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La tasa de suicidios en EEUU cayó en 2024 tras un repunte
Por MIKE STOBBE
NUEVA YORK (AP) — La tasa de suicidios en Estados Unidos disminuyó ligeramente el año pasado desde algunos de los niveles más altos jamás reportados, según sugieren datos preliminares. Los expertos dicen que es difícil saber exactamente por qué, o si la disminución continuará.
Se reportaron un poco más de 48.800 muertes por suicidio en 2024, según datos provisionales de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades, aproximadamente 500 menos que el año anterior.
La tasa general de suicidios cayó a 13,7 por cada 100.000 personas.
Los suicidios aumentaron durante casi dos décadas, salvo por una caída de dos años al comienzo de la pandemia del COVID-19. Luego volvieron a aumentar, a más de 14 por cada 100.000 desde 2021 hasta 2023.
Los expertos advierten que el suicidio —la décima causa principal de muerte en el país en 2024— es complicado y que los intentos pueden verse impulsados por una variedad de factores. Entre los contribuyentes se incluyen tasas más altas de depresión, disponibilidad limitada de servicios de salud mental y la disponibilidad de armas de fuego. Aproximadamente el 55% de todas las muertes por suicidio involucran armas de fuego, según datos del CDC.
Las tasas varían entre grupos de edad y ubicaciones. Por ejemplo, la tasa de suicidios para los estadounidenses a finales de la veintena y principios de la treintena cayó significativamente en 2024, pero se mantuvo bastante estable para otros grupos de edad. Y las tasas cayeron en algunos estados del sur y del medio oeste, pero no en el oeste montañoso.
“Hay mucho que investigar mientras comenzamos a pensar en lo que podría ser responsable de una posible disminución”, afirmó Katherine Keyes, profesora de salud pública de la Universidad de Columbia que estudia el suicidio.
Eso incluye entender “si esto es un punto en el radar” o el comienzo de una disminución prolongada, agregó.
Ha ayudado que algunos grandes sistemas de salud —incluido el administrado por el Departamento de Asuntos de Veteranos de Estados Unidos— hayan establecido programas para evaluar o identificar a personas en riesgo, dijo la doctora Christine Moutier, directora médica de la Fundación Americana para la Prevención del Suicidio.
Otro posible contribuyente es una línea de crisis nacional de tres años que permite a cualquiera marcar 988 para comunicarse con un especialista en salud mental. Tiene una opción especial para veteranos militares, un grupo con mayor riesgo de suicidio.
Pero el gobierno de Donald Trump decidió el verano pasado eliminar una opción que conectaba a las personas que llamaban con una personas capacitada en apoyar a personas LGBTQ+ menores de 25 años, otro grupo en mayor riesgo.
“No creo que sea una buena señal que estemos eliminando programas diseñados para llegar a las personas de mayor riesgo”, expresó Keyes.
Los suicidios a menudo están infrarrepresentados, ya que algunas familias sienten vergüenza de que se inscriba la muerte de un ser querido como suicidio, dijo Alexandra Lord, historiadora de salud pública en el Museo Nacional de Historia Estadounidense, y eso probablemente sigue siendo cierto hasta cierto punto.
Pero Moutier dijo que hay menos estigma que en el pasado y que las personas están más dispuestas a buscar ayuda.
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El Departamento de Salud y Ciencia de Associated Press recibe apoyo del Departamento de Educación Científica del Instituto Médico Howard Hughes y de la Fundación Robert Wood Johnson. AP es el único responsable de todo el contenido.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/10/la-tasa-de-suicidios-en-eeuu-cay-en-2024-tras-un-repunte/
Spencer Knight gets 2nd shutout of the season as the Chicago Blackhawks cruise past the New York Rangers
The Chicago Blackhawks came into the United Center fresh off back-to-back blowout losses. It was a rough West Coast trip for the Hawks and it looked like the tank was on empty.
They needed to bounce back against the visiting — and fellow centennial celebrating — New York Rangers. The Hawks responded by keeping their foot on the gas for 60 minutes en route to arguably their best game of the season.
The Hawks (13-11-6) cruised past the Rangers 3-0 on Wednesday. They denied New York every chance to make the game competitive while piling on goals.
“I thought we played some pretty good games (this season), but (tonight) was certainly a complete game,” Hawks coach Jeff Blashill said. “First (period) was really good, the second was fine. I thought the third, outside of the penalties, we did a really good job.”
Defenseman Louis Crevier put the Hawks on the board with a shorthanded goal at 7:08 in the second period. He found himself alone on the blue line during the Rangers’ power play and scored his third goal of the year.
“That was pretty fun, (I was) a little bit mad at first because I thought I could have had an easier break,” Crevier said. “I don’t get too many looks like this.”
Connor Bedard joined the scoring party with his 19th goal of the season at 14:27 in the same period. The center, who had two points in the game, collected a pass in front of the net by André Burakovsky and made short work of goaltender Igor Shesterkin.
Spencer Knight earned his second shoutout of the season and seventh in his career. He saved 21 shots, tied for the second-fewest shots he’s seen this season.
It was a great bounce back for him after allowing six goals to the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. But the goaltender calmly dismissed the idea.
“It’s not really a bounce back to me, it’s just another day,” Knight said. “You’re going to have games where that happens.
“You can’t overanalyze it, just take what you can from the game and move on. Every game is a new game, that’s how I approach it.”
The Hawks assigned defenseman Sam Rinzel to the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs on Monday. The roster move made the team run a traditional six-defensemen lineup for just the fourth time this season.
It’s an adjustment, but the defensemen didn’t show any flaws with the lineup. Matthew Grzelcyk — who spent time in the top power-play unit — had the primary assist on Crevier’s goal.
“A good thing is we’ve all played with each other and all have a little bit of chemistry, being out there in different situations,” Grzelcyk said. “As a D corps, it was probably one of our better games, using our feet to our advantage and gapping up.”
The Hawks had their chances to run up the scoreboard, but the Rangers (15-13-4) avoided catastrophe to start. Shesterkin saved two Burakovsky shots to keep the first period scoreless.
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The Rangers came into the United Center with 12 road wins this season, the most in the NHL. They’re just 3-8-3 at Madison Square Garden.
Next up is another back-to-back for the Hawks as they travel to play the St. Louis Blues on Friday and host the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday. The last back-to-back was ugly, but it also brought lessons that the team will use this time around.
“A back-to-back isn’t ideal, (but) as a young team, we’re going to work hard and stick to the game plan,” Knight said. “Take in all the experience that we can and just keep building.”
The win may have been extra special for Blashill, who turned 52 on Wednesday. He didn’t show it, as expected.
“Our focus is going to St. Louis and playing a team that’s played pretty well overall the last little bit,” Blashill said. “Coming back here, we’re going to have to talk about how you play to be successful.
“We have a lot coming. It’s just the reality of the league, so we have to be able to handle it.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/10/chicago-blackhawks-spencer-knight-shutout/
FBI Arrests Alleged MS-13 Assassin, ‘Kill Squad’ Leader In Nebraska: Patel
FBI Arrests Alleged MS-13 Assassin, ‘Kill Squad’ Leader In Nebraska: Patel
Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,
A suspected leader of the criminal gang MS-13 has been arrested in Nebraska, FBI Director Kash Patel said in a Dec. 9 post on X.
Gerson Cuadra Soto, a Honduran national, “is believed to be responsible for overseeing one of their major kill squad units—and suspected of executing the assassination of the son of the former President of Honduras,” Patel wrote.
“This is part of the FBI’s Joint Task Force Vulcan investigation out of @FBIHouston to locate, indict, and arrest members of MS-13 leadership ‘La Mesa.’”
On July 14, 2022, Saíd Omar Lobo Bonilla, son of former Honduran President Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo Sosa, and three other men were killed outside a nightclub in Honduran capital city Tegucigalpa.
Joint Task Force Vulcan is an initiative launched in August 2019 under the first Trump administration that aims to disrupt and eliminate MS-13.
La Mesa, or “The Table,” is a group of senior MS-13 gang leaders who allegedly authorize murders throughout the United States.
Patel commended FBI Omaha, Nebraska, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Drug Enforcement Administration, and other partners for their work that resulted in Soto’s arrest.
“This admin is taking a whole of government approach to dismantling MS-13 and their presence within the country,” he said. MS-13, also known as Mara Salvatrucha, was designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the State Department in February.
In a Dec. 9 statement, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen welcomed the arrest of Soto, who he said was illegally in the country and living in the city of Grand Island.
“Cuadra Soto, a leader of the terrorist MS-13 gang and Honduran assassin, entered the United States illegally in 2022 under Biden’s watch—eventually obtaining a California driver’s license before establishing a residence in Grand Island,” Pillen said.
“Here’s the simple truth: Weak borders put our families at risk. Thankfully, under conservative Republican leadership, our border has never been more secure.”
Expanding Scope
Under the Trump administration, the FBI has intensified its targeting of foreign criminal groups.
In March, the FBI announced that it was expanding its counterterrorism mission to aggressively battle transnational organized crime.
The announcement was made after the State Department designated several international cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
The FBI changed the name of its Terrorist Screening Center to the Threat Screening Center, saying that the updated name expands the scope of national security screening to cover groups such as MS-13 and Tren de Aragua that operate in the United States.
U.S. military personnel escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gang recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in San Luis Talpa, El Salvador, on March 30, 2025. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via Reuters
“Border security is essential to protecting our country and providing safer communities for our citizens,” Patel said in a statement at the time.
“We’re expanding the watchlist to include cartel and gang members from newly designated foreign terrorist organizations. This change will assist our law enforcement and Intelligence Community partners as we all work together toward the goal of crushing violent crime within our borders.”
In a Dec. 3 statement, the Department of the Treasury said that its Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned key affiliates of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
“Under President Trump, barbaric terrorist cartels can no longer operate with impunity across our borders. The Tren de Aragua network’s narcotrafficking and human smuggling operations have long posed a grave threat to our nation,” Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent said in the statement.
A March report from the State Department detailed the threats posed by transnational criminal organizations. It specifically highlighted Mexican criminal organizations as “one of the greatest threats” to the United States.
Mexico was deemed to be the most significant source of illicit fentanyl and fentanyl analogues, with Mexican groups Sinaloa Cartel and New Generation Jalisco Cartel the primary distributors of these drugs in North America, the report said. Mexico is also the source of most of the heroin and meth seized in the United States.
Tyler Durden
Thu, 12/11/2025 – 00:00
Cangrejeros remontan y continúan de líderes en Puerto Rico
Por The Associated Press
Los Cangrejeros de Santurce vinieron de atrás y dejaron tendidos en el terreno a los Gigantes de Carolina, para firmar su cuarta victoria consecutiva y ratificarse el miércoles como líderes de la Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente.
Andrew Velázquez conectó un doble remolcador de dos anotaciones y Jack López añadió un jonrón solitario para destacar por los Cangrejeros, quienes finalmente se llevaron la victoria por 8-7 de manera anticlimática, cuando el propio López anotó la carrera de la diferencia tras un balk en la parte baja del noveno episodio.
En Caguas, Matthew Lugo bateó de 5-2 con un doble, una carrera anotada y una producida; Isan Díaz se fue de 4-2 también con una anotada y una remolcada, y un comité de cuatro lanzadores limitó a sólo tres imparables a los Indios de Mayagüez en la victoria de los Criollos de Caguas por 5-0.
En casa, los Leones de Ponce superaron 3-2 a los Senadores de San Juan. William Simoneit conectó un elevado de sacrificio en la parte baja del noveno capítulo para dejar en el terreno a los visitantes.
Toros apalean a Águilas en Dominicana
Los Toros del Este desataron una ofensiva de 13 imparables para derrotar 12-5 a las Águilas Cibaeñas y acercarse a cinco juegos y medio en la lucha por el liderato de la Liga Dominicana de Béisbol.
Bryan De La Cruz bateó de 4-1 con un jonrón y cuatro carreras producidas; Yairo Muñoz se fue de 3-2 con un doble, un cuadrangular, tres anotadas y dos empujadas, y Rafael Lantigua conectó de 5-2, también con un jonrón y dos empujadas.
En San Pedro de Macorís, Josh Lester bateó un jonrón de dos carreras en la décima entrada para dejar en el terreno a los Leones del Escogido y darles a las Estrellas Orientales una dramática victoria por 6-4.
Los Tigres del Licey doblegaron 6-1 a los Gigantes del Cibao en Santo Domingo. Sergio Alcántara remolcó dos anotaciones con un sencillo y Cal Stevenson añadió otro sencillo productor de una más.
Acuña y Tiburones superan a Tigres en Venezuela
Los Tiburones de La Guaira, que tienen en sus filas al astro de las Grandes Ligas Ronald Acuña Jr., consiguieron una valiosa victoria por 11-4 sobre los Tigres de Aragua para acercarse a la zona de clasificación en la Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional.
Gabriel Arias bateó de 5-3 con un jonrón y cuatro carreras remolcadas, mientras que Juniel Querecuto conectó de 5-5 con tres carreras anotadas y una empujada.
Acuña jugó en el jardín derecho, y aunque bateó de 3-0, anotó dos carreras y empujó una más para colaborar en la ofensiva de los Tiburones.
En Puerto La Cruz, Luisángel Acuña, hermano de Ronald, conectó un jonrón de tres anotaciones y Rafael Ortega bateó de 4-1 con un triple y dos remolcadas, en la victoria de los Cardenales de Lara por 6-4 sobre los Caribes de Anzoátegui.
Los Navegantes del Magallanes aplastaron 10-3 a los Leones del Caracas en Valencia. Carlos Rodríguez explotó al batear de 5-3 con un cuadrangular y cinco carreras remolcadas.
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Deportes AP: https://apnews.com/hub/deportes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/10/cangrejeros-remontan-y-continan-de-lderes-en-puerto-rico/
Texas transfer Max Herman, a three-time state qualifier, hits the mark for Lincoln-Way West. ‘A huge addition.’
Lincoln-Way West’s Max Herman operates in just one gear that always pushes forward.
Herman, a senior transfer from Texas, has grown accustomed this year to change and transition, which is also reflected in a wrestling style that has become both intuitive and dazzling.
“I like to wrestle free and just push the pace on people,” Herman said. “I always try to open up when I’m on offense. I think the best defense is offense.
“I did a great job of starting the match by moving my hands. I kept that up through the second and third periods.”
Herman indeed kept going Wednesday night, finishing off a 13-7 decision over Ethan Harvey at 165 pounds to spark the Warriors to a 46-24 SouthWest Suburban Conference victory over host Lincoln-Way Central in New Lenox.
Lincoln-Way West (1-1, 1-0) won 10 matches, getting technical falls by junior Brady Glynn at 132 and seniors Jack Strezo at 138 and Jimmy Talley at 215. Junior Shane Stream won by fall at 138.
Lincoln-Way West’s Max Herman, left, defends against Lincoln-Way Central’s Ethan Harvey at 165 pounds during a SouthWest Suburban Conference match in New Lenox on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (Troy Stolt / Daily Southtown)
Senior Jalen Byrd posted a fall at 190 for Lincoln-Way Central (5-1, 2-1). Senior heavyweight Aiden Hennings also won by fall.
Herman, who’s ranked No. 6 at 165 by the Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Officials Association, improved his record this season to 9-3. His arrival from Katy, Texas has brought a new dimension and versatility to the Warriors’ lineup.
“He’s a huge addition who brings a lot of energy to the team,” Glynn said of Herman. “It’s great to come to a new team and help keep everybody together. And he’s long and athletic.
“He goes up against a lot of bigger guys, but he gets in there so easily.”
Lincoln-Way West’s Max Herman, left, faces off against Lincoln-Way Central’s Ethan Harvey at 165 pounds during a SouthWest Suburban Conference match in New Lenox on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (Troy Stolt / Daily Southtown)
Brian Glynn, Brady’s father, is Lincoln-Way West’s coach. He confirmed that Herman fills a void.
“He’s the missing piece in many ways to our puzzle in terms of that weight class,” Brian Glynn said of Herman. “And he’s very coachable.
“We probably have a different run in our program than what he’s used to, but he’s eager to learn.”
While Herman is new to the south suburbs, he’s familiar with the state. His father, Jevon, was a Class AA undefeated state champion at 171 pounds for St. Charles in 1993.
Lincoln-Way West’s Max Herman, left, gets tangled up with Lincoln-Way Central’s Ethan Harvey at 165 pounds during a SouthWest Suburban Conference match in New Lenox on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (Troy Stolt / Daily Southtown)
Jevon earned All-American honors wrestling at Illinois. During the fifth grade, Max spent a year living in the western suburbs of LaGrange. His older brother, Jackson, wrestles in college at Long Island. His mother, Mindy, played Division I soccer at Central Florida.
“The transition has been a great process,” Max Herman said. “All the coaches and teachers have been very welcoming. We have a great coaching staff, and just being around these guys and being able to pick apart their brains about specific techniques has been amazing.”
In Texas, Herman was a three-time state qualifier. He finished 46-5 last season.
“I started wrestling in second grade,” he said. “My father never forced it on me. You look at other sports and they’re about teams and you get to rely on other people.
“When you get on the mat, it’s just you and the other person.”
Lincoln-Way West’s Max Herman shoots for a takedown of Lincoln-Way Central’s Ethan Harvey at 165 pounds during a SouthWest Suburban Conference match in New Lenox on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (Troy Stolt / Daily Southtown)
Herman also picked up another aspect from his father to balance out his interests.
“My dad has played the guitar for about 30 years and I started picking it up about a year ago,” Max said. “We can just sit around and play the guitar. We tend to play more acoustic, but we can also play electric.”
So far, Max Herman has been electric on the mat for Lincoln-Way West. And he loves it here.
“After wrestling, a lot of things in life become a whole lot easier,” he said. “The grind is what I love the most. There’s always something to improve on.
“You come back from a loss, you come back from a win, you never wrestle perfectly.”
Patrick Z. McGavin is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.
La pintura que presentó “Star Wars” al mundo se vende por $3,9 millones en una subasta
Por AUDREY McAVOY
La pintura que presentó “Star Wars” al mundo hace casi 50 años —y que fue reproducida en un icónico cartel de la película— se vendió el miércoles en una subasta por 3.875 millones de dólares.
La obra en acrílico y aerógrafo del artista y diseñador de carteles cinematográficos Tom Jung apareció por primera vez en anuncios de periódicos el 13 de mayo de 1977, poco menos de dos semanas antes del estreno de la épica cinta espacial creada por George Lucas. También adornó vallas publicitarias, anuncios de revistas y programas de teatro.
“Para la mayor parte de Estados Unidos, esta fue la primera vez que vislumbraron la galaxia muy, muy lejana”, declaró Charles Epting, director de consignaciones de cultura pop e históricas en Heritage Auctions.
Gary Kurtz, productor de “Star Wars”, conservó la pintura original y la colgó en la pared de su oficina antes de dársela a su hija. Posteriormente la familia Kurtz puso la obra a la venta en la sede de Heritage Auctions en Dallas, donde las pujas comenzaron a partir de 1 millón de dólares.
Con la venta se alcanzó el récord del objeto de recuerdo de la franquicia cinematográfica que mayor precio ha alcanzado y el del cartel de película por el que más se ha pagado. El comprador, cuya oferta ganadora llegó a través del sitio web, ha decidido mantener su identidad en privado.
Antes de esto, el precio más alto para un objeto de recuerdo de la franquicia fue el del sable de luz de Darth Vader, que se vendió en 3,6 millones de dólares en una subasta.
“Star Wars” es una de las franquicias cinematográficas más taquilleras de la historia desde su debut en 1977, protagonizada por Mark Hamill en el papel de Luke Skywalker. A la original le siguieron secuelas y precuelas, y dio lugar a libros derivados, películas y otras series. Hay fanáticos suyos en todo el mundo.
En un extremo de la pintura se ve a Skywalker levantando un sable de luz detrás de la princesa Leia. Darth Vader se cierne sobre ellos en el fondo. En el otro lado, un escuadrón de cazas estelares X-wing lanza un ataque. Han Solo y Skywalker están representados recibiendo medallas.
En la esquina inferior derecha se encuentran R2-D2 y C-3PO, que fueron añadidos en el último momento, dijo Epting. Los robots están ausentes en las primeras reproducciones de la pintura, y aparecieron más tarde cuando se produjo el cartel de la cinta y la valla publicitaria. Se desconoce la fecha exacta de esta última, pero fue aproximadamente en junio o julio de 1977, comentó Epting.
“Es posible observar la evolución de esta pieza y cómo estaban decidiendo qué era importante incluir, qué vamos a representar, qué va a atraer a la gente”, agregó.
La pintura no es sólo un objeto de recuerdo cinematográfico, sino también un artefacto cultural y parte de la historia estadounidense, apuntó. El vínculo emocional que las personas forman con las películas de “Star Wars” también ayuda a explicar el precio de venta, señaló.
“Quien haya visto estas películas o los materiales de mercadotecnia alrededor de ellas… uno ve esta pieza y su corazón comienza a acelerarse”, manifestó Epting.
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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.
Palantir Lands $448 Million Deal To Fix Navy Submarine Delays
Palantir Lands $448 Million Deal To Fix Navy Submarine Delays
Palantir Technologies is becoming a deeper partner to the US military as the Navy launches ShipOS, a $448 million effort to use the company’s AI and data tools to improve submarine production, according to a new report from Bloomberg.
The deal will provide Palantir’s Foundry and Artificial Intelligence Platform across select shipyards and suppliers.
The Navy wants to fix chronic delays and overruns affecting its Virginia- and Columbia-class programs. Secretary of the Navy John Phelan said the goal is to speed up an industry that has struggled with labor issues and subcontractor delays: “By enabling industry to adopt AI and autonomy tools at scale, we’re helping the shipbuilding industry improve schedules, increase capacity, and reduce costs.”
Palantir CEO Alex Karp emphasized the scale of the challenge, saying, “It takes 10 million man hours to build a submarine. There are 2,000 businesses involved. Every single one of these components is specialized.” He added that tracking parts through software is vital because “that’s exactly why you need software” to remove bottlenecks, arguing that “already that problem’s gone.”
Bloomberg writes that two major shipbuilders and three public shipyards will receive the software first, and Phelan said the same system could later support carriers, the fleet, and even fighter jets.
The Navy expects the Palantir approach could “significantly” reduce the Columbia-class delay, currently projected to push delivery to March 2029. The contract uses a new “shared risk” model. Phelan said, “If they perform well…they’re going to do well and they should.” Karp responded, “You’re forcing us to absorb risk,” adding, “We get paid as we perform…This is not your typical ‘you get paid after everything fails’ kind of contract…We want to change contracting across the US government to ‘you get paid when it works.’”
Among names worth watching in the submarine space are Kraken Robotics, which has signed cooperative R&D agreements with the U.S. Navy for next-generation sonar systems, Huntington Ingalls Industries, the parent of Newport News Shipbuilding, and General Dynamics, which owns Electric Boat, builder of the Virginia- and Columbia-class nuclear submarines.
Palantir, meanwhile, is expanding its work with the U.S. Navy, using AI and data management platforms to support fleet readiness, logistics, and complex maintenance programs across submarine and surface operations.
Tyler Durden
Wed, 12/10/2025 – 23:35
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/palantir-lands-448-million-deal-fix-navy-submarine-delays
Basketball and local scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County
High school and local college results and highlights from the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County coverage areas.
Email Daily Southtown results to southtownsports@gmail.com, Beacon-News, Courier-News and Naperville Sun results to tribwestsports@gmail.com and News-Sun results to newssunsports@gmail.com.
SATURDAY’S EVENT
LOCAL COLLEGES
FOOTBALL
NCAA DIVISION III QUARTERFINAL
Bethel (Minn.) (12-0) at North Central College (12-0), noon.
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
HIGH SCHOOLS
BOYS BASKETBALL
Burlington Central 78, Crystal Lake Central 51
Cary-Grove 47, Dundee-Crown 29
De La Salle 63, Leo 37
Geneva 51, Wheaton Warrenville South 41
Glenbard North 75, St. Charles East 46
Grant 77, North Chicago 76
Grayslake Central 47, Round Lake 29
Grayslake Central (5-3, 2-0 Northern Lake County): Carson Woods 18 points.
Hinckley-Big Rock 63, Ashton-Franklin Center 31
Hinckley-Big Rock (4-1): Luke Badal 16 points.
Kaneland 76, Hancock 46
Lake Park 41, Batavia 24
Lakes 66, Grayslake North 55
Lakes (4-3, 1-1 Northern Lake County): Carter Martin 22 points.
Libertyville 64, Stevenson 50
Libertyville (3-3, 2-0 North Suburban): Ben Kristopher 13 points.
Stevenson (4-2, 1-1): Rocco Pagliocca 14 points.
Naperville Central 79, Sycamore 71
Naperville Central (3-3): T.J. Hillman 32 points.
Neuqua Valley 79, Yorkville 60
Neuqua (5-1): Cole Kelly 31 points. Mason Martin 27 points.
Newark 80, Dwight 67
Newark (5-3): Cody Kulbartz 23 points, 10 rebounds.
Prairie Ridge 54, Jacobs 45
St. Charles North 59, Wheaton North 57
St. Charles North (2-5, 1-1 DuKane): Jake Love 22 points.
Warren 67, Lake Forest 52
Warren (4-1, 1-0 North Suburban): Jaxson Davis 20 points.
Wauconda 72, Antioch 43
Wauconda (3-2, 2-0 Northern Lake County): Tony Salemi 24 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Deerfield 50, Grayslake North 44
Deerfield (4-3): Maddie Swender 19 points.
Dixon 35, Kaneland 16
Hampshire 54, McHenry 15
Hampshire (4-5, 2-1 Fox Valley): Mikayla Amegasse 12 points.
Harvest-Westminster 53, Elgin 27
Lake Zurich 56, Waukegan 44
Libertyville 44, Stevenson 21
Libertyville (7-2, 3-0 North Suburban): Lily Fisher 20 points.
Nazareth 68, Joliet Catholic 32
St. Edward 80, Chicago Christian 14
St. Viator 49, Marian Catholic 38
BOYS WRESTLING
Lincoln-Way West 46, Lincoln-Way Central 24
LOCAL COLLEGES
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Joliet Junior College 93, Kennedy-King 83
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Aurora University 78, Benedictine 57
Joliet Junior College 81, Kennedy-King 80
St. Francis 97, Indiana Northwest 72
St. Xavier 69, Aquinas (Mich.) 40
TUESDAY’S RESULTS
HIGH SCHOOLS
BOYS BASKETBALL
Amboy 44, Somonauk 39
Aurora Christian 56, Northridge 43
Aurora Christian (7-0): Luke Baumann 15 points.
Bartlett 60, Larkin 51
Brother Rice 47, Montini 44
Brother Rice (5-1, 2-0 CCL Blue): Joe Niego 14 points.
Crete-Monee 52, Southland Prep 35
DePaul Prep 46, Providence 15
Donovan 49, Illinois Lutheran 34
East Aurora 72, Streamwood 42
Fenton 43, Elgin 34
Highland Park 47, Mundelein 35
Highland Park (2-5): Evan Mintzer 15 points.
Hillcrest 64, Oak Lawn 51
Homewood-Flossmoor 66, Bradley-Bourbonnais 37
H-F (6-0, 2-0 SWSC): Darrius Hawkins Jr. 19 points, 4 assists.
Indian Creek 62, Ottawa Marquette 33
Joliet West 54, Oswego 46
Oswego (3-3, 1-2 Southwest Prairie West): Graham Schwab 17 points.
Lemont 83, Eisenhower 51
Lemont (5-1, 2-0 SSC Blue): Ryan Crane 23 points.
Lincoln-Way Central 57, Lockport 53 (2 OT)
Lincoln-Way Central (5-2, 1-1 SWSC): Alex Panos 29 points.
Lockport (6-1, 1-1): Nojus Venckus 19 points.
Lincoln-Way East 50, Bloom 46
Lincoln-Way East (3-2): K.J. Brown 17 points.
Bloom (3-3): Troy Garner 16 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals, 3 blocks.
Lincoln-Way West 69, Andrew 67 (OT)
Lincoln-Way West (5-2, 1-1 SWSC): Drake Been 20 points.
Andrew (3-4, 0-2): Malik Mahmoud 31 points.
Loyola 73, Aurora Central Catholic 10
McHenry 47, Hampshire 38
Metea Valley 50, Proviso West 48
Morgan Park 66, Lindblom 64
Morgan Park (4-2, 1-1 Chicago Public League Red-South): Daniel Wallace 21 points.
Mount Carmel 67, St. Francis de Sales 44
New Trier 61, Zion-Benton 35
Newark 61, Parkview Christian 46
Oak Forest 75, Evergreen Park 57
Oak Forest (5-1, 2-0 SSC Blue): Neiko LeFlore 17 points.
Oswego East 75, Romeoville 62
Plano 56, Sandwich 54
Plano (4-3, 1-0 Kishwaukee River): Kevin Martinez 13 points, 5 rebounds.
Richards 64, Tinley Park 33
Richards (5-2, 1-1 SSC Red): Travon Gourdine 27 points. Sammy Childs 11 points, 10 assists, 10 steals.
St. Ignatius 66, Marmion 46
St. Laurence 79, Providence-St. Mel 45
St. Laurence (7-0, 1-0 CCL Blue): Markese Peoples 21 points.
St. Patrick 50, Deerfield 41
St. Rita 58, Fenwick 57
St. Rita (3-3, 1-0 CCL White): Eze Nwagwu 20 points.
Shepard 56, Bremen 53
Shepard (4-3, 2-2 SSC Red): Peter Primbas 12 points.
Simeon 68, Ag. Science 41
Stagg 58, Sandburg 54 (2 OT)
Stagg (6-0, 1-0 SWSC): Mohammad Farhan 27 points, 15 rebounds.
T.F. South 48, Argo 37
T.F. South (3-3, 1-1 SSC Blue): Isaiah Whitehead 18 points.
Tri-Point 71, Beecher 67 (OT)
Thornridge 91, Ellison 69
Waukegan 61, Lake Zurich 51
Waukegan (4-1, 1-0 North Suburban): Simereon Carter 32 points.
West Aurora 72, South Elgin 42
Yorkville 56, Plainfield South 38
Yorkville (4-1, 2-1 Southwest Prairie West): Joey Jakstys 21 points.
Yorkville Christian 91, Islamic Foundation 34
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Amboy 43, Hinckley-Big Rock 33
Andrew 60, Lincoln-Way West 58
Andrew (4-3, 1-2 SWSC): Ana Cisek 13 points.
Evergreen Park 58, Oak Forest 40
Evergreen (5-3, 1-1 SSC Red): Tatum Harris 17 points.
Grayslake North 48, Lakes 34
Hillcrest 53, Oak Lawn 45
Oak Lawn (4-3, 1-1 SSC Red): Bianca Fleitas 30 points, 5 rebounds.
Indian Creek 43, IMSA 37
Kaneland 60, Rochelle 29
Kaneland (5-2, 2-0 Interstate Eight): Kyra Lilly 14 points.
Lake Park 36, Batavia 16
Lockport 61, Lincoln-Way Central 26
Lockport (6-2, 3-0 SWSC): Goda Arstikaitis 17 points, 5 rebounds.
Mother McAuley 53, Montini 38
Mundelein 59, Zion-Benton 16
Mundelein (7-0, 2-0 North Suburban): Casey Vyverman 17 points.
Naperville North 36, Hinsdale Central 20
Oswego East 74, Romeoville 17
Oswego East (4-3, 3-0 Southwest Prairie West): Desiree Merritt 25 points.
Providence 51, Fenwick 46
Providence (7-1, 1-1 GCAC): Landrie Callahan 25 points, 12 rebounds.
Richards 42, Tinley Park 34
Richards (4-3, 1-1 SSC Red): Ariana Grvelas 14 points.
St. Laurence 69, Aurora Central Catholic 57
St. Laurence (3-5, 1-1 GCAC): McKenzie Saffold 19 points.
Shepard 49, Bremen 20
Shepard (3-4, 1-1 SSC Red): Jessica Manley 18 points.
Somonauk 46, Streator 25
Stagg 52, Sandburg 45
Sandburg (2-5, 0-2 SWSC): Zoe Trunk 26 points.
T.F. North 69, Reavis 40
T.F. North (7-0, 2-0 SSC Blue): Natalie McGhee 26 points, 9 rebounds.
Wauconda 50, Antioch 39
Wauconda (6-0, 2-0 Northern Lake County): Kelsey Piehl 17 points, 6 rebounds, 4 blocks.
Wheaton St. Francis 45, Marian Catholic 37
Yorkville 60, Plainfield South 48
Yorkville (5-2, 1-1 Southwest Prairie West): Sydney McCabe 12 points.
LAKE ZURICH EXAM JAMM
Benet 52, Prospect 47
Naperville Central 59, Butler 51
Naperville Central (7-1): Trinity Jones 22 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks.
St. Charles North 38, Lake Zurich 37
Barrington 55, Hampshire 38
Glenbrook South 48, Carmel 41 (OT)
Carmel (6-2): Liv Johnson 15 points.
Hersey 50, Vernon Hills 27
Rolling Meadows 51, Libertyville 42
Compiled by Josh Krockey.
Israel Funds Summit For 1,000 US Pastors Overseen By Amb. Huckabee
Israel Funds Summit For 1,000 US Pastors Overseen By Amb. Huckabee
Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,
A group of more than 1,000 American Christian Zionist pastors and influencers has spent a week in Israel on an all-expenses-paid trip that was funded by the Israeli Foreign Ministry, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Tuesday.
“This is the first time in history that the state of Israel has officially partnered with 1,000 strategic pastors to commission them as ambassadors to combat antisemitism and reach the youth of their generation,” Mike Evans, an evangelical pastor who helped organize the trip, told CBN News. “Right now there’s an ideological war that Israel is losing, so they need the evangelicals, they need the Zionists to fight an ideological war,” Evans added.
Christian Zionists like Evans believe that the modern state of Israel has the right to all of the land in historic Palestine, including the Israeli-occupied West Bank, based on the Bible, a view that has its roots in dispensationalism, a Christian theology developed in the US in the 19th century.
The view runs counter to thousands of years of Christian tradition, as it’s rejected by the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and many Protestant denominations, yet it has significant influence on US foreign policy. During a speech to the crowd of pastors at the Shiloh archeological site in the West Bank, Evans addressed recent remarks from Vice President JD Vance and President Trump about not supporting the Israeli annexation of the Palestinian territory, which he calls Judea and Samaria.
“You said that the policy of the administration is that the West Bank will not be annexed by Israel. Mr. Vice President, we love you, and we love America, but the policy of the God who birthed America and the policy of the God who gave these people this land is in fact that Judea and Samaria is Bible land,” Evans said.
“Eighty percent of Bible stories come out of Judea and Samaria. So don’t pressure Israel to give illegal, radical Islam Jew-haters Judea and Samaria,” he said, adding that the MAGA movement is based on the Bible and “upon the God of this book, the God of Israel.”
While American evangelicals have always comprised a solid base of support for Israel, that support has been declining, part of an overall trend among Americans due to Israel’s brutal campaign in Gaza.
“There is a growing cancer within the evangelical movement in America, where people are thinking Israel doesn’t matter and there’s nothing biblical about our relationship with Israel. This is very dangerous,” US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee told CBN News during the summit.
Source: X/Pastor Jeff Schwarzentraub
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has taken other steps to influence American Christians, including spending millions on a propaganda campaign targeting evangelical churches in the US that is being called the “largest Christian Church Geofencing Campaign in US history” – a project that was revealed by a federal filing under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
The pastors’ summit in Israel concluded with Huckabee “commissioning” the attendees as “ambassadors” to stand with the state of Israel. During their time in Israel, the pastors were addressed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who told them, “Stand up and be counted. Tell the truth. Speak to young people. Speak up to be counted. I’m counting on you, and I know you’ll do what has to be done. That’s what our destiny calls for.”
Tyler Durden
Wed, 12/10/2025 – 23:10
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-funds-summit-1000-us-pastors-overseen-amb-huckabee
México dice adiós a los vapeadores: el Congreso avala reforma que prohíbe su fabricación y venta
Associated Press
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — El Senado de México aprobó el miércoles por la noche una reforma que prohíbe la producción y venta de los cigarrillos electrónicos o vapeadores, parte de un nuevo empeño de las autoridades para frenar su uso, que desde hace más de tres años se ha intentado contener sin éxito.
Con esta prohibición México se suma otros países que han impuesto limitaciones a los cigarrillos electrónicos, entre ellos el Reino Unido, Australia y Bélgica.
Los senadores del partido gobernante Morena y sus fuerzas aliadas avalaron —con 76 votos a favor, 36 en contra y una abstención— una reforma a una ley de salud que establece una pena de uno a ocho años de cárcel y multas que podrían alcanzar 11.300 dólares a quien fabrique o venda cigarrillos electrónicos o vapeadores.
La aprobación se dio un día después que la mayoría oficialista en la Cámara de Diputados votó a favor de la iniciativa, propuesta por la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum en septiembre. Ahora será enviada al poder ejecutivo para su publicación en el Diario Oficial de la Federación, con el fin de que entre en vigencia.
La normativa tiene alcance en todo el territorio mexicano y prohíbe de manera expresa la “adquisición con fines de comercialización, preparación, conservación, producción, fabricación, mezclado, acondicionamiento, envasado, transporte con fines comerciales, almacenamiento, importación, exportación, comercio, distribución, venta y suministro de cigarrillos electrónicos, vapeadores y demás sistemas o dispositivos análogos”.
La reforma también limita todos los actos de publicidad o propaganda de los vapeadores a través de cualquier medio impreso, digital, televisivo, radial o cualquier otro medio de comunicación.
Sheinbaum celebró esta semana el avance de su iniciativa en el Congreso, y dijo que los vapeadores tienen “muchísimas sustancias y materiales que hacen muchísimo daño”.
Desde hace más de tres años el oficialismo mexicano le declaró la guerra a los vapeadores. En mayo de 2022 el expresidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024) emitió un decreto para limitar la importación, comercialización y exportación de los cigarrillos electrónicos, alegando que eran “dañinos para la salud”. Pero dicho decreto no limitó el consumo ni la comercialización.
Según datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición realizada en 2022 por el gobierno mexicano, el 2,6% de la población adolescente y el 1,5% de las personas mayores de 20 años hicieron uso de los vapeadores en lugar de los cigarros de tabaco.
Congresistas opositores expresaron su abierto rechazo a la reforma, bajo el argumento de que se concentra en prohibir, pero no combate el contrabando, la adulteración ni el mercado negro.
Al respecto, la senadora Gina Campuzano, del partido Acción Nacional (PAN), señaló durante el debate que Morena “firma un cheque en blanco para que el crimen envenene a los jóvenes con la venta de vapeadores… Le abren nuevos negocios al crimen organizado mediante esta prohibición”.
