Por JOHN PYE

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz reveló que se reunió con Roger Federer para una ronda de golf antes del Abierto de Australia, y fue tal como el español de 22 años esperaba.

El swing de Federer, dijo, es “es tan bonito como su tenis”

“Todo lo que hace, lo hace con estilo”, comentó Alcaraz. “Lleva jugando dos años y su nivel es realmente, realmente bueno”.

“He estado jugando cinco y me ganó”, expresó, riéndose. “¡Duele, sí!”

El tema se centró en el golf durante la entrevista a pie de cancha después de la victoria de Alcaraz, el número uno del mundo, por 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2 sobre Yannick Hanfmann el miércoles en la segunda ronda del primer Grand Slama del año.

Fue otro paso más cerca de su objetivo de ser el jugador más joven en completar un Grand Slam en individuales masculinos, es decir, una colección completa de los cuatro grandes trofeos del tenis.

Eso es algo que Federer, quien regresó al Abierto de Australia con su familia en una muy tardía gira de despedida, tuvo que esperar siete años para lograr después de ganar el primero de sus 20 grandes.

Alcaraz ya tiene seis: dos en Roland Garros, Wimbledon y el Abierto de Estados Unidos, y necesita el título australiano para su Slam personal. Nunca ha pasado de los cuartos de final en el Melbourne Park.

Jannik Sinner, su principal rival, ha ganado los dos últimos títulos australianos. La pareja se ha repartidos los últimos ocho grandes de manera equitativa entre ellos, en una rivalidad ahora conocida como “Sincaraz”.

Por lo tanto, no es de extrañar que Alcaraz esté buscando a algunos de los grandes del tenis, como Federer y otros, para encontrar formas de marcar diferencia.

Ha estado mejorando áreas de su juego, particularmente el saque, que ahora se parece mucho al de Novak Djokovic. Tanto es así que Djokovic, quien ha ganado 10 de sus 24 grandes en Melbourne Park, lo ha notado.

Con Djokovic y Sinner, el número dos del mundo, en el lado opuesto del cuadro, Alcaraz puede observarlos en sus días libres en Melbourne. Y esos, por ahora, no involucran otras distracciones deportivas.

“Siempre hay tiempo para jugar al golf. Intentamos aprovechar los días libres”, dijo Alcaraz. “Pero el campo de golf me está esperando, eso lo sé”.

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https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/21/alcaraz-y-federer-se-lucen-en-el-abierto-de-australia-jugando-una-ronda-de-golf/ 

O’Hare International Airport was the busiest U.S. airfield in 2025, overtaking Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport for the first time since 2019, according to a news release from the Chicago mayor’s office.

Preliminary data from the Federal Aviation Administration shows that O’Hare saw more than 857,000 takeoffs and landings last year. Atlanta’s airport saw more than 807,000 takeoffs and landings last year, according to the data.

However, government data indicates Atlanta’s airport was still ahead of O’Hare when it comes to passenger traffic, another measure of an airport’s business. For the 12 months ending in October 2025, Atlanta’s airport saw 89.5 million domestic passengers, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. During the same 12 months, O’Hare saw 66.8 million domestic passenger arrivals and departures.

According to the mayor’s office, a plane took off or landed in Chicago every 30 seconds in 2025, including flights at both O’Hare and Midway International Airport.

“Every one of those flights represents jobs, commerce, tourism, and opportunity,” Chicago’s Aviation Commissioner, Michael McMurray, said in a statement.

The announcement comes as O’Hare is in the early stages of a massive $8.2 billion revamp.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/21/ohare-hartsfield-jackson-chicago-atlanta/ 

For Munster senior Igboamaka Odeluga, basketball is one of many.

To teammate Arroya Mongerie, Odeluga is one of one.

“I’ve seen her do so many things and be good at them,” Mongerie said. “She went to (Austria) for choir, which is insane. She picked up basketball (again) in seventh grade, and the way she’s been able to grow and get better at track … now she’s planning on running in college. Just seeing how well she starts something and finishes it stronger is impressive.”

Odeluga and Mongerie, who are co-captains for the Mustangs, have been best friends for years. They first connected when older siblings began dating — a long story, they said — and stayed close after the siblings’ relationship ended. Basketball only strengthened their bond.

“She has so much to her, so much depth, and she’s just such an amazing person,” Mongerie said.

On the court, Odeluga gives the Mustangs (5-15, 1-4) modest scoring with 3.4 points per game in her third varsity season, but her defense and rebounding stand out. In the Northwest Crossroads Conference, the 5-foot-9 forward ranks third in rebounds with 7.3 per game, fourth in steals with 3.1 per game and third in blocks with 0.9 per game.

Munster’s Igboamaka Odeluga (33) guards Kankakee Valley’s Olivia Adams during a Northwest Crossroads Conference game in Munster on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (Michael Gard / Post-Tribune)

Munster coach DeAndre Williams attributes Odeluga’s production to her mentality.

“She has a relentless nature,” Williams said. “Just her mindset, you know. She may not have the best skills, but if you ask her to run through a wall, she’s going to do whatever she can to get through that wall.”

That approach has helped Odeluga, who qualified for the past two state meets in track and field, blossom into an exemplary leader in her senior season.

“This year, she’s taken a more vocal role with her leadership,” Williams said. “That’s what I’m most proud of her for, just being more vocal when it comes to practice or in the locker room. She’s the big sister of the group, and all the girls listen to her. So her being more vocal shows she’s taken a major leap.

“It’s been an honor and a privilege to have her these last four years. She’ll definitely be missed when she graduates.”

Odeluga keeps busy on and off the court, balancing school, basketball practice, track practice and homework. Her schedule isn’t always easy to navigate.

“I have terrible time-management skills, but somehow it all works together,” she said. “I try to take life day by day and get my ducks in order at least for the week. But I seriously don’t know how I get it all together. It’s really God at this point.”

Odeluga’s parents, Chinyere and Kanayo, emigrated from Nigeria and settled first in Chicago and later in South Holland, Illinois, and Odeluga is one of five children. Her siblings include her sister Nwanmachideluuli, a sophomore forward for Munster, and her brother Kenenna, a linebacker for Illinois.

Munster’s Nwanmachideluuli Odeluga moves the ball during a Northwest Crossroads Conference game against Kankakee Valley in Munster on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (Michael Gard / Post-Tribune)

Odeluga jokingly calls herself the “stereotypical middle child,” often forgotten and occasionally a nuisance. She credits her tight-knit family for shaping her.

“My grandma and grandpa on my mother’s side were living with us, so I’ve always lived in a multigenerational household, and it’s always something I’ve valued because there’s a lot of wisdom there and a lot of love,” she said.

“I’ve always grown up with an understanding of my culture because my parents always instilled in me and my siblings that our culture is our power, it’s our strength and it’s what makes us different from others. Even if the world tries to make us feel like it’s a negative thing that we’re not like everybody else, we should carry it with pride. My culture makes me feel super unique, and that’s something I really love.”

Odeluga’s first name tells that story.

“My name is two words put together, ‘Igbo’ and ‘Amaka,’” she said. “’Igbo’ refers to my tribe, my language, my people and my land, and ‘Amaka’ means beautiful in the Igbo language.”

According to Odeluga, census data at the time of her birth indicated she was the first person with that name.

“My parents gave it to me because of their overwhelming pride in our culture,” she said.

Noah Poser is a freelance reporter.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/21/basketball-munster-igboamaka-odeluga/ 

Blackrock’s Fink Issues Stark Warning Over AI In Davos Opening Remarks

Tyler Durden
Wed, 01/21/2026 – 12:00

https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/blackrocks-fink-issues-stark-warning-over-ai-davos-opening-speech 

A bill banning ranked choice voting in Indiana, which the state doesn’t utilize as a voting method, passed out of the Senate Tuesday.

Senate Bill 12, authored by State Sen. Blake Doriot, R-Goshen, states that an election may not be decided by ranked choice voting.

Julia Vaughn, the executive director of Common Cause Indiana, testified before the Senate Elections committee on Jan. 12 and explained how ranked choice voting works.

Under ranked choice voting, all the first choice votes are tabulated, Vaughn said. If a candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the first round, he or she wins, Vuaghn said.

But if a candidate doesn’t receive 50% of the vote in the first round, then the candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated, Vaughn said. Then, officials take the ballots of the first-choice candidates that were eliminated and count the second choice, she said.

The process continues until a candidate receives 50% of the vote, Vaughn said.

During the third reading discussion of the bill, Doriot said that Indiana doesn’t use ranked choice voting. The process is confusing, especially for the elderly, first-time voters and people with a language barrier, Doriot said.

“People should be able to understand how winners are chosen without needing a math lesson,” Doriot said. “Every vote needs to count. Indiana has always been one vote, one person.”

In a 2022 special election in Alaska, which has ranked choice voting, for a Congressional seat, the Republican candidate started with 110,000 votes and the Democrat started with 75,000 votes for first place, Doriot said. When ranked choice voting ballots were counted, the Democrat ultimately won, he said.

Election data from the 2022 special election show that there were two Republican candidates — Sarah Palin and Nick Begich — to one Democratic candidate Mary Peltola. Palin and Begich split the 110,000 Republican votes.

Peltola narrowly edged out Palin by 3 percentage points after multiple rounds of ballot counting.

In the event that a ranked choice voting case is heard by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, that could force Indiana to undergo ranked choice voting, Doriot said.

“Ranked choice voting is not clear, it’s confusing, and it needs to be banned,” Doriot said.

State Sen. Andrea Hunley, D-Indianapolis, offered an amendment to the bill when it was heard on second reading last week that would’ve formed a committee to study the impacts of ranked choice voting in Indiana.

When the legislature decides something is difficult or “hard to learn,” it is “disparaging the ability of Hoosiers to understand complex things,” Hunley said.

“We learned how to play Euchre for goodness sake.”

Hunley clarified that she’s not arguing in favor of ranked choice voting.

“I don’t even fully understand it enough to make an informed decision about whether or not it would be appropriate for us here in Indiana,” Hunley said. “I do think that it’s a poor practice to ban something before we have really taken the opportunity to consider all impacts of that decision.”

State Sen. Mike Gaskill, R-Pendleton, said Democratic politicians like U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, support ranked choice voting, while President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee oppose it.

“When you break it down to the core, what we’re talking about here is clarity, fairness and trust in our election system. Hoosiers expect elections to be simple to understand, transparent to administer and to deliver timely results. Ranked choice voting fails on all three of these,” Gaskill said.

State Sen. Greg Taylor, D-Indianapolis, said the bill was filed to allow for political discussion about Democratic politicians nationwide.

“We don’t have this in Indiana, Senator Doriot. We don’t need this law. But I see why we have it on the agenda, so we can get up and talk about people on the other political side of the aisle. We need to start getting down to the business of the people and start working on affordability,” Taylor said.

The bill passed 38-9 Tuesday. It will move on for consideration by the House.

akukulka@post-trib.com

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/21/indiana-senate-advances-ban-on-ranked-choice-voting/ 

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has tapped Gene E. Robinson as the new executive director and CEO of the Discovery Partners Institute.

Robinson, who has served as director of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology since 2012, will take over DPI as The Grainger College of Engineering assumes leadership of the research organization.

The Discovery Partners Institute, in its new chapter, aims to be a hub that connects research, education, and entrepreneurship, while further strengthening Illinois’ position as a global center for next-generation technologies, according to a news release. The organization will focus on AI, quantum technologies, and the future of computing.

“DPI has a mandate to do something big in AI,” Robinson said in a statement. “When I think of this moment for AI, it seems analogous to the early days of the genomics revolution, which triggered the launch of the (Institute for Genomic Biology). But AI is more like a tsunami, requiring a bold and comprehensive approach to harness its vast potential and ensure that it is used as a force for good across society.”

Rashid Bashir, Dean of The Grainger College of Engineering and Vice Chancellor of Chicago Strategic Partnerships, said Robinson is a distinguished scholar with a track record of advancing interdisciplinary research and building partnerships across academia, industry and government.

“His deep experience and vision align closely with our commitment to innovation, impact and improving the human condition,” Bashir said in a statement. “His commitment to collaboration and to building environments where people and ideas can thrive are values that align strongly with DPI’s mission and culture in Chicago.”

Robinson earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from Cornell University. His appointment is subject to approval by the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/21/discovery-partners-institute-university-of-illinois/ 

Amid the gauntlet of billboards touting fast food, urgent care and gasoline, along busy Route 41 is one that stands out more than ever now. It urges military personnel to disobey “illegal orders.”

The billboard is on the northeast corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and 41, just a few clicks from Naval Station Great Lakes.

That certainly is the chief reason Veterans For Peace paid for the advertisement. It is placed close to the right-hand turn lane that takes motorists east on MLK toward the massive North Chicago base.

Founded in 1985 during the second term of President Ronald Reagan by veterans worried about military interventions in Central America, Veterans for Peace is one of several progressive groups paying for billboards near the nation’s military installations to promote ignoring “unlawful orders.”

Others have been erected outside Fort Bragg, North Carolina, one of the largest Army posts in the U.S., and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, home to a major Marine component. A number popped up around Chicagoland in October when Texas National Guard members were being deployed to the Windy City.

With saber-rattling to take over Greenland by President Donald Trump, the question of “unlawful orders” may come to the fore. The billboards follow a theme after five federal lawmakers late last year taped a video urging members of the military to “refuse illegal orders.”

The main gate at Naval Station Great Lakes before sunset on Sept 2, 2025. The 1,600-acre base is the U.S. Navy’s only boot camp. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

Notably among them was U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, a highly decorated and retired Navy aviator and astronaut, who has been targeted by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for participation in the video. Hegseth has claimed Kelly’s statements prior to military action in Venezuela “undermined the chain of command” and constituted “conduct unbecoming an officer,” according to various accounts.

The Pentagon is conducting a review of misconduct allegations against Kelly to determine whether he should be recalled to active duty to face court-martial proceedings. Kelly, in turn, has filed a civil lawsuit against Hegseth seeking to block the efforts to downgrade his retirement rank and pay, which he claims amounts to unconstitutional retaliation against him and blocks his First Amendment rights.

The question of responding to unlawful orders for those in the military is a vague concept under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Those in the military or who served know the UCMJ is the legal instrument governing service in all branches: Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, Navy, and even the Space Force.

Determining the legality of an order certainly depends on context. In the military, legal orders must not violate national or international laws, and conform to established constitutional laws, ethical concerns and society’s norms.

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., refutes efforts by President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to intimidate him and other lawmakers after expressing concerns over U.S. military strikes against vessels suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean, during a news conference at the Capitol, in Washington, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

However, there could be a fine distinction between lawful and unlawful orders. Disobeying orders in the military can lead to grave punishments.

Those defying what the Pentagon may consider lawful orders would be doing so at their peril. The lawfulness of an order would be determined by a military judge.

With the Trump administration ramping up its plans to seize Greenland, a territory of NATO ally Denmark, perhaps even by force, some are suggesting troops could disobey an order to invade the large island. That includes Catholic Archbishop for the Military Services Timothy Broglio and other top Catholic prelates concerned about the Trump administration’s foreign policy aims, especially Greenland.

The BBC reported earlier this week that Broglio told the British broadcaster: “Greenland is a territory of Denmark. It does not seem really reasonable that the United States would attack and occupy a friendly nation.”

Broglio added U.S. troops “could be put in a situation where they’re being ordered to do something which is morally questionable.” He noted it “would be morally acceptable to disobey” deployment orders if troops considered them against their conscience. Chicago Cardinal Blasé Cupich has also been critical of Trump’s policies.

For some, Trump’s attention to Greenland while the U.S. economy remains unsteady is a bridge too far. The president has threatened to hit our allies with tariffs ranging from 10% to 25% if they oppose his annexation of the Danish land.

This follows military intervention in Venezuela and some of his increasingly wacky actions. Like telling the New York Giants which coach to hire, posing with a Nobel Peace Prize that was not his, threatening political enemies, flipping off a heckler during a tour of a Detroit automaker, seeking to deploy troops to Minneapolis and wanting to make Canada our 51st state.

I’m not sure if saying your commander-in-chief is losing his marbles is a reason to disobey a lawful military order. But you have to wonder what’s coming next from an increasingly erratic president.

Charles Selle is a former News-Sun reporter, political editor and editor. 

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https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/21/column-naval-station-great-lakes-billboard/ 

Walz, Ellison, Frey’s Offices Served Grand Jury Subpoenas

Tyler Durden
Wed, 01/21/2026 – 11:40

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/walz-ellison-freys-offices-served-grand-jury-subpoenas