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Georgia Woman Attacked With ‘Corrosive’ Chemical After Christmas Event, Suffers Third-Degree Burns
Georgia Woman Attacked With ‘Corrosive’ Chemical After Christmas Event, Suffers Third-Degree Burns
A Georgia woman is recovering in the hospital after being attacked with an unknown chemical substance (probably acid) that left her with third-degree burns.
Ashley Wasielewski, 46, was walking in Forsyth Park in Savannah after attending a Christmas program at a nearby church when she was approached from behind by a stranger who poured a ‘corrosive liquid’ over her head, according to friends and family. Wasielewski reportedly let out a ‘blood-curdling scream’ as the chemical burned her skin, ate through her clothing, and melted her car’s key fob that was in her pocket, the NY Post reports.
No arrests have been made in the case, however local police are working with the FBI to locate the individual below, wearing blue jeans and a dark hooded Bugs Bunny hoodie:
“She was instantly like, ‘Why are you pouring water on me?’” before her skin started burning, close friend Connor Milam told the Post, adding that Wasielewski often volunteered in her community and provided essential items to the homeless. “She looked down and her pants were starting to burn off her body. She started screaming. They didn’t rob her. They didn’t take anything from her. This was a random person in the park who went out of their way to disfigure another human being.”
Wasielewski was rushed to the Augusta Burn Center, where she’s being treated for second- and third-degree burns over half her body, including her face, scalp, hands and legs, according to her son Westley.
The concerned son said he learned of the attack from a good Samaritan who came to his mother’s aid, adding that he could hear her wailing in agony over the phone.
“We don’t know who did it,” Westley said.
“She doesn’t have any enemies. She is a friend to everyone.” -NY Post
“Our Police Department is treating this case with the highest urgency,” said Savannah Mayor Van Johnson in a Thursday Facebook post.
Tyler Durden
Sat, 12/13/2025 – 20:25
Autoridades carcelarias de Perú estabilizan a reo holandés hallado colgado de cuerda en su celda
LIMA (AP) — El holandés Joran Van der Sloot —que en 2023 fue declarado culpable en Estados Unidos de extorsionar a la familia de una estadounidense a la que mató, y también fue sentenciado en Perú por asesinar a una peruana— fue estabilizado el sábado tras ser hallado colgado de una cuerda en su celda, informaron autoridades peruanas.
En un comunicado, el Ministerio de Justicia indicó que el personal de la cárcel de Challapalca, ubicada en los Andes del sur a 4.600 metros (15.000 pies) de altitud, advirtió al repartir el desayuno que el holandés de 38 años “presentaba una situación que comprometía a su integridad física”.
Previamente, la agencia administradora de las cárceles peruanas detalló en otro comunicado que el preso “se encontraba colgado con una cuerda, aparentemente la tira de una colcha. Por ello, inmediatamente se le brindó el auxilio, logrando estabilizarlo”. No se indicaron las razones por las cuáles él tomó esa decisión.
El Ministerio de Justicia indicó que se brindó “atención y auxilio correspondiente (al reo), lo que permitió estabilizar oportunamente su estado de salud”.
En 2023 Van der Sloot fue extraditado temporalmente a Estados Unidos para ser juzgado por extorsionar a la familia de la estudiante estadounidense Natalee Holloway, quien desapareció el 30 de mayo de 2005, a los 18 años. La última vez que se le vio fue al salir de un bar junto a Van der Sloot en la isla holandesa de Aruba. El holandés, que entonces también tenía 18 años, fue interrogado como el principal sospechoso, pero no se le procesó. El cuerpo de Holloway nunca fue hallado, y en 2012 un juez la declaró muerta.
Tras casi dos décadas de silencio, en 2023 Van der Sloot confesó ante una jueza en Birmingham, Alabama, que, además de extorsionar a la madre de Holloway, había matado a golpes y arrojado el cuerpo de la estudiante estadounidense a una playa de Aruba luego de que ella rechazara sus insinuaciones. El holandés se declaró culpable de un cargo de extorsión y otro de fraude electrónico y fue sentenciado a 20 años de cárcel.
Posteriormente, cinco años después del primer asesinato en Aruba, Van der Sloot mató a otra mujer en Perú. El 30 de mayo de 2010 asesinó en Lima a la estudiante universitaria Stephany Flores y escapó a Chile, donde fue capturado y extraditado a territorio peruano. La justicia de ese paí lo condenó a 28 años de cárcel. Más tarde se casó en la prisión con una peruana y tuvo un hijo.
A shared sorrow for the Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns: The never-ending search for a franchise QB
Case Keenum is well aware of the jersey — the infamous, fan-altered jersey of former Cleveland Browns quarterback Tim Couch with a long list of his successors under his nameplate.
Keenum should know it. He’s on it.
“I’ve seen that shirt,” said Keenum, who played for the Browns from 2020-21 and joined the Bears as a free agent in April. “I think I’m probably the only undefeated quarterback on that list. … Minimum two games, right?”
It’s true. Keenum started two games in 2021 and won both, but he knows that’s not what the spirit of the jersey is all about.
It’s a meme about futility.
It’s about a franchise’s exhaustive yet fruitless search for a solution at the game’s most important position.
“Cleveland is its own little entity,” Keenum said. “It’s got this blue-collar, not-ever-given-anything, had-to-earn-everything-it’s-gotten, been-overlooked, kind-of-little-brother-type mentality. I’ve really had that type of time my whole life, my whole career. So being able to share it with a group of people in a city like that I really enjoyed.
“You know, you could probably make those types of shirts at a lot of different places.”
To his point, a Bears fan could’ve made a Cade McNown jersey with all of his successors.
The Browns have had 42 quarterbacks start at least one game since they were reinstated (after a three-year absence) in 1999, including No. 1 pick Couch. The Bears have had 30 quarterbacks make at least one start since they drafted McNown at No. 12 that same year.
It’s a trauma bond for two fan bases.
Perhaps Bears and visiting Browns fans can discuss it during Sunday’s game when they’re huddled together for warmth amid subzero wind chills at Soldier Field.
The numbers
Quarterback Tim Couch, right, poses with Browns owner Al Lerner after the Browns made him the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft on April 17, 1999, in New York. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
The Browns have had a staggering number of starters since ‘99.
The full list, in alphabetical order, includes: Derek Anderson, Jacoby Brissett, Jason Campbell, Tim Couch, Austin Davis, Jake Delhomme, Ty Detmer, Trent Dilfer, Ken Dorsey, Jeff Driskel, Joe Flacco, Charlie Frye, Dillon Gabriel, Jeff Garcia, Bruce Gradkowski, Robert Griffin III, Kevin Hogan, Kelly Holcomb, Brian Hoyer, Case Keenum, Cody Kessler, DeShone Kizer, Thaddeus Lewis, Johnny Manziel, Baker Mayfield, Josh McCown, Luke McCown, Colt McCoy, Nick Mullens, Doug Pederson, Brady Quinn, Shedeur Sanders, Connor Shaw, Tyrod Taylor, Dorian Thompson-Robinson, P.J. Walker, Seneca Wallace, Deshaun Watson, Brandon Weeden, Jameis Winston, Spergon Wynn and Bailey Zappe.
Here’s the Bears’ list: Tyson Bagent, Matt Barkley, Henry Burris, Jason Campbell, Chris Chandler, Jimmy Clausen, Todd Collins, Jay Cutler, Andy Dalton, Chase Daniel, Justin Fields, Nick Foles, Mike Glennon, Brian Griese, Rex Grossman, Caleb Hanie, Brian Hoyer, Chad Hutchinson, Craig Krenzel, Shane Matthews, Josh McCown, Cade McNown, Jim Miller, Kyle Orton, Nathan Peterman, Jonathan Quinn, Trevor Siemian, Kordell Stewart, Mitch Trubisky and Caleb Williams.
In 27 years, the Browns have averaged about 1½ quarterback starters per season, but they outdid themselves in 2023 with five: Driskel, Flacco, Thompson-Robinson, Walker and Watson.
Of course, injuries played a factor in the number of starters, as it does with several teams most seasons.
The Browns have had 20 quarterbacks start at least eight games since 1999, the most in the league.
The Bears have had only 11 make eight starts, about average in the league, but they have had 23 make at least four starts, tied for the highest in that span.
However you dissect the numbers, various Bears and Browns front offices have spent a lot of man hours trying to find a long-term solution to their quarterback quandaries, often to no avail.
“You look at quarterback in general, I think it’s probably the toughest, most scrutinized, most unique position in all of sports — we get the ball in our hands every play,” said Keenum, 37, who’s on his ninth team in his 14th season. “No one position in all sports relies more on their team and the entire building, and no other position in all sports has the entire team and the building relying on them.”
Keenum was the primary backup for Mayfield, who eventually joined Couch, Manziel, Quinn and Weeden among Browns first-round quarterbacks who didn’t pan out for them (though Mayfield has found success with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
“When you put that type of expectations and stress and pressure on a kid sometimes, that’s not a recipe for success if you’re not making decisions at a very high level based on how it affects that kid,” Keenum said.
He praised Bears coach Ben Johnson in that regard.
“Ben’s done an incredible job — every decision he’s made (has been) with everybody in the building in mind, specifically our quarterback,” Keenum said. “It’s not just him, it’s getting the entire building on it. That’s one thing that you can see that’s going on with Caleb Williams.”
The psyche
Browns fans make a sign for quarterback Joe Flacco on Dec. 17, 2023.
George Bozeka is president of the Pro Football Researchers Association (PFRA) and author of several NFL-related books and articles.
His son, Jon Bozeka, is a longtime broadcaster in Northeast Ohio who covers the Browns for Infinity Sports Network and Sirius XM.
In their own ways, they’ve both spent years studying their hometown Browns and they’re both left scratching their heads.
“I think it’s been a huge source of frustration for Browns fans,” George Bozeka said about the team’s quarterback search. “One theory that I have, and I think Jon shares this with me, is that in the modern NFL, they don’t really develop quarterbacks like they used to historically.
“When I was younger, in the ’60s and ’70s, they always said it took about three to five years to develop a quarterback. Now it’s all about instant gratification. A quarterback is drafted high, they expect him to go in and excel immediately. And I think that’s been part of the problem for the Browns.
“They’ve had quarterbacks that have, you know, done well for short periods of time, like for a season, and then they come back to earth and the mediocrity sets in.”
Jon Bozeka said Browns fans would get their hopes up — like during Derek Anderson’s Pro Bowl season in 2007 — only to come crashing down a year or two later. Rinse and repeat with Mayfield.
“I can’t even begin to tell you the excitement when Joe Flacco led the Browns to the playoffs, like, two years ago, you would have thought Joe Flacco was the second coming of Otto Graham around here,” Jon Bozeka said. “People were making T-shirts. There was excitement. … That season, that moment for Browns fans was so unique here that everybody wanted that to work again this year, and it just didn’t.”
Bears fans have ridden similar waves with Trubisky and Fields.
Bears quarterback Justin Fields warms up to face the Falcons on Dec. 31, 2023, at Soldier Field. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Joe Ziemba, PFRA member and author of “Bears vs. Cardinals: The NFL’s Oldest Rivalry” and other Chicago-related books, can testify to what many Bears fans felt when Fields was selected with the 11th pick in 2021.
“I remember even where I was, I was in an Ace Hardware store, and someone told me the Bears are going to get Fields,” he said. “I said, ‘You’re kidding.’ I’ve seen him in college going nuts at Ohio State.”
Two seasons later Fields and the Bears parted ways.
“I think the system, I think the staff let him down a little bit in terms of his developing further,” Ziemba said
Jon Bozeka said of Trubisky, Fields’ predecessor and the No. 2 pick in 2017: “People here wanted him really badly. He’s a local kid. He’s a Mentor (Ohio) kid.”
There’s still time for Trubisky, who’s in his second season in Buffalo, to be added to that Browns jersey.
The original jersey was the brainchild of Cleveland-based ad agency owner Tim Brokaw, who retired it after 24 names in 2016, when the Cavaliers won the NBA championship.
But it has been resurrected in various forms, handmade or Photoshopped, with some gaining similar notoriety.
“Just because the list is 42, I think we mentally all have that image in our head,” Jon said.
George Bozeka believes both Chicago and Cleveland have a “bruised” psyche when it comes to this subject because of their storied histories that predate the 1970 merger.
“I think it’s painful for the fan bases to constantly go through this,” he said. “There’s more expectation. I think that’s why there’s more impatience.”
Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky throws in the third quarter Dec. 9, 2018 at Soldier Field. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Ziemba said Bears fans focus on the modern quarterback carousel and the lack of a 4,000-yard passer in their history but forget about the greats of yesteryear.
“You had somebody like Ed Brown in the ’50s, but no one’s ever heard of Ed Brown, and he probably started more games (66) than anybody,” he said, with the exception of Jay Cutler (102).
“I’m always looking at someone like Sid Luckman, who I still consider the best quarterback in Bears history. “(Bears founder George) Halas had this keen eye for selecting guys, and Luckman wasn’t even a quarterback at Columbia. But since Halas felt that as a tailback, he could fit in with the C formation, he picked him up on a last minute trade with Pittsburgh and added him.
“Of course he’s a Hall of Famer and still holds a lot of the records.”
The Bozekas hold up Graham — a three-time NFL champion and Waukegan native — as one of the league’s all-time greats, though they acknowledge fans hang their hat on the fact the Bears have had two quarterbacks lead them to a Super Bowl and one won.
“Even though the Bears haven’t done it since ’85 … Cleveland has so consistently experienced that heartbreak,” Jon Bozeka said. “It’s painful that they can’t get the position that’s the most important position in sports right.”
The franchise
Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) looks to make a pass in the third quarter against the Packers on Dec. 7, 2025, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Caleb Williams’ 57.8% completion percentage has invited a bit of scrutiny, but it’s notable that Luckman, passing pioneer though he was, had just a 51.8% career completion percentage.
“And yet he’s considered the dominant guy,” Ziemba said. “But the game was different, and the strategies were different.”
The point is, numbers don’t necessarily make a franchise quarterback. Wins do.
The question for both the Bears and Browns is: Can Williams and Shedeur Sanders become those players?
Recently, Ben Johnson said to throw out the stats when it comes to Williams, who came with Sears Tower-high expectations when he was drafted at No. 1 in 2024.
At this early stage of building a franchise quarterback, only the process and the mindset matter.
“It’s the coachability aspect of it,” Johnson said. “He’s doing a really good job right now of being critical of himself. We see it the same way. We’ll watch tape together and (he says), ‘I’ve got to be better there.’
“Even the walk-through. I mean, we just had a walk-through and he’s a little pissed off walking off. He’s like, ‘I had two in there that I could’ve gotten a little bit cleaner’ in a walk-through setting. Well, we just installed the play, so that’s natural. When he’s critical of himself and he’s taking to coaching, I know good things are coming down the horizon.”
Williams said he and his coach talk every day about everything, from family to football.
And that includes goals and expectations.
“The playoff mentality, the championship mentality, that’s where we want to be,” Williams said. That’s where you want to be every year. … Whether it’s your first year or 10th year, you don’t go into a year not thinking about that.
“That’s one. And then managing those expectations, managing actually being possibly in that position, that’s going to take experience, that’s going to take trusting in him, that’s going to take us just trusting the process.”
Browns coach Kevin Stefanski likes what he has seen of Williams.
“He’s a really, really good young player,” Stefanski said. “He can make a ton of plays both on schedule and off schedule, has elite arm talent to throw the ball around the field.
“And … he’s very elusive, extremely elusive. He can get out of the pocket to the left, to the right, vertical in the pocket. He’s a hard guy to bring down and that adds another element to their team.”
Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders celebrates after throwing a touchdown pass against the Titans on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Cleveland,. (David Richard/AP)
Sanders’ path has been a bit more arduous than Williams’.
He was a projected first- or second-rounder but fell to the fifth and suddenly found himself fourth on the depth chart behind Flacco, Kenny Pickett and fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel, who was drafted in the third round.
There had been murmurs through the preseason and regular season about why Sanders hadn’t gotten more first-team reps or a chance to start, but Sanders finally got his first start Nov. 23, a 24-10 win over the Las Vegas Raiders.
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Last week, he threw for 364 yards and produced four total touchdowns in his third start, a 31-29 loss to the Tennessee Titans.
Bears defensive coordinator Dennis Allen hadn’t seen a lot of tape on Sanders before this season but said: “I see a guy that plays with a little bit of a swagger. He’s got a little moxie to him. I think he brings a little bit of excitement to that football team.”
And yet, there are still questions about whether he’ll be in Cleveland long term.
“I just go here, enjoy my day, work hard, do everything I can,” Sanders said. “And if I’m here, I’m here. If I’m not, I’m not. Like it’s nothing in my control. So, I try to control what I can control. That’s going out there and making the right reads, going out there doing the right things, being the person I am. And things will fall how they are supposed to.”
Even if it’s lip service, Stefanski seems compelled to include Gabriel in the conversation about Sanders’ progress, lest he fuel more chatter about the Browns’ muddy quarterback vision.
“I don’t think you can quantify development,” Stefanski said. “With all of our players, we have a development plan that we feel strongly about. … What’s great about our young class, Shedeur, in this case our entire rookie class, is these guys want to get better.”
The Browns have at least committed to starting Sanders the rest of the season.
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Starter or benchwarmer, solution or temporary fix, if Sanders harbors any concerns about his NFL future, he’s not showing it at the podium.
“I’m comfortable being uncomfortable,” he said. “You’ve got to understand, that’s just the situation I’m in, and I’m fine with that. I love that.”
Come Sunday at noon, Williams and Sanders will be focused on the game and little else. Realistically, Williams and the Bears need this win against the 3-10 Browns to maintain control of their playoff hunt.
For Sanders, it’s a four-game audition.
Two years ago, Williams and Sanders traded 11 total touchdowns between them when Williams’ USC Trojans defeated Sanders’ Colorado Buffaloes 48-41.
“It was a good atmosphere, a good game,” Williams said this week. “We ended up coming out with the victory, and Shedeur was a hell of a player.”
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‘Dangerously cold’ wind chills as low as minus 25 expected in Chicago area Saturday night
“Bitterly cold” temperatures are expected to sweep the Chicago area Saturday night with wind chills as low as 25 below zero, the National Weather Service warned.
A cold weather advisory remains in effect from 8 p.m. Saturday to noon Sunday in northern and central Illinois and northwest Indiana.
Chicago weather: Bitter temperatures and subzero wind chills on tap for the weekend
The weather service said wind chills are expected to fall between minus 15 and minus 25 degrees Saturday night, with the coldest conditions in northwest Illinois. They’re expected to remain below zero on Sunday.
As for Sunday, when the Chicago Bears face off against the Cleveland Browns in one of the coldest games ever held at Soldier Field at noon, forecasters anticipate temperatures climbing to a frosty 12 degrees, with the lows dipping back down into the single digits by nightfall.
The “dangerously cold wind chills” can cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes, the weather service warned. They recommended using caution when traveling outside and wearing appropriate clothing, including a hat and gloves.
As a precaution, some suburbs canceled activities and holiday fare planned for the weekend.
Several warming centers are available across the city Saturday and Sunday, including libraries and Chicago Park District locations, the city said in a news release. The Garfield Community Service Center, located at 10 South Kedzie Ave., is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Chicago Police Department districts are open 24 hours a day.
Temperatures are expected to rise back into the 30s and potentially 40s by the middle of next week, the weather service said.
Chicago has experienced what the weather service dubbed the “quickest start to winter” since 1978 after unusually high snowfalls in recent weeks.
Cover-Up Or Frame-Up? How Democrat’s Epstein Releases Are A Classic Example Of False Light
Cover-Up Or Frame-Up? How Democrat’s Epstein Releases Are A Classic Example Of False Light
Many years ago, as a law student, I had the honor of working with the great prosecutor William J. Kunkle Jr., who put away John Wayne Gacy. I was a young intern at the litigation firm of Phelan, Pope & John and loved listening to Bill’s stories about his famous cases. I even had to take a couple of calls from Gacy from prison when Bill was out.
(I was asked to write down everything that he would say in the routine calls. On one call, Gacy told me, “Tell Bill he was wrong. I was not guilty of homicide. I was guilty of running an indoor funeral parlor without a license.”).
One story of Bill’s came to mind last night when Democrats released their latest tranche of “bombshell” photos from the Epstein files to suggest that Trump is implicated in the scandal.
Bill told me how he would stage the trial room to maximize impact on the jury.
In the Gacy trial, he was allowed to create an exhibit showing the pictures of the victims. He knew that defense counsel would not want the faces staring at the jury throughout the trial. So he made the exhibit so large that it would be difficult to move and waited for the defense to insist that the pictures themselves be removed.
When they did so, they found that each picture was attached to the board by Bill with large red tape. Throughout the trial, the jurors stared at each name with a large red X beneath it.
It was better than the pictures themselves.
Bill’s story came to mind yesterday when the Democrats released the photos from the Epstein files.
The White House accused Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of spreading a “false narrative” with photos. It is more of an effort to create “false light,” a term from tort law where true photos are presented in a misleading and harmful way.
The photos of Trump show women with their faces obscured as “possible” victims of human trafficking with underaged girls.
Even a photo with a single woman on what appears to be a plane is blacked out. There is no context offered, but the blacked-out faces suggest that these women have to be protected as possible victims.
It has the same effect as Kunkle’s Xs.
However, the real question of false light is the inclusion with the other photos selected for release.
The Democrats included pictures of sex toys, novelty condom boxes with Trump’s face (saying “I’m Huuuge”) and even Epstein in a bathtub.
The combination is meant to make the other photos seem more sinister, even though we have no information on where they were taken or who the women are in the images. Just Xs.
Trump is not alone in the framing of such photos. The release included a previously public photo of Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz simply meeting with Epstein, who is wearing a Harvard sweatshirt. There is no information on when or where it was taken. (Epstein was a major donor to Harvard, and Dershowitz was a Harvard professor as well as someone who served as counsel to Epstein).
The Democrats have long despised Dershowitz, a liberal who broke ranks with the party and represented Trump in his impeachment. Now, he is included with the photos of condoms and Epstein in a bath.
In torts, litigants can bring cases for “false light” when photos may be true images but are presented in a misleading way.
While some states have rejected false light claims in favor of using defamation actions exclusively, other states recognize both claims.
Under a false light claim, a person can sue when a publication or image implies something that is both highly offensive and untrue. Where defamation deals with false statements, false light deals with false implications.
California produced an important case that is particularly illustrative in this circumstance. In Gill v. Curtis Publ’g Co., 239 P.2d 630 (Cal. 1952), the court considered a “Ladies Home Journal” article that was highly critical of couples who claimed to be cases of “love at first sight.” The article suggested that such impulses were more sexual than serious. The magazine included a photo of a couple, with the caption, “[p]ublicized as glamorous, desirable, ‘love at first sight’ is a bad risk.” The couple was unaware that the photo was used and never consented to its inclusion in the magazine. They prevailed in an action for false light given the suggestion that they were one of these sexualized, “wrong” attractions.
The standard California jury instruction asks the jury if “the false light created by the disclosure would be highly offensive to a reasonable person in [name of plaintiff]’s position” and whether “there is clear and convincing evidence that [the defendant] knew the disclosure would create a false impression … or acted with reckless disregard for the truth.”
Likewise, in Solano v. Playgirl, Inc., 292 F.3d 1078 (9th Cir. 2002), the court found false light in the use of an actor’s photo on the cover of Playgirl magazine. In combination with the headlines, the plaintiffs argued that the magazine created the false impression that nude photos of the actor were featured inside the magazine.
Congress is protected from such lawsuits, and even without those protections, it is unlikely that this case would be viable as a tort action. However, the underlying concept is still relevant. The Democrats were suggesting that there was a cover-up of Trump’s (and others’) involvement in these crimes. They have not produced such evidence. They can, however, release images in a way that suggests such untoward or even illegal conduct.
If Dershowitz’s picture were just re-released on its own, it would hardly be notable. However, in the company of condom boxes and bathtub shots, it can feed a news cycle of eagerly awaiting and enabling media.
In the end, the photo dump is unlikely to change any minds or move the needle in polls. Some will see a cover-up and others will see a frame-up.
The difference with the Gacy trial is that most of the jury has already left the room, leaving only the Xs behind.
Tyler Durden
Sat, 12/13/2025 – 19:50
Flamengo derrota al Pyramids, conquista 4to trofeo en 14 días y va a final de la Intercontinental
RAYAN, Qatar (AP) — Leo Pereira y Danilo aportaron los goles, Giorgian de Arrascaeta se vistió de figura por segundo cotejo consecutivo y Flamengo derrotó el sábado 2-0 al Pyramids para avanzar a la final de la Copa Intercontinental.
Gracias a su triunfo sobre el conjunto egipcio, el Mengao conquistó su segundo título de la FIFA en tres días. Había doblegado 2-1 a Cruz Azul de México para avanzar al duelo por a Copa Challenger y por el boleto a la final de la Intercontinental, donde chocará el próximo miércoles contra el París Saint Germain.
El uruguayo de Arrascaeta había sido ya el héroe del triunfo sobre Cruz Azul, al conseguir las dos dianas. Esta vez, cobró con precision una falta que remató de cabeza Leo Pereira para dar la ventaja a la escuadra brasileña a los 23 minutos.
La ventaja hizo que Flamengo jugara con mayor soltura. Siete minutos después del descanso, De Arrascaeta suministró otro excelente centro, de nuevo a pelota parada. Danilo se elevó entre un mar de jugadores y definió de cabeza.
Hace un par de semanas, Danilo facturó el gol que dio al Flamengo el cetro de la Copa Libertadores en la final ante Palmeiras en Lima. Asimismo, el club conquistó el campeonato brasileño.
El técnico Filipe Luis apretó las tuercas atrás, y el equipo de Río de Janeiro supo preservar la delantera
Pachuca conquistó el año pasado la edición inaugural de la Copa Challenger. La final en pos de la Intercontinental se realizará también en el Estadio Ahmad Bin Ali.
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Buzzer-beater sinks No. 13 Illinois in 83-80 loss to No. 23 Nebraska, which improves to 11-0
CHAMPAIGN — Jamarques Lawrence hit a 3-pointer with 0.2 seconds remaining Saturday to give No. 23 Nebraska an 83-80 win over No. 13 Illinois.
The undefeated Huskers (11-0, 2-0 Big Ten) are off to the best start in program history. They won 10 in a row to start the 1977-78 season.
Tomislav Ivišić’s 3-pointer — his only points of the game — with 17 seconds to play deadlocked the game at 80 for the Illini (8-3, 1-1), who trailed by as many as 10 points in the second half and 14 in the first half.
Lawrence finished with 14 points. Pryce Sandfort scored a career-high 32 points and Rienk Mast had 17 points and seven rebounds for the Huskers in their first road game of the season.
Kylan Boswell scored 20 points for Illinois, which led for only 16 seconds early in the first half. Andrej Stojaković had 19 points and 10 rebounds and Keaton Wagler scored 19 points for the Illini.
Sandfort scored the Huskers’ first 15 points and had 26 in the first half, but Illinois went on a 13-point run to end the half and tied the game at 37.
The Huskers, ranked for the first time since 2018, have won a program-record 15 in a row dating to last season, when they won the inaugural College Basketball Crown postseason tournament in Las Vegas. They won 14 straight during the 1990-91 season.
The Illini had won six straight at home against Nebraska. They’re now 15-3 all time against the Huskers at the State Farm Center and 10-2 in the Big Ten.
Up next
Illinois: vs. Missouri on Dec. 22 in St. Louis
Nebraska: vs. North Dakota on Dec. 21
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/13/illinois-nebraska-basketball-big-ten/
Orbital Data Centers Will “Bypass Earth-Based” Constraints
Orbital Data Centers Will “Bypass Earth-Based” Constraints
Last week, readers were briefed on the emerging theme of data centers in low Earth orbit, a concept now openly discussed by Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Jeff Bezos, and Sam Altman, as energy availability and infrastructure constraints on land increasingly emerge as major bottlenecks to data center buildouts through the end of this decade and well into the 2030s.
Nvidia-backed startup Starcloud has released a white paper outlining a case for operating a constellation of artificial intelligence data centers in space as a practical solution to Earth’s looming power crunch, cooling woes, and permitting land constraints.
Terrestrial data center projects will reach capacity limits as AI workloads scale to multi-gigawatt levels, while electricity demand and grid bottlenecks worsen over the next several years. Orbital data centers aim to bypass these constraints by using near-continuous, high-intensity solar power, passive radiative cooling to deep space, and modular designs that scale quickly, launched into orbit via SpaceX rockets.
“Orbital data centers can leverage lower cooling costs using passive radiative cooling in space to directly achieve low coolant temperatures. Perhaps most importantly, they can be scaled almost indefinitely without the physical or permitting constraints faced on Earth, using modularity to deploy them rapidly,” Starcloud wrote in the report.
Starcloud continued, “With new, reusable, cost-effective heavy-lift launch vehicles set to enter service, combined with the proliferation of in-orbit networking, the timing for this opportunity is ideal.”
Already, the startup has launched its Starcloud-1 satellite carrying an Nvidia H100 GPU, the most powerful compute chip ever sent into space. Using the H100, Starcloud successfully trained NanoGPT, a lightweight language model, on the complete works of Shakespeare, making it the first AI model trained in space.
Starcloud (@Starcloud_Inc1) recently made history by launching a satellite with an NVIDIA H100 into orbit — the first time a GPU that powerful has ever operated in space. It’s the first step toward building AI data centers in orbit, powered by continuous sunlight and cooled by… pic.twitter.com/xf7C1D583N
— Y Combinator (@ycombinator) November 13, 2025
Starcloud is also running Google’s open-source LLM Gemma in orbit, representing the first time a high-powered Nvidia GPU has been used to operate a large language model in space.
One solution (before nuclear power generation gets ramped up) to keep up with the rapid advances in AI and the ever-increasing demand for power and resources to prevent bottlenecks is to shift some of these data centers to low Earth orbit. This in itself will spark a space race-themed investment theme, hence why SpaceX is planning to go public next year at a valuation of $800 billion. Starlink will likely be powering these space-based data centers.
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Read the full report:
Tyler Durden
Sat, 12/13/2025 – 19:15
https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/orbital-data-centers-will-bypass-earth-based-constraints
Jurado adjudica $40 millones a 2 mujeres que dicen que el talco Johnson les causó cáncer
The Associated Press
Un jurado de Los Ángeles adjudicó 40 millones de dólares a dos mujeres que alegaron que el talco fabricado por Johnson & Johnson les causó cáncer de ovario.
La compañía de productos para el cuidado personal indicó que apelará el veredicto sobre responsabilidad y daños compensatorios.
El fallo del viernes es el suceso más reciente de una prolongada batalla jurídica en torno a los alegatos de que el talco en polvo para bebés de Johnson y el polvo corporal Shower to Shower estaban relacionados con el cáncer de ovario y el mesotelioma, un cáncer que afecta los pulmones y otros órganos. Johnson & Johnson dejó de vender a nivel mundial polvo hecho con talco en 2023.
En octubre, otro jurado de California le ordenó a J&J pagar 966 millones de dólares a la familia de una mujer que murió de mesotelioma, alegando que desarrolló el cáncer porque el polvo para bebés que usaba estaba contaminado con asbesto, un carcinógeno.
En el caso más reciente, el jurado adjudicó 18 millones de dólares a Monica Kent y 22 millones de dólares a Deborah Schultz y su esposo. “Lo único que hicieron fue ser leales a Johnson & Johnson como clientes por sólo 50 años”, manifestó su abogado, Daniel Robinson, del bufete Robinson Calcagnie en Newport Beach, California. “Esa lealtad era unilateral”.
Erik Haas, vicepresidente de litigios de J&J a nivel mundial, indicó en un comunicado que la compañía había ganado “16 de los 17 casos de cáncer de ovario en los que lo intentó anteriormente”, y espera hacerlo nuevamente al apelar el veredicto del viernes.
Haas declaró que los hallazgos del jurado son “irreconciliables con las décadas de evaluaciones científicas independientes que confirman que el talco es seguro, no contiene asbesto y no causa cáncer”.
Johnson & Johnson reemplazó el talco en su polvo para bebés a la venta en la mayor parte de América del Norte por almidón de maíz en 2020 después de que las ventas disminuyeran.
En abril, un juez de un tribunal de quiebras de Estados Unidos rechazó el plan de J&J de pagar 9.000 millones de dólares para resolver reclamaciones de litigios por cáncer de ovario y otros cánceres ginecológicos basadas en productos relacionados con el talco.
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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.
Daily Horoscope for December 14, 2025
General Daily Insight for December 14, 2025
Big feelings can combine with gentle courage today. Combative Mars squares dreamy Neptune, which can blur facts and rush reactions. When the dynamic Sun trines healing Chiron at 7:36 am EST, however, we’ll be motivated to look for solutions. Sometimes that might be as simple as slowing down and checking our sources before we panic! As the Sun goes on to struggle with arrogant Jupiter, we’ll need to remember to honor limits and keep expectations gentle. Being hard on ourselves only makes things worse.
Aries
March 21 – April 19
Aries, you set the tone with courage. The radiant Sun in your philosophical 9th house forms a trine with healing Chiron in your sign, empowering you to share bold truths with warmth. Your curiosity and bravery may direct you to enroll in a class or open a tough conversation with someone from a different background. Although your leadership will probably be valuable in the end, you build trust by listening first and speaking simply. Let respect guide your every move.
Taurus
April 20 – May 20
Having a tough conversation is likely to be worth the trouble today. As the sparkling Sun in your 8th House of Shared Resources harmonizes with therapeutic Chiron in your anxious 12th house, you’ll probably feel more comfortable talking about money and other tender topics once you get started. To rein in your vulnerability, remember that you probably aren’t required to disclose every thought you have on the subject. Stay focused on what the other person truly needs to know, and keep the discussion focused there.
Gemini
May 21 – June 20
Ambiguity could be a power play at the moment. You might believe a relationship simply needs clearer promises as assertive Mars in your 7th House of Partnerships clashes with dreamy Neptune in your goal-oriented 10th house. You can certainly try basic strategies to cut through confusion like asking follow-up questions and repeating back what you heard. If that doesn’t work, though, consider the possibility that the mixed signals are the message. Unfortunately, not everyone has your best interests at heart.
Cancer
June 21 – July 22
Making your life easier is a wise use of your power now. As the life-giving Sun in your 6th House of Daily Rhythm trines tender Chiron in your authority zone, you might need to step back from a relentless push for dramatic results. Small improvements such as tidying a pantry or setting a more realistic deadline with a coworker may seem insignificant, but they’re likely to restore your energy. Pace your work thoughtfully, and choose routines that feel kind and sustainable.
Leo
July 23 – August 22
Your confidence is likely to grow as you share your gifts. Perhaps an internalized lofty standard has convinced you that your efforts aren’t good enough. If you share a rough draft with a friendly audience, however, their warm response may gently remind you that authenticity beats polish. As the vibrant Sun in your 5th House of Joy trines wise Chiron in your 9th House of Perspective, a creative and playful approach has the potential to open doors. Don’t take yourself too seriously!
Virgo
August 23 – September 22
Your drive to get things done at home may be strong at the moment. Unfortunately, it’s probably not all about you and what you want! As fiery Mars in your 4th House of Home squares nebulous Neptune in your 7th House of Agreements, you’re likely to run into resistance from another person involved in the situation. Boundaries and chores might need firmer language and more realistic timing. Give all sides of the story a fair hearing before you commit to a path forward.
Libra
September 23 – October 22
Meeting in the middle is possible now. As the radiant Sun in your communication sector harmonizes with contemplative Chiron in your relationship zone, finding the right words for a difficult conversation is an important task. However, what you say isn’t the whole story. Perhaps more significantly, everyone needs to feel heard before they can move forward without resentment. State your preferred outcome clearly instead of trying to subtly manipulate others in that direction. Let them have a chance to propose a fair compromise.
Scorpio
October 23 – November 21
Your powerful desires could be a lot to contend with today. When the willful Sun in your 2nd House of Resources forms a quincunx with expansive Jupiter in your grandiose 9th house, you might be tempted to make a large purchase that isn’t really in your budget. It’s often not fun to say no to that kind of longing. Try thinking about it differently, though. Deciding against this splurge might simply be an opportunity to say yes to your more significant long-term priorities!
Sagittarius
November 22 – December 21
Optimism could be a risk that pays off today. While the vibrant Sun in your sign trines awkward Chiron in your 5th House of Joy, you may be reflecting on your identity and the way you show up in the world. Perhaps you’re disappointed that others don’t always seem to understand your good intentions. Right now, though, your natural enthusiasm reads as genuine rather than pushy. Pitching a new idea to someone important is worth a try, as long as you keep reading the room!
Capricorn
December 22 – January 19
Progress builds when you trust your plan. As aggressive Mars in your 12th House of Sabotage squares elusive Neptune in your mental 3rd house, however, internal doubts as well as mixed messages from others have the potential to throw you off a promising scent you’ve been following. If a text thread confuses plans, you might pause notifications and reorganize your notes at your desk. Quietly keeping order and sticking to your established structure is likely to restore control without creating drama.
Aquarius
January 20 – February 18
Tension softens when purpose aligns with compassion. As the dynamic Sun in your community sector forms a quincunx with expansive Jupiter in your hardworking 6th house, you might find yourself part of a group project that’s currently not living up to its lofty ideals. Collaboration works best when expectations match bandwidth, so you may need to propose adjustments that make the plan more realistic. Acknowledge the limits of your resources, but keep an eye out for an inventive approach that could stretch them!
Pisces
February 19 – March 20
Softer boundaries might paradoxically protect your peace at this time. While the willful Sun in your career sector harmonizes with wounded healer Chiron, your empathy is likely to read as strength in leadership spaces. If you guide a meeting with clear notes at a calm tempo, anxious voices may calm down, and the path forward could suddenly appear simple. You’re in a good position to ask for fair rates or firm boundaries, as your kind delivery keeps doors open. Grace persuades where pressure fails.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/13/daily-horoscope-for-december-14-2025/
