekend without full pay
More airport disruptions expected as TSA agents quit amid first weekend without full pay
By Tami Luhby, Amanda Musa, CNN
(CNN) — One month into the partial government shutdown, hundreds of Transportation Security Adminstration workers going without full pay have quit, while others have taken unscheduled time off, prompting more travel headaches as a winter storm slams the Midwest and spring break travelers try to fly.
More than 300 TSA agents have quit, the Department of Homeland Security said in an X post Friday.
This weekend, TSA workers missed their first full paycheck since the partial shutdown began in mid-February after funding for DHS, which oversees TSA, lapsed amid a standoff between Republicans and Democrats over federal immigration reform.
In a letter Sunday, the CEOs of major airlines, including American, Delta, Southwest and JetBlue urged Congress to restore DHS funding and embrace a bipartisan solution to ensure federal aviation workers are paid during shutdowns.
“It’s difficult, if not impossible, to put food on the table, put gas in the car and pay rent when you are not getting paid,” the letter said.
Late last year, the longest government shutdown on record came to an end after an increasing number of air traffic controllers and TSA screeners did not show up to work. Air traffic controllers are not affected by the ongoing partial shutdown.
Double the callouts
It’s “no surprise” that hundreds of TSA employees have quit this time around, Everett Kelley, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, said in a statement to CNN on Sunday. The union represents more than 46,000 uniformed TSA workers.
“Most Americans would quit their jobs if they didn’t get a paycheck on payday,” Kelley said. Still, many officers continue to work with “care and professionalism,” he added.
Last year, approximately 1,110 officers “separated from TSA in October and November,” according to TSA data shared in February with the US House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security.
But the reduced staffing is not just due to workers quitting. The callout rate for unscheduled absences by frontline officers jumped to an average of 6% during the current shutdown, compared with about 2% before government funding lapsed, according to CBS News, citing TSA statistics. CNN has reached out to TSA.
Federal employees are guaranteed to receive back pay once the shutdown ends, according to a 2019 law.
Less money and a lot less help
In the last major shutdown, which affected the entire federal government, more financial help was available to struggling federal workers.
“(The resources) we had in the fall are not available today,” said George Borek, an AFGE union steward and TSA officer at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Some employees were able to access short-term, no-interest loans from their financial institutions to help them meet expenses during the impasse. And several nonprofit groups hosted events to provide groceries and household items to affected employees.
Still, some TSA staffers were evicted last fall, and some had their cars repossessed, Kelley said.
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- Premios Oscar 2026: los momentos de los que hablaremos todo el año
Premios Oscar 2026: los momentos de los que hablaremos todo el año
Por Alli Rosenbloom y Dan Heching, CNN
Las mayores estrellas de Hollywood se reunieron en Los Ángeles el domingo en la gala de los premios Oscar para homenajear algunas películas increíbles y celebrar el poder del cine, al tiempo que aceptaban que dejar de lado los problemas del mundo, aunque sea por una noche, es imposible.
Hubo, en efecto, algunos momentos felices, incluidos triunfos que hicieron historia y actuaciones musicales alentadoras. Pero también hubo un elemento de tristeza: se dedicó mucho tiempo a honrar a esas leyendas que perdimos este año, e incluso el presentador Conan O’Brien se tomó un momento para reconocer que vivimos tiempos “muy caóticos y aterradores”.
¿Cómo resistirán el paso del tiempo los premios Oscar de este año? En medio d e la agitación tanto dentro como fuera del país, quizá su lección sea que los momentos difíciles pueden dar lugar a un arte increíble, y que celebrar juntos es aún más importante.
¡Que empiece el show!
Levanta la mano si pensabas que esta vez sería diferente y que el entusiasmo por “Sinners” —un logro creativo y cultural en el género de terror y más allá— la llevaría a una gloria absoluta. Ajá.
Al final, “One Battle After Another”, otra película muy merecedora en tantos sentidos, se impuso. Pero: “Sinners” no es de ninguna manera una perdedora aquí.
Con 16 nominaciones en total, la película llegó a la noche de los premios Oscar haciendo historia, como la cinta más nominada de todos los tiempos en los 98 años de los premios de la Academia. Tener un proyecto que no solo sea aclamado por la crítica y culturalmente significativo, sino también un fenómeno en taquilla, es raro. Que esa película sea de terror, escrita y dirigida por un hombre negro y con un elenco mayoritariamente negro, se sintió como un nivel completamente distinto.
Aunque los trofeos son agradables, la película lo hizo bien en lo que más importa. Eso se siente como la mayor victoria de todas.
Volviendo a esos triunfos de “Sinners”…
Sin un claro favorito, todas las miradas estaban puestas este año en la carrera a mejor actor, y el máximo premio fue para Michael B. Jordan por su interpretación de los gemelos Smoke y Stack en la película.
El actor pareció atónito cuando se leyó su nombre, y el teatro estalló en un aplauso atronador mientras el exactor infantil aceptaba su primer Oscar.
Después de agradecer a su familia, que estaba en el público, Jordan agradeció al director de la película, el ganador del Oscar Ryan Coogler, quien ha elegido a Jordan para actuar en todas las películas que ha hecho.
“Me diste la oportunidad y el espacio para que me vieran”, dijo.
Jordan mencionó a actores negros ganadores del Oscar que lo precedieron, incluidos Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx y Halle Berry, entre otros, y dijo lo orgulloso que estaba de estar “entre esos gigantes, entre esos grandes, entre mis ancestros”.
Nota para quienes reserven invitados en futuros Oscar: si van a poner lo que es, en esencia, un comercial en medio de la ceremonia, más vale que sea así de bueno.
Anna Wintour hizo una aparición sorpresa en el escenario de los Oscar; e incluso se quitó sus característicos lentes de sol, al menos por un rato, para la ocasión.
La legendaria editora de Vogue apareció junto a Anne Hathaway para presentar dos premios —diseño de vestuario y maquillaje, y peinado—, ambos para “Frankenstein”.
Wintour y Hathaway salieron al escenario con “Vogue” de Madonna, una canción que aparece de forma célebre en “The Devil Wears Prada” (“El diablo viste a la moda”), la película en la que Hathaway actúa junto a Meryl Streep, quien interpreta a Miranda Priestly, un personaje que se cree está inspirado de manera libre en Wintour. Una secuela de la querida película de 2006 se estrenará en cines el 1 de mayo.
El dúo hizo guiños a la película mientras presentab
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- How Anthropic may benefit from its fight with Trump
How Anthropic may benefit from its fight with Trump
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, Hadas Gold, CNN
New York (CNN) — Anthropic’s high-stakes gamble to take on the Trump administration could give it an advantage in the AI race.
The AI company says it’s at risk of losing hundreds of millions of dollars in government contracts from the Trump administration’s designation of the company as a supply-chain risk. But fighting that decision in court appears to be earning it other benefits: strengthened recruitment, public brand recognition and employee morale.
Anthropic could join a handful of companies that have gained positive exposure after directly opposing the administration.
“I think it’s a calculated political risk,” said Alison Taylor, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business who studies corporate strategy and has written about Anthropic. “There’s a decent chance they walk out of this looking better than anybody else.”
Anthropic has long positioned itself as an AI company that prioritizes safety and ethics in contrast to its competitors. The Trump administration’s designation that Anthropic was a supply-chain risk — the first such designation for an American company — stems from Anthropic’s refusal to back down over those safety principles, including red lines over AI’s use in autonomous weapons and mass surveillance.
In the heated AI recruitment battle, where massive pay packages are handed out to top talent, Anthropic’s outspoken position could provide an edge. The company already had one of the highest employee retention rates in the space (80%) and boasted an offer-acceptance rate of 88% for tech roles, Anthropic’s head of global recruiting said in July.
“I’ve heard Anthropic talked about more than I’ve ever heard,” said Kanjun Qiu, an investor and CEO of the Nvidia-backed AI research startup Imbue. The company was previously “always niche.”
Several high-profile employees at OpenAI have recently joined Anthropic, including Zoe Hitzig, a former OpenAI researcher who penned a New York Times op-ed about quitting over the company’s decision to start showing ads in ChatGPT.
The broader tech industry is also rallying behind Anthropic. Google and OpenAI engineers and researchers — including Google’s chief scientist Jeff Dean — filed a court brief in support of Anthropic’s lawsuit against the administration. As did Microsoft, one of the federal government’s largest contractors. Microsoft also has a $5 billion investment in Anthropic.
“Anthropic’s ‘perception stock’ within the tech community went up, not down,” said a former xAI engineer, who spoke under the condition of anonymity. “The Pentagon issue made Anthropic look like heroes.”
Anthropic is seeing more interest from customers, too.
In the week after the Pentagon canceled its contract with Anthropic and kicked its product out of all federal agencies, Anthropic’s AI chatbot Claude shot up to the top of both the Apple and Android app stores. The app was well outside the top 10 just a month earlier. Claude’s daily active users have also increased by more than 140% since January, according to data from SimilarWeb.
Anthropic is also getting a financial boost. “Anthropic now wins about 70% of head-to-head matchups against OpenAI among businesses purchasing AI services for the first time,” according to corporate financial technology company
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| 17- ¿Qué busca Israel en la guerra con Irán? ¿Es diferente de lo que busca Estados Unidos?
¿Qué busca Israel en la guerra con Irán? ¿Es diferente de lo que busca Estados Unidos?
Análisis por Zachary Wolf, CNN
Estados Unidos e Israel atacaron a Irán simultáneamente. Pero a medida que la guerra se prolonga hasta su tercera semana, se hace evidente que ambos países tienen diferencias en su visión del desarrollo del conflicto.
Para comprender mejor qué pretende Israel con la guerra en comparación con lo que sabemos sobre los objetivos de la administración Trump, hablé con Daniel Shapiro, miembro del Atlantic Council que fue embajador de Estados Unidos en Israel durante la administración Obama y subsecretario adjunto de defensa para la política de Oriente Medio durante la administración Biden.
A continuación, presentamos nuestra conversación telefónica, editada para ajustarla a la duración y el estilo.
SHAPIRO: Israel y Estados Unidos tienen varios objetivos que coinciden, pero existe cierta divergencia, y probablemente esa divergencia aumente con el paso del tiempo.
Ambos países están claramente centrados en debilitar la capacidad de Irán para proyectar poder y amenazar a sus vecinos. Se han enfocado en mermar las capacidades de defensa aérea de Irán, sus reservas y lanzadores de misiles balísticos, así como su capacidad de producción, sus drones, su armada y lo que queda de sus activos aéreos.
Otro motivo de preocupación común es el programa nuclear y garantizar que Irán no recupere el acceso ni haga uso del acceso que tiene a su uranio altamente enriquecido, ni intente presumir del enriquecimiento y, potencialmente, crear el material para un arma nuclear.
SHAPIRO: Tanto Estados Unidos como Israel también han expresado, en diferentes momentos y de diferentes maneras, la esperanza de que el régimen iraní pueda debilitarse hasta el punto de caer o de que el pueblo iraní se levante y lo derroque.
Si bien en los primeros días de la guerra el presidente habló de su esperanza de que el derrocamiento del régimen estuviera cerca, en los últimos días ha restado importancia a ese hecho.
SHAPIRO: Así pues, nos planteamos la verdadera cuestión de si se trata de una guerra para derrocar al régimen. Y creo que no cabe duda de que Israel desea continuar con la campaña y espera que conduzca al fin del régimen, y con razón.
Se enfrentan a un enemigo implacable, comprometido con su destrucción tras décadas de patrocinar organizaciones terroristas que tienen la sangre de muchos israelíes en sus manos, desarrollando capacidades nucleares y de misiles balísticos para intentar llevar a cabo esa visión.
Para los israelíes, ver a un Irán debilitado en un momento en que podrían propiciar ese cambio es perfectamente comprensible.
SHAPIRO: Pero Estados Unidos tiene su propia historia de guerras para cambiar regímenes, contra las que el presidente se ha pronunciado y que la mayoría de los estadounidenses no apoya.
Existe el riesgo de que una guerra que se prolongue durante varias semanas o incluso más tiempo resulte sumamente costosa para Estados Unidos en términos de vidas y recursos, y que desencadene una crisis económica mundial, en la que aún no nos encontramos, pero que quizás estemos a punto de experimentar. Sin duda, podría ocurrir.
La forma en que degradaría los recursos militares estadounidenses podría perjudicar nuestros intereses estratégicos en el Indo-Pacífico y en Europa, simplemente porque hemos desplegado gran parte de nuestra capacidad en Oriente Medio.
SHAPIRO: Así pues, percibo una divergencia de intereses en este conflicto a medida que pasa el tiempo, e incluso si el régimen cayera, ese escenario afectaría a cada país de dist
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- Irán sigue exportando petróleo a través del estrecho de Ormuz, cuando el resto del tráfico está paralizado
Irán sigue exportando petróleo a través del estrecho de Ormuz, cuando el resto del tráfico está paralizado
Por Por Tim Lister, CNN
Si Estados Unidos supuso, antes de atacar a Irán, que el principal productor de petróleo se mostraría reacio a cerrar el estrecho de Ormuz por temor a bloquear sus propias exportaciones de petróleo, se equivocó en sus cálculos.
El tráfico marítimo a través del estrecho, por donde normalmente fluye una quinta parte de la producción mundial de petróleo, se ha visto gravemente afectado desde el inicio del último conflicto en Medio Oriente hace dos semanas. Al menos 16 embarcaciones en la región han sido atacadas con drones u otras armas, e Irán se ha atribuido la responsabilidad de algunos de los ataques.
Pero Irán sigue transportando petróleo a través del estrecho en volúmenes casi idénticos a los de antes de la guerra, obteniendo así los fondos necesarios para sostener su economía y su esfuerzo bélico. Además, antes del inicio del conflicto, ya existían millones de barriles de crudo iraní en alta mar buscando compradores.
Los datos de seguimiento de los buques cisterna y las imágenes satelitales muestran que el crudo iraní ha fluido a través del estrecho incluso cuando el conflicto ha paralizado las exportaciones de crudo y gas natural de los países vecinos del Golfo Pérsico.
Los analistas energéticos de la empresa de análisis y datos comerciales Kpler estimaron el jueves que Irán había podido exportar 12 millones de barriles desde que comenzó el conflicto el 28 de febrero. La empresa de inteligencia marítima TankerTrackers tiene una estimación aún mayor: 13,7 millones de barriles a mediados de la semana pasada.
Estas cifras sugieren que Irán está logrando exportar alrededor de 1 millón de barriles por día (bpd). Esto contrasta con sus exportaciones promedio de 1,69 millones de bpd el año pasado, según datos de Kpler.
Estados Unidos parece no haber hecho ningún esfuerzo por detener a los petroleros iraníes, a pesar de haber destruido gran parte de la armada de Irán. Además, Estados Unidos evitó en gran medida atacar infraestructuras petroleras como refinerías, oleoductos y tanques de almacenamiento, si bien los ataques israelíes han dañado gravemente los tanques de almacenamiento en los alrededores de la capital, Teherán.
Casi todo el petróleo iraní se exporta desde plataformas de aguas profundas en la isla de Kharg, a unos 30 kilómetros de la costa iraní. El viernes se registraron intensos ataques estadounidenses contra objetivos militares en la isla, pero no contra su infraestructura petrolera.
Posteriormente, Trump advirtió que reconsideraría la decisión de no atacar las instalaciones petroleras en Kharg, que tiene aproximadamente un tercio del tamaño de Manhattan, si Irán seguía obstaculizando el paso de los barcos en el estrecho de Ormuz.
Consultado por CNN, Mike Waltz, embajador de Estados Unidos ante las Naciones Unidas, dijo que el presidente “no iba a descartar ninguna opción… Sin duda, creo que mantendría esa opción si quisiera destruir su infraestructura energética”.
Por ahora, Washington no tiene inconveniente en que algunos barcos iraníes, así como indios y chinos, atraviesen el estrecho de Ormuz, según declaró el secretario del Tesoro estadounidense, Scott Bessent, en una entrevista con CNBC este lunes.
Según TankerTrackers, la infraestructura petrolera de Kharg seguía operativa el sábado. La compañía afirmó que, según imágenes satelitales, los 55 tanques de almacenamiento de crudo de la isla parecían estar intactos, y dos buques cisterna iraníes estaban cargando 2,7 millones de barriles de crudo ese día.
En realidad, es posible que má
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- Democrats like Markwayne Mullin but that doesn’t mean they’ll vote for him for DHS secretary
Democrats like Markwayne Mullin but that doesn’t mean they’ll vote for him for DHS secretary
By Lauren Fox, Sarah Ferris, Priscilla Alvarez, CNN
(CNN) — In his early days in Congress, Markwayne Mullin tried pairing his suit jacket and tie with a pair of jeans on the House floor. Then-House Speaker John Boehner reprimanded the young Republican for breaking the dress code.
He might have come to Washington dressing as an outlier, but the 48-year-old – who still wears his cowboy hat on occasion to preside over the Senate floor – has learned a lot since.
Since coming to Washington in 2013, Mullin has built a brand on Capitol Hill as a straight-talking, former MMA fighter who is the rare partisan warrior who can tout White House talking points on Fox News and then sit down to cut the occasional deals with Democrats. The affable Oklahoman has spent decades building strong connections across both chambers in the US Capitol – which eventually helped catapult him into the president’s inner circle.
Now, Mullin is nominated to serve as President Donald Trump’s secretary of Homeland Security, a post that will require him to execute the president’s signature campaign promise on immigration, which has turned into one of the party’s biggest political liabilities heading into the midterms. He is also about to test just how much he can keep his outsider bona fides while doing Trump’s bidding.
Mullin will sit before the Senate Homeland Security Committee Wednesday, just two weeks after he was suddenly tapped for the post and more than a month into a partisan government shutdown of the very agency that – if confirmed – he would run.
Now on the other side of the dais, Mullin is expected to face a grilling from Senate Democrats – some of whom have years-long friendships with him but are under intense pressure to oppose him amid the fractious immigration politics of this moment.
“There is a long tradition that senators nominated for Cabinet positions get confirmed. This is a highly charged post in an administration that has violated law, tradition, ethics and the Constitution in how they’ve carried out immigration enforcement,” Sen. Chris Coons, a Democrat from Delaware told CNN. “Markwayne, although well-liked, will face a higher bar because of the job and the president, not because of Markwayne.”
Mullin has, in some ways, come to embody Trump’s populist message. He dropped out of college to take over his family’s plumbing business when his dad got sick, later earning his associates degree.
But he’s also proven a shrewd politician. Mullin aligned himself not only with Trump but other key leaders, forging a friendship with then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy and then advocating doggedly for South Dakota Republican Sen. John Thune in his bid for Senate majority leader.
Despite his sometimes-bombastic style, many Democrats argue it’s hard not to get along with Mullin, who now administers the Senate’s famed candy desk where members of both parties can stop by for a sweet treat (Mullin, a fitness enthusiast, is frequently seen hauling giant bags of candy to the chamber floor).
Already, several Democrats have signaled they won’t vote for him. They argue changing leadership at DHS – a department with more than 260,000 employees – will do little to reshape the direction of the agency, especially as many perceive top White House aide Stephen Miller and border czar Tom Homan as driving much of the administration’s enforcement actions across the country.
“Mullin is not the problem,” Sen. Ruben Gallego, a Democrat from Arizona said. “The problem is I am not sure Mullin is going to be in charge.”
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| 18- Iran’s chokehold on Hormuz threatens India’s beloved samosas and chai
Iran’s chokehold on Hormuz threatens India’s beloved samosas and chai
By Esha Mitra and Rhea Mogul, CNN
(CNN) — Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz has sparked global fears of fuel pumps running dry, but in India, it’s also leaving a bad taste in the mouth of some restaurateurs and street stall diners, with samosas off the menu and the ubiquitous chai lacking its usual aroma in parts of the country.
The world’s fastest-growing major economy imports about 85% of its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from the Middle East, much of it used in cooking food for its 1.4 billion people.
With supplies impacted by the US-Israel war with Iran, the government has begun diverting the precious fuel away from industrial users, like canteens, hotels and restaurants, to keep flames alight on household stoves.
In a bid to keep their kitchens running, some chefs are looking for alternatives or limiting certain menu items. Some are turning to induction hobs. The problem? Traditional Indian cuisine and electromagnetic coils are not entirely compatible.
Indian cooking is an alchemy of high heat, a heavy cast iron pan, and open flames. Without the fire of a gas stove, curries lack their depth, tandoori marinades refuse to char, and the beloved samosa – a flaky pastry that relies on the intense, sustained heat of bubbling oil – turns into a pale mess.
Chetan Singh, owner of Gulabji Chai, a popular restaurant in the northwestern city of Jaipur, said the LPG shortages have forced them to remove their most “iconic items like bun butter and samosa” from the menu.
“(It is what) people queue up for here normally,” he said. “So people are disappointed because it’s one of the stops that people make while visiting Jaipur.”
They have also had to compromise on how they prepare their famous chai – a fragrant, milky black tea infused with spices.
“We are boiling chai on the induction top but it’s not the same, it doesn’t get the same flavor,” he said. “We have limited our menu, but none of it really tastes the same. Because there’s a certain heat and flavor that you can only get from a gas stove.”
In a bid to address the shortages, domestic LPG production from refineries has increased by about 38%, the Indian government said in a statement Tuesday.
Steps are also being taken to “curb hoarding and black marketing of LPG across the country,” it said, adding that more than 15,000 cylinders had been seized during raids.
But the uncertainty is disrupting the fast-paced rhythm of Indian street food and quick-service dining.
Akhil Iyer, founder of Benne Dosa, a restaurant with chains in Delhi and Mumbai, said he has had to adapt to keep his kitchen running.
“We’ve switched to induction for our idlis, and for all our fried items,” he said. “Whatever we could take off the gas, we have.”
Yet, while steaming and deep-frying can survive the transition to electric heat, the star of Iyer’s menu cannot.
“We did a trial with induction (for our dosa) and we found that the quality was not good enough,” he said. “(It) needs the flame, it needs gas, it needs fire. We cook on a cast iron top, it needs the heat to get crisp and therefore to deliver the quality that we want to serve.”
At one of Iyer’s branches in the financial hub of Mumbai, they have stopped selling their dosa because they are down to their last cylinder, he said. At their operation in Delhi, chefs continue to use gas cylinders, albeit at a “reduced capacity,” according to Iyer.
Last week, residents in several cities were seen queuing outside gas distribution centers for hours, some arriving as early as 3 a.m. to secure a cylinder for their home.
Over the weekend, two India
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- Conclusiones de las elecciones primarias de Illinois
Conclusiones de las elecciones primarias de Illinois
Por Eric Bradner, CNN
Al nominar este martes a la vicegobernadora Juliana Stratton para el Senado, los demócratas de Illinois eligieron a una candidata cuyo mensaje incluía un anuncio de televisión en el que aparecían personas diciendo “que se jo** Trump”.
Stratton fue seleccionada por encima de un rival más moderado y con mayor financiación, el representante Raja Krishnamoorthi, así como de la representante Robin Kelly.
La victoria de Stratton, impulsada por un amplio margen en Chicago y reforzada por resultados mejores de lo esperado en sus suburbios, se produjo en unas elecciones primarias en las que había un escaño vacante en el Senado y cuatro en la Cámara de Representantes.
Es probable que los demócratas ganen todos esos escaños en noviembre. Sin embargo, las divisiones más profundas del partido —sobre ideología, relevo generacional, cómo abordar la relación con Israel y otros temas— quedaron patentes en las primarias de este martes.
En definitiva, es probable que los resultados no contribuyan a zanjar los prolongados debates sobre el futuro del partido.
Los candidatos respaldados por grupos proisraelíes y pro-criptomonedas ganaron algunas contiendas clave, pero perdieron otras.
Un candidato progresista que prometía un cambio generacional no logró la victoria en una contienda por un escaño en la Cámara de Representantes en el área de Chicago, pero el ganador de esa elección también se enfrentó a la organización de presión proisraelí American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
Y un exmiembro del Congreso consiguió regresar a la política, mientras que otro reconoció su derrota.
Aquí hay cinco conclusiones de las primarias de Illinois:
El mayor ganador de las primarias podría ser el principal impulsor de Stratton: el gobernador J.B Pritzker.
El gobernador demócrata, considerado por muchos como un posible candidato presidencial para 2028, no tuvo oposición en sus primarias para un tercer mandato.
Sin embargo, Pritzker invirtió millones de dólares para impulsar la candidatura de Stratton frente a dos miembros del Congreso en la contienda para reemplazar al senador demócrata saliente Dick Durbin.
Pritzker, el multimillonario heredero de una fortuna en el sector hotelero, celebró con un encendido discurso el martes por la noche, arremetiendo contra Trump y dejando claro una vez más cuál es su postura mientras el partido comienza a definir qué busca en su próximo candidato.
Calificó al presidente como “el principal charlatán de feria” y a los republicanos que lo apoyan en el Congreso y en la Casa Blanca como “estafadores corruptos y egoístas, promotores de la intolerancia y el odio”.
“Todo lo que nos importa está bajo asedio por parte de Washington”, señaló Pritzker.
Si Stratton gana en noviembre —y en Illinois, un estado tradicionalmente demócrata, es la gran favorita frente al candidato republicano, el expresidente del Partido Republicano de Illinois, Don Tracy— aportaría una energía más progresista al Senado, justo cuando los demócratas se enfrentan a lo que podría ser un cambio de guardia.
Durbin, de 81 años, es el segundo demócrata de mayor rango en el Senado. Stratton, de 60 años, ha declarado que no apoyará al líder de la minoría en el Senado, Chuck Schumer, como líder del grupo parlamentario demócrata.
En un discurso pronunciado el martes para celebrar su victoria, Stratton prometió abordar una serie de objetivos políticos progresistas, y prometió a sus seguidores
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- TSA workers face reality of working without pay as passengers unaware of the shutdown see long lines
TSA workers face reality of working without pay as passengers unaware of the shutdown see long lines
By Alexandra Skores, CNN
Washington, DC (CNN) — More than a third of the security screeners at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport didn’t show up to work Tuesday, the airport’s general manager said, causing passengers to have to wait in line for up to two hours.
Long lines have stretched through different airports this week as Transportation Security Administration officers worked without pay during the busy spring break travel season.
On Friday, more than half of TSA employees called out at Houston’s William P. Hobby International Airport.
They are among the 61,000 government employees in the Department of Homeland Security caught in the middle as Congress remains locked in a stalemate over funding the agency.
“The traveling public has been really nice,” said Aaron Barker, the local American Federation of Government Employees union president for Atlanta. “What is shocking, though, is a lot of people are unaware that we are in a government shutdown.”
Employees are dealing with “eviction notices, vehicle repossessions, empty refrigerators and overdrawn bank accounts,” he said, while the travelers they serve may not even realize the hardship.
At least 366 transportation security officers have quit since the start of the most recent shutdown, according to DHS.
What workers are dealing with
These workers have been through three lapses in funding resulting in missed pay over the past six months, DHS noted in a news release Tuesday.
Late last year, the longest government shutdown in US history ended after federal workers, including TSA officers and Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers, went without pay for 43 days. Some stopped showing up to their jobs to make ends meet elsewhere, disrupting travel.
The workers received their back pay days after the shutdown ended, but for some it took until February to pay off debts, AFGE told CNN.
A brief shutdown happened again in late January and lasted only a few days before Congress funded the department for two weeks. That money ran out in mid-February and DHS employees started missing paychecks again.
“I’ve heard from officers who cannot afford copayments for cancer treatments or office visits for their sick children,” Barker said.
Some airports have started asking travelers to assist the TSA officers. Denver International Airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas have requested donations of items, including grocery and gas gift cards, non-perishable food, hygiene products and infant supplies.
The city of Atlanta is providing TSA officers with two meal vouchers per shift and free parking, according to a statement from Mayor Andre Dickens on Monday.
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport had a burger truck deliver food to TSA employees on Tuesday.
At Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, the Anne Arundel County Food Bank delivered boxes of food for the airport’s 600 TSA employees, the food bank said in a statement.
While the support is appreciated, it’s not enough for workers losing thousands of do
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- Heat Advisory issued March 18 at 1:48AM PDT until March 20 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
Heat Advisory issued March 18 at 1:48AM PDT until March 20 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
* WHAT…Hot conditions with high temperatures in the 80s and 90s
expected.
* WHERE…San Luis Obispo County Beaches, San Luis Obispo County
Inland Central Coast, Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches,
Santa Barbara County Inland Central Coast, Santa Barbara County
Southeastern Coast, Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast, and
Santa Ynez Valley.
* WHEN…Until 8 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS…There is a high risk for heat illness for sensitive
populations including the very young, the very old, those without
air conditioning, and those active outdoors.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Warm overnight low temperatures will
contribute to the heat risk, especially in the mountain and
foothill locations.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
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Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose
fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning
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| 19- Un país nórdico es el más feliz del mundo por noveno año consecutivo
Un país nórdico es el más feliz del mundo por noveno año consecutivo
Por Por Jeanne Bonner, CNN
Si la felicidad fuera una prueba olímpica, los países nórdicos tendrían un puesto asegurado en el podio.
En realidad, los tres puestos del podio.
Según la última edición del Informe Mundial sobre la Felicidad, los tres países más felices del mundo son Finlandia, Islandia y Dinamarca.
Finlandia fue nombrada el país más feliz del mundo por novena vez consecutiva, un récord histórico, con Islandia en segundo lugar y Dinamarca en tercer lugar en la clasificación, que es elaborada por el Centro de Investigación del Bienestar de la Universidad de Oxford e incluida en el informe anual sobre la felicidad global.
Costa Rica tuvo una destacada actuación, ubicándose en el puesto número 4 —la mejor posición jamás alcanzada por un país latinoamericano—, pero luego volvemos a los países nórdicos, con Suecia y Noruega ocupando el quinto y sexto lugar, respectivamente.
Otros tres países europeos aparecen entre los 10 primeros: Países Bajos en el puesto número 7, Luxemburgo en el número 9 y Suiza en el número 10.
Israel, el único país de Medio Oriente entre los 20 primeros, se hizo con el puesto número 8.
Este año, Estados Unidos ocupa el puesto 23, Canadá el 25 y el Reino Unido el 29. Este es el segundo año consecutivo en que ninguno de los países de habla inglesa —Estados Unidos, Nueva Zelanda, Irlanda, Australia, Canadá o el Reino Unido— figura entre los diez primeros.
Para determinar la clasificación, la encuesta mundial de Gallup pide a los participantes de 147 países que evalúen sus vidas utilizando la imagen de una escalera, donde el 10 representa la mejor vida posible y el 0 la peor. Cada participante proporciona una respuesta numérica en este escalafón, conocido como la Escalera de Cantril.
Los investigadores analizan seis factores, entre ellos el PIB per cápita, la esperanza de vida, la generosidad y las percepciones de libertad y corrupción, para explicar las variaciones entre países.
La clasificación se basa en un promedio de tres años, lo que suaviza las fluctuaciones provocadas por grandes acontecimientos como guerras o crisis económicas.
Los finlandeses reportaron una puntuación promedio de 7,764 para evaluar su satisfacción con la vida.
El profundo compromiso de Finlandia con la cooperación ayuda a explicar su permanencia en la cima de la clasificación, declaró en una entrevista John F. Helliwell, profesor emérito de economía de la Universidad de Columbia Británica y editor fundador del Informe Mundial sobre la Felicidad.
“Las sociedades exitosas cooperan ante la adversidad”, afirmó. “Los finlandeses lo saben. Y una vez que uno siente que está unido en esto, no hay límites para lo que se puede lograr”.
En comparación, los encuestados de Estados Unidos obtuvieron una calificación promedio de evaluación de la vida de 6,816.
Los autores del informe han comenzado a prestar atención a lo que consideran una crisis en la felicidad de los jóvenes, mencionada por primera vez en la clasificación de 2024.
En la última edición, la encuesta reveló que las valoraciones de la vida entre los encuestados menores de 25 años en Estados Unidos, Canadá, Australia y Nueva Zelanda han disminuido en casi un punto completo en la escala de 0 a 10 durante la última década.
El descenso es drástico, especialmente si se tiene en cuenta que la satisfacción promedio de los jóvenes en el resto del mundo ha aumentado, según datos de la Encuesta Mundial de Gallup.
“Se trata de un descenso alarmante en el bienestar de los jóvenes”, afirmó Helliwell. “Uno de los factores determinantes, especialmente en Estados Unidos, es la magnitud y la naturaleza del uso de las redes sociales”.
Sin embargo, la encuesta advierte que “las emociones negativas son cada vez más comunes en todas las regiones del mundo”.
Solo tres de los seis países de habla inglesa log
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- ¿Qué es el yacimiento de gas de South Pars y por qué el ataque de Israel supone una escalada?
¿Qué es el yacimiento de gas de South Pars y por qué el ataque de Israel supone una escalada?
Por Helen Regan, CNN
Un ataque israelí contra las instalaciones iraníes en el yacimiento de gas de South Pars supuso una escalada significativa en la guerra, lo que provocó la furia de Irán al atacar las principales instalaciones energéticas de sus vecinos del Golfo, disparando los precios del petróleo y llevando al presidente de Estados Unidos a amenazar con “volar por los aires” South Pars si Irán no cesaba sus ataques.
Pero, ¿qué es el yacimiento de gas de South Pars y por qué son tan importantes sus hallazgos?
South Pars forma parte de la mayor reserva de gas natural del mundo. Irán comparte este yacimiento, ubicado en alta mar en el Golfo Pérsico, con Qatar, que denomina a su parte North Dome. Según la agencia de noticias Reuters, el yacimiento completo contiene aproximadamente 1.800 billones de pies cúbicos de gas utilizable, suficiente para abastecer las necesidades mundiales durante 13 años.
¿Por qué es tan importante? La producción de gas de Irán en South Pars es la principal fuente de suministro energético nacional. Irán ya ha sufrido cortes de energía debido a interrupciones en el suministro de gas, por lo que cualquier impacto afectaría su capacidad para generar electricidad y calentar hogares.
Preocupaciones globales: Qatar ha invertido miles de millones en el desarrollo de su parte del yacimiento de gas y es un importante proveedor mundial de GNL. Durante los ataques israelíes contra Irán en junio de 2025, que afectaron partes de South Pars, funcionarios declararon a CNN que la parte qatarí era una “fuente de energía vital para Estados Unidos, Europa y el mundo”.
“Grave escalada”: los países árabes han condenado los ataques contra la infraestructura vinculada a South Pars. Emiratos Árabes Unidos lo calificó de “grave escalada” que constituye una amenaza directa no solo para el suministro energético mundial, sino también para la seguridad regional. Qatar calificó los ataques a South Pars como un “paso peligroso e irresponsable”.
Ataques de represalia: Irán atacó importantes instalaciones energéticas en la región, causando graves daños al principal centro energético de Qatar, la Ciudad Industrial de Ras Laffan, una planta clave para el procesamiento de gas natural. Dos refinerías en Riad, la capital de Arabia Saudita, también fueron atacadas. Posteriormente, Arabia Saudita declaró que se reservaba el derecho de emprender acciones militares contra Irán si lo consideraba necesario.
La crisis energética se prolonga: el mundo ya se enfrenta a una grave escasez de energía, con el estrecho de Ormuz prácticamente cerrado y las huelgas sacudiendo nuevamente los mercados y disparando los precios mundiales del petróleo. Un analista declaró a CNN que dañar la infraestructura de producción de energía “retrasa aún más los plazos”, ya que su reconstrucción podría llevar meses o incluso años.
Amenaza de Trump: el presidente Donald Trump amenazó con “destruir masivamente” todo el yacimiento de gas iraní si Irán continúa atacando las instalaciones energéticas de Qatar. Trump afirmó que Estados Unidos “no sabía nada” sobre el ataque israelí a South Pars. Sin embargo, dos funcionarios israelíes declararon a CNN este miércoles que el ataque se había llevado a cabo en coordinación con Estados Unidos.
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| 20- Extreme Heat Warning issued March 20 at 12:05AM PDT until March 20 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
Extreme Heat Warning issued March 20 at 12:05AM PDT until March 20 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
* WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures in the 90s to
near 100 expected.
* WHERE…San Luis Obispo County Mountains, Santa Barbara County
Interior Mountains, Santa Lucia Mountains, Santa Ynez Mountains
Eastern Range, and Santa Ynez Mountains Western Range.
* WHEN…Until 8 PM PDT this evening.
* IMPACTS…There is a high risk for dangerous heat illness for
anyone, especially for the very young, the very old, those without
air conditioning, and those active outdoors.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Warm overnight low temperatures will
contribute to the heat risk, especially in the mountain and
foothill locations.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose
fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning
or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and
heat stroke.
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- Extreme Heat Warning issued March 20 at 12:05AM PDT until March 20 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
- Heat Advisory issued March 20 at 12:05AM PDT until March 20 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
- Heat Advisory issued March 20 at 12:05AM PDT until March 20 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
Heat Advisory issued March 20 at 12:05AM PDT until March 20 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
* WHAT…Hot conditions with high temperatures in the 80s and 90s
expected.
* WHERE…San Luis Obispo County Beaches, San Luis Obispo County
Inland Central Coast, Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches,
Santa Barbara County Inland Central Coast, Santa Barbara County
Southeastern Coast, Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast, and
Santa Ynez Valley.
* WHEN…Until 8 PM PDT this evening.
* IMPACTS…There is a high risk for heat illness for sensitive
populations including the very young, the very old, those without
air conditioning, and those active outdoors.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Warm overnight low temperatures will
contribute to the heat risk, especially in the mountain and
foothill locations.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose
fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning
or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and
heat stroke.
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| 21- Por qué la postergación de una cumbre Xi-Trump podría otorgarle a China una posición más fuerte
Por qué la postergación de una cumbre Xi-Trump podría otorgarle a China una posición más fuerte
Análisis por Sylvie Zhuang, CNN
Según varias fuentes chinas familiarizadas con el asunto, la petición del presidente Donald Trump de aplazar una cumbre crucial con el líder de China, Xi Jinping, podría beneficiar a Beijing, permitiendo potencialmente a ambas partes evitar complicaciones relacionadas con la guerra de Estados Unidos con Irán, el socio estratégico más importante de China en Medio Oriente.
Según los expertos, si Trump pierde el control del conflicto que ya amenaza el suministro de petróleo y el crecimiento económico mundial, esto podría fortalecer la posición de China en las negociaciones, si es que llegan a celebrarse.
Beijing nunca confirmó formalmente la tan esperada visita y aún no ha dado una respuesta oficial al aplazamiento propuesto de entre cinco y seis semanas. Trump declaró esta semana que a China no le importaba posponer la reunión que, según la Casa Blanca, estaba prevista inicialmente del 31 de marzo al 2 de abril.
China se ha mantenido imprecisa respecto al aplazamiento —posiblemente para tener más margen de maniobra—, pero su tono sigue siendo positivo.
El portavoz del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de China, Lin Jian, declaró el miércoles que las cumbres de líderes desempeñan un papel “insustituible” a la hora de guiar la relación bilateral.
Sin embargo, tras bambalinas, persiste la cautela.
La cumbre aún podría “no celebrarse según lo planeado”, y existe la posibilidad de que tanto China como Estados Unidos decidan retirarse de las conversaciones, según dos fuentes chinas familiarizadas con el asunto, que hablaron bajo condición de anonimato debido a la delicadeza del encuentro.
“Si la guerra en Irán provoca numerosas bajas entre los ciudadanos chinos, o daños importantes a los activos chinos en la región, entonces Trump no podría venir”, declaró una fuente, describiendo una de las aparentes líneas rojas de Beijing.
La reunión se ha presentado como una oportunidad crucial para que ambas partes redefinan la relación entre las dos principales potencias económicas y militares del mundo.
Durante una rueda de prensa muy seguida, una semana después del inicio de la guerra con Irán, el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de China, Wang Yi, calificó 2026 como un año crucial para las relaciones entre China y Estados Unidos, en respuesta a una pregunta de CNN sobre el posible impacto del conflicto militar en la visita prevista de Trump.
Los comentarios de Wang fueron ampliamente interpretados como una señal del compromiso del Gobierno con la próxima reunión.
Según las fuentes, China había estado siguiendo de cerca la situación en torno a Irán antes del conflicto y no esperaba que Estados Unidos lanzara el ataque antes de la cumbre prevista entre Xi y Trump en marzo.
Según los expertos, la propuesta de Trump de aplazar la guerra se considera una medida que fortalece la posición de China, y probablemente revela algo sobre la forma de pensar de la administración Trump respecto a cuándo terminará la guerra.
“Cuanto más se prolongue la guerra, mayor será la frustración de Trump y más evidente su debilidad. En consecuencia, al tratar con China, se encontrará en una posición aún más desventajosa”, afirmó Wu Xinbo, director del Centro de Estudios Americanos de la Universidad de Fudan en Shanghái.
“Veremos si a Trump le quedan muchas cartas bajo la manga para entonces, así que es mejor que esperemos un poco en lugar de actuar demasiado pronto”, indicó Wu, quien también es un miembro clave del Comité Asesor de Política Exterior del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de China.
En Beijing, algunos afirman que Trump llega a estas conversaciones desde una posición ya debilitada tras el fallo de la Corte Suprema estadounidense que anuló sus aranceles de emergencia en febrero.
Su sorpresiva guerra con Irán ha generado reacciones encontradas en su país, y después de repe
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- ‘Those days are over’: These business owners say they can’t raise prices even if they wanted to
‘Those days are over’: These business owners say they can’t raise prices even if they wanted to
By David Goldman, CNN
(CNN) — Looking out his shop window, across the street, just to the right, Paloma Clothing co-owner Mike Roach sees one of Portland, Oregon’s, most expensive gas stations.
His customers can see the price, too: $4.85 a gallon.
“It’ll really get people’s eyeballs popping when it goes over $5,” Roach said.
Consumers are fed up, and raising prices is a nonstarter for America’s retailers. So, they’re doing everything they can to avoid it.
CNN spoke to four business owners – a clothing store owner, a bread baker, a spot shipper and a factory owner – about how they plan to deal with surging fuel costs.
The clothing store with the loyal customer base
“We don’t have control over consumers’ confidence; we only have control over the price we sell to them,” said Roach, who has owned Paloma with his wife, Kim Osgood, for 50 years. “So, we’d prefer to make less money per item than to raise prices.”
Roach expects to get hit with higher fuel surcharges any day now. He plans to eat those increases, carving out those rising transportation costs from his profit margin.
About half the clothing Paloma sells is imported, brought in from ports on the east or west coasts and then brought up the coastline or cross-country in a UPS truck. Typically, those shipping costs represent a modest expense, taken out of Roach’s keystone markup – a common retail strategy in which wholesale prices are doubled at the register and a store’s overhead comes out of the difference.
But if this gas price shock is anything like the 2022 price spike, when diesel surged to a record $5.82 a gallon after Russia invaded Ukraine, Roach said he expects fuel surcharges to take a big bite soon.
That’s not a cost he’s willing to add to his price tags. Much more than his profit margin, Roach fears what the gas price spike will do to his top-line sales.
“Customers have to have a certain level of confidence about the future to walk in our door and tempt themselves and buy an item,” he said. “I was an economics major, but you don’t need an economics degree to know you’ll sell less stuff at higher prices.”
Paloma has spent five decades trying to build trust with customers – including a longstanding offer of a no-questions-asked guarantee on returns. But foot traffic is down and return volume is way up.
That’s how he knows his customers have no cushion left.
“We’re going to bend over backwards to not raise our prices,” Roach said.
The bread bakery that sits in the middle
If stores aren’t willing to raise prices, that puts wholesalers in a bind.
“There was a time when grocery stores accepted price changes, but those days are over,” said Nels Leader, CEO of organic sourdough bread company Bread Alone Bakery. “There is no room left.”
That has left small businesses like Bread Alone stuck with a handful of bad choices: eat the cost, charge retailers more or make cutbacks.
Wholesalers and manufacturers sit in a particularly difficult position, because they get hit on both ends: raw materials cost more on their way in, and finished items cost more on their way out.
If diesel prices remain high, Leader expects he’ll have to charge grocery stores a temporary delivery surcharge that Bread Alone will lift when conditions allow.
Strong relationships with customers and suppliers can help businesses through difficult moments like this price spike.
Bread Alone has developed strong relationships with local fa
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- Dolores Huerta’s civil rights legacy was inextricably linked with Cesar Chavez. Then she accused him of abuse
Dolores Huerta’s civil rights legacy was inextricably linked with Cesar Chavez. Then she accused him of abuse
By Chelsea Bailey, Stephanie Elam, Norma Galeana, CNN
(CNN) — Days before The New York Times published bombshell allegations of sexual abuse that would upend the legacy of famed labor rights leader Cesar Chavez, Delia Garcia answered a phone call from her longtime friend, Dolores Huerta.
“She said, ‘Let’s have a conversation, and I need you to be sitting down,’” Garcia told CNN.
Then Huerta – who cofounded the famed United Farm Workers union with Chavez and served as his right hand for decades in their fight to secure labor rights for farmworkers – revealed a secret that she’d been holding onto for about 60 years.
Garcia said the 95-year-old recounted two times when, she said, Chavez sexually assaulted her.
“Where she began to cry was when she was talking about the victims, and not herself,” Garcia said, referencing the two other women who alleged in the Times investigation that Chavez groomed and assaulted them when they were minors.
“In this moment, where she’s sharing something so raw, she’s in that moment caring about others.” That, she added, shows the character of Dolores Huerta.
The allegations against Chavez have cast a pall over his legacy, and the fallout has been swift. But the revelations have also brought renewed focus on Huerta, a woman who helped Chavez lead a national movement that upended the status quo for labor rights and whose contributions were at times overshadowed by a man who she alleges was her abuser.
Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told CNN he grew up idolizing both Chavez and Huerta for their tireless work on behalf of the Latino community.
Villaraigosa – who is campaigning to be the next governor of California – said over the years he’s developed a personal relationship with both civil rights leaders, which made Huerta’s allegations against Chavez even more painful.
“I’ve always known that (Huerta) has the heart of a lion. From the earliest days, you just saw the fire in this woman and the courage. So, I’m not surprised that she’s come forward this way,” he said.
In a statement published after the release of the Times investigation, Huerta said for decades she convinced herself the sexual assaults were incidents she had to “endure alone and in secret.”
“I have kept this secret long enough,” she added, “My silence ends here.”
Huerta channels her passion into a union
Dolores Clara Fernandez was born April 10, 1930, in Dawson, New Mexico. After her parents divorced, Huerta and her siblings were raised by their mother, Alicia, who was a businesswoman and an active member of their diverse, agricultural community.
After high school, Huerta attended college and graduated with a teaching certification.
But, as she explains in the eponymous 2018 documentary, “Dolores,” she always felt called to fight for something greater than herself.
Despite marrying young and starting her family, Huerta began working with the Community Service Organization, a grassroots group that fought to better the lives of Latinos across California. She quickly climbed the ranks to become the organization’s political director.
And that’s where she met Cesar Chavez.
Both Chavez and Huerta were working with the CSO on separate projects to organize the state’s farmworkers. But when they approached the group’s founder, Fred Ross, about supporting their efforts to start a union, he declined.
The decision would prove to be pivotal.
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- A look at the fireworks company that sold products to two suspected terrorists this month
A look at the fireworks company that sold products to two suspected terrorists this month
By Eric Levenson, Jeff Winter, CNN
(CNN) — Shortly after a man attacked a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, earlier this month, William Weimer received a call from employees at a Phantom Fireworks store in nearby Livonia.
Agents at the store told Weimer, Phantom’s vice president and general counsel for over three decades, they had a subpoena for information on the suspect in the attack.
Phantom then searched its “very sophisticated” internal system and quickly found the suspect’s name, address, a receipt for $2,250 of fireworks and surveillance video of his visit to the store, Weimer told CNN.
“This was not our first rodeo,” he said.
In fact, it was not the only incident this month in which a suspected terrorist shopped at Phantom Fireworks. Just days earlier, a Pennsylvania teenager purchased a safety fuse for $6.89 at a Phantom Fireworks store before allegedly tossing two homemade bombs at a New York City protest, Weimer said. The bombs did not explode.
In light of the purchases, as well as a heightened threat environment during the war with Iran, CNN spoke to Weimer and national security experts to better understand Phantom’s security protocols, business and value to law enforcement.
While laws vary by state, generally people must be 18 years old to buy fireworks. The consumer-grade fireworks sold to the public are regulated by federal law, Weimer said. They are designed not to mass-detonate or chain-ignite, with the exception of a few types of firecrackers, he said.
“People think what we sell is a lot more energetic than it actually is,” he said.
CNN Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller said Phantom’s record-keeping and clear surveillance video are enormously helpful to investigators.
“This is the kind of thing that, if you have an identified suspect, it goes to prove that they bought the materials that were used in the device. If you don’t have an identified suspect, these records may actually help you make that identification,” he said.
Juliette Kayyem, CNN national security analyst, similarly praised Phantom Fireworks for putting these measures in place.
“What Phantom Fireworks does is it understands that it’s in a high-risk industry – but a lawful one – and therefore has put in important safety measures, including documenting every purchase, so that they can help law enforcement if they were used for dangerous purchases,” she said.
“They’re not required by law to do that,” she added. “They’re a large company that has taken on a public obligation willingly. You don’t see that very often.”
‘America’s #1 Fireworks Retailer’
Phantom Fireworks operates over 80 showrooms in 15 states that are open year-round, as well as about 2,000 temporary locations in 17 states around the July Fourth holiday, its website states. The company is based in Youngstown, Ohio, and describes itself as “America’s #1 Fireworks Retailer.”
“We are dedicated to providing the highest quality consumer fireworks that bring joy and excitement to celebrations across America,” the website says. “We are committed to offering exceptional value, ensuring safety, and delivering an unforgettable experience for our customers.”
Because some states have less strict laws than others, many of Phantom’s stores are positioned along state borders. For example, Phantom does not operate any showrooms in New York or New Jersey, but a handful of stores are positioned just over the border in Pennsylvania.
Its widespread access also means that over the past few decades, multiple terrorist suspects have shopped at its stores.
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22- Trump pretende poner fin a la revolución que inició Fidel Castro. ¿Pueden Estados Unidos y Cuba llegar a un acuerdo?
Trump pretende poner fin a la revolución que inició Fidel Castro. ¿Pueden Estados Unidos y Cuba llegar a un acuerdo?
Análisis por Patrick Oppmann, CNN
Donald Trump quiere que creamos que un acuerdo con Cuba está a la vuelta de la esquina. Después de esta última semana, no estoy tan seguro.
“No tienen energía. No tienen dinero. Están en serios problemas”, ha dicho Trump, explicando por qué cree que el Gobierno cubano está desesperado por llegar a un acuerdo para salvar al país.
Trump tiene razón en que La Habana está sometida a la presión más severa en cualquier momento desde la crisis de los misiles de 1962, cuando una invasión estadounidense de la isla parecía prácticamente garantizada.
Ahora, como entonces, Cuba enfrenta un bloqueo de Estados Unidos. Mediante acciones militares en Venezuela y amenazas de aranceles a México, Trump ha impedido que el petróleo entre en la isla, paralizando una economía ya lastrada por los propios límites desastrosos del Gobierno comunista a la industria privada.
El secretario de Estado de Trump, Marco Rubio, un cubanoestadounidense y un feroz crítico del liderazgo de la isla, está encabezando las negociaciones con La Habana. Se ha estado preparando toda su vida profesional para este momento.
A mediados de enero —cuando Cuba recibió los cuerpos de sus 32 soldados que murieron defendiendo a Nicolás Maduro durante el ataque de Estados Unidos que capturó al líder venezolano— escuché al presidente cubano Miguel Díaz-Canel prometer, en una manifestación masiva frente a la Embajada de Estados Unidos en La Habana, que el Gobierno no haría concesiones a la administración Trump.
Pero luego, a medida que el bloqueo petrolero pasaba factura a unos cubanos ya asediados, comenzaron a surgir señales de un acuerdo.
Tras semanas de rumores y filtraciones en Washington, Cuba confirmó que se estaban llevando a cabo negociaciones. El Gobierno liberó a 51 presos, algunos de ellos encarcelados por protestar contra la administración, y anunció reformas largamente esperadas —aunque todavía de alcance limitado— que permitirían a los cubanos que viven en el extranjero invertir en la isla.
Balanceándose nerviosamente durante una aparición televisiva, un Díaz-Canel de aspecto demacrado reconoció las mismas conversaciones, que su Gobierno había negado que estuvieran ocurriendo apenas unos días antes.
“Siempre que hemos estado en situaciones tensas en las relaciones con Estados Unidos, se han hecho esfuerzos por encontrar canales de diálogo”, dijo.
Luego, tan rápido como se confirmaron las negociaciones, Trump pareció aplastar cualquier posibilidad de que condujeran a algún lado.
El lunes, mientras Cuba sufría un apagón nacional, Trump, junto a Rubio en el Despacho Oval, declaró: “Sí, creo que tendré el honor de tomar Cuba. Es un gran honor, quiero decir, ya sea que la libere, que la tome. Creo que puedo hacer con ella lo que quiera”.
Rubio pareció confirmar informes previos de The Miami Herald y The New York Times de que la administración estaba exigiendo que Díaz-Canel y otros funcionarios con
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- Qué se espera en los aeropuertos tras el anuncio de Trump de enviar agentes del ICE
Qué se espera en los aeropuertos tras el anuncio de Trump de enviar agentes del ICE
Por Danya Gainor, CNN
Mientras un número cada vez menor de agentes de la Administración de Seguridad del Transporte (TSA) trabajan para mantener en movimiento las largas filas de seguridad a pesar de no recibir paga, el presidente Donald Trump intervino el sábado, al anunciar que enviará agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) a los aeropuertos antes de este lunes si el Congreso no llega a un acuerdo sobre un plan para poner fin al cierre parcial del gobierno.
La administración Trump no aclaró qué funciones desempeñarán los agentes del ICE en los aeropuertos, ya que no están capacitados para realizar controles de seguridad, mientras que los agentes de la TSA deben someterse a meses de capacitación. CNN se ha puesto en contacto con la Casa Blanca y el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, al que pertenece la TSA, para obtener comentarios.
“El presidente puede hacer que (agentes de ICE) vengan allí, pero no veo cómo eso nos ayuda a superar este período”, dijo a CNN George Borek, funcionario de la TSA de Atlanta y delegado sindical, reiterando la necesidad de una capacitación adecuada.
Mientras los líderes de ambos partidos intentan llegar a un acuerdo para financiar el DHS, que incluye a 61.000 empleados de la TSA que han estado trabajando sin cobrar, hay pocos indicios de que el estancamiento vaya a resolverse pronto en el Capitolio antes del receso programado.
La amenaza de Trump surge en un momento en que cientos de agentes de la TSA han renunciado debido a la falta de financiación, los viajeros frustrados se enfrentan a interminables colas en los controles de seguridad de algunos aeropuertos importantes, y las autoridades advierten que la situación podría empeorar si continúa el enfrentamiento entre republicanos y demócratas sobre la aplicación de las leyes federales de inmigración.
Esto es lo que nos espera mientras el caos y la incertidumbre siguen ensombreciendo los aeropuertos de todo el país.
No está claro qué tipo de alivio —si es que alguno— podrían proporcionar los agentes del ICE para reducir las largas esperas en los controles de seguridad, en caso de que el presidente los desplegara. Los agentes podrían desempeñar funciones limitadas, como gestionar las filas, dirigir a los pasajeros o facilitar el paso por el control, para así liberar a los oficiales capacitados de la TSA para funciones de seguridad críticas.
El anuncio de Trump tampoco especificó a qué aeropuertos podrían dirigirse los agentes del ICE.
Según Borek, la contratación de personal sin formación podría plantear sus propios problemas.
“Si se contrata a personas sin formación y que no saben qué buscar, sin duda podría haber problemas”, dijo. Incluso los agentes de la TSA con formación deben volver a certificarse tras tomarse 30 días de baja médica, explicó Borek.
Y a medida que las dificultades financieras y la baja moral obligan a los agentes de la TSA a abandonar sus puestos de trabajo, es de esperar que los viajeros sigan viendo largas colas en algunos aeropuertos.
Durante seis días consecutivos la semana pasada, las tasas de ausencias de la TSA se mantuvieron por encima del 9 %, con un récord del 10,22 % de absentismo registrado
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- Trump’s efforts to curb mail-in voting come to the Supreme Court as they falter in Congress
Trump’s efforts to curb mail-in voting come to the Supreme Court as they falter in Congress
By Tierney Sneed, CNN
(CNN) — A Supreme Court case examining state deadlines for election ballots sent in the mail is just the tip of the spear in President Donald Trump’s war on mail-in voting.
Trump has never let go of his unfounded beliefs that voting by mail is rife with fraud, as he has called on Congress, the judiciary and state legislators to cut back on the practice. At his insistence, US Senate Republicans have devoted several days to debating an election overhaul bill that Trump wants to end most mail-in voting. But it is expected to die in Congress due to a Democratic filibuster.
Where Trump has seen some success on the issue is what the Supreme Court will scrutinize on Monday: the practice by some states of counting mail ballots that arrive at election offices after Election Day.
His Justice Department convinced at least one state to eliminate its mail ballot grace period by threatening a lawsuit, and other GOP-led states changed their deadlines proactively. On Monday, Trump’s top Supreme Court lawyer will argue in support of a challenge to Mississippi’s mail ballot deadline that was brought by the Republican National Committee.
The mail voting deadlines of more than a dozen states – including states like California, Texas and Alaska that will be pivotal in determining which party controls Congress – are now in jeopardy as the Supreme Court examines whether those policies run afoul of federal law.
The dispute is the latest example of Trump’s push to put the federal government’s heavy hands in the machinery of election administration – a task the Constitution largely delegates to the states. The president has suggested that he has the power to implement voter ID requirements on his own that are part of the election overhaul bill. He also demanded that GOP lawmakers add to that legislation a ban on no-excuse absentee voting.
A loss in the Supreme Court could further enrage a president who recently fumed at the justices for not overturning his 2020 electoral defeat. A decision would likely come before the end of June.
The legal challenge centers on statutes passed by Congress in the 19th and early 20th centuries that standardized federal elections for the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Republicans argue those statutes preclude states from setting post-Election Day ballot receipt deadlines.
“Election-day receipt promotes election integrity and voter confidence as much today as it did when Congress passed that law,” the Trump administration told the Supreme Court in a legal brief.
Trump’s opponents counter that the federal Election Day statutes don’t go that far, and that states have flexibility in whether to embrace mail-in ballots and how to regulate them. They argue that if the Supreme Court were to accept the GOP’s logic, it would make it impermissible for states to offer mail-in voting or even early in-person voting.
“What Donald Trump wants, and has said that he wants, is Election Day voting only, in-person, only,” Marc Elias, a lawyer for voter groups that are defending the state laws, told reporters Monday. “So doing away with vote-by-mail is like the most convenient way for them to start, but it will not be where they end.”
DOJ sent Ohio a draft lawsuit on voting deadlines
An executive order Trump signed a year ago was his first attempt to rein in voting by mail, using multiple federal le
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- The NYC bombing suspects pledged allegiance to ISIS, authorities say. What does that actually mean?
The NYC bombing suspects pledged allegiance to ISIS, authorities say. What does that actually mean?
By Eric Levenson, CNN
(CNN) — The 18-year-old from Pennsylvania had just been arrested for allegedly attempting to detonate two bombs at a New York City protest when he arrived to the NYPD precinct on March 7.
As laid out in a criminal complaint, Emir Balat waived his Miranda rights, took paper and pen, and wrote out a message: “I pledge my allegience (sic) to the Islamic State.”
Just days afterward, a 36-year-old man who had previously served nearly a decade in prison for attempting to aid ISIS opened fire at Old Dominion University in Virginia. He killed one person and wounded two before he was killed.
With those incidents, the men joined an infamous group of suspected terrorists across the world who have expressed loyalty to and carried out violence in the name of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL.
But why exactly do they “pledge allegiance” to a “state” that is no longer a state? And what spurs someone to not just attack innocent people, but to then make a statement of loyalty while doing so?
Experts on extremism and jihadist terrorism said this pledge of allegiance is an important aspect of these attacks for the individual terrorist, for the group and for the American legal system.
“In their self-conception, they see themselves as soldiers of Allah fighting on behalf of ISIS,” said Peter Bergen, CNN national security analyst and author of “United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorists.” “They conceive of themselves as doing something fairly heroic, even though of course it’s kind of the opposite.”
A pledge of allegiance “gives meaning to something that is sort of essentially meaningless, which is attacking innocent strangers. It allows them to frame themselves as heroes when often they’re zeroes.”
‘They want to be a part of something’
In Islamic tradition, pledging allegiance to a leader is formally known as “bay’ah.” But in the case of many terrorist suspects, this pledge of allegiance to ISIS is as simple as saying or writing a few words.
For example, during the 2016 attack at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, the attacker pledged his allegiance to ISIS in a call to 911. In the 2016 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, one of the two attackers posted a message on Facebook declaring allegiance to the former ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
For the terrorist suspect, this pledge makes them part of a broader group and gives them a sense of meaning, experts said.
“As long as you pledge allegiance to the group and carry out actions that support the group, you are a soldier of the caliphate and a member of ISIS,” said Lorenzo Vidino, the director of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University.
That’s especially the case for terrorist suspects who became radicalized online by watching propaganda.
“For the individuals who are radicalized, there’s a sense of belonging to a group,” Vidino said. “You are part of ISIS. It doesn’t matter that you’ve never traveled outside of the US or never met anybody who’s in ISIS.”
Richard Aborn, president of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York City, a nonprofit that works to prevent extremist violence, said this mentality applies to many types of violent actors.
“Very often they’re looking for recognition and association,” he said. “They want to be a part of something. Then (they) end up going on sites that ca
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- La nueva línea roja de Trump podría encaminar la guerra con Irán hacia un rumbo fatídico
La nueva línea roja de Trump podría encaminar la guerra con Irán hacia un rumbo fatídico
Análisis por Stephen Collinson, CNN
El presidente Donald Trump dijo el viernes que estaba considerando “reducir” su guerra con Irán. Pero un día después, amenazó con “obliterar” las plantas eléctricas del país, en una escalada que podría descontrolar aún más el conflicto.
Los mensajes erráticos sobre una guerra que entra en su cuarta semana se están convirtiendo en un patrón.
Trump había exigido previamente que los aliados enviaran barcos para reabrir el estrecho de Ormuz, un cuello de botella vital para la exportación de petróleo. Cuando estos se negaron, dijo que no quería ayuda y los tildó de cobardes por no sumarse a una guerra a la que se oponían. Y antes de exigir que Irán reabriera el estrecho en 48 horas o enfrentara un ataque devastador contra sus plantas eléctricas, insistió en que en algún momento “se abriría por sí solo”.
Estos bandazos subrayan la importancia vital del estrecho y el impacto de un cierre que ha dejado varados a decenas de petroleros, ha creado una crisis de precios de la energía y ha amenazado con empujar a la economía global hacia una recesión que podría perjudicar a millones de personas.
Pero Trump ha llegado a un momento en el que la confusión retórica y las amenazas contradictorias no pueden ocultar las consecuencias de sus decisiones. Puede estar a punto de poner a prueba si escalar el conflicto puede, de algún modo, señalar una salida o si empeorará las consecuencias económicas y políticas que ya le cuesta controlar.
A corto plazo, el presidente se trazó a sí mismo una enorme nueva línea roja, sin indicios de que Irán vaya a ceder ante su plazo respecto a su amenaza de atacar barcos que transiten por el estrecho; su principal punto de apalancamiento en el conflicto.
Si el presidente ordena un ataque contra las plantas, es probable que desencadene las represalias iraníes más intensas hasta ahora, lo que podría pulverizar los mercados mundiales de petróleo. Si no actúa y el estrecho permanece cerrado, permitirá que los líderes de Irán demuestren que pueden desafiar el poderío militar de Estados Unidos e Israel pese a estar en clara desventaja militar.
Atacar las plantas eléctricas podría aumentar la presión sobre las fuerzas armadas revolucionarias de Irán, que controlan gran parte de la infraestructura civil. Pero también correría el riesgo de desatar una crisis humanitaria en un país que ya enfrenta una profunda privación. Los hospitales, el suministro de agua y el saneamiento requieren un suministro eléctrico fiable.
En un sentido más amplio, el nuevo dilema de Trump está alimentando la preocupación y las críticas de que carece de una estrategia o de un objetivo final para una guerra que inició sin consultar al Congreso ni convencer al pueblo estadounidense de sus costos.
“No tienen visión, no tienen plan, no tienen estrategia de salida. Está claro que no anticiparon algunas de las cosas que han ocurrido, incluido el cierre del estrecho de Ormuz”, dijo en CNN el líder de la minoría demócrata en la Cámara de Representantes, Hakeem Jeffries, en “State of the Union” el domingo.
Otra escalada casi con seguridad empeoraría las repercusiones globales de un conflicto impopular en el plano interno. Aunque la guerra puede contar como una victoria estratégica para Estados Unidos e Israel, dada la destrucción causada por semanas de ataques con misiles y bombardeos aéreos, los dos aliados corren el riesgo de perder la dimensión política y económica del conflicto.
“El
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- Heat Advisory issued March 23 at 12:19AM PDT until March 24 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
Heat Advisory issued March 23 at 12:19AM PDT until March 24 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
* WHAT…Temperatures between 96 and 94 expected.
* WHERE…San Luis Obispo County Beaches, San Luis Obispo County
Inland Central Coast, Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches,
Santa Barbara County Inland Central Coast, Santa Lucia Mountains,
and Santa Ynez Valley.
* WHEN…From 10 AM this morning to 8 PM PDT Tuesday.
* IMPACTS…There is a high risk for heat illness for sensitive
populations including the very young, the very old, those without
air conditioning, and those active outdoors.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in
shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat
should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an
emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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- Most travelers don’t know who pays TSA officers. Here’s a breakdown
Most travelers don’t know who pays TSA officers. Here’s a breakdown
By Rebekah Riess, CNN
(CNN) — As many travelers face long, winding security lines across the US during the partial government shutdown, many may not realize the complicated path money takes to reach Transportation Security Administration officers’ paychecks.
There are about 61,000 TSA employees currently caught in the middle as Congress remains locked in a stalemate over funding the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees TSA. Considered essential workers, they must remain on the job at the nation’s more than 430 commercial airports during the shutdown, even though they won’t get paid until the lapse ends.
President Donald Trump said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will head to US airports Monday to help alleviate the strain on TSA workers if lawmakers don’t reach an agreement to fund DHS.
Many passengers don’t really know who pays TSA officers – whether it’s the federal government, airports or airlines – according to focus groups done by the US Travel Association, a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that advocates for the US travel industry.
How the agency is funded
TSA’s budget is funded in part by a fee you pay when booking your plane ticket. That passenger fee, also known as the September 11 Security Fee, was established by Congress in the aftermath of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. It is currently $5.60 per one-way trip and capped at $11.20 per round trip.
The fee is collected by the airline you book with and is itemized with taxes and carrier-imposed fees on your receipt. The airlines then pass along the fee revenue to TSA.
“The idea for the aviation security fee, the 9/11 fee, was that it would cover most, if not all, of the pay benefits and all the other things associated with the TSA budget,” former TSA Administrator John Pistole said. It was intended “to have the users of the services – that being passengers – pay for those services, rather than just a freebie from the government,” Pistole said.
The fee is key to covering the costs of air travel passenger security, including benefits and salary for federal screeners, along with programs like the Federal Air Marshals Service, the US Travel Association says.
Of the $4 billion-plus collected from passenger security fees each year, nearly all the revenue is deposited into the Treasury Department’s general fund. Only $250 million can be used directly by TSA to spend on a limited number of security costs.
And in 2013, the Bipartisan Budget Act directed that a portion of the security fee revenue be diverted to lower the federal budget deficit, rather than fund TSA operations.
The annual amount used for deficit reduction is typically about a third of the fees collected from passengers, Pistole said. In the 2023 fiscal year, for example, the total amount of security fee collections hi
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| 24- The Supreme Court’s conservatives could significantly alter the 2026 election
The Supreme Court’s conservatives could significantly alter the 2026 election
By Joan Biskupic, CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst
(CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday appeared ready to limit mail-in ballots, a move that would reinforce the justices’ pattern of shrinking voter protections and that has, at bottom, favored Republican interests and the Trump administration.
And at a time when some justices publicly minimize their internal divisions, Monday’s case testing whether mail-in ballots may be received after Election Day exposed the chasm between the left and right with respect to ballot access.
The case is one of two major Supreme Court disputes that could significantly affect the upcoming midterm elections. The court is expected to rule this spring on a pending case from Louisiana that involves the reach of a Voting Rights Act provision intended to protect against race discrimination.
The consequences of election-law disputes to democracy cannot be overstated. Who votes determines who obtains public office. And who holds office determines the policies, funding and other government benefits that shape the lives of all Americans.
Conservative justices expressed suspicion Monday that a Mississippi law permitting ballots with a timely postmark to be received within five business days of the election is valid under federal election laws. Those statutes, dating to 1845, establish the Tuesday after the first Monday in November as the date for federal elections.
As a practical matter, the Republican National Committee and other challengers to the Mississippi law and similar measures say such late-arriving ballots generate uncertainty and add to post-election chaos.
Liberal justices, meanwhile, emphasized regard for today’s widespread absentee-voting practices. About 30 states, to varying degrees, allow ballots that were mailed by Election Day to be counted if received soon after.
Among those supporting Mississippi are the Democratic National Committee and civil rights groups that emphasize people’s reliance on absentee voting for reasons of age or disability, work or educational responsibilities, and military service. They say a change would upset the expectations of millions of American voters who rely on absentee ballots and who, because of prevailing state practices, believe that a ballot that arrives just after Election Day will still be counted.
During the intense two hours of arguments, frustration on the left wing was palpable. “The people who should decide this issue are not the courts but Congress,” senior liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor said.
Right-wing justices poked holes in Mississippi’s claims and suggested they believed that, historically, Congress wanted all ballots to be received by a single national election day.
Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh latched onto arguments that late-arriving ballots bring concerns of fraud. And perhaps to counter claims by civil rights activists about the potential harm to certain classes of voters, he challenged Mississippi Solicitor General Scott Stewart at one point: “Would you say that the states that require receipt by Election Day are disenfranchising voters?”
“No,” Stewart replied. “A reasonable ballot deadline does not do that. I would (add an) asterisk just there are the practical barriers for those overseas military voters.”
Is Election Day just one day?
Under the Constitution, states are responsible for the “times, places and manner” of elections, but Congress can “make or alter” such regulations. At the heart of the case is a series of federal statutes that set the election date for presidential electors and members of Congress.
“The Election Day statutes adopt a simple rule: States must make a final choice of officers by Election Day,” Stewart told the justices. He said that mandate
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- Heat Advisory issued March 24 at 12:12AM PDT until March 24 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
Heat Advisory issued March 24 at 12:12AM PDT until March 24 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
* WHAT…Temperatures between 86 and 94 expected.
* WHERE…San Luis Obispo County Beaches, San Luis Obispo County
Inland Central Coast, Santa Barbara County Central Coast Beaches,
Santa Barbara County Inland Central Coast, Santa Lucia Mountains,
and Santa Ynez Valley.
* WHEN…Until 8 PM PDT this evening.
* IMPACTS…There is a high risk for heat illness for sensitive
populations including the very young, the very old, those without
air conditioning, and those active outdoors.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent rest breaks in
shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone overcome by heat
should be moved to a cool and shaded location. Heat stroke is an
emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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- Cómo Trump adoptó repentinamente la idea de dialogar con Irán
Cómo Trump adoptó repentinamente la idea de dialogar con Irán
Por Kevin Liptak, Kylie Atwood, Kylie Atwood, Zachary Cohen y Jennifer Hansler, CNN
Cuando el presidente Donald Trump partía de Washington la semana pasada rumbo a Florida, poner fin a la guerra con Irán parecía ser lo último en lo que pensaba.
“No se declara un alto el fuego cuando se está literalmente aniquilando al otro bando”, dijo el viernes desde el jardín sur de la Casa Blanca antes de subirse a su helicóptero y marcharse volando.
Tres días, un ultimátum y, según su relato, algunas conversaciones con un funcionario misterioso en Teherán después, Trump había adoptado una postura diferente.
“Quieren llegar a un acuerdo, y lo vamos a conseguir”, declaró ante una multitud en Memphis, Tennessee, el lunes, antes de visitar Graceland, la casa de Elvis.
El giro repentino y, según Trump, el rápido avance de las conversaciones de paz, provocaron un cambio abrupto en el enfoque de la administración hacia la guerra, después de que el presidente amenazara el sábado por la noche con atacar las centrales eléctricas de Irán si el estrecho de Ormuz no se abría en 48 horas.
Y ahora incluso hay una propuesta para que Pakistán sea sede de una reunión entre Estados Unidos e Irán a finales de esta semana, a la que podría asistir el vicepresidente J.D. Vance, según dos fuentes. CNN se ha puesto en contacto con la oficina de Vance.
El cambio en la postura estadounidense se produjo tras las advertencias de los aliados del Golfo de que el ataque a centrales eléctricas civiles en Irán podría provocar una escalada desastrosa, según fuentes cercanas a las conversaciones. El anuncio de las conversaciones, realizado dos horas antes de la apertura de la bolsa estadounidense el lunes, provocó un repunte en Wall Street y una fuerte caída en el precio del crudo Brent, dos aspectos que habían generado inquietud entre Trump y sus asesores.
Quiénes eran exactamente los interlocutores —o incluso si realmente estaban hablando— se convirtió de inmediato en motivo de controversia. Trump, quien se negó a revelar el nombre del interlocutor iraní con quien se reunían sus enviados, ofreció pocos detalles, limitándose a describir al funcionario como “respetado”. Y mientras el presidente hablaba, unidades adicionales de la Infantería de Marina se dirigían hacia Medio Oriente, alimentando el escepticismo sobre la veracidad de las conversaciones.
Por su parte, Teherán negó cualquier tipo de diálogo y afirmó que Trump había retirado su amenaza porque temía represalias iraníes.
“No se han celebrado negociaciones con Estados Unidos”, escribió en X el presidente del Parlamento iraní, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, de quien se rumoreaba que era el funcionario al que se refería Trump. Añadió que el aplazamiento por parte de Estados Unidos de los ataques a las centrales eléctricas tenía como objetivo “salir del atolladero en el que están atrapados Estados Unidos e Israel”.
Sin embargo, las negaciones fueron redactadas cuidadosamente y no refutaron el hecho de que se habían intercambiado mensajes para tantear el terreno ante una posible reanudación de las conversaciones.
Varios países trabajan activamente para mediar en un acuerdo entre Estados Unidos e Irán, mientras las repercusiones de la guerra se sienten en todo el mundo, según informaron a CNN cinco fuentes familiarizadas con el asunto. A pesar de las afirmaciones de Trump, las fuentes desconocían cualquier negociación directa entre Estados Unidos e Irán desde el inicio de la guerra.
La Casa Blanca se negó a dar detalles sobre las conversaciones, que según Trump fueron dirigidas por sus enviados Steve Witkoff y Jared Kushner.
“Se trata de conversaciones diplomáticas delicadas y Estados Unidos no neg
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- Old Oil Tanks Coming Down in Carpinteria
Old Oil Tanks Coming Down in Carpinteria
CARPINTERIA, Calif. (KEYT) - An aging oil facility is coming down in Carpinteria and some residents nearby are hearing all about it.
The demolition going on behind city hall has a booming sound when the metal tank is worked on.
The oil tank dates back several decades when it was part of the oil processing taking place on the Carpinteria coastline.
The work underway now is to decommission the facilities.
It's a site once owned by Venoco but taken back by Chevron during Venoco's bankruptcy.
Chevron is removing the entire oil and gas plant.
It is still to be determined how the ocean front land will be used by the city going forward.
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| 25- San Marcos erases 5-0 deficit at DP to pull into a 3-way tie for first place
San Marcos erases 5-0 deficit at DP to pull into a 3-way tie for first place
GOLETA, Calif. (KEYT) - San Marcos trailed 5-0 after two innings at Dos Pueblos but the Royals fought back for a thrilling 6-5 eight inning rivalry win.
The comeback allows San Marcos to share a 3-way tie for first place in the Channel League with DP and Pacifica with all three teams 5-2.
Grant Hoover delivered the game-winning hit, an RBI double to plate Mason Crang in the top of the eighth inning.
(Hoover completes comeback with clutch run-scoring double in 8th. Entenza Design).
Miles Herbert got the rally started for San Marcos with a 2-run homer in the fourth inning. The Royals also scored 3 runs in the sixth inning to tie it at 5.
(Besides this home run, Herbert pitched 4 scoreless innings to pick up the win. Entenza Design).
DP started strong with a 4-run first inning highlighted by Nick Salcido driving in a pair of runs with a single up the middle. Evan Bean also had an RBI single.
Freshman Matti Di Maggio went 3-for-4 for DP with three stolen bases and two runs scored.
The teams will meet again on Friday at San Marcos.
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- DP stays undefeated in Channel League with extra innings win at San Marcos
DP stays undefeated in Channel League with extra innings win at San Marcos
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - It wasn't easy for Dos Pueblos to remain undefeated in the Channel League but rivalry games are rarely straightforward.
DP scored 4 times in the top of the eighth inning to outlast San Marcos in extra innings 5-2 to move to 7-0 in league while the Royals are 4-3.
Idaho State-bound Anastasia Brunner snapped a scoreless tie in the sixth inning with a solo home run and then broke a 1-1 tie in the 8th with a single to left field. Brooklyn Hedricks added a 2-run single in the extra frame to put the Chargers up 5-1.
Reese Large led off the bottom of the eighth inning with a solo home run to left field. The Royals would bring up the tying run to the plate before Emily Morici wrapped up her complete game win with her 14th strikeout.
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- Slumping Gauchos lose at Saint Mary’s 10-4
Slumping Gauchos lose at Saint Mary’s 10-4
MORAGA, Calif. (KEYT) - Ian Armstrong slugged two 2-run homers as Saint Mary's walloped UCSB 10-4 as the two teams split their pair of games this year.
UCSB has now dropped five out of their last six games to fall to 15-7 on the year.
Cole Tryba made his first start of the season and he gave up an opposite field 2-run blast in the first inning to Armstrong.
Tryba struck out 4 in his two innings on the mound allowing three runs but only one was earned.
The Gauchos made three errors in the game.
Armstrong made it 10-2 with his second home run in the sixth inning.
UCSB got two RBI from Cole Kosciusko and a solo home run by Noah Karliner.
The Gauchos host #20 Oregon for a three-game series beginning Friday with first pitch scheduled at 4:35 p.m.
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- Kim Jong Un utiliza la guerra con Irán para justificar la decisión de Corea del Norte de mantener sus armas nucleares
Kim Jong Un utiliza la guerra con Irán para justificar la decisión de Corea del Norte de mantener sus armas nucleares
Análisis por Will Ripley, CNN
Kim Jong Un, líder de Corea del Norte, ha declarado que la guerra de Estados Unidos con Irán demuestra que su país tomó la decisión correcta al conservar sus armas nucleares.
En un discurso ante la Asamblea Popular Suprema de Corea del Norte, publicado el martes, Kim acusó a Washington de “actos de terrorismo y agresión patrocinados por el Estado”, pero no mencionó a Irán por su nombre.
Kim afirmó que la situación actual demuestra claramente que Corea del Norte tenía razón al rechazar lo que describió como presión y halagos estadounidenses para que renunciara a su arsenal nuclear.
Añadió que la situación nuclear de Corea del Norte es ahora irreversible.
El presidente Donald Trump afirmó anteriormente que Irán representaba una amenaza “inminente” para Estados Unidos, meses después de declarar que había “aniquilado” las capacidades nucleares iraníes.
Trump citó la prevención de la construcción de una bomba nuclear iraní como una de las razones para lanzar ataques contra el país persa.
Para los líderes de Corea del Norte, el conflicto con Irán refuerza la creencia arraigada de que los países sin armas nucleares están expuestos al poder militar estadounidense, mientras que aquellos que las poseen pueden disuadirlo.
El momento elegido para el discurso de Kim es significativo. Trump ha dado a entender recientemente que está dispuesto a reanudar las conversaciones con el dictador de Corea del Norte, reactivando así una vía diplomática que se interrumpió en 2019.
Las últimas declaraciones de Kim sugieren que cualquier reunión futura sería muy diferente de las cumbres anteriores centradas en la desnuclearización.
Ha indicado que está dispuesto a dialogar nuevamente con Trump, pero solo si Estados Unidos reconoce a Corea del Norte como potencia nuclear y abandona lo que Pyongyang denomina su “política hostil”.
Se cree que Corea del Norte ha ensamblado docenas de ojivas nucleares y, a diferencia de Irán o Venezuela, afirma poseer armas nucleares operativas y sistemas de lanzamiento capaces de alcanzar cualquier punto del territorio continental de Estados Unidos, aunque nunca han sido probados por completo.
Recientemente, Corea del Norte realizó una serie de pruebas de armamento de alto perfil, incluyendo lanzamientos de misiles de crucero desde un nuevo buque de guerra y andanadas de lo que los medios estatales describieron como cohetes con capacidad nuclear.
En su discurso ante el Congreso del Partido de los Trabajadores el mes pasado, Kim prometió expandir el arsenal nuclear de su país, afirmando que el partido tiene la “firme voluntad” de aumentar tanto el número de armas como los medios para desplegarlas.
Kim también ha colocado a su hija adolescente, que se cree que se llama Kim Ju Ae, en el centro de estas exhibiciones, lo que indica que el programa nuclear de Corea del Norte no solo es permanente, sino que se transmite de generación en generación.
Al mismo tiempo, Pyongyang está estrechando lazos con Moscú. La televisión estatal rusa ha emitido imágenes de tropas norcoreanas entrenando cerca del frente ucraniano, presentando la relación como una sólida alianza
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| 26- For journalists who covered JFK Jr.’s fatal plane crash, the memories are much more vivid than ‘Love Story’
For journalists who covered JFK Jr.’s fatal plane crash, the memories are much more vivid than ‘Love Story’
By Dan Heching, CNN
(CNN) — FX’s “Love Story” — the Ryan Murphy-produced show that revisits the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy — concludes this week with the episode that won’t be easy to watch, even if everyone knew it was coming.
The nine-episode series began by teeing up the fate that met the couple, who were killed along with Bessette Kennedy’s sister Lauren in a plane crash in July 1999. The tragedy was a seminal moment for some the same way the death of Princess Diana was just two years earlier for others. Bessette Kennedy’s reaction to the former royal’s death in a paparazzi-caused car crash was even fictionalized in last week’s penultimate episode of the show, which has renewed interest in the fashions of the time and in the couple’s life and death.
Some of the journalists who covered America’s answer to a royal couple don’t need a slick limited series to remember the summer weekend when Kennedy’s plane was reported missing after taking off in New Jersey. What followed was a multi-day stakeout both on the mainland in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts near the famed Kennedy compound, and on Martha’s Vineyard, which had been their destination, as the search for the plane continued.
“Plane crashes are always kind of a hard thing to cover, but in this case, it was just over the top,” Steve Heaslip, who covered the story for the Cape Cod Times, said in a phone conversation with CNN.
The amount of media, police and general onlookers drawn to the scene was unprecedented, Heaslip said, but he also noted that it was “completely expected,” given who was involved.
“Love Story” retraces the history of Kennedy, son of President John F. Kennedy, as he carves a place for himself at the helm of George magazine, at the nexus of celebrity and politics, while also navigating his dating life. Moving on from attention-getting romances with actresses like Daryl Hannah, he eventually meets, and courts, Bessette Kennedy, then a PR assistant at Calvin Klein, in the series. The show depicts the planning and execution of their storied wedding on a remote island off of Georgia in 1996, and spends ample time showing the intense media scrutiny they faced both before, and especially after, their nuptials.
Last week’s episode displayed the cracks in their union as they grapple with their evolution in the public eye, and the series has shown Kennedy going to an airfield to practice flying, a hobby he took up in the years leading up to his death. The pair were on their way to Kennedy’s cousin Rory’s wedding when his plane crashed off of Martha’s Vineyard on the evening of Friday, July 16, 1999, killing all three passengers on board instantly — roughly two months shy of the couple’s third wedding anniversary.
“I just remember the whole thing as being very just — personally but also covering it — it was really sad,” said Heaslip, who had photographed JFK Jr. a number of times prior. The young man once dubbed “America’s most eligible bachelor” would often come to Hyannis to visit his mother, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Like Heaslip, Bernadette Tuazon, currently CNN’s director of photography, spent several days in the area trying to gather information. At the time, she was a photo editor for the Associated Press and had just returned home to New Jersey from another assignment when she got the call saying she needed to get to Martha’s Vineyard.
“At that point, they were assuming that the worst had happened,” Tuazon recalled. “I just
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- San Marcos holds off upset-minded Bishop Diego in four sets
San Marcos holds off upset-minded Bishop Diego in four sets
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - The underdog had plenty of bite and talent but Bishop Diego could not pull off the upset over large school San Marcos.
The Royals held off the Cardinals in four exciting sets (25-17, 28-26, 23-25, 25-18) in a matchup of two teams that are undefeated in their respective leagues.
Owen Willer led San Marcos with 16 kills while Matteo Burdick added 13 kills as they improved to 17-2 on the season. The Royals lead the Channel League at 6-0.
(Owen Willer delivered a big performance for the visiting Royals. Entenza Design).
Bishop Diego got huge performances from their two outside hitters Damien Krautmann and John Michael Flint who tallied 24 and 21 kills respectively.
The Cardinals are 14-4 on the year and lead the Tri-Valley League at 5-0.
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- El gobierno de Trump admite error en demanda sobre arrestos en tribunales de inmigración que justificó con memorando del ICE
El gobierno de Trump admite error en demanda sobre arrestos en tribunales de inmigración que justificó con memorando del ICE
Por Priscilla Alvarez
El Departamento de Justicia admitió el martes ante un juez federal que ha estado basándose incorrectamente en un memorando del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas para justificar arrestos en los tribunales de inmigración, según un nuevo documento presentado ante el tribunal en una demanda en curso.
La demanda, interpuesta el año pasado por grupos de derechos civiles, cuestiona la política del gobierno de Trump de arrestar a personas en los tribunales de inmigración, una práctica que acaparó la atención nacional el año pasado cuando los inmigrantes se presentaron a sus audiencias judiciales como parte del proceso legal de inmigración.
En una carta dirigida al juez Kevin Castel y presentada el martes, Jay Clayton, fiscal federal del Distrito Sur de Nueva York, admitió que la administración hizo declaraciones falsas ante el tribunal sobre un memorando del ICE de mayo de 2025 al que se ha hecho referencia repetidamente en el caso.
En su defensa de la política, el gobierno federal se basó en las directrices del ICE, pero el Departamento de Justicia supo esta semana que dicho memorando se refiere a las acciones de cumplimiento de la ley dentro o cerca de los juzgados, no específicamente a los tribunales de inmigración. Los tribunales de inmigración están bajo la jurisdicción del Departamento de Justicia.
“Escribimos con respeto y pesar para corregir una declaración errónea de un hecho que el Gobierno hizo ante el Tribunal y los demandantes”, escribió Clayton en la carta, y agregó que el abogado del ICE informó al Departamento de Justicia más temprano ese día que la guía “no se aplica ni se ha aplicado nunca a las acciones civiles de control de la inmigración” cerca de los tribunales de inmigración.
Clayton afirmó que el gobierno retiraría partes de sus informes y declaraciones realizadas en las audiencias orales del pasado mes de septiembre que se basaban en dichas directrices.
“Lamentamos profundamente que este error haya salido a la luz en esta etapa tan tardía, después de que las partes hayan invertido importantes recursos y tiempo en litigar este caso y de que este tribunal haya considerado cuidadosamente la impugnación de los demandantes a las directrices del ICE de 2025”, escribió el fiscal en la carta.
CNN se ha puesto en contacto con ICE para obtener comentarios.
En respuesta a la admisión del gobierno federal, la Unión de Libertades Civiles de Nueva York y la Unión Estadounidense por las Libertades Civiles, ambas involucradas en la demanda, afirmaron que “las implicaciones de este hecho son de gran alcance”.
“En los meses transcurridos desde que el Tribunal se basó en la declaración del gobierno para denegar a los demandantes la medida cautelar, los demandados han seguido arrestando a personas no ciudadanas en sus audiencias ante el tribunal de inmigración, lo que ha resultado en su detención, a menudo en instalaciones situadas a cientos de kilómetros de distancia”, escribieron en una carta dirigida al juez.
El año pasado, la administración Trump comenzó a detener a migrantes en los pasillos de los juzgados de todo el país, a veces incluso momentos después de que presentaran sus alegatos. Esta medida alarmó a abogados y defensores, quienes afirmaron que la práctica estaba convirtiendo los tribunales de inmigración, lugares donde se garantiza el debido proceso, en zonas de miedo y donde se castigaba a quienes simplemente cumplían las normas.
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