Por Chris Dolce, CNN

El clima frío y nevado ha dominado gran parte del norte de Estados Unidos desde el Día de Acción de Gracias, pero un cambio de patrón amenaza con arruinar las posibilidades de una Navidad con nieve para muchas zonas.

Según la Administración Nacional Oceánica y Atmosférica de Estados Unidos (NOAA, por sus siglas en inglés), se considera una “Navidad blanca” cuando hay al menos 2,5 centímetros de nieve en el suelo la mañana del 25 de diciembre.

Durante semanas, el aire ártico ha avanzado repetidamente en el Medio Oeste, el noreste y el sur durante semanas, incluido el episodio más frío del período el pasado fin de semana. Esto permitió que tormentas invernales cubrieran de nieve amplias zonas de los estados del norte.

Pero la gran pregunta es cuánta nieve logrará mantenerse hasta el día de Navidad, ya que un importante cambio en el patrón de la corriente en chorro promete un deshielo.

El arranque frío de diciembre ha estado impulsado por una corriente en chorro ondulada, orientada de norte a sur, que ha llevado frecuentes irrupciones de aire ártico desde Canadá hacia los estados del centro y el este del país. Este patrón persistente está vinculado a la alteración del vórtice polar a finales de noviembre.

Ahora, la corriente en chorro está a punto de alisarse y adoptar una trayectoria más directa de oeste a este a través del país. Cuando eso ocurre, suele actuar como una pared que bloquea la llegada prolongada de aire frío desde Canadá hacia latitudes más al sur.

Como resultado, se espera que una amplia zona de Estados Unidos registre temperaturas por encima del promedio durante el resto de diciembre, según NOAA. La excepción sería el extremo norte del país, donde los termómetros podrían mantenerse cerca o apenas por debajo de los valores normales para esta época del año.

Parte de la nieve que permanece en el suelo en el Medio Oeste y el noreste se derretirá debido a las temperaturas más suaves. Las lluvias también influirán, especialmente por un sistema de tormentas que traerá precipitaciones intensas tan al norte como Michigan y Maine hacia finales de esta semana.

Los modelos de pronóstico muestran que gran parte de la nieve la mañana de Navidad se concentrará en los lugares que suelen tener las mejores probabilidades de amanecer con un manto blanco en estas fechas: el Mountain West, las northern Plains, el Upper Midwest, el norte de New England y las zonas de efecto lago de los Grandes Lagos.

¿La salvedad? Aún es demasiado pronto para saber si algún sistema de tormentas la próxima semana podría cambiar el panorama y traer nuevas nevadas. Si sigues soñando con una Navidad con nieve, puedes añadir esa posibilidad a tu lista de deseos para Santa, pero por ahora las probabilidades parecen bajas.

La historia muestra que, para la mayor parte de los Lower 48, las probabilidades de una Navidad con nieve son inferiores a un lanzamiento de moneda.

Si buscas una Navidad con nieve casi garantizada, lo mejor es dirigirse a una estación de esquí en el oeste o al norte de New England, o a ciudades como Marquette, en Michigan, y Duluth, en Minnesota. En esos lugares, las probabilidades son del 90 % o más, según datos de 1991 a 2020.

Minneapolis–St. Paul tiene una de las probabilidades más altas entre las grandes ciudades, con un 74 %.

En otras ciudades importantes como Chicago y Nueva York, las probabilidades caen con fuerza, a 34 % y 13 %, respectivamente. Incluso en Denver y Salt Lake City, la probabilidad es inferior al 50 %.

Por supuesto, el sur tiene la menor probabilidad, aunque ha habido algunos casos poco comunes.

En 2004, una tormenta de nieve en la víspera de Navidad en el sur de Texas llegó hasta la costa del golfo de México, dejando una escena inusual de palmeras cubiertas de nieve.

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En medio de la incertidumbre y las protestas en Honduras, tras las elecciones del 30 de noviembre, que aún no han proclamado a un ganador, la presidenta Xiomara Castro denunció que Juan Orlando Hernández, el exmandatario indultado por Donald Trump, planea “un golpe” en contra de su Gobierno.

“A partir de información de inteligencia verificada, Juan Orlando Hernández, perdonado en EE.UU., planifica su ingreso al país para proclamar el ganador de las elecciones al tiempo que está en marcha una agresión orientada a romper el orden constitucional y democrático a través de un golpe contra mi gobierno”, publicó Castro en su cuenta de X, sin presentar evidencia.

“Ante esta grave situación, solicito de urgencia el respaldo consciente y pacífico del pueblo hondureño”, añadió la mandataria y convocó “a los movimientos sociales, colectivos, organismos de base, militancia y ciudadanía” a manifestarse “de manera urgente y pacífica en Tegucigalpa, para defender el mandato popular, rechazar cualquier intento golpista y hacer visible ante el mundo que aquí se gesta un nuevo golpe”.

Hernández respondió a esta acusación a través de su cuenta de X. “FALSO. Pueblo hondureño, la acusación lanzada por la Presidenta Xiomara Castro es completamente falsa. No existe ningún plan de ingreso al país ni intento de ruptura del orden constitucional. Esta narrativa solo busca sembrar pánico, desviar la atención y generar caos, una práctica conocida de los líderes de LIBRE”, escribió el exmandatario. “Durante doce años han utilizado mi nombre para distraer, y en estos cuatro años este gobierno ha recurrido al odio y a la mentira como cortina de humo para ocultar su fracaso absoluto. Esa estrategia ya no funciona, el pueblo hondureño los rechazó de forma clara y categórica en las urnas”, añadió.

Hernández llamó al pueblo de Honduras a mantener “la mirada firme en el escrutinio especial esperando que el CNE declare el resultado oficial”.

Por otra parte, el exmandatario dijo que tenía información sobre un supuesto plan para atentar contra su vida y la de su familia. “Responsabilizo directamente a los líderes del gobierno actual y a la cúpula de LIBRE por cualquier atentado, persecución o riesgo que pueda sufrir mi familia o yo”, sostuvo en su publicación en la red social.

Hernández había sido condenado el año pasado a 45 años de prisión y a una multa de US$ 8 millones por un juez de Estados Unidos por delitos de narcotráfico. Días antes de las elecciones de noviembre, Trump anunció que lo indultaría, lo que se concretó el 1 de diciembre.

El expresidente de Honduras salió de prisión, pero permanece en Estados Unidos. No está claro si volverá a su país, donde tiene una orden de captura pendiente, según le dijo a CNN el director de la Unidad Especializada contra Delitos de Corrupción hondureña, Luis Santos.

El 30 de noviembre se celebraron elecciones presidenciales en Honduras, pero el proceso para declarar un ganador se mantiene paralizado, a la espera de un escrutinio especial de actas con inconsistencias.

En medio de denuncias de fraude, varias protestas se desarrollan en las calles del país en estos días.

En tanto, el partido oficialista Libertad y Refundación (Libre) anunció que no reconoce los resultados preliminares, denunció una supuesta injerencia del presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, en el proceso electoral y exigió un recuento voto por voto.

Salvador Nasralla, candidato del Partido Liberal, también denunció fraude y reclama la revisión total de las actas incluidas en el escrutinio especial, un procedimiento que se realiza de forma separada.

Mientras, escrutinio general se reanudó el domingo con Nasry “Tito” Asfura, candidato del conservador Partido Nacional respaldado por Trump, al frente del conteo. Con el 99,8 % de las actas transmitidas, Asfura registra 1.305.033 votos (40,54

By Alejandra Jaramillo, Alayna Treene, CNN

(CNN) — The president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., is engaged to Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson, a spokesperson for Trump Jr. confirmed to CNN.

President Donald Trump announced the engagement on Monday night at a White House holiday party.

The announcement brought fresh attention to a relationship that fueled tabloid speculation throughout the president’s election campaign.

Trump Jr. has been married before. The president’s firstborn proposed to his first wife, Vanessa, in 2004, and the two were married at Mar-a-Lago in 2005, according to news reports at the time. Vanessa Trump filed for divorce in 2018.

Trump Jr. was also previously engaged to Kimberly Guilfoyle, a former Fox News personality who later served as finance chair of the Trump campaign during the 2020 presidential race.

She remains close to the Trump family. As speculation swirled about Trump Jr.’s relationship with Anderson, then president-elect Donald Trump named Guilfoyle as his pick to serve as US ambassador to Greece, a position she currently holds.

Anderson and Trump Jr. appeared together publicly earlier this year during a Trump family trip to Scotland, where they joined the president for a ribbon-cutting ceremony of a new golf course and a trade deal announcement.

In her Instagram biography, Anderson describes herself as “just your typical stay at home mom … only I don’t do household chores … or have a husband … or have kids.”

In a video of the White House announcement posted on social media by Trump ally Laura Loomer, Trump Jr. said, “I’m not usually at a loss for words, because I’m usually doing the ranting and raving really well, I want to thank Bettina for that one word: ‘Yes.’”

A spokesperson for Trump Jr. confirmed that he proposed over the weekend.

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By Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN

(CNN) — President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, delivered a series of unusually candid and at times unflattering assessments of the president, his second-term agenda and some of his closest allies in a series of wide-ranging interviews with Vanity Fair.

Across more than ten interviews, Wiles spoke about working for Trump, saying the president “has an alcoholic’s personality,” despite being known as a teetotaler. Wiles said Trump governs with “a view that there’s nothing he can’t do. Nothing, zero, nothing.”

“High-functioning alcoholics or alcoholics in general, their personalities are exaggerated when they drink,” she said. “And so I’m a little bit of an expert in big personalities.” The article notes she grew up with an alcoholic father – the legendary sportscaster Pat Summerall.

In the interviews, Wiles notably admitted there “may be an element of” political retribution in the prosecutions against his political opponents.

“I mean, people could think it does look vindictive,” she said in response to a question about the prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey. “I can’t tell you why you shouldn’t think that.”

“I don’t think he wakes up thinking about retribution. But when there’s an opportunity, he will go for it,” she added.

Wiles said she tried to persuade Trump to end his “score settling” within the first 90 days of his second term. That effort failed, she acknowledged, as his push for prosecutions continued, driven in part by the president’s desire for retribution.

When asked about the mortgage fraud accusations against New York Attorney General Letitia James, she replied, “Well, that might be the one retribution.”

Wiles also acknowledged that the president did not have evidence to support his accusation that former President Bill Clinton visited the private island of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“There is no evidence,” Wiles said of Clinton’s alleged visits. When Vanity Fair asked whether there was anything incriminating about Clinton in the files, she reportedly added, “The president was wrong about that.”

Wiles offering unflattering assessments of several of the president’s closest allies in the interviews. Of Vice President JD Vance, she said he has “been a conspiracy theorist for a decade,” and suggested his evolution from Trump critic to loyal ally was “sort of political.”

On tech billionaire and former Trump ally Elon Musk, Wiles said he is “an avowed ketamine” user and “an odd, odd duck, as I think geniuses are.” His action to dismantle the US Agency of International Development (USAID), however, left her “aghast.”

Turning to Attorney General Pam Bondi, Wiles said she “completely whiffed” in her handling of the Epstein files.

“I think she completely whiffed on appreciating that that was the very targeted group that cared about this,” Wiles said of Bondi giving binders of materials on the case to a group of conservative influencers. “First, she gave them binders full of nothingness. And then she said that the witness list, or the client list, was on her desk. There is no client list, and it sure as hell wasn’t on her desk.”

In another striking comment, Wiles described Russell Vought, a co-author of Project 2025 and head of the Office of Management and Budget, as “a right-wing absolute zealot.”

Wiles also expressed policy reservations throughout the interviews. On deportations, she said the administration needed to “look harder” to avoid mistakes. On Venezuela, she said the president “wants to keep on blowing boats up until Maduro cries uncle,” adding, “and people way smarter than me on th

By Lisa Respers France, CNN

(CNN) — “You are not to be a fan, but you have to represent the fans.”

That phrase was said to me years ago by someone in a newsroom and it stuck. My job as an entertainment journalist is to cover celebrities, not to be enchanted by them.

When it comes to Taylor Swift I was successful at that for years.

Then Disney+ dropped the first two episodes of Swift’s new docuseries “The End of an Era” and something in me shifted.

Yes, that sounds dramatic, but so is documenting the most successful music tour of all time by an artist who is in a league of her own.

I can’t believe I just typed that.

Let’s be clear: I was never a Taylor Swift hater. I have always thought of her as an extremely talented songwriter and was most impressed by her love and care for her fan base, known as the Swifties.

I even understood the come one come all fandom given that a few years ago my bff and I proudly posted videos and photos from a Justin Bieber concert using the hashtag “GrownBeliebers” after our fellow concertgoers kept asking us where the kids were that we brought to the show.

That would be us. We were the kids.

When it came to Swift I will admit to side eyeing the complete and utter loyalty of it all. From the friendship bracelets to the way some Swifties refuse to allow any criticism of their queen (that’s been tested lately, by the way) I thought it was as extra as the singer’s bread puns once she became obsessed with baking sourdough.

Watching the first two episodes of her recently released “The End of an Era” docuseries not only gave me insight into the why of it all, but also the how.

The series is a behind the scenes look at her Eras Tour, which took Swift around the world, raked in billions of dollars and firmly established her as one of the top artists in the world.

The project, or at least its initial episodes, is also a master class in being an intentional celebrity.

Swift has been pretty fearless for most of her career, and clearly understands not only her audience, but also what they want and need from her.

Which is why I found myself being moved watching her anxiety over a thwarted terrorist attack at her planned show in Vienna. My eyes misted seeing her tears after meeting with the young survivors and the families of the victims of a brutal knife attack in the UK that happened during a Taylor Swift dance party.

The pop star’s emotion was a good reminder that she is a human being.

That may sound simplistic and obvious, but in an American culture that has substituted celebrities for royalty, it’s easy to forget that behind the glitz and glamour there is humanity.

Swift’s ability to be the brightest star while at the same time being incredibly relatable is not new.

This is a woman who used to host secret listening parties for her fans and slid into their comments in the early days of Instagram to drop emojis because she knew all too well what it meant to those who support her.

Which is why I immediately clocked what she was doing when in one of the episodes we get to know one of her backup dancers, Kameron Saunders.

A plus-sized black man, Saunders speaks in the docuseries about being raised by a single mother who sacrificed a great deal to help him and his brother achieve their dreams. He is the perfect example of Swift’s desire to have her show be inclusive, and I cried right along with him and his mom, who makes an appearance in what is one of the most heartwarming moments shown so far.

Saunders is also the person Swift asks to read a handwritten note that she gives to all the backup dancers as she shares their bonuses with them (everyone who worked on the tour got a bonus and a personal note from