By Lex Harvey, CNN

(CNN) — President Donald Trump is once again on his way to Davos, Switzerland, aboard a backup plane, after a technical issue forced Air Force One to return to Joint Base Andrews.

Air Force One was in the air Tuesday evening when it turned around due to a “minor electrical issue,” according to the White House, which said the decision was made out of an abundance of caution.

Open-source flight tracking data from ADS-B Exchange shows the plane making a turn over the Atlantic Ocean off the easternmost tip of Long Island, New York, over an hour into the flight.

The plane landed safely in Maryland just after 11 p.m. ET and Trump was wheels up in a new aircraft used as Air Force One roughly an hour later, en route to the World Economic Forum.

After the original aircraft landed, staffers scrambled to transfer luggage between the planes while crew quickly moved boxes of fruit, and wrapped sandwiches and beverages, according to pool reporters, a group of journalists who accompany the president during travels.

Air Force One, or AF1 on flight tracking websites, is the call sign for whatever plane the president is aboard, not the name of the aircraft itself.

This is the second time in recent months Trump has been forced to turn to a backup aircraft.

During a September visit to the United Kingdom, Trump and first lady Melania Trump safely boarded a support helicopter after the one they were traveling in experienced a hydraulic issue and was forced to land at a local airfield, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced at the time.

The Boeing 747 jets used as Air Force One have been in service for more than 35 years. Delays in replacing them have angered Trump and cost Boeing billions.

The next generation of jets, which were initially supposed to be delivered in 2022, are set to arrive in mid-2028. In December, the US Air Force awarded a $15.5 million modification to its existing contract with Boeing, bringing the face value of the contract to over $4.3 billion.

Meanwhile, the Air Force announced last month it would purchase two additional Boeing jets from the German carrier Lufthansa to support its future presidential airlift program, with delivery dates slated for this year.

There’s also a Qatari jet, which was gifted to Trump last year, that is undergoing modifications to be used as Air Force One, sparking legal, ethical and security concerns. The president has said that jet could be ready for use next month, despite deep skepticism from experts and former aviation officials.

Despite the age of the jets, technical issues like the one experienced Tuesday are exceedingly rare on Air Force One.

In 2006, a mechanical issue grounded Air Force One while President George W. Bush was in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, forcing the president to fly in a backup plane.

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By Chris Boyette, CNN

(CNN) — “I’m not just that girl that was kidnapped. That happened to me, but I’m so much more,” Elizabeth Smart told CNN’s Anderson Cooper in 2013.

A new Netflix documentary premiering January 21 has renewed interest in one of the most closely followed kidnapping cases in American history. Smart was 14 when she was kidnapped from her Salt Lake City home in 2002 and rescued nine months later.

Now 38, she has spent more than two decades turning her trauma into action, becoming an outspoken activist for child safety and survivors of sexual abuse.

“Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart” revisits her heartbreaking experience through interviews with Smart, family members and others, featuring never-before-seen material, according to the filmmakers.

In the two decades since her rescue, Smart has built a life centered on family and advocacy. She married Matthew Gilmour, a native of Scotland, in Hawaii in 2012. The couple met while doing missionary work in France and have three children: Chloe, James and Olivia.

Through the Elizabeth Smart Foundation, which she founded in 2011, Smart advocates for victim support and abuse prevention. The organization offers empowerment programs like Smart Defense and Smart Talks to educate and support survivors of sexual assault and abduction. She has testified before Congress and played a key role in promoting legislation, including the AMBER Alert and Adam Walsh Act.

Smart launched the Smart Defense initiative after she said she was assaulted on a flight to Utah, expanding her mission to include practical self-defense education. She has authored two books: “My Story” in 2013 and “Where There’s Hope: Healing, Moving Forward and Never Giving Up” in 2018.

Not everyone in her family wanted to revisit the painful past for the documentary. “Some members of my family want to leave things in the past. And personally, that’s OK with me. I want to respect their wishes,” Smart told Netflix. But for her, sharing the story serves a purpose. “As time passed, I began speaking publicly about what happened, I just felt like it needs to serve a purpose. It needs to bring some good in the world,” she says in the documentary.

“I have good days, I have bad days, but I’ve developed a better relationship with myself,” she says in the documentary. “My inner voice has changed from ‘you should have done this,’ or ‘you could have done that,’ to ‘you’ll make it through this. You could finish this. You’re strong. Keep going. You can survive anything that comes your way.’”

The abduction that gripped the nation

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Mientras el presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, preparaba su llegada a Davos sembrando discordia con sus aliados (intensificando las amenazas de tomar el control de Groenlandia, prometiendo imponer aranceles a los que se oponen a la propuesta y filtrando mensajes privados de líderes europeos), Beijing aprovechó la oportunidad para posicionarse como un líder global alternativo.

Y hay una audiencia cada vez mayor dispuesta a escuchar.

Horas después del ataque de Trump, el viceprimer ministro de China, He Lifeng, subió al escenario en la reunión anual de los Alpes para insistir en que Beijing “ha actuado consistentemente según la visión de una comunidad con un futuro compartido y se ha mantenido firme en su apoyo al multilateralismo y el libre comercio”.

“Defendemos el consenso y la solidaridad, y la cooperación por encima de la división y la confrontación, y ofrecemos las soluciones de China a los problemas comunes del mundo”, manifestó.

Los comentarios, hechos mientras los líderes se preparaban para la llegada de Trump a la reunión, subrayan la estrategia de China de mostrarse como un contrapeso tranquilo, racional y confiable frente al shock y el asombro de la política exterior de la administración del republicano.

El líder de China, Xi Jinping, lleva años pidiendo una reestructuración del orden mundial que considera injustamente dominado por Estados Unidos y sus aliados, y cada vez más ofrece su propia visión como alternativa, aun cuando los propios vecinos de Beijing han advertido sobre la agresión regional del país.

Ahora bien, la lógica que resuena en los círculos políticos de Beijing es simple: China no necesita esforzarse para lograr ganancias en el equilibrio de poder global, simplemente necesita mantener su rumbo mientras Estados Unidos pierde aliados y credibilidad por su cuenta.

Y esa estrategia parece estar ya dando frutos, ya que el enojo de Trump hacia los aliados de Estados Unidos (al negarse a descartar tomar el control de un territorio danés por la fuerza) impulsa el tipo de amenaza al sistema de alianzas de Estados Unidos, y a la OTAN en particular, que Beijing solo podría haber soñado con orquestar.

Para ver cómo se desarrolla eso, basta con mirar el discurso de Davos del líder de Canadá, Mark Carney, quien –en una admisión sorprendentemente franca de uno de los aliados más cercanos de Estados Unidos– presentó la “hegemonía estadounidense” como parte de un ficticio “orden internacional basado en reglas”.

“Sabíamos que la historia del orden internacional basado en reglas era parcialmente falsa: que los más fuertes se eximirían cuando les convenía, que las reglas comerciales se aplicaban de manera asimétrica”, expresó Carney en una aparente alusión, al menos en parte, a Estados Unidos.

El mensaje de Carney no se presentó como un abrazo a China. El líder canadiense comenzó aludiendo a una crítica al autoritarismo de la Unión Soviética. Pero su retórica —que sigue a un año de Trump reflexionando públicamente sobre convertir a Canadá en el estado número 51 de EE.UU.— se solapa lo suficiente con la estrategia de Beijing como para marcar un punto en el tablero del gigante asiático.

También siguió a una victoria más tangible. Carney

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) -

High School Girls Basketball:

Ventura 68, Dos Pueblos 42: Brinley Anderson 22 pts, 12 reb for Cougars.

Oxnard 67, Buena 23: Gia Angell 16 pts for Yellowjackets.

Pacifica 28, Santa Barbara 25: Shea Gannon 10 pts, 8 reb for Dons

St. Bonaventure 54, Bishop Diego 34: Sophia Fernandez 20 pts, 10 reb for Seraphs.

Santa Ynez 51, Atascadero 45 (OT): Helina Pecile 15 pts, 7 reb, 6 ast for Pirates.

High School Girls Soccer:

Dos Pueblos 0, Ventura 0

San Marcos 3, Pacifica 0: Kate Selby 2 goals for Royals

Santa Barbara 1, Oxnard 1:

Bishop Diego 0, Dunn 0

High School Boys Soccer:

Dos Pueblos 1, Ventura 1: Abel Navarro goal for Cougars, Keenan Bower goal for DP.

Pacifica 4, San Marcos 1

Rio Mesa 1, Buena 0: Victor Espinosa goal for Spartans.

Cate 8, Foothill Tech 0: George Marin 5 goals for Rams.

Laguna Blanca 5, St. Bonaventure 1: Inak Phillips 2 goals for Owls.

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Luis Medina

THERMAL, Calif. (KUNA) – El Distrito Escolar Unificado del Valle de Coachella (CVUSD) puso a un conductor de autobús en licencia administrativa tras acusaciones que involucraban a un estudiante.

El distrito emitió un comunicado el martes: “El Distrito confirma que tiene conocimiento de las acusaciones que involucran a un conductor de autobús del distrito y a un estudiante. Al enterarse de las acusaciones, el Distrito tomó medidas inmediatas y puso al empleado en licencia administrativa a la espera del resultado de la investigación de la Fiscalía del Condado de Riverside”.

No se dispuso de más detalles sobre las acusaciones. Nos hemos puesto en contacto con la Fiscalía para obtener más información sobre la investigación.

Manténgase al tanto de las novedades en Telemundo 15. 

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