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By Jessie Yeung, CNN

(CNN) — Lindsey Vonn said she has undergone a third surgery since the devastating crash that ended her Winter Olympics dream in Milan last Sunday, writing on Instagram that her definition of success looks a little different now.

“I had my 3rd surgery today and it was successful,” the 41-year-old American Alpine skier wrote in a post, sharing photos of her in a hospital bed.

“Success today has a completely different meaning than it did a few days ago. I’m making progress and while it is slow, I know I’ll be ok,” she added, thanking the medical staff, friends, family and fans around the world who have voiced their support.

Vonn, a three-time Olympic medalist who was hoping to make a comeback this year, caught a gate with her right arm just 13 seconds into her run during the downhill final on Sunday, sending her tumbling down the slope.

She later said she had suffered a complex tibial fracture, which was stable but would require multiple surgeries.

Vonn had competed just days after rupturing her ACL on January 30, in Crans-Montana on the World Cup circuit, an injury which had originally thrown her participation in the Games into doubt.

Still, she decided to continue competing in the Olympics, telling reporters: “My head is high. I’m standing tall and I’m gonna do my best.” She had completed two training runs ahead of the final.

Speaking after the crash, Vonn said she had no regrets about that decision to compete, and that “my ACL and past injuries had nothing to do with my crash whatsoever.”

In the photo shared on Instagram, Vonn’s left leg can be seen in an external fixator – a frame attached to the outside of the leg that holds broken bone pieces together.

“Thankful for all of the incredible medical staff, friends, family, who have been by my side and the beautiful outpouring of love and support from people around the world,” she wrote, before congratulating her teammates “who are out there inspiring me and giving me something to cheer for.”

Vonn’s recovery is expected to be a long one. Tibial fractures typically take months to heal and sometimes require additional surgeries. The ACL injury may also prolong recovery time, an expert told CNN earlier.

Vonn, who is the oldest Alpine skier to r

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Hay tres cosas que sabemos sobre Donald Trump.

Tiene sed de venganza; estirará los límites del poder presidencial para llevarla a cabo; y nunca se da por vencido después de una derrota.

No es de extrañar que seis legisladores demócratas, todos ellos veteranos militares y de inteligencia, se estén preparando para lo que viene a pesar de que un jurado investigador se negó a acusarlos por advertir al personal militar para que no obedezcan órdenes ilegales.

“No les veo ninguna sorpresa. Donald Trump tiene una capacidad bastante limitada para superar las cosas, no se toma bien las malas noticias y tiene un ego bastante grande”, denunció este miércoles uno de los seis congresistas en la mira, el senador de Arizona Mark Kelly.

El miércoles, Anderson Cooper de CNN le preguntó a otra de los seis legisladores amenazados, la senadora de Michigan Elissa Slotkin, si creía que el Gobierno podría intentar acusarla de nuevo. Ella respondió: “No me sorprendería”.

El representante Jason Crow, exranger del ejército y paracaidista de sirvió en Iraq y Afganistán, ha lanzado un contrataque advirtiendo que emprenderán acciones legales a menos que el Departamento de Justicia retire sus medidas de represalia. “Estamos tomando nombres, creando listas”, declaró a la prensa el miércoles.

La advertencia de los legisladores a las tropas que inició el enfrentamiento llegó en forma de un video en redes sociales que enfureció a Trump.

El presidente atacó a los seis congresistas, a los que calificó de “traidores” culpables de “sedición al más alto nivel”, que podrían ser elegibles para la pena de muerte.

La venganza del mandatario fue respaldada por el secretario de Defensa, Pete Hegseth, quien ha iniciado un esfuerzo para rebajar el último rango de Kelly, capitán, y recortar su jubilación.

Pero el martes se supo que los fiscales federales en Washington no lograron convencer a un jurado de que acusara a los legisladores. Este intento fue el último y flagrante ejemplo de la inclinación autoritaria de Trump y su instrumentalización del Departamento de Justicia.

La sinergia del departamento y los objetivos personales y políticos del presidente también quedó en evidencia en el Capitolio este miércoles cuando la secretaria de Justicia Pam Bondi atacó y se burló de los demócratas al tiempo que declaraba a Trump “el mejor presidente en la historia de Estados Unidos”.

Trump no oculta su afán de venganza y no deja ningún ataque sin respuesta.

“Si me persigues, iré por ti”, escribió en Truth Social en agosto de 2023, definiendo un mantra de vida que, como presidente, nuevamente tiene amplios poderes para implementar.

El presidente le dijo al presentador de un programa de entrevistas, el Dr. Phil McGraw, en 2024: “A veces la venganza puede estar justificada”.

El fracaso del Departamento de Justicia en lograr una acusación fue inusual, ya que el requisito para iniciar un proceso penal es bastante bajo. Pero también fue un momento constitucional notable.

Es raro que un presidente sea frustrado directamente por los ciudadanos en una validación del sistema republicano. Si se quiere desafiar los reflejos autoritarios de Trump en los próximos tres años, podrían necesitarse muchos más pequeños actos de ciudadanía.

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By Donald Judd, CNN

(CNN) — The chairman of President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission said Wednesday that he ousted a member of the commission after she sparred with fellow members during a contentious public hearing on antisemitism.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who chairs the commission, said on X that it was his call to remove Carrie Prejean Boller, a former Miss California USA, after tense exchanges during the hearing Monday over what constitutes antisemitism in the US.

Boller, during the hearing, defended conservative commentator Candace Owens, who has boosted conspiracy theories and embraced antisemitic rhetoric to her millions of online followers.

“Carrie Prejean Boller has been removed from President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission,” Patrick said. “No member of the Commission has the right to hijack a hearing for their own personal and political agenda on any issue. This is clearly, without question, what happened Monday in our hearing on antisemitism in America. This was my decision.”

Boller challenged Patrick’s authority to oust her, insisting on X, “As the name states, this is President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, not yours. You did not appoint me to the Commission, and you lack authority to remove me from it. This is a gross overstepping of your role and leads me to believe you are acting in alignment with a Zionist political framework that hijacked the hearing, rather than in defense of religious liberty.”

CNN has reached out to the White House and the commission to confirm that Boller has been removed from the commission.

During the hearing, Boller argued that Owens is not antisemitic.

“I haven’t heard one thing out of her mouth that I would say is antisemitic,” she said.

The hearing featured multiple witnesses, including first-hand accounts of students and others who said universities failed to protect Jewish students amid pro-Palestinian protests during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, the Associated Press reported.

Seth Dillon, CEO of the conservative satirical site The Babylon Bee, which routinely lampoons progressives, was there to testify that conservatives need to push back against a growing antisemitic movement on the right, according to the AP.

Boller challenged him, questioning whether critics of Israel should be considered antisemitic, the AP said. Dillon said no, but that context matters. There are “people who try to conceal their antisemitism under the guise of merely criticizing Israel,” he said.

She also disputed Dillon’s criticisms of Owens.

“You should look up more of her statements,” Dillon said, citing such things as Owens saying her critics were “of the synagogue of Satan.”

President Trump created the commission last year and charged it with “exploring the foundations of religious liberty in America,” and “identifying current threats to domestic religious liberty.”

Late Wednesday night, Boller was still listed as a member of the commission on the White House’s website.

The commission is the subject of a new federal lawsuit this week from progressive religious groups, according to the AP. The suit says the panel fails to represent diverse views and religions and consists almost entirely of conservative Christian members.

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(AP) — Prosecutors in Utah have filed a first-degree felony rape charge against Brigham Young University standout wide receiver Parker Kingston, officials said Wednesday.

Kingston, 21, is being held without bail in St. George, a city near Arizona, Washington County prosecutors said. His initial appearance in court is scheduled for Friday.

The investigation began last February, prosecutors said in a news release. A woman who was 20 years old at the time told officers at a St. George hospital that Kingston assaulted her on February 23, 2025, prosecutors said. Police gathered digital and forensic evidence and interviewed the parties involved and other witnesses, prosecutors said.

It was not clear if Kingston had an attorney. He didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment. A phone message left for his family was not immediately returned.

BYU said in a statement that it takes any allegation very seriously, and will cooperate with law enforcement. It said it would not be able to comment further due to federal and university privacy laws and practices for students.

Kingston had a team-leading 67 receptions and 928 yards with five TD catches last season. He also rushed for 199 yards on 25 carries with a score, and returned 17 punts for 230 yards and a TD.

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By Brad Lendon, Trista Kurniawan

(CNN) — Indonesia is embarking on a plan to make toll roads across the country into emergency runways for its fighter jets, giving it the equivalent of multiple aircraft carriers across the vast archipelago.

The chief of staff of the Indonesian air forces, Marshal Tonny Harjono, said Wednesday that he hopes that eventually each of the country’s 38 provinces will have at least one toll road section usable as an emergency runway, though no timeline was given.

In a demonstration Wednesday, an Indonesian Air Force F-16 fighter and a Super Tucano attack plane performed successful landings and takeoffs from a toll road in Lampung province on the southern tip of the island of Sumatra.

“This success marks an important milestone in strengthening the universal defense system,” Deputy Defense Minister Donny Ermawan Taufanto said.

Using highways for military landing strips isn’t a new concept. Militaries from the United States, Finland and Sweden among others have demonstrated it.

And dispersing fighter jets across an array of islands in the Pacific is something the US military is pursuing as it looks to make its air forces harder to target in any possible conflict with China.

Indonesia has had disputes with China in the South China Sea, but the new plan for runways on roadways isn’t seen as any being directed at any country.

“The use of toll roads as situational alternative runways is expected to strengthen the operational readiness of the Indonesian Air Force in facing various potential threats, without reducing the primary function of toll roads as public transportation infrastructure,” an Indonesian Air Force statement said.

It’s also a cost-effective way to cover a sprawling country, analysts say.

Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelago, with more than 6,000 inhabited islands across an east-west axis of 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers).

It would be an extraordinary amount of territory to cover with an aircraft carrier, something the Indonesian Navy does not have, and which would be expensive to acquire and maintain.

Aircraft carriers can cost billions of dollars.

“An aircraft carrier doesn’t seem that attractive as a cost-effective platform,” said Collin Koh, research fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore.

“Having countless toll roads and highways earmarked as emergency military runways across the entire archipelago makes more strategic and operational sense,” Koh said.

“The margin of risk is lower than an aircraft carrier,” Koh told CNN. “If you strike the aircraft carrier once, it’s gone.”

Multiple roads-as-runways mean the loss of one leaves several others to pick up the slack, he said.

Roadways can handle more and less-expensive aircraft than are needed for carrier operations.

The planes used in Wednesday’s demonstrations, the F-16 and the Super Tucano, cannot operate off carriers.

Harjono, the air force chief of staff, said the plan was for roadways to have 3,000-meter-long (almost two miles) sections where the military aircraft could land and take off.

Donny praised the skill of the Indonesian pilots for landing on roadways only half as wide as airport runways.

“Toll roads are only about 24 meters (79 feet) wide, narrower than airport runways at 45 to 60 meters. It’s risky, but Air Force pilots are trained for these conditions,” he said, according to the government-run Antara news agency.

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