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NUEVA YORK (AP) — Los bomberos combatían en la madrugada del sábado un incendio en los dos últimos pisos de un edificio de apartamentos de gran altura en la Ciudad de Nueva York, según las autoridades.

El fuego registrado en el Bronx comenzó poco después de la medianoche y se extendió a varios apartamentos en el inmueble de 17 plantas, explicó el Departamento de Bomberos de la Ciudad de Nueva York (FDNY, en un comunicado) en un comunicado.

Por el momento se desconocía qué causó el incendio.

Más de 200 bomberos y efectivos de los servicios de emergencia trabajaban en el lugar del incendio, agregó el FDNY.

Las autoridades no informaron sobre posibles heridos.

En un video publicado en internet se podría ver cómo las llamas envolvían parte de los pisos superiores del edificio.

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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.

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Associated Press

NUEVA YORK (AP) — Los bomberos combatían en la madrugada del sábado un incendio en los dos últimos pisos de un edificio de apartamentos de gran altura en la Ciudad de Nueva York, según las autoridades.

El fuego registrado en el Bronx comenzó poco después de la medianoche y se extendió a varios apartamentos en el inmueble de 17 plantas, explicó el Departamento de Bomberos de la Ciudad de Nueva York (FDNY, en un comunicado) en un comunicado.

Por el momento se desconocía qué causó el incendio.

Más de 200 bomberos y efectivos de los servicios de emergencia trabajaban en el lugar del incendio, agregó el FDNY.

Las autoridades no informaron sobre posibles heridos.

En un video publicado en internet se podría ver cómo las llamas envolvían parte de los pisos superiores del edificio.

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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/24/bomberos-combaten-las-llamas-en-los-ltimos-pisos-de-edificio-residencial-en-el-bronx/ 

Forty-eight hours after learning the Chicago Cubs would have a new starting third baseman by signing Alex Bregman to a five-year contract, Matt Shaw was still digesting the move.

Shaw found out about the deal while watching TV when his wife got a notification on her phone.

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“Of course, you’re kind of looking at it like, ‘Oh, man, where am I going to play?” Shaw said last week at the Cubs Convention. “And you get a little anxious about those things, because the team knows me good enough at this point to know I just want to be prepared when the season comes around. So of course I immediately have questions like, am I going to go here? Am I going to go there?”

The Cubs plan to move Shaw around the field and also will have him prepare this spring in the outfield to get more experience to give them more depth and options.

“They’ve been transparent with me, just kind of helping me to understand the role of moving to different positions, giving guys an off day here and there, and I’m pretty excited about it,” Shaw said. “I’ve played a lot of outfield in my life, so I’ll play some outfield, probably back up at a couple different positions in the infield. It’s going to be a unique year, for sure, but something I’m definitely looking forward to.”

The Cubs were among the most healthy teams with their starting position players last year with only Kyle Tucker and Miguel Amaya landing on the injured list. The organization is anticipating and preparing for a regression in that area, part of the year-to-year variability with injuries. Although the Cubs could still choose to trade Shaw, potentially for controllable pitching, they see value in having a Gold Glove Award finalist who can play multiple positions while still possessing upside offensively.

“From a team building perspective, building depth, make sure that your floor doesn’t get too low, typically doesn’t really raise your ceiling and then you’re also making decisions for this year and into the future, too, so they’re things that we’re factoring in with any transaction that comes across our desks and we value depth,” general manager Carter Hawkins said last week at the Cubs Convention. “We also value our ceiling. I would say we probably value our ceiling more than depth, to be honest, just from a standpoint of we’re in this thing to win championships, and win them year over year. So we’ll factor all those in and obviously allow a lot of alternatives.

“It’s a great luxury for 2026, and that status quo is a great alternative for 2026, and that’s something that will factor in as we’re going through the offseason.”

Not needing Shaw as their everyday third baseman could have a ripple effect with second baseman Nico Hoerner. The Cubs have made clear how much they value Hoerner. His low strikeout rate and bat-to-ball skills give their lineup a needed different look to complement Gold Glove defense, let alone the leadership he brings. Hoerner, who turns 29 in May, is also in the final season of the three-year contract extension he signed and is set to earn $12 million.

The Cubs are projected to be roughly $3 million under the first competitive balance tax threshold, and the front office does not appear to be required avoid going over it in 2026.

Nico Hoerner signs autographs during the Cubs Convention on Jan. 17, 2026, at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

“This year, with where we are in our window, it’s probably less of a consideration than it has been in prior years,” Hawkins said. “It doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re going to be over or under, but I would think it’s fair to say it’s less of a consideration.

“That factors into how much of a consideration it is,” Hawkins added, in regards to unknowns of the next collective bargaining agreement. “Certainly not going all in on that they’re not going to be penalties or anything of that nature, but just the unknown of what those might be into the future, I think, definitely plays into some of our decisions. But we’ll be mindful of it. I’m mindful of it right now. We’ll be mindful of it during the season but probably less of a consideration than years past.”

Hoerner isn’t worrying about any trade speculation or his future in Chicago. He considers that part of the territory because he is close to free agency and doesn’t have a no-trade clause. As for whether he is interested in another contract extension, Hoerner, echoing president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer, said any conversations relating to that would stay internal.

“I think, above all, just remembering that it’s not personal thing, and that the team’s job is to always make the best possible roster that they have the ability to do for this year and for years to come,” Hoerner said last week. “And looking at the things that we’ve done this offseason, that’s pretty evident. That’s their goal, and we’re in a really strong place.

“Trade rumors always make you reflect, and anything that kind of makes you question things is usually healthy. But I absolutely love the Cubs, and I’m really grateful to be here right now.”

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COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. — Chloe Kim’s third run to the Olympics started with the usual questions: How will she handle the pressure? Can she enjoy the journey? How does being famous elevate or diminish the experience? And, of course, will she win her third straight gold medal?

Now, comes one that nobody saw coming: Will America’s best snowboarder, one of the major attractions of next month’s Milan Cortina Games, even make it to the halfpipe? If she does, will she be anywhere near 100%?

A shoulder injury during training has turned the buildup to the Olympics into a scramble for the 25-year-old Kim, whose catalog of tricks outclasses everything else in this high-risk, high-reward sport.

“Obviously, I’m really disappointed that I can’t snowboard until right before the Olympics, which is going to be hard,” Kim said in a recent update on Jan. 13, four weeks before the start of the women’s halfpipe contest. “I haven’t gotten nearly the amount of reps that I would have liked, but that’s OK.”

The question of Kim’s health will hover over the one of the marquee contests of the Olymipcs and over the result itself.

If she wins, it will mark another stunning accomplishment for the California kid who took over the halfpipe 10 years ago — a smiling 15-year old who loved the mall, her dog Reese and the first day of any month because that’s when her mom paid out her allowance.

If she doesn’t — and someone like Gaon Choi of Korea or Sena Tomita of Japan wins — well, that might be chalked up to the best snowboarder not being at full strength.

“To some level, I think (the shoulder) is something that will be in her mind if she does decide to compete,” said Shaun White, the three-time gold medalist who dealt with big injuries in the lead-up to his last two Games. “But, also, she’s in a league of her own trick-wise.”

Kim knows the Olympics are the gold standard of her sport

For everything she has accomplished — the record eight Winter X Games golds, the three world championship titles and the tricks she does that nobody else even attempts — the Olympic gold medal is the benchmark in this sport. For Kim, gearing up to take her game up another notch every four years makes the mental gymnastics almost as difficult as the physical ones.

It’s a reality that a few years ago forced her to restart her search for joy in a sport that, over time, has turned into something different than fun and games.

“When you have the level of fame that she has reached, it gets to be a lot more like a job,” said her longtime coach, Rick Bower. “Some of that love you had when you were younger gets lost a little bit. One of the biggest things she’s worked on over the last few years is just finding that spark of why she actually does this.”

Scattered among her dozens of social-media posts that show her peddling products, heading to the gym, talking about her driving acumen and making matcha was a revealing take on why she keeps going out there.

“I feel like I love the adrenaline and the pressure I feel when I am snowboarding,” she said. “I find it very rewarding, too. There’s nothing that can compete with the feeling of accomplishing something you once thought was impossible, and pushing yourself and being able to see the result of all your hard work.”

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Her career is full of those moments.

Last January, Kim became the first woman to land a double-cork 1080 in a competition (that’s two head-over-heels flips while spinning 360 degrees).

She is approaching the 10th anniversary of the date when she became the first woman to do back-to-back 1080s, three spins in one jump above the pipe.

In 2024, during a victory lap at the Winter X Games, she added a half spin to her 1080 and became the first woman to pull off a 1260.

She had tried, and failed, to pull off a 1260 at the 2022 Olympics in China. In a world that only Kim and a few others can understand, that had no impact on her winning the gold medal — she did that easily with her second-best run — but made all the difference in how she viewed the day.

“It’s unfair to be expected to be perfect,” she said that day, “and I’m not perfect in every way.”

More than the gold medal, Kim said, she found her joy in the quest for progression, the favorite word of any great snowboarder. Nobody has progressed women’s snowboarding more than she has over the past decade.

“You’re going to see someone designing a whole new run that’s never been done before,” said Kelly Clark, the 2002 Olympic gold medalist who befriended Kim when she was starting out. “There’s a creativity and individual expression that makes it so cool.”

Risks on the halfpipe are mental as much as physical

Creativity and progression come with risks. The best, after all, are supposed to win. By not playing it safe, Kim puts that in jeopardy. Clark, who has Olympic gold and two bronze, is among the rare few who can relate to what the current Olympic champion is feeling.

“I didn’t find it very sustainable when you did things for external purposes,” she said. “If you did things just because it was an Olympic year, I usually found that involved a lot more pressure.”

If these musings sound familiar — about Kim struggling with fame, struggling to rekindle her love of snowboarding, struggling with it all — they are. In 2018, about a month after winning her first gold, she conceded fame was different from what she imagined.

It included everything from paparazzi following her, to fans watching her eat in restaurants to an ugly spate of anti-Asian trolling that has been a steady, disturbing through-line over the career of a California native whose parents are Korean.

Heading into 2022, Kim opened up about her own mental-health challenges, especially in the furor of the pandemic. The disease originated in China, which led to a backlash against people of Asian heritage.

“I experience hate on a daily basis,” Kim wrote in a 2021 essay published on ESPN.

Her feelings heading into these Olympics might have been summed up best in one of her rare interviews: “I just want to go back to loving it again,” she told Harper’s Bazaar last summer.

Next up, Kim goes for history and three straight gold medals

Now, the question is: Does she have to win to love it? Also, what will it take to win, especially with the calculus changed because of the injury?

Bower believes Choi and Tomita have tricks that will prompt Kim to bring more than her “B” game to win.

As Italy approaches, that’s what pressure feels like for an adrenaline junkie who likes to create art on the mountain.

“She goes to an event, she’s expected to win,” Bower said. “That’s a very overwhelming proposition for anybody. But she’s done a very good job of focusing on what makes her excited to strap on a snowboard.”

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On Saturday, Derrick Rose will reach a new level of distinction in Chicago.

The retired point guard doesn’t need any introduction. He’s a former NBA MVP, a kid raised on Simeon hoops who elevated a new era for the Bulls. And this weekend, his jersey will be added to the rafters alongside the likes of Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, memorializing one of the most pivotal players in Chicago basketball history.

This is a moment built on nostalgia, so let’s take a moment to reflect. Here are nine dates that defined Rose’s career.

March 18, 2006: Simeon’s finest

Simeon’s Derrick Rose drives for a layup during the Class AA state final against Thornton on March 16, 2007, in Peoria. (John Smierciak/Chicago Tribune)

Rose became a Chicago legend long before he made it to the league. A South Side standout with Simeon, Rose in 2006 led the Wolverines to their first state championship since 1984. The junior guard knocked down a game-winner with 1.6 seconds remaining to clinch the long-awaited title.

Simeon went on to win a second straight state championship in Rose’s senior year, becoming the first Chicago Public League school to win back-to-back state titles in the process.

June 26, 2008: The No. 1 pick

Derrick Rose, right, shakes hands with NBA Commissioner David Stern after being selected with the No. 1 pick in the draft by the Bulls on June 26, 2008, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Ken Goldfield/New York Daily News)

Pundits and professionals spent months pondering and debating who the Bulls would select with the No. 1 pick in the 2008 draft. But in the end, there was only ever one option — Chicago’s own.

Then-general manager John Paxson made the decision official on draft night, selecting Rose with the top pick. The Bulls had worked out only one other player — Michael Beasley — during the predraft process. In the end, Paxson said the decision was unanimous throughout the front office.

April 22, 2009: The rookie

Bulls guard Derrick Rose leads the break against the Celtics in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals on April 26, 2009, at the United Center. (José M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune)

From the moment he arrived in Chicago, Rose lit up the league. He was the first Bulls player since Michael Jordan to average 10 points or more in his first 10 games, ultimately averaging 16.8 points and 6.3 assists while shooting 47.5% from the floor. He received 111 first-place selections from 120 voters, easily outpacing O.J. Mayo and Brook Lopez for the Rookie of the Year Award.

Rose went on to score 36 points in his postseason debut against the Boston Celtics. The Bulls couldn’t make it out of the seven-game series, but Rose’s rookie showing proved the Bulls had a strong chance of contending in the future.

Jan. 22, 2010: The Dragić dunk

Bulls guard Derrick Rose dunks over the Suns’ Goran Dragić on Jan. 22, 2010, at U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix. (Barry Gossage/Getty Images)

Even as a youngster, Rose was a highlight machine. But one piece of live commentary from Bulls TV analyst Stacey King captured an indelible memory from his second season in Chicago that will live on forever: “What are you doing, Dragić? Did you not get the memo? Derrick Rose can go upstairs!”

Those words accompanied perhaps the most ruthless dunk of Rose’s career. The guard got a running start in transition, launched himself toward the sky as if aided by a hidden trampoline and ratcheted his body into a convex contortion to pound the ball down over the head of unwitting Phoenix Suns guard Goran Dragić.

Rose dunked the ball many times before and after this moment. It’s impossible to pick the best or most important iteration of his favorite move. But this one stands out — a memory of a man who could defy gravity, at least for a second at a time.

May 3, 2011: The youngest MVP in NBA history

Bulls guard Derrick Rose holds the NBA MVP trophy before Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Hawks on May 4, 2011, at the United Center. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune)

Ahead of his third season with the Bulls, Rose posed a question: “Why can’t I be the MVP of the league?”

Months later, he provided his own answer. Rose was named the 2011 MVP. Only eight other first-place votes were cast for another player. The distinction came after a statement season in which Rose averaged 25 points and 7.7 assists per game. He beat out fellow stars Dwight Howard, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant for the honor.

At only 22, Rose became the youngest player to receive the MVP trophy in NBA history.

April 28, 2012: The injury

Bulls point guard Derrick Rose is helped off the court by trainers after suffering a left knee injury late in a playoff game against the 76ers on April 28, 2012, at the United Center. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune)

Rose brought many highs to Chicago. But in April 2012, the city suffered one a bitter loss — the first in a series of knee injuries that ultimately diminished the guard’s promising career.

In the final 90 seconds of Game 1 of a first-round series against the Philadelphia 76ers, Rose tore his ACL while attempting to drive to the rim with his patented high-flying jump stop. The injury derailed a promising postseason for the Bulls, who had dominated the Eastern Conference in the regular season before bowing out of the first round without Rose on the roster.

May 8, 2015: The shot, the stare-down

Bulls players mob Derrick Rose after he hit a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer for a 99-96 victory over the Cavaliers in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on May 8, 2015, at the United Center. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

The 2012 playoffs marked a new chapter for Rose, who ultimately suffered four major knee injuries — the ACL tear followed by three meniscus tears — over the course of his career. He missed the entire ensuing season and played only 10 games in 2013-14.

But in 2015, Rose averaged 17.7 points while working back into the regular rotation. He breathed life back into the Bulls by leading them to the Eastern Conference semifinals for a rematch with their familiar foes, James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Bulls ultimately couldn’t overcome the Cavaliers. But in Game 3, Rose reminded the city of his ability to command the clutch, peeling around the perimeter to beat the buzzer with a deep 3-pointer. Joakim Noah carried Rose off the court as he mugged the camera with a stone-cold expression, a lasting image of his final years with the team.

October 31, 2018: “This means everything, man.”

Timberwolves guard Derrick Rose is congratulated by Taj Gibson after scoring a career-high 50 points in a 128-125 win over the Jazz on Oct. 31, 2018, in Minneapolis. (Jim Mone/AP)

After a series of knee injuries ended his time in Chicago on a bittersweet note, Rose never could fully return to his former glory. He transformed into a consistent role player as a journeyman across the league, bouncing from New York to Cleveland to Minnesota. And every now again, those superpowers returned in a flash.

That’s what happened on Halloween night in 2018. Rose stunned the Utah Jazz with the highest scoring game of his career, dropping 50 points and blocking the final shot of the game to secure a 128-125 win for the Minnesota Timberwolves. Fans throughout Target Center chanted “MVP” as Rose held back tears in his postgame interview.

“I worked my ass off,” Rose said. “Words can’t describe how I feel right now. It’s been a while, bro,”

September 26, 2024: The end

Derrick Rose speaks while being honored at halftime of a Bulls-Knicks game on Jan. 4, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Rose officially announced his retirement after 15 seasons in the NBA. He played for six teams, including seven with the Bulls and four with the New York Knicks. He earned three All-Star selections and won gold with Team USA at the 2010 and 2014 FIBA World Cups. He remains the youngest MVP in NBA history.

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EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — With less than three weeks to go before the start of the men’s hockey tournament at the Olympics in Milan, several of the top contenders have significant injury questions.

One of those looked to be answered Friday as Canada’s Bo Horvat was back practicing after missing 14 of the New York Islanders’ past 18 games. Horvat, who was out with a lower-body injury, had been sidelined for nine in a row but the entire time was tracking toward being healed up by February.

It’s ‘gold or bust’ for US men’s hockey at the Winter Olympics. The Americans are confident too.

“There’s always that little — not doubt — but it’s in your mind, right, that hopefully it’s not too bad,” Horvat said. “We knew that it wasn’t too serious, that I’ll be good to go and ready to get back for the Olympics. I was pretty confident in that.”

Horvat produced at a nearly point-a-game pace from the start of the season until the roster deadline on Dec. 31 to earn one of the final forward spots. The 30-year-old scoring center is one of just a few players picked who didn’t take part in the 4 Nations Face-Off last year, and Hockey Canada general manager Doug Armstrong was kept well apprised of his status in recent weeks.

“(Islanders GM Mathieu Darche) has been in contact with Doug and their staff and just kind of keeping them updated,” Horvat said. “That’s all you can ask for. I was hoping to be back as soon as possible and get some games in before the break and to go over to Milan. I’m happy to be back in this good a time, get some games in and be ready to go.”

Much like Horvat, goaltender Darcy Kuemper returned from an injury scare well ahead of the time his availability would have been in jeopardy.

Canada is still unsure about Brayden Point

Playmaker Brayden Point, one of the first six players Canada named for the Olympics, has not played for the Tampa Bay Lightning since his right leg bent awkwardly during a game at Philadelphia on Jan. 12.

Jon Cooper, the Lightning and Canada’s coach, told reporters in Pittsburgh the following day of Point they “avoided the worst-case scenario (as) his season is not over.”

Point is considered week to week, and the two-time Stanley Cup champion’s status could go right down to the wire. Charter flights are set to take off from New York on Feb. 7, and replacements can be made to the 25-player roster up until the first game on Feb. 11.

Sam Bennett, Wyatt Johnston and Connor Bedard figure to be among the most likely options if Point cannot go.

US has already lost a defenseman with Seth Jones out

Seth Jones, who helped Florida win the Stanley Cup last season after being picked up before the trade deadline, earlier this week became the first injured player replaced on an Olympic roster when USA Hockey announced Jackson LaCombe would take his place.

“A very fluid, active defenseman, always in the rush,” said forward Tage Thompson, who played with LaCombe at the world championships last year when the U.S. won the tournament for the first time since 1933. “Great shot and sees the ice really well. He’s just a smooth skater, and I think it makes the game really easy for him because he’s got a lot of hockey smarts, too.”

LaCombe and Thompson are among the five players from that team heading to Milan, along with Zach Werenski, Clayton Keller and Jeremy Swayman.

“We had such great chemistry and such a good team over there,” Thompson said after Buffalo Sabres practice Friday. “Obviously we won and it was a lot of fun, so it’s nice to be going through this new opportunity and experience with some familiar faces.”

Sweden will be short-handed without Leo Carlsson and Jonas Brodin

Leo Carlsson was in line to be Sweden’s No. 1 center, and Jonas Brodin was supposed to play a big role on the blue line. Instead, each has been ruled out of the Olympics because of long-term injuries. The Minnesota Wild said Thursday that Brodin underwent surgery on a lingering injury.

Fellow defenseman Victor Hedman is recovering from mid-December elbow surgery. The Lightning at the time said their captain should be back to play for Sweden at the Olympics.

Questions persist about the availability of Gabriel Landeskog, who has been out since getting hurt Jan. 4, along with fellow forward William Nylander and defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson. Colorado said Landeskog has an upper-body injury, so it’s not the same chronic knee problem that caused him to miss two full seasons before returning in the playoffs last spring.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/24/olympics-mens-hockey-injuries/ 

Over 2 Million Ukrainians Have Already Deserted & Or Actively Dodging The Draft

Tyler Durden
Sat, 01/24/2026 – 07:00

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Por ELENA BECATOROS

DUBÁI, Emiratos Árabes Unidos (AP) — La Guardia Revolucionaria paramilitar de Irán, una fuerza clave para sofocar las recientes protestas nacionales que dejaron miles de muertos, está “más preparada que nunca, con el dedo en el gatillo”, afirmó su comandante el sábado, mientras buques de guerra de Estados Unidos se dirigían hacia Oriente Medio.

Nournews, un medio de comunicación próximo al Consejo Supremo de Seguridad Nacional de Irán, informó en su canal de Telegram que el comandante, el general Mohammad Pakpour, advirtió a Washington e Israel “que eviten cualquier error de cálculo”.

“La Guardia Revolucionaria islámica y el querido Irán están más preparados que nunca, con el dedo en el gatillo, para ejecutar las órdenes y directrices del comandante en jefe”, aseguró Pakpour, según la publicación de Nournews.

La tensión entre Irán y Estados Unidos sigue en un punto álgido luego de la sangrienta represión de las protestas que comenzaron el 28 de diciembre, desencadenadas por el colapso de la moneda local, el rial, y que se extendieron por el país durante unas dos semanas.

Advertencias de Trump

El presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, ha advertido repetidamente a la República Islámica y fijó sus líneas rojas en el uso de la fuerza militar: el asesinato de manifestantes pacíficos y la ejecución masiva de arrestados durante las movilizaciones.

Trump ha señalado en varias ocasiones que Irán frenó la ejecución de 800 personas detenidas durante las movilizaciones, pero no ha relevado su fuente. El fiscal general iraní, Mohammad Movahedi, negó rotundamente esa información el viernes en declaraciones publicadas por la agencia noticiosa Mizan, próxima al poder judicial.

En comentarios a reporteros a bordo del Air Force One, Trump indicó el jueves que Estados Unidos estaba acercando sus buques de guerra a Irán “por si acaso” quisiera tomar medidas.

“Tenemos una enorme flota dirigiéndose en esa dirección y tal vez no tengamos que usarla”, aseveró el líder estadounidense.

Un oficial de la Marina de Estados Unidos, que habló bajo condición de anonimato para discutir movimientos militares, señaló el jueves que el portaaviones USS Abraham Lincoln y otros buques de guerra que viajaban con él se encontraban en el océano Índico.

Trump mencionó también las múltiples rondas de conversaciones que los funcionarios estadounidenses tuvieron con Irán acerca de su programa nuclear antes de que Israel lanzara una guerra de 12 días contra su rival en junio, en la que la aviación militar de Washington participó bombardeando instalaciones nucleares iraníes. Además, el presidente amenazó a Teherán con una acción militar que haría que las anteriores ofensivas de la Casa Blanca contra el enriquecimiento de uranio “parezcan insignificantes”.

“Deberían llegar a un acuerdo antes de que los ataquemos”, apuntó Trump

Nervios en las aerolíneas

La tensión ha hecho que al menos una aerolínea europea cancele algunos vuelos a la región: Air France anunció la suspensión temporal de su ruta a Dubái.

La aerolínea canceló dos vuelos de ida y vuelta de París a la capital de Emiratos Árabes Unidos durante el fin de semana debido a la situación actual en Oriente Medio, pero no ofreció más detalles. El servicio a Dubái se reanudará más tarde el sábado, agregó.

“La aerolínea sigue de cerca los acontecimientos en Oriente Medio en tiempo real y monitorea continuamente la situación geopolítica en los territorios a los que vuela y los que sobrevuelan sus aviones para garantizar el más alto nivel de seguridad y protección en el vuelo”, afirmó.

La información de llegadas en al aeropuerto internacional de Dubái también mostraba la cancelación de vuelos procedentes de Ámsterdam de las compañías holandesas KLM y Transavia, y un vuelo desde Luxemburgo de Luxair. Las empresas no respondieron a las solicitudes de comentarios.

KLM también canceló algunos vuelos el viernes y el sábado a Tel Aviv, Israel, según rastreadores de vuelos online.

Suben los fallecidos

Aunque hace días que no hay nuevas movilizaciones en Irán, la cifra de víctimas mortales reportada por activistas ha seguido aumentando a medida que llega la información, pese al bloqueo de internet más completo en la historia del país y que dura ya más de dos semanas.

La Agencia de Noticias de Activistas de Derechos Humanos, con sede en Estados Unidos, indicó el sábado que el número de muertos es de 5.137, y se espera que siga aumentando. Más de 27.700 personas han sido arrestadas, agregó.

Las cifras del grupo han sido precisas en disturbios anteriores. El colectivo depende de una red de activistas sobre el terreno para verificar los decesos.

El número de fallecidos supera al de cualquier otra ronda de protestas o disturbios en la República Islámica en décadas, y recuerda el caos que rodeó la Revolución Islámica en 1979.

El gobierno de Irán ofreció su primer conteo de oficial de víctimas el miércoles, que apuntó que 3.117 personas murieron, de las cuales 2.427 eran civiles y miembros de las fuerzas de seguridad, y al resto los calificó como “terroristas”. En el pasado, la teocracia ha subestimado o no ha informado de los decesos en disturbios.

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Los periodistas de The Associated Press Jon Gambrell en Dubái, Samuel Petrequin en París, Melanie Lidman en Tel Aviv, Israel, y Konstantin Toropin y Aamer Madhani en Washington contribuyeron a este despacho.

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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.

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It may be frigid outside, but museums, concert halls and movie theaters are nice and warm indoors.

Among the highlights for winter entertainment are: an exhibition at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry devoted to the award-winning costume designer behind both “Wicked” films, the stage version of “Hamnet” at Chicago Shakespeare Theater and a version of the opera “Madama Butterfly” that’s set in a video game simulation.

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Carol Trzcinski, executive director of McCord Gallery & Cultural Center in Palos Park, wants to help veterans tell their stories by exhibiting their art during a monthlong exhibit in March. That’s why the gallery created The Veterans Experience Through Art last year.

“We are always looking for ways to expand our reach in the community and expose the arts to a larger audience, and we were aware of veterans who turned to the arts to cope when they returned to civilian life,” she said. “It was an opportunity for the community to learn more about their journey and introduce them to the McCord Gallery.”

This year’s exhibit, set for March 2 to 28, still needs artists, who have until Feb. 13 to submit up to two pieces to be considered for the show, although submissions may close earlier if they run out of display space. “We have a committee of artists and instructors that review the submissions,” she said.

“Whether your art explores your service or ventures into entirely different worlds, we welcome all themes and mediums, including painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed media,” a news release notes. “This showcase is dedicated to honoring the diverse creative voices of those who have served.”

Last year’s inaugural show was “very well-received” and drew more than 300 visitors, Trzcinski said. It featured “a mix of veterans from all branches of service and many different experiences.”

Only original work – none using artificial intelligence – created after Jan. 1, 2023, will be accepted, and artists must be 18 and older and live in the United States. Complete submission guidelines are found at mccordgallery.org/veteransexhibit or by calling 708-671-0648.

The exhibit includes an artist reception from 6 to 8 p.m. March 6 and a veterans luncheon March 28 that features the Joliet American Legion band of 30-plus musicians. The luncheon, which is free to veterans, costs $10 for guests. It commemorates Vietnam Veterans Day, which is March 29, Trzcinski said.

Orland Park resident Carmelo Schifano, who served in the Marines during the Vietnam War era, exhibited two watercolor paintings at last year’s show, “Thousand-Yard Stare” and “Deep in Prayer,” which shows a soldier with a rosary held up to his lips.

“When Carol asked me to participate in the Veterans Experience Through Art I chose the two images through a very deep feeling of memories long ago … of not only my era of Vietnam but of all wars veterans experienced,” Schifano said. “To honor those who gave their lives, the wounded and those whom God, in His wisdom, came home to their families. In essence, my soul moved me as I painted with tears, remembering my comrades.”

Schifano, who worked as an artist-illustrator at Cherry Point, North Carolina, drawing everything from charters to drawings of engines, still has “nightmares of guilt” that he wasn’t shipped out with his platoon at Parris Island Boot Camp in South Carolina.

“I still see a psychologist – a lot of my buddies didn’t come back,” he shared. “I feel like I let them down, not through any fault of my own.”

He was chosen for his specialty during boot camp at Parris Island after a sergeant noticed drafting was on his enlistment papers. He gave the recruit a piece of paper and a pencil and told him to draw a profile of Abraham Lincoln from a penny the sergeant took out of his pocket. About 45 minutes later, having added shadows and details to the portrait, Schifano showed the sergeant, who exclaimed “Holy whatever,” kept the picture and gave him the job.

“That kept me out of Vietnam. But like I said, I have this guilty conscience,” he said.

Despite not serving in a combat zone, Schifano didn’t make it through his time in the Marines unscathed.

“There was one time during training we had a very close call. Five soldiers almost got killed by a live hand grenade. One of the men dropped a grenade,” Schifano explained. “To this day, I still can’t hear out of one of my ears. The flash of the blast was bright like the sun. A hand grenade blowing up that close to you isn’t like the movies.”

After his discharge, Schifano made cabinets and architectural drawings, worked for five years as a carpenter and eventually went to college, becoming a woodshop and carpentry teacher with Chicago Public Schools. He retired in 2006 and began teaching watercolor workshops, which he continues to do at five area galleries, including McCord. He also became a Franciscan brother of the Third Order in 1989, inducted at St. Peter’s Church in Chicago.

At this year’s exhibit, Schifano plans to create a watercolor about the rising of the flag at the battle of Iwo Jima, and he encouraged other veterans to submit pieces of their own.

“It’s not just Marines – it’s all military. It helps give military (personnel) a credence and a thank-you for veterans. When I was discharged, those men and women from all the forces came back, they were not acknowledged for what they did,” he said. “There was no parade. After many years they finally made a memorial to Vietnam veterans in Washington, D.C.”

He visited the memorial once, taking his graduation book with him. “I did find a lot of Marines I went to boot camp with didn’t make it through the war. I took it as an omen – God coming out. I think if I would have gone to Vietnam, I would have come back in a box,” Schifano shared.

Steve Kost, of Palos Park, works on “Heavy Hearts,” a sculpture made from metal and found objects. The former Navy Seabee was among artists showing work at the first display of art by veterans last year at McCord Gallery & Cultural Center in Palos Park. (Daniel Cherry)

Another veteran who finds art therapeutic is Palos Park resident Steve Kost, who served from 1991-95 as a Navy Seabee in Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40, the “Fighting Forty,” stationed in Port Hueneme, California. He deployed with Alpha Company to Rota, Spain in 1991, Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1992, Guam and Saipan in 1993, and Crete, Greece in 1994, eventually earning the rank of E-4 third class petty officer before leaving the service.

Kost’s experience as part of the construction force of the Navy with structural steel, operating and repairing heavy equipment, welding and reinforcing bars for concrete work led him to join Local 1 Ironworkers when he got home. “I also found a great sense of brotherhood that I had missed since leaving the Seabees,” Kost said. “Erecting steel buildings is exciting and dangerous work, and the feeling of creating something that will last lifetimes is a very rewarding part of the trade.”

He exhibited a series of fish sculptures and a 38-inch seahorse at McCord last year. “The show was a month-long event filled with veteran artists that I had worked with in the past as well as new friends I made at the events McCord hosted during the month,” Kos said. He plans to show other fish sculptures in the series at this year’s show.

A fish sculpture by Steve Kost, of Palos Park, shows the kind of art he creates in his studio, Metal Health Artwork. He plans to submit one or two fish sculptures to the show this year. (Daniel Cherry)

The sculptures began as a way “to pass the time late at night or early mornings before work. I have PTSD from my combat experiences in Somalia, and the process of dismantling typewriters and sewing machines was therapeutic for me when I could not sleep due to nightmares and anxiety,” he said.

He first showed his art publicly in 2018 at a show hosted by Chicago Veterans and enjoyed the “great sense of acceptance” with artists he met. “My counselor at the VA hospital had a firsthand view of the successes in my artistic journey, and she suggested that I share my process with other veterans, so I began documenting my work on Instagram.”

Kost gained a following there, which included messages from other veterans inspired by him. “This filled me with a sense of purpose and made it easier to relate my military experiences to the start of my art career,” he said. “I changed my business name to Metal Health Artwork to send a clear message about why I set out to repurpose metals into sculpture.” His work can be seen at www.stevekost.com.

“I encourage others to find the healing power of art, and by being a positive force, I can be an example to other veterans that something good can even come from life’s bad experiences,” he said.

The past year was a big one for Kost, who celebrated the 10th anniversary of his foray into art. He showed art at McCord Gallery and at Christopher Gallery at Prairie State College, as well as showing his art on an ABC 7 segment of “Localish,” he shared, adding that the show led Disney and National Geographic channels to feature his art during Earth Month in April. Kost also was featured on PBS’ program “Eye on the Arts.”

He called his family “incredibly supportive as I spread my wings and started creating,” including wife Colleen, his high school sweetheart, who’s seen him at his best and his worst. “She knows firsthand how this journey has given me confidence and an exciting reason to travel the country for exhibitions and veteran events,” he added.

His daughter Natalee was key to bringing him to social media, and his grandson recently told Kost “how proud he was after reading about me on Wikipedia and the internet, and I began showing him how arc welding works.”

Melinda Moore is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown. 

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