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Watch: US Naval Forces Now Have Suicide Drones
Watch: US Naval Forces Now Have Suicide Drones
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and the 5th Fleet successfully tested a low-cost kamikaze drone from the deck of the USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32), an Independence-class littoral combat ship.
The test of the Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) was completed in the Arabian Gulf region and marks a “significant milestone in rapidly delivering affordable and effective unmanned capabilities to the warfighter,” Vice Adm. Curt Renshaw, commander of NAVCENT/C5F, wrote in a statement.
“Bravo Zulu. U.S. Navy forces in the Middle East are advancing warfighting capability in new ways, bringing more striking power from the sea and setting conditions for using innovation as a deterrent.” – Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM Commander https://t.co/TgQ4WLbph3 pic.twitter.com/WUiAVojTht
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) December 18, 2025
The sea-based test follows U.S. Central Command’s announcement of the U.S. military’s first one-way-attack drone squadron based in the Middle East…
Cheap kamikaze drones are reshaping the modern battlefield by dramatically reducing the cost of precision strikes. Equipped with low-cost warheads, these drones cost a fraction of cruise missiles while being capable of swarming overwhelming missile defense shields. Their effectiveness has been demonstrated repeatedly in Ukraine, where cheap, disposable drones have crippled air defenses, struck critical power grid infrastructure, and oil/gas tankers.
Tyler Durden
Fri, 12/19/2025 – 23:00
https://www.zerohedge.com/military/watch-us-naval-forces-now-have-suicide-drones
Maxey y Edgecombe ayudan a que 76ers condenen a Knicks a su 2da derrota como locales en la campaña
NUEVA YORK (AP) — Tyrese Maxey anotó 30 puntos, VJ Edgecombe sumó 23 y los 76ers de Filadelfia se convirtieron en el segundo equipo visitante que ha ganado esta campaña en el Madison Square Garden, al imponerse el viernes 116-107 sobre los Knicks de Nueva York.
Andre Drummond, quien comenzó en lugar de Joel Embiid debido a una enfermedad y a una serie de cuidados tras una lesión en la rodilla derecha, anotó 14 puntos y capturó 13 rebotes. El pívot acertó tres de cuatro desde la línea de tres puntos.
Los 76ers rompieron la racha de seis victorias consecutivas de los Knicks al superarlos 28-20 en el último cuarto, cuando Maxey anotó 11 unidades y Jalen Brunson falló sus cinco tiros.
Brunson terminó con 22 puntos, nueve asistencias y seis rebotes, pero atinó siete de 22 una noche después de encestar el triple decisivo con 4,4 segundos restantes en una victoria en Indiana. El dominicano Karl-Anthony Towns también anotó 22 puntos y capturó 11 rebotes.
En su primer partido en casa desde que ganaron la Copa NBA el martes, los Knicks cayeron a 13-2 en casa. Habían tenido su mejor inicio en el MSG desde la temporada 1992-93.
Celebraron el título de la Copa antes del partido, aunque han decidido no colgar un estandarte para conmemorarlo, como lo hicieron los campeones anteriores, los Lakers y los Bucks.
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Malachi Perkins, a cornerback in football, gets back into basketball shape for Sandburg. ‘Feel myself again.’
It’s becoming a holiday tradition for Sandburg’s Malachi Perkins.
For the two-sport standout, aside from receiving gifts and good cheer, it’s the most wonderful time of the year as the senior point guard works to get his basketball legs back after playing football.
“I feel like I can go so much faster than I’m going,” Perkins said. “I don’t think I’m there yet. Usually by Christmas and during the Christmas tournaments, I’m starting to feel myself again.”
Perkins definitely looked like he was closer to full strength Friday night.
The 5-foot-10 Perkins finished with a team-high 14 points along with four rebounds and a steal in leading the visiting Eagles to a 49-46 SouthWest Suburban Conference victory over district rival Andrew in Tinley Park.
Liiban Debala added 10 points for Sandburg (6-3, 3-2), while Will Johnson came through with nine points, six rebounds and two steals in the second half. Johnson did not play in the first half due to a “coach’s decision,” according to Eagles coach John Daniels.
Sandburg’s Malachi Perkins (1) shoots a free throw against Andrew during a SouthWest Suburban Conference game in Tinley Park on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Troy Stolt / Daily Southtown)
Ryan Dinnon led Andrew (4-7, 0-5) with 23 points and 11 rebounds. Malik Mahmoud chipped in with 11 points, including a 3-pointer with 18 seconds remaining that cut the deficit to 48-46.
Sandburg’s Daniel Morakinyo then made a free throw with 16 seconds left and Andrew missed two shots in the closing seconds. And that put the spotlight back on Perkins.
Perkins, a second team all-conference cornerback, isn’t clear if he will play sports after high school, so he’s putting all of his efforts into getting back into top shape for this basketball season.
“Basketball is continuous running up and down the court,” Perkins said. “In football, my coaches like to say you are running six seconds at a time. You get multiple times to catch your breath.
Andrew’s Ryan Dinnon (33) drives to the basket against Sandburg during a SouthWest Suburban Conference game in Tinley Park on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Troy Stolt / Daily Southtown)
“In basketball, it’s a very different way to train.”
Daniels prides himself on having a team with multiple players who can score, but Perkins has already made some important offensive contributions this winter.
Perkins produced a team-high 10 points in a 42-41 win over Bradley-Bourbonnais. He also sank a clutch basket in the closing seconds of regulation against Stagg, even though the Eagles went on to lose 58-54 to the Chargers in double overtime.
“I like the ball in my hands, but all my teammates can score,” Perkins said. “If the opportunity is there, I’m not shy of the situation.”
Sandburg’s Will Johnson (3) goes up for a shot against Andrew during a SouthWest Suburban Conference game in Tinley Park on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Troy Stolt / Daily Southtown)
Johnson wasn’t shy about praising Perkins.
“I love this guy,” Johnson said of Perkins. “He’s an amazing facilitator and an amazing captain. I love his game. He’s a true point guard in my opinion.”
Daniels, who promoted Perkins to the varsity when he was a sophomore, has witnessed a ton of progress the past two seasons.
“He’s getting into basketball shape and he’s doing a great job of creating contact and then moving away from contact,” Daniels said of Perkins. “It helps that he’s been doing this for three years.
“He can score, and when you can score, you have to know when it’s there and when to pass it. That’s what he’s getting better at.”
Sandburg’s Malachi Perkins (1) drives to the basket against Andrew during a SouthWest Suburban Conference game in Tinley Park on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (Troy Stolt / Daily Southtown)
Perkins grew up playing with his older brother, Michael Perkins, and younger sister, Makaleigh Terry, who is a sophomore guard on Sandburg’s girls basketball team.
Michael also played basketball for the Eagles, but Malachi confirmed that football is a passion of his and has been a fun game for him to play.
But when asked what he loves about basketball, he said, “Everything.”
“I love it because I keep learning,” Malachi said. “I’m never done learning. Every time I watch film, I’m picking up something different. Something is always coming to me that I can learn.”
Jeff Vorva is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/19/malachi-perkins-sandburg-andrew-ihsa-boys-basketball/
Elgin’s Gail Borden Public Library produces book commemorating its 150th anniversary
Just in time for the holidays, Gail Borden Public Library is selling a limited edition book celebrating the Elgin library’s 150th anniversary.
“Celebrating 150 Years of Service: A Loving Snapshot Book,” the 108-page tome not only contains photos documenting the library’s past but focuses on how it’s serving the Elgin area today, Gail Borden Public LIbrary Foundation President Karen Fox said.
“The Gail Borden Public Library is a treasure in the Elgin community, and this was our opportunity to showcase it a little differently,” Fox said.
Those behind the book have been working on it for more than a year, according to Director of Development Denise Raleigh.
“We hired Jim Davis near the end of 2024, the library’s 150th year. We wanted to capture all the different ways we celebrated this milestone as well as to honor the past,” Raleigh said.
The work is called a “snapshot” because while it does look at the facility’s past, they didn’t want it to duplicate other books that cover the library’s history in depth, particularly the one published in 1996 by former Elgin Mayor Mike Alft — “Books and More: A history of the Gail Borden Public Library” — which the new book credits, she said.
Davis worked at the Daily Herald for 39 years, retiring in 2017. He was an editor for 35 years and wrote a weekly column for more than 20. Two years ago, he and his wife, Elgin native Margaret Brady, started a memoir writing business called Editing for Life.
For the Gail Borden book, the couple interviewed Fox; Jean Bednar, president of the Gail Borden Public Library Board; Carole Medal, Gail Borden’s chief executive officer; and Martha Martinez, Gail Borden’s bilingual social services manager.
“Jim read a myriad of documents that have been written about the library,” Raleigh said. “There were days and days of editing and re-editing as we wanted the photos and text to mesh well.”
In order to make sure the photos were part of the narrative, they also hired book designer Christopher Simon, she said.
The team sifted through thousands of photos for the project, including those in the Elgin History Museum’s collection and the library’s own flickr account (www.flickr.com/photos/gailborden/albums), before selecting 156 shots.
Davis said a key document in his research was paperwork the library district filed that led to it receiving a 2009 National Medal for Museum and Library Service from the Institute of Museum and Library Service.
The book looks at what the library has done over the years, things that have been important to its development and how it has differentiated itself from other libraries, Davis said. It explores how the library remains relevant in the digital age.
Among the things he learned, he said, was that Elgin was the first entity in Illinois to receive a charter to create a library district; the library oversaw two census counts; and it played a key role in providing services to people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Martinez was a key source of information about the counts as well as the library’s pandemic work, he said.
Davis also admitted, with a laugh, that at one time he thought, like many others have, that Gail Borden was a woman.
As it turns out, the man who made his fortune in condensed milk never lived in Elgin. He married Eunice Church, a widow with two sons, who had ties to Elgin. When he decided to expand his business beyond the East Coast, Borden established the Elgin Milk Condensing Co. in 1865.
Borden frequently visited Elgin and bought a home in the city in 1873, but he never lived in it. Because of health issues, he moved back to his native Texas, where he died in 1874.
In the early 1890s, the library would move into Borden’s unused Elgin mansion at Spring Street and Highland Avenue, which was donated to Elgin Township by Borden’s stepsons with the proviso that it be named the Gail Borden Public Library.
In the 1970s, the library district was created and a new library opened at the southwest corner of Kimball Street and Grove Avenue. The current downtown library at 270 N. Grove Ave. opened in October 2003.
The Rakow Branch on Bowes Road in Elgin made its debut in August 2009 followed by the South Elgin Branch on South McLean Boulevard in July 2016.
The book costs $25 and can be purchased at the main library’s customer relations desk. Only 150 copies were printed.
“It will be available to check out, but not for a few months,” Raleigh said. “We have not made any decisions on a digital version yet but I imagine that it will be in the future.”
Mike Danahey is a freelance reporter for The Courier-News.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/19/gail-borden-library-anniversary-book-davis/
Matas Buzelis and Nikola Vučević score 24 each in Chicago Bulls’ 2nd straight win over Cleveland Cavaliers
CLEVELAND — Matas Buzelis and Nikola Vučević each scored 24 points, and the Chicago Bulls pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 136-125 victory over the reeling Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night.
Vučević, who also grabbed 15 rebounds, had 11 points and six boards in the fourth quarter as the Bulls won consecutive games — both against the Cavaliers — for the first time since Nov. 19. They beat the Cavs 127-11 on Wednesday at the United Center.
Seven players scored in double figures for the Bulls. Josh Giddey had 17 points and Tre Jones added 16 off the bench.
Darius Garland scored a season-high 35 for the Cavaliers, who were missing All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell due to illness. All-Star forward Evan Mobley will be sidelined for at least another week with a calf injury.
Rookie guard Tyrese Proctor scored 16 points in his first NBA start, and Nae’Qwan Tomlin had 15 off the bench.
The Cavaliers have dropped three straight and four of five. They’ve also lost five of their last six home games.
The game was tied at 115 before the Bulls took control with a 17-8 run. Vučević had seven points during the spurt, including a go-ahead layup.
The Bulls had a 66-55 lead at halftime and were up 74-60 early in the third quarter before the Cavs fought back with a 27-9 surge. Jarrett Allen had 10 points and four rebounds while Garland scored nine points with four assists during the run.
The Cavaliers scored the game’s first 11 points before the Bulls began to come back with six points on one trip down the floor. Buzelis hit a 3-pointer before Jaylon Tyson received a Flagrant 1 foul. Buzelis hit the free throw and Vucevic added a layup.
Game official Tre Maddox suffered a leg injury at the end of the first quarter, reducing the officiating crew to two the rest of the game: Ray Acosta and Phenizee Ransom.
Up next
Bulls: At the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday.
Cavaliers: Host the Charlotte Hornets on Monday.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/19/chicago-bulls-cleveland-cavaliers-matas-buzelis/
The Crisis Of Disability In America
The Crisis Of Disability In America
Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times,
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has an ongoing household survey to provide a snapshot of where we are in jobs and the labor market generally. This survey has usually proven to be the most accurate measure. Part of the survey includes questions concerning disability. It’s not about claims; it’s about answers to the following questions.
Are you deaf, or do you have serious difficulty hearing?
Are you blind, or do you have serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses?
Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, do you have serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions?
Do you have serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs?
Do you have difficulty dressing or bathing?
Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, do you have difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or shopping?
You can take issue with this questionnaire and observe that people might perhaps exaggerate. Who, for example, hasn’t navigated a long flight of stairs and found himself rather fatigued at the end? Chronic obesity would tip the scales. At some point in the aging process, we all become disabled.
But let’s say you run the same exact survey for 20 years. Even with inaccuracies in reporting, even with a tendency to exaggerate, the trend line would still be highly significant if only because the survey methods remain the same.
Here is where the news gets grim. The latest survey reports that 36.63 million Americans have a disability. That’s an increase of 7 million over the summer of 2020, at the time when we were supposed to be in the midst of a debilitating pandemic.
The disabilities began to soar only after the inoculation was pushed and sometimes forced on the public.
The upward trend began in February 2021 and has not stopped.
Edward Dowd, investment analyst and author of “Cause Unknown: The Epidemic of Sudden Deaths in 2021 & 2022,” comments:
“The November US BLS Disability data has been updated and it’s grim … new highs across the board. Disaster.”
It is not plausible to attribute all the increase to the COVID shot, which is now widely acknowledged to be neither safe and nor effective. At the same time, it would be naive not to attribute some or a substantial or even the dominant part of the reason to the debilitating effects of the supposed cure. This is surely one of the great failures in the history of pharmacology. And the data here tells the story.
Other factors aside from the vaccine gone wrong might be substance abuse, depression, lack of exercise, poor diet, and the chronic disease problem generally speaking. The ill health both physical and mental in the United States is breaking all records. That is impacting reporting on disability and also the way in which labor markets are handling disability.
In the backdrop of this is a long-broken system for dealing with the disabled. People injured by the shots, for example, have essentially no options for redress because the makers lobbied for and obtained a liability shield in 1986. Even with documented and obvious harms, the injured have nowhere to go. One hopes that this unjust system will be revisited completely at some point.
My very first assignment in journalism school was to track the progress of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. I worked with a top lobbyist on the bill. The architects of the legislation were very well intentioned and wanted some federal attention on their plight. The bill banned discrimination, allocated vast new sums for benefits, and mandated all reasonable accommodation for the disabled, including physical upgrades of property.
As I looked at the legislation, and having many disabled friends myself, it became obvious to me that the legislation would certainly make a bad situation worse. It would turn a culture that was helpful toward the disabled into one that feared the liability associated with having them in the workforce. The mandates for physical improvements would be hard on business and breed resentment, and the jump in benefits would create a moral hazard that would increase the disabled population.
I explained all of this to the promoters of the legislation and begged them to back off, for the sake of the disabled population. They were aghast at my opinion and essentially told me to shut up. My report eventually was published (I wish I could find it) and warned of a coming disaster. That disaster did in fact come as unemployment among the disabled population grew for the rest of the decade. Business worried about liabilities and discrimination complaints worked on the margin to exclude these people from the workforce, and people began to resent rather than feel empathy toward the disabled population. None of this surprised me.
Sometimes the phrase “good intentions” gets thrown around too much. Not every government welfare program is rooted in good intentions. In the case of disability legislation, there is no question of the desire on the part of its promoters to advance the well-being of those with genuine issues and remove barriers.
Sadly, the Americans with Disabilities Act did exactly the opposite, which was easily predicted by anyone with a modicum of economic understanding.
Since those days, the problem has gotten worse. It is ever harder for the disabled population to be hired. Consider someone with severe autism, for example. The stipulations in the law make it difficult for them to be hired, and even working as volunteers can be looked at unfavorably by labor regulators. It is just much easier to exclude them from the workforce, thus avoiding liability risks and garnering extra attention from the law enforcers.
Now we see the problem getting much worse. With 36.63 million Americans reporting a debilitating disability, we see grave strains on health insurance and institutions that care for such people. With one in 31 children age 8 or younger identified as autistic, the problem is set to get much worse in the years ahead. Many of these people require full-time care, depending fundamentally on family. But when the family is not there, what happens? The institutions have to pick up the bill.
We have here the makings of a medical, social, and economic problem that no president or legislature is in a position to solve. It’s one that will vex national well-being for many decades during our lifetimes. Society aspires to care for such people and treat them with dignity but the regulations and laws have made that very difficult.
There is truth to the observation that societies should be judged by how they treat those least fortunate. America has generally done well but will it in the decades ahead?
Tyler Durden
Fri, 12/19/2025 – 22:35
Derrick White anota 33 puntos y encesta nueve triples por Celtics, que vencen 129-116 a Heat
BOSTON (AP) — Derrick White anotó 33 puntos, su máximo número de la temporada, e igualó su récord personal con nueve triples para ayudar a que los Celtics de Boston se despegaran en la segunda mitad y lograran el viernes una victoria de 129-116 sobre el Heat de Miami.
Jaylen Brown añadió 30 puntos, nueve rebotes y siete asistencias para ayudar a los Celtics a romper una racha de dos derrotas consecutivas. Anfernee Simons terminó con 14 puntos.
Los Celtics tomaron el control en el último cuarto, cuando montaron una racha de 20-7 para ampliar su ventaja a 112-96. La diferencia creció hasta 19 puntos. Boston conectó 21 triples en la noche.
Kel’el Ware tuvo 24 puntos y 14 rebotes para Miami, que ha perdido seis de sus últimos siete partidos. Norman Powell añadió 18 puntos. Bam Adebayo terminó con 16 unidades y diez rebotes.
El Heat realizó 102 disparos de campo y conectó 19 triples, pero solo logró un 39% de efectividad en general.
Miami cayó a 5-9 como visitante esta temporada.
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Wembanyama lidera con 26 puntos a Spurs en victoria 126-98 ante Hawks
Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Victor Wembanyama anotó 26 puntos, Devin Vassell agregó 18, y los Spurs de San Antonio arruinaron el primero de una serie de cinco partidos en casa para Atlanta con una victoria de 126-98 sobre los Hawks.
La victoria fue la número 20 de la temporada para los Spurs, una hazaña que el equipo no alcanzó hasta el 23 de enero la temporada pasada.
En su cuarto juego desde que regresó de una lesión en la pantorrilla que lo mantuvo fuera durante 12 partidos, Wembanyama sumó 12 rebotes, tres asistencias, dos bloqueos y un robo. Fue el primer doble-doble del pívot desde la derrota de San Antonio ante Golden State el 14 de noviembre.
Vassell acertó cuatro de nueve triples.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker lideró a los Hawks con 23 puntos en su regreso a la alineación titular. Acertó siete de nueve desde la línea de tiros libres y siete de 18 desde el campo.
Jalen Johnson, tras una actuación de 43 puntos, la mejor de su carrera contra Charlotte, anotó 17 puntos y sumó 11 rebotes. Lideró a los Hawks con 13 puntos en el primer cuarto y consolidó su 18º doble-doble de la temporada en el tercer cuarto.
Atlanta también estuvo sin Kristaps Porzingis, quien estará fuera al menos otra semana debido a una enfermedad que requiere más evaluación.
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Deportes en español AP: https://apnews.com/hub/deportes
Jennifer-Ruth Green civil matter ends, criminal probe still pending
While former Public Safety Secretary Jennifer-Ruth Green will pay a $10,000 civil fine in an ethics probe against her, potential criminal charges remain under review by the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office.
The Indiana State Ethics Commission approved Thursday a settlement agreement in Green’s ethics case for violating Indiana’s political activity and misuse of state property rules. With the approval, Green will have to pay the $10,000 fine within the next 60 days.
Under the agreement, the commission will not impose further penalties and both sides “shall result in the final disposition of this proceeding.” Green waived her statutory right to a public hearing to contest the complaint, according to the agreement.
Elaine Vullmahn, chief counsel for enforcement at the inspector general’s office, said Green admitted to violating the political activity rule when she asked employees to draft, edit and post content to the Committee to Elect Jennifer-Ruth Green Facebook account and the misuse of state property rule when she asked an employee to take her state-issued 2024 Chevrolet Suburban for non-official state duties.
When determining a fine, state law allows fines of up to three times the benefit received for the ethics violations, Vulmahn said.
The inspector general’s office calculated that state employees spent about $1,300 worth of time drafting, editing and posting on Green’s political Facebook page. Further, Green drove roughly 7,000 personal miles on her state-issued vehicle, which investigators determined was about a $3,700 benefit, Vullmahn said.
In total, Green received a combined benefit of $5,000, she said.
“The $10,000 fine represents approximately two times the total personal benefit received by Ms. Green, which the OIG believes is a fair, appropriate and proportionate response that serves the interest of justice in the State of Indiana,” Vullmahn said.
Green cooperated with the inspector general’s office investigation, including an interview and providing information, Vullmahn said. Green has accepted responsibility for her actions, “a meaningful step toward accountability,” she said.
In September, the office drafted a probable cause affidavit for ethics violations against Green in five areas: the Committee to Elect Jennifer-Ruth Green Facebook account, Green’s Battle Proven Leadership biography, meeting with a member of the National Republican Congressional Committee, using a state employee as a personal aid, and retaliating against an employee for providing information to the inspector general’s office, Vullmahn said.
With those actions, Vullmahn said Green violated the state’s political activity rule, the ghost employment rule, the misuse of state property rule and the prohibition against retaliation.
Indiana code mandates that the inspector general’s office has to “certify the discovery of potential criminal activity to the appropriate prosecuting attorney,” Vullmahn said.
“In this instance, the OIG certified our findings to the Marion County prosecutor’s office on Oct. 30, 2025,” Vullmahn said, adding that the findings relate to “potential criminal acts” in Green’s violations of the ghost employment, retaliation and official misconduct statutes.
The Marion County Prosecutor’s Office has been reviewing the materials submitted and will likely release a conclusion at the end of the review, Vullmahn said.
As the Indiana State Ethics Commission considers its penalties, it can consider multiple factors, including leadership and responsibility, pattern and duration of misconduct, failure to follow or utilize ethical resources and impact on public trust, Vullmahn said.
As the former Public Safety Secretary and executive director of Indiana Department of Homeland Security, Green “held one of the highest leadership roles in state government,” Vullmahn said.
The investigation revealed that in Green’s “brief tenure” – about nine months into a 4 year appointment – over 50 social media posts were created by state employees, and over 7,000 personal miles were logged on her state vehicle, Vullmahn said. Further, Green attended ethics training and had access to ethics resources, she said.
“The violations committed by Ms. Green have had a tangible impact on public confidence and state government,” Vullmahn said. “The OIG’s mission is to uphold integrity, accountability, and public trust in state government.”
Indiana’s code of ethics applies equally to all state employees, Vullmahn said.
“Those entrusted with leadership positions must recognize that actions, or inactions, at the top matter. Leaders are responsible for setting the standard and modeling ethical conduct for their teams and agencies,” Vullmahn said.
Jennifer Lukemeyer, Green’s attorney, said throughout the investigation “it became clear that there was going to be some evidentiary challenges to the original complaint brought before this commission.”
“As often happens in investigations, once the parties start sifting through the discovery that’s exchanged and looking beyond the surface, you find additional information that may combat the original allegations, and that’s part of what brought us to this resolution,” Lukemeyer said.
In a statement, which Lukemeyer read, Green said she has been in leadership roles in the Air Force and then Gov. Mike Braun’s administration.
“As a leader, I know that I am responsible for what happens within the domain over which I led. I assure you, the violations of the ethics code are aberrant behavior for me. The violations were mistakes … not made with any malicious intent or for gain,” Green’s statement to the commission read.
In October, Green announced her candidacy in the Republican primary to face U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, in Indiana’s first Congressional District in 2026. Green ran against Mrvan in 2022 and lost.
In a statement after the hearing, the Committee to Elect Jennifer-Ruth Green said the settlement “represents a major legal victory” for Green.
The statement criticized the “incompetent and politically compromised” Officer of the Inspector General for attempting to “throw the kitchen sink at her based on a politically motivated sham of an investigation.”
“The OIG completely caved for a settlement to save face with the Ethics Commission and then tried to use today’s forum to smear Jennifer-Ruth again – claiming they backed off more serious charges because the prosecutor’s office was handling,” according to the statement. “The OIG knew they wouldn’t win at a lower standard of proof before the Ethics Commission and they know this case will never go anywhere under a higher standard of proof in criminal court.”
Green’s legal team gave the office of the inspector general “affidavits, recordings, text messages, emails and phone records,” after which the office “quickly moved to settle,” according to the statement.
Green took responsibility for employees helping with her campaign Facebook page “in absence of any administration social media policy” and the use of a state-issued vehicle “that had been explicitly approved by her government attorney,” according to the statement.
“Jennifer-Ruth accepted this settlement and responsibility for minor violations because she has integrity, and she recognized that justice and fairness were unlikely in an environment where pursuing full vindication would require a prolonged legal battle costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, against vindictive actors wielding unlimited taxpayer-funded resources to attack her reputation, character, and career,” according to the statement.
akukulka@post-trib.com
Blake Griffin y Candace Parker, nominados por 1ra vez al Salón de la Fama del Baloncesto
Por TIM REYNOLDS
Blake Griffin, Candace Parker, Jamal Crawford, la selección femenina de baloncesto olímpico de Estados Unidos de 1996, Bruce Pearl y Kelvin Sampson están entre los nominados inéditos que fueron anunciados el viernes y podrían ser elegidos al Salón de la Fama del Baloncesto Naismith Memorial el próximo año.
Entre los notables nominados por primera vez figuran también Elena Delle Donne y Joe Johnson como jugadores, además de Mike D’Antoni como colaborador.
Casi 200 basquetbolistas y equipos estaban en la lista revelada por el Salón, incluidos algunos finalistas que no lograron ser incluidos en la generación de 2025, como Jennifer Azzi, jugadora de esa selección olímpica de Estados Unidos de 1996 que ganó el oro en los Juegos de Atlanta. Azzi es nuevamente nominada de manera individual este año.
“Cada candidato para la generación de 2026 ha dejado un impacto indeleble en el baloncesto. A través de actuaciones definitorias, liderazgo influyente y logros que ayudaron a elevar el deporte en el escenario nacional e internacional, la boleta de este año reconoce a aquellos cuyo legado continúa dando forma a cómo se juega, se entrena y se celebra el juego”, señaló John L. Doleva, presidente y director general del Salón de la Fama del Baloncesto Naismith.
Los finalistas suelen ser anunciados en el fin de semana del Juego de Estrellas en febrero. La generación de 2026 se dará a conocer el 4 de abril en el Final Four de la NCAA.
El fin de semana de exaltación será el 14 y 15 de agosto en el Mohegan Sun en Uncasville, Connecticut y en el Symphony Hall en Springfield, Massachusetts.
Otros finalistas del año pasado que están de vuelta en la papeleta incluyen al entrenador de Gonzaga, Mark Few; las leyendas de la NBA Marques Johnson y Buck Williams; y Jerry Welsh, quien entrenó a Potsdam en el norte del estado de Nueva York para títulos de la División III de la NCAA en 1981 y 1986.
Molly Bolin, la primera jugadora firmada por la Liga Profesional de Baloncesto Femenino, también está de vuelta, al igual que el exjugador profesional serbio y entrenador experimentado Dusan Ivkovic, ya miembro del Salón de la Fama de la FIBA.
Doc Rivers, el único entrenador de la NBA con más de 1.000 victorias que aún no es miembro del Salón de la Fama, está nuevamente un nominado, al igual que Amar’e Stoudemire y el legendario locutor Marv Albert.
Algunos equipos que también serán considerados incluyen las selecciones olímpicas masculinas de Estados Unidos de 1936, 1972 y 1976; el equipo de Cheyney State de 1982 entrenado por C. Vivian Stringer que perdió ante Louisiana Tech en el partido inaugural del campeonato nacional femenino de la División I de la NCAA; los equipos masculinos de Kentucky Wesleyan que ganaron tres títulos nacionales de la División II en un período de cuatro años a finales de la década de 1960, y el equipo masculino de Loyola Chicago de 1963 que ganó el título de la NCAA y rompió barreras raciales en el deporte al usar hasta cuatro titulares negros.
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