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Roberts prefiere un rol limitado para Ohtani, Yamamoto y Sasaki con Japón en el Clásico Mundial
Por RONALD BLUM
ORLANDO (AP) — Aceptar la participación de los japoneses Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto y Roki Sasaki en el Clásico Mundial es “muy delicado” tras una Serie Mundial que se extendió hasta noviembre y el manager de los Dodgers de Los Ángeles, Dave Roberts, no está seguro de si se les impondrá límites.
Ohtani se sometió a una cirugía de codo en septiembre de 2023 y regresó al montículo en junio. La estrella ayudó a los Dodgers a convertirse en el primer campeón de la Serie Mundial en temporadas consecutivas en 25 años y abrió la victoria del séptimo juego sobre Toronto.
“Me gustaría pensar que va a ser un diálogo en cuanto a restricciones y limitaciones, en el sentido de simplemente tratar de darles la oportunidad”, dijo Roberts el lunes en las reuniones de invierno del béisbol. “Han pasado por algunas cosas, temporadas largas. Pero ahora mismo no hay más claridad de la que teníamos antes”.
Ohtani ganó su cuarto premio al Jugador Más Valioso de manera unánime, con un promedio de bateo de .282 con 55 jonrones, 102 carreras impulsadas y 20 bases robadas, además de un récord de 1-1 con una efectividad de 2.87 en 14 aperturas acortadas que incluyeron 62 ponches en 47 entradas. Tuvo ocho jonrones y 14 carreras impulsadas en 17 juegos de postemporada junto con un récord de 2-1 y una efectividad de 4.43 en cuatro aperturas en playoffs.
El Clásico Mundial se realiza del 5 al 17 de marzo, nueve días antes de que los Dodgers inicien la temporada 2026 ante los Diamondbacks.
“Espero que no lo haga, pero no lo sé”, dijo Roberts. “Shohei está muy en sintonía con su cuerpo. Pero diría que probablemente la idea es que probablemente solo va a batear”.
Ohtani fue el MVP del WBC 2023, cuando Japón venció por 3-2 a Estados Unidos en la final. En esa ocasión, Ohtani ponchó a su entonces compañero de equipo de los Angelinos de Los Ángeles, Mike Trout, para el último out. El torneo limitó a los pitchers a 65 lanzamientos en la primera ronda, 80 en los cuartos de final y 95 en el campeonato, e incluyó días de descanso obligatorios después de ciertos conteos de lanzamientos.
Sasaki abrió la victoria en la semifinal sobre México y fue relevado por Yamamoto mientras Ohtani conectaba un doble para iniciar una remontada en la novena entrada.
Limitado a 90 entradas por una lesión en el tríceps en su primera temporada con los Dodgers después de firmar un contrato de 325 millones por 12 años en diciembre de 2023, Yamamoto lanzó 211 entradas este año en la temporada regular y la postemporada combinadas.
Sasaki, en su temporada de novato, no lanzó para los Dodgers entre el 9 de mayo y el 24 de septiembre debido a un pinzamiento en el hombro derecho y se convirtió en su cerrador en la postemporada.
Los Ángeles tiene la intención de que Ohtani sea parte de la rotación de abridores la próxima temporada.
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Liberan a 100 escolares secuestrados en Nigeria, pero aún hay retenidos
Por CHINEDU ASADU y YUNUSA UMAR
MINNA, Nigeria (AP) — Un total de 100 alumnos secuestrados en una escuela católica en Nigeria el mes pasado y liberados el fin de semana fueron recibidos en una ceremonia organizada por el gobierno el lunes, muchos de ellos luciendo perdidos pero aliviados.
Los detalles sobre su liberación no se hicieron públicos y el gobierno no ha dicho si se pagó algún rescate, algo común en este tipo de secuestros.
Al menos 303 escolares fueron secuestrados en el estado de Níger junto con 12 de sus maestros cuando hombres armados atacaron la Escuela Católica Santa María en la comunidad de Papiri el 21 de noviembre. Cincuenta escaparon en las horas siguientes y al menos 150 siguen retenidos, junto con los maestros.
Los escolares liberados llegaron a la Casa de Gobierno de Níger en la capital del estado, Minna, en varios autobuses acompañados por camiones militares. Luego fueron recibidos por funcionarios que abrazaron y estrecharon la mano de algunos, antes de posar con ellos frente a las cámaras.
El gobernador del estado de Níger, Mohammed Bago, dijo que trabajadores de salud y expertos “examinarán minuciosamente” a los niños antes de que sean devueltos a sus padres en Papiri.
“A quienes han estado rezando, por favor continúen rezando”, dijo Bago a una reunión de funcionarios del gobierno y de seguridad. “Esperamos recuperar a los estudiantes restantes que aún están en cautiverio”.
La mayoría de los niños liberados, de entre 10 y 17 años, según la escuela, llegaron vistiendo camisetas de fútbol, túnicas y sandalias. Los funcionarios dijeron que habían estado en la capital de Nigeria, Abuya, desde que se conoció la noticia de su liberación el domingo por la noche.
Los padres en la lejana Papiri dicen que no fueron informados sobre la liberación de los 100 y solo se enteraron por los medios de comunicación. Con angustia y anticipación, muchos se preguntaban si sus hijos estaban entre los liberados o aún retenidos.
“Solo estoy preocupado por su seguridad, pero rezo para que él esté entre los liberados”, dijo Samuel Musa sobre su hijo de 13 años que fue secuestrado en la escuela. “Su madre ha estado enferma desde el secuestro”.
El presidente de Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, elogió a las agencias de seguridad “por su trabajo constante” para asegurar el regreso a salvo de los estudiantes, pero no proporcionó más detalles.
“Mi directiva a nuestras fuerzas de seguridad sigue siendo que todos los estudiantes y otros nigerianos secuestrados en todo el país deben ser rescatados y traídos de vuelta a casa de manera segura”, agregó Tinubu.
Ningún grupo se ha responsabilizado por el secuestro, pero los lugareños culpan a bandas armadas que atacan escuelas y viajeros en secuestros por rescates en el norte conflictivo del país.
El ataque en el estado de Níger fue uno de una serie de recientes secuestros masivos en Nigeria, y ocurrió cuatro días después de que 25 escolares fueron secuestrados en circunstancias similares en la ciudad de Maga, en el estado vecino de Kebbi. Una iglesia en el estado sureño de Kwara también fue atacada en esos días y 38 feligreses que fueron secuestrados ya también fueron liberados.
Bajo presión en casa y del presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, quien ha alegado que los cristianos están siendo atacados en la crisis de seguridad de Nigeria, Tinubu ha prometido que no cejará hasta que todos los rehenes sean liberados.
Las autoridades nigerianas generalmente no dicen mucho sobre los esfuerzos de rescate y los arrestos en tales casos son raros. Los analistas creen que esto se debe a que generalmente se pagan rescates, aunque las autoridades lo niegan.
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Asadu informó desde Abuya, Nigeria.
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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.
Americans Spent $2.6 Billion On OnlyFans In 2025
Americans Spent $2.6 Billion On OnlyFans In 2025
The United States is now the most OnlyFans-obsessed country on the planet, according to a new global rankings study that is almost certain to fuel debate online. The “OnlyFans Wrapped 2025” report, published by platform search engine OnlyGuider, names the U.S. as both the biggest market overall and home to the most intensely engaged cities anywhere in the world.
While Americans spent an estimated $2.6 billion on OnlyFans in 2025, the report says the country’s dominance is most striking at the city level. Fifteen of the top 20 global cities for per-capita spending are in the U.S., led by Atlanta and Orlando. The report comes days after OnlyFans and TikToker Sophie Rain said she has now earned over $50 million from her content.
Atlanta ranks #1 worldwide, spending $525,476 per 10,000 residents—almost double the national average. In total, the city’s users spent just over $26 million last year. Orlando follows at #2, while Miami, Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, Denver, Seattle and Las Vegas all rank within the global top ten.
Even the country’s most populous city stands out. New York City alone spent $87.2 million, an amount higher than the annual totals of entire small nations measured in the report.
Sam Pierce, CEO of OnlyGuider, said the data leaves no doubt that the U.S. dominates the platform: “If you look at per-capita spend, the global OnlyFans map is basically a cluster of American cities. Atlanta, Orlando, Miami, DC — they’re not just high, they’re world-leading outliers.”
However, the U.S. is no longer the fastest-growing market. U.S. spending growth rose just 2% year over year, compared to 19% in Mexico, 15% across Europe, and 28–32% in emerging markets like parts of Asia and Latin America, suggesting the platform’s next wave of expansion may come from abroad.
The full data set also includes breakdowns for North and South America, along with state, county and city-level numbers. The complete 2025 OnlyFans Wrapped report can be accessed via OnlyGuider’s website.
To determine where the $7.2 Billion OnlyFans economy actually lives, OnlyGuider built a proprietary financial model that triangulates search intent, traffic quality, and audited revenue.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 12/08/2025 – 19:40
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/americans-spent-26-billion-onlyfans-2025
Bonds y Clemens enfrentan un futuro incierto para entrar al Salón de la Fama
Por RONALD BLUM
ORLANDO, Florida, EE.UU. (AP) — Con Barry Bonds y Roger Clemens enfrentando solo una oportunidad más bajo las reglas actuales para ingresar al Salón de la Fama del béisbol, la presidenta del recinto piensa que fueron rechazados porque los miembros del comité de la era contemporánea evalúan la Era de los Esteroides de la misma manera que los escritores de béisbol.
Bonds y Clemens recibieron cada uno menos de cinco votos el domingo del comité que eligió a Jeff Kent.
“No me sorprende porque creo que hay superposición y obviamente discusiones entre los escritores y tenemos escritores representados en ese comité”, afirmó el lunes Jane Forbes Clark, presidenta del Salón, después de una conferencia de prensa con Kent en las reuniones de invierno.
Bajo un cambio anunciado por el Salón de la Fama en marzo pasado, los candidatos que recibieron menos de cinco votos del panel de 16 personas no son elegibles para la boleta de ese comité durante el próximo ciclo de tres años. Un candidato que es eliminado, reaparece más tarde en una boleta y si nuevamente recibe menos de cinco votos sería excluido de futuras apariciones en la boleta.
Eso significa que si Bonds y Clemens reaparecen en la boleta de la era contemporánea en 2031 y no logran obtener cinco votos, serían excluidos de futuras apariciones a menos que se cambien las reglas.
“Lo que es encantador de esto es que va a abrir espacios en la boleta para que más personas puedan ser revisadas. Ciertamente pueden regresar en seis años, en el ’31, pero entre ahora y entonces, algunas otras personas tendrán una oportunidad porque creo que eso es realmente importante”, comentó Clark.
Bajo el formato del comité del Salón, los jugadores de la era contemporánea desde 1980 alternan durante tres años con la era clásica y los managers, ejecutivos y ampayers de la era contemporánea.
Bonds, un jardinero siete veces MVP de la Liga Nacional y 14 veces All-Star, estableció el récord de jonrones de carrera con 762 y el récord de la temporada con 73 en 2001. Clemens, ganador de siete premios Cy Young, tuvo un récord de 354-184 con una efectividad de 3.12 y 4.672 ponches, tercero detrás de Nolan Ryan (5.714) y Randy Johnson (4.875).
Bonds ha negado haber usado conscientemente drogas para mejorar el rendimiento y Clemens sostiene que nunca usó PEDs.
Bonds y Clemens no lograron ingresar en 2022 en su décima y última aparición en la boleta de la BBWAA, cuando Bonds recibió 260 de 394 votos (66%) y Clemens 257 (65.2%).
En su primera aparición en la boleta del comité de la era contemporánea, Bonds y Clemens recibieron cada uno menos de cuatro votos en diciembre de 2022, mientras que Fred McGriff fue elegido.
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Saudi Arabia Didn’t Learn Anything From China’s ‘Ghost Cities’
Saudi Arabia Didn’t Learn Anything From China’s ‘Ghost Cities’
Authored by Stefan Barti via TheDailyEconomy.org,
You can’t build a castle on sand, and you can’t build a city on assumptions. Saudi Arabia unveiled The Line in January 2021 as a perfect, linear utopia stretching 170 kilometers across the desert. Three years later, the castle is already sinking.
When Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced The Line on January 10, 2021, he promised a radical reimagining of urban life. “We need to transform the concept of a conventional city into that of a futuristic one.”
Tucked into the upper corner of the kingdom’s Tabuk province, the city would run like a ruler through the Neom region, housing nine million people, the population of Austria, within just 34 square kilometers, all powered by renewable energy. It imagines a world where every need sits within a five-minute walk, yet one can cross the entire city in twenty minutes. But even in a country wealthy enough to seed rain clouds and bankroll vast infrastructure, reality is colliding with ambition. The city that promised to “deliver new wonders for the world” is struggling to deliver its own foundation.
By 2030, only 2.4 kilometers of the 170-kilometer project will be completed, with the rest delayed as the government prioritizes energy infrastructure and scrambles for funding. The project’s leadership has been reshuffled, with the head of the sovereign wealth fund, The Public Investment Fund, now steering the effort amid deepening financial uncertainty. This is unsurprising. The Line was imagined as an engineering object, an architectural marvel, rather than a city that must grow from real human demand. The economic foundation beneath that vision is equally unstable. Saudi Arabia’s fiscal fortunes depend on oil, a commodity that swung from over $110 a barrel in 2012 to $42 in 2020 and now hovers near $70. The financial bedrock for this trillion-dollar city is, like the desert beneath it, shifting.
As urban planner and George Mason scholar Alain Bertaud reminds us, cities are foremost labor markets, not works of art. “Planning,” he argues, “is based on the illusion that a city is a complex building that needs to be designed in advance by competent professionals.”
While the glossy Neom videos present a pristine, drone-filled future, they do so without answering the most basic question: who will live here? There is no target population beyond the slogan of “nine million,” no industries identified, no international firms committed to office space. The Line sells a vision of technological abundance while omitting the people needed to make a city function. Additionally, the BBC reports that construction has already displaced local communities, some labeled as rebels, and that Saudi authorities justified lethal force against those resisting eviction. The Line lacks the basics, let alone the advanced futurism it advertises: no jobs lined up, no residents committed, and human rights violations overshadowing its image.
For years, Saudi Arabia has attracted foreign workers with the promise of zero income tax and a reputation for safety. But these incentives, however appealing, are not in and of themselves a foundation for long-term economic growth. As Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu argues, it is institutions, not tax perks or security guarantees, that sustain prosperity. On this front, Saudi Arabia functions less like an open society and more like a modern caste system, granting its citizens far broader rights and protections than the millions of residents, roughly 40 percent of the population, who live and work there. Citizens benefit from public goods such as public schools, where non-Saudis are capped at just 15 percent of enrollment, as well as welfare programs universally free for nationals. Foreigners, by contrast, are routed into private institutions and face sharply limited paths to citizenship waiting 10 years to apply, and even then nothing is guaranteed. This is a separation not only of services, but of ideas and talents. Even the labor market reflects this hierarchy.
Saudization quotas ensure that nationals are favored for desirable jobs: in many sectors, at least 30 percent of employees must be Saudi, and entire professions are reserved exclusively for citizens. A system built on quotas and exclusion cannot produce genuine meritocracy; talent competes at a disadvantage when citizenship, not ability, is the deciding factor. But the clearest institutional divide is not economic, it is political. Freedom of speech, the most fundamental inclusive right, remains unavailable to citizens and residents alike. The fate of journalist Jamal Khashoggi underlines the risks of dissent in a system built not on participation, but on silence.
History has shown that governments cannot simply erect structures and call them cities. In China alone, dozens of newly built towns stand largely empty. Anticipating rapid growth, the country produced more cement between 2011 and 2013 than the United States did during the entire twentieth century. One showcase city in China’s interior was designed to house more than one million people, but “currently houses less than 100,000, and it is still less than halfway toward the district’s goal of housing 300,000 people by 2020.” Government planning and reality rarely align.
Yet China’s ghost cities illustrate only the surface of the problem. The deeper issue lies in what a city fundamentally is.
Aristotle taught that a city requires three things: a functioning politeia, citizens capable of ruling and being ruled; autarkeia, an economic base that allows people to sustain themselves; and koinōnia, a shared conception of the good life that binds people into a community. The Line satisfies none of these conditions. Its residents will not form a politeia, because most will be non-citizens without political rights. It lacks autarkeia, with no industries, no labor market, and no economic ecosystem. Furthermore it cannot produce koinōnia, a communal life, in a system where people remain transient workers rather than members of a civic community. The Line attempts to design a polis without the very ingredients Aristotle believed made a city possible.
Aristotle reminds us that “the city exists by nature,” and that “man is by nature a political animal.” A city, polis, he taught, may come into being for the sake of living, but it endures for the sake of living well. Yet there can be no such good life in The Line without a community capable of shaping its own future, deliberating, dissenting, and holding its leaders accountable.
Cities grow from freedom, choice, and bottom-up demand, not from architectural decree. Saudi Arabia confronts an irony of its own making. A nation whose modern borders were once drawn from afar now seeks to draw a perfect line of its own. Yet it overlooks the oldest lesson in the desert: drawing lines is easy; living within them is not. Steel and glass can build walls, but they cannot build a city where the foundations of civic life are forbidden to take root.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 12/08/2025 – 19:15
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/saudi-arabia-didnt-learn-anything-chinas-ghost-cities
DHS claims man detained in prolonged immigration arrest in Elgin Saturday is member of Tren de Aragua
The Department of Homeland Security on Monday said the man they took into custody after a prolonged arrest in Elgin Saturday, where agents sprayed tear gas against protesters, was a “suspected member of Tren de Aragua,” a Venezuelan street gang.
Federal authorities identified the man as Luis Jesus Acosta Gutierrez, of Venezuela, who entered the country in April 2023 and was granted temporary protected status, DHS said.
When asked about evidence of Acosta Gutierrez’s alleged affiliation to the Tren de Aragua gang, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist group as of this year, DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said, “DHS intelligence assessments go well beyond just gang affiliate tattoos and social media.”
“Tren De Aragua is one of the most violent and ruthless terrorist gangs on planet earth,” McLaughlin said. “We are confident in our law enforcement’s intelligence, and we aren’t going to share intelligence reports and undermine national security every time a gang member denies he is one. That would be insane.”
Records show that Acosta paid a fine for a 2023 traffic violation for driving without a license and the matter was closed in April 2024, according to McHenry County court.
Federal authorities said Acosta Gutierrez resisted arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Saturday when they were conducting a vehicle stop, and that he rammed an officer’s vehicle into a tree. He then barricaded himself in an apartment while officers tried to negotiate with him to leave, according to DHS.
Community members and federal agents face off during a standoff along Maple Lane in Elgin on Dec. 6, 2025. Federal agents surrounded an apartment building for hours after chasing a man inside who they were trying to arrest. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
At around 10 a.m. about 15 agents showed up to arrest a man authorities identified as Acosta Gutierrez in an apartment building on the 1600 block of Maple Lane in Elgin. Elgin police have said there had been a traffic crash that morning involving a federal agent and the man, who then fled to the building.
The crowd grew to at least 200 people who blew whistles and shouted at agents to leave. By around 2:30 p.m. there were about 30 agents trying to negotiate with the man who was still on the second-floor balcony.
DHS, which alleged people threw rocks and bottles at law enforcement, also claimed the “local police department refused to protect ICE law enforcement officers.” Hours later, Acosta Gutierrez was taken into custody by ICE officers, according to DHS.
“We are grateful all of our officers are safe after yet another vehicle was used as a weapon against them and more rioters threw rocks and bottles at them,” McLaughlin said. “Our officers are experiencing a more than 1150% increase in assaults against them as they put their lives on the line to arrest the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens. This violence against law enforcement must end.”
While driving away on Saturday, federal agents hurled pepper spray and flash-bang grenades into the crowd. One agent told community members, “Back up or gas will be deployed,” seconds before he threw a canister, a video shows. After the arrest, videos taken by a witness at the scene showed some people throwing snowballs at the agents and their vehicles, while others yelled at them to stop, the Tribune reported.
State Rep. Anna Moeller, a Democrat whose district includes Elgin, was at the scene Saturday with her husband. She said it concerned her how the tear gas was indiscriminately let off as the agents left.
“They didn’t need to do that. ICE was leaving the scene. What they did was create chaos and discomfort. Who trains law enforcement to do that?” Moeller said.
Elgin Mayor David Kaptain denounced ICE tactics in Elgin in a Facebook video shared over the weekend, and called on people to come together as a community to “work our way through this problem.”
“It discourages me, it disgusts me, the actions of the federal agents that came to our city,” Kaptain said. “This city was founded on its diversity, and self-respect and mutual respect between our residents. ICE people have not shown that respect to this community and that really angers me.”
Federal agents spread tear gas along Maple Lane as agents leave the area in Elgin on Dec. 6, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
People turn and run after federal agents sprayed chemicals on them during a standoff on Maple Lane on Dec. 6, 2025, in Elgin. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
Elgin Assistant City Manager Karina Nava said city staff were reviewing the DHS claims about the Police Department’s alleged inaction in Elgin on Saturday and would issue a statement.
During an unrelated news conference on Monday, Mayor Brandon Johnson condemned the weekend activity by federal immigration agents and said he had not received word of any ramp-up of DHS enforcement in Chicago yet.
“I have seen those reports, and they are just as gruesome as they’ve been over the course of (President Donald) Trump’s reign in this season,” Johnson told reporters. “As far as specific intel around what their activity could be or will be, none of that has crossed my desk. I can tell you, though, that we are in a constant state of preparation. We do know at some point the Trump administration is going to double down or continue their efforts to terrorize cities across America.”
It is not the first time federal authorities have claimed to have arrested members of the gang, which originated in a Venezuelan prison. Trump declared it a foreign terrorist organization earlier this year, reflecting his administration’s emphasis on deporting its members in the United States.
In September, a controversial raid at 7500 S. South Shore Drive in Chicago had been billed as an attempt to arrest known Tren de Aragua gang members and their associates in the country illegally. The Tribune reported exclusively that no public criminal charges have been filed against anyone in connection with the raid.
Chicago Tribune’s Alice Yin and Madeline Buckley and freelancer Mike Danahey contributed.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/08/elgin-arrest-immigration-dhs/
Terry Rozier se declara no culpable de cargos por apuestas deportivas
Por PHILIP MARCELO
NUEVA YORK (AP) — Terry Rozier del Heat de Miami se declaró no culpable el lunes de los cargos de ayudar a apostadores a realizar apuestas sobre su desempeño en partidos de la NBA.
El base de 31 años presentó formalmente su declaración durante su comparecencia en el tribunal federal de Brooklyn por cargos de conspiración para cometer fraude electrónico y lavado de dinero, y fue liberado con una fianza de 3 millones de dólares que garantizó con su casa en Florida y otra propiedad.
Los fiscales dicen que Rozier conspiró con amigos para ayudarlos a ganar apuestas sobre su desempeño en un partido de marzo de 2023 cuando jugaba para los Hornets de Charlotte.
También se le ordenó no apostar, no tener armas de fuego ni tener contacto con las víctimas, coacusados y testigos en el caso. Rozier, originario de Ohio, además entregó su pasaporte y le restringieron los viajes entre Florida, Ohio y Nueva York a menos que obtuviera aprobación previa.
Vestido con un traje gris, Rozier no habló en la corte más allá de responder a las preguntas de “sí” o “no” del juez.
Se negó a comentar después, pero su abogado, Jim Trusty, dijo que su cliente estaba “emocionado” de comenzar a montar su defensa contra los cargos.
Trusty dijo en una audiencia posterior con los otros cinco acusados en el caso que pronto presentaría una moción para desestimar el caso por motivos constitucionales.
También instó al juez a proceder con el caso en un cronograma “rápido”, diciendo que Rozier está lidiando con “múltiples capas de litigio”, incluyendo un arbitraje con la NBA.
Pero la jueza de distrito de Estados Unidos, LaShann DeArcy Hall, desestimó esas preocupaciones, diciendo que “el arbitraje con la liga no es de mi incumbencia”.
Fijó la próxima audiencia del caso para el 3 de marzo después de escuchar a los fiscales que pronto estarían entregando “voluminosas” cantidades de evidencia a los abogados defensores, incluyendo un conjunto inicial de 1.000 documentos y más de 55 gigabytes de datos.
Más de 30 personas han sido arrestadas en la extensa operación federal contra las operaciones de juego ilegal vinculadas a deportes profesionales, incluyendo a varias figuras de la mafia. El entrenador de los Trail Blazers de Portland y miembro del Salón de la Fama de la NBA, Chauncey Billups, se declaró no culpable en un esquema separado para arreglar juegos de póker ilegales de alto riesgo respaldados por la mafia.
Los fiscales dicen que Rozier informó a los apostadores que tenía la intención de abandonar el juego contra Pelicans de Nueva Orleans temprano con una supuesta lesión, permitiendo a los apostadores ganar decenas de miles de dólares.
Rozier jugó los primeros 9 minutos y 36 segundos del encuentro antes de salir, citando un problema en el pie. No volvió a jugar esa temporada.
La otra figura de la NBA atrapada en la investigación es Damon Jones, quien se declaró no culpable el mes pasado de los cargos de haber proporcionado a los apostadores deportivos información no pública sobre las lesiones de LeBron James y Anthony Davis mientras se desempeñaba como asistente no oficial del entrenador de los Lakers de Los Ángeles durante la temporada 2022-2023. Jones, quien jugó en la NBA, también está acusado junto con Billups y otros en el esquema de póker.
Tanto Billups como Rozier han sido puestos en licencia sin sueldo de sus equipos mientras se desarrollan sus casos judiciales.
Rozier ha ganado alrededor de 160 millones de dólares a lo largo de una carrera de diez años en la NBA. Fue seleccionado en la primera ronda del 2015 por los Celtics de Boston después de destacarse en la Universidad de Louisville. Charlotte lo traspasó al Heat el año pasado.
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Residents of raided South Shore apartment building still face eviction after judge denies pleas for more time
Despite a last-minute plea for more time, eviction looms for the remaining residents of the troubled South Shore apartment building raided by immigration agents earlier this year.
Two weeks ago, residents of 7500 South Shore Drive were blindsided by a court order mandating that the decrepit complex be vacated by Dec. 12. Maintaining the order has left them scrambling to find housing in bitterly cold weather, so residents — as part of the recently formed 7500 South Shore Tenants Union — filed an emergency motion requesting more time for and assistance with relocation.
But a Cook County judge denied those requests Monday, according to the union’s legal representation and community organizers who have been helping residents chart a path forward.
In the wake of the denial, Sam Barth with the Law Center for Better Housing, which is representing the union, has advised remaining residents to prepare to be out by Friday, he told the Tribune Monday afternoon. Barth said he was concerned the deadline would be met safely.
“The tenants reached out to us because they’re in a really desperate situation,” he said.
In the late-night hours of Sept. 30, agents dressed for combat rappelled from helicopters onto the roof of 7500 South Shore Drive. They broke through windows and stormed inside, where they crashed through doors and placed residents in zip ties and on buses or in the back of box trucks. Many Venezuelan migrants lived in the building and were taken in the raid.
Resident Isaiah Bray attends a 7500 South Shore Tenants Union news conference in front of the apartment building in Chicago on Dec. 2, 2025. Bray has lived in the apartment building for nine years. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Officials said at the time that the operation, which has since become one of the most infamous moments in President Donald Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz, was meant to target Tren de Aragua gang members. In the nearly two months since, the Department of Homeland Security has provided no evidence to back that allegation and has offered little information about the 37 people who were arrested that night.
Meanwhile, the militarized operation distressed a complex already in crisis, as deteriorating living conditions plagued the building long before the arrival of agents.
Two months later, the Circuit Court of Cook County granted an order mandating those with valid leases to vacate by Dec. 5 and all the occupants to leave by Dec. 12.
As the deadline approached, the South Shore Tenants Union on Dec. 3 filed an emergency motion requesting that the court extend the building’s vacate date by two months. The motion also asked that the city and the building’s management firm, Friedman Communities, create a relocation plan and provide relocation services to union members, including $7,500 in paid assistance.
Friedman was recently appointed manager of the apartment building after a prolonged legal dispute between lender Wells Fargo and Trinity Flood, the Wisconsin-based owner of the property.
A day after union members made their eleventh-hour plea, Mayor Brandon Johnson wrote to Friedman co-CEO David Friedman. He requested that the Dec. 12 move-out date be postponed and that each household receive a $7,500 lump-sum payment to cover relocation and temporary housing costs.
“(Residents’) living conditions have been unsafe for far too long, and they now face the imminent threat of homelessness,” Johnson wrote. “The City has stretched its emergency, housing, and public health resources to stabilize this situation, but without immediate action from you, these families will suffer significant and avoidable harm.”
Housing organizer Jonah Karsh called Monday’s denial disappointing and concerning.
“While we grant the building is extremely dangerous, we are equally concerned about the possibility people won’t have anywhere to go on Friday,” he said.
Karsh said organizers are shifting their focus to helping marshal as much assistance for residents “as humanly possible.”
“We’re gonna try to get everything we can in the absence of more time,” he said. “But we’re concerned that even then, it’s not enough.”
Lista completa de nominados a los Globos de Oro 2026
Associated Press
BEVERLY HILLS, California, EE.UU. (AP) — Los nominados para los Premios Globo de Oro 2026 tienen a “One Battle After Another” (“Una batalla tras otra”) como su principal contendiente.
Presentamos la lista de nominados para los premios que se celebrarán el 11 de enero de 2026 en el Beverly Hilton. Nikki Glaser será la anfitriona de la ceremonia.
Cine
Mejor película de drama
“Frankenstein”; “Hamnet”; “Yek tasadef sadeh” (“Un simple accidente”); “O Agente Secreto” (“El Agente Secreto”); “Sentimental Value” (“Valor sentimental”); “Pecadores.”
Mejor película musical o de comedia
“Blue Moon” (“Luna Azul”); “Bugonia”; “Marty Supreme” (“Marty Supremo”); “Eojjeolsuga eobsda” (“No Other Choice”); “Nouvelle Vague”; “One Battle After Another”.
Mejor actriz, drama
Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet”; Jennifer Lawrence, “Die My Love” (“Mátate, Amor”); Renate Reinsve, “Sentimental Value”; Julia Roberts, “After the Hunt” (“Cacería de brujas”); Tessa Thompson, “Hedda”; Eva Victor, “Sorry Baby” (“Lo siento, cariño”).
Mejor actor, drama
Joel Edgerton, “Train Dreams” (“Sueños de trenes”); Oscar Isaac, “Frankenstein”; Dwayne Johnson, “The Smashing Machine” (“La máquina”); Michael B. Jordan, “Sinners” (“Pecadores”); Wagner Moura, “O Agente Secreto”; Jeremy Allen White, “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere”.
Mejor actriz, musical o comedia
Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” (“Si pudiera, te daría una patada”); Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked: For Good” (“Wicked: Por Siempre”; Kate Hudson, “Song Sung Blue” (“Song Sung Blue: Sueño inquebrantable”); Chase Infiniti, “One Battle After Another”; Amanda Seyfried, “The Testament of Ann Lee” (“El testimonio de Anne Lee”; Emma Stone, “Bugonia”.
Mejor actor, musical o comedia
Timothée Chalamet, “Marty Supreme”; George Clooney, “Jay Kelly”; Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another”; Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon”; Lee Byung-hun, “No Other Choice”; Jesse Plemons, “Bugonia.”
Mejor actriz de reparto
Emily Blunt, “The Smashing Machine”; Elle Fanning, “Sentimental Value”; Ariana Grande, “Wicked: For Good”; Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value”; Amy Madigan, “Weapons” (“La hora de la desaparición”); Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After Another.”
Mejor actor de reparto
Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another”; Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein”; Paul Mescal, “Hamnet”; Sean Penn, “One Battle After Another”; Adam Sandler, “Jay Kelly”; Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Value”.
Logro cinematográfico y de taquilla
“Avatar: Fire and Ash” (“Avatar: Fuego y cenizas”); “F1″; “KPop Demon Hunters” (“Las guerreras k-pop”); “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” (“Misión Imposible: sentencia final”); “Sinners”; “Weapons”; “Wicked: For Good”; “Zootopia 2”.
Mejor película en lengua no inglesa
“Yek tasadef sadeh” (“Un simple accidente”), Francia; “Eojjeolsuga eobsda” (“No Other Choice”), Corea del Sur; “O Agente Secreto” (“El agente secreto”), Brasil; “Sentimental value”, Noruega; “Sirāt”, España; “The Voice of Hind Rajab”, Túnez.
Mejor película animada
“Arco”; “Kimetsu no Yaiba” (“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba”); “Elio”; “KPop Demon Hunters”; “Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes” (“Little Amélie”); “Zootopia dos”.
Mejor dirección
Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another”; Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”; Guillermo del Toro, “Frankenstein”; Jafar Panahi, “Yek tasadef sadeh”; Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Value”; Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”.
Mejor guion
“One Battle After Another”, Paul Thomas Anderson; “Marty Supreme”, Ronald Bronstein y Josh Safdie; “Sinners”, Ryan Coogler; “Yek tasadef sadeh”, Jafar Panahi; “Sentimental Value”, Eskil Vogt y Joachim Trier; “Hamnet”, Chloé Zhao y Maggie O’Farrell.
Mejor música original
“Frankenstein”, Alexandre Desplat; “Sinners”, Ludwig Göransson; “One Battle After Another”, Jonny Greenwood; “Sirāt”, Kangding Ray; “Hamnet”, Max Richter; “F1”, Hans Zimmer.
Mejor canción original
“Dream as One” de “Avatar: Fire and Ash”; “Golden” de “KPop Demon Hunters”; “I Lied to You” de “Sinners”; “No Place Like Home” de “Wicked: For Good”; “The Girl in the Bubble” de “Wicked: For Good”; “Train Dreams” de “Train Dreams”.
Televisión
Mejor serie, drama
“The Diplomat”; “The Pitt”; “Pluribus”; “Severance”; “Slow Horses”; “The White Lotus”.
Mejor serie, comedia o musical
“Abbott Elementary”; “The Bear”; “Hacks”; “Nobody Wants This”; “Only Murders in the Building”; “The Studio”.
Mejor actriz, serie de drama
Kathy Bates, “Matlock”; Britt Lower, “Severance”; Helen Mirren, “Mobland”; Bella Ramsey, “The Last of Us”; Keri Russell, “The Diplomat”; Rhea Seehorn, “Pluribus.”
Mejor actor, serie de drama
Sterling K. Brown, “Paradise”; Diego Luna, “Andor”; Gary Oldman, “Slow Horses”; Mark Ruffalo, “Task”; Adam Scott, “Severance”; Noah Wyle, “The Pitt.”
Mejor actriz, serie musical o comedia
Kristen Bell, “Nobody Wants This”; Ayo Edebiri, “The Bear”; “Selena Gomez, “Only Murders in the Building”; Natasha Lyonne, “Poker Face”; Jenna Ortega, “Wednesday”; Jean Smart, “Hacks”.
Mejor actor, serie musical o comedia
Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This”; Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”; Glen Powell, “Chad Powers”; Seth Rogen, “The Studio”; Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”; Jeremy Allen White, “The Bear.”
Mejor serie limitada, serie de antología o película hecha para televisión
“Adolescence”; “All Her Fault”; “The Beast in Me”; “Black Mirror”; “The Girlfriend”; “Dying for Sex.”
Mejor actor, serie limitada, serie de antología o película hecha para televisión
Jacob Elordi, “The Narrow Road to the Deep North”; Paul Giamatti, “Black Mirror”; Stephen Graham, “Adolescence”; Charlie Hunnam, “Monster: The Ed Gein Story”; Jude Law, “Black Rabbit”; Matthew Rhys, “The Beast in Me”.
Mejor actriz, serie limitada, serie de antología o película hecha para televisión
Claire Danes, “The Beast in Me”; Rashida Jones, “Black Mirror”; Amanda Seyfried, “Long Bright River”; Sarah Snook, “All Her Fault”; Michelle Williams, “Dying for Sex”; Robin Wright, “The Girlfriend.”
Mejor actriz de reparto de televisión
Carrie Coon, “The White Lotus”; Erin Doherty, “Adolescence”; Hannah Einbinder, “Hacks”; Catherine O’Hara, “The Studio”; Parker Posey, “The White Lotus”; Aimee Lou Wood, “The White Lotus”.
Mejor actor de reparto de televisión
Owen Cooper, “Adolescence”; Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”; Walton Goggins, “The White Lotus”; Jason Isaacs, “The White Lotus”; Tramell Tillman, “Severance”; Ashley Walters, “Adolescence”.
Mejor actuación de comedia de monólogos en televisión
Bill Maher, “Is Anyone Else Seeing This?”; Brett Goldstein, “The Second Best Night of Your Life”; Kevin Hart, “Acting My Age”; Kumail Nanjiani, “Night Thoughts”; Ricky Gervais, “Mortality”; Sarah Silverman, “PostMortem”.
Mejor pódcast
“Armchair Expert con Dax Shepard”; “Call Her Daddy”; “Good Hang con Amy Poehler”; “The Mel Robbins Podcast”; “SmartLess”; “Up First de NPR”.
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https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/08/lista-completa-de-nominados-a-los-globos-de-oro-2026/
Hypersonics, AI, Space Weapons, & Directed Energy: Lawmakers Release Defense Bill As Expiring Obamacare Subsidies Marinate On Back-Burner
Hypersonics, AI, Space Weapons, & Directed Energy: Lawmakers Release Defense Bill As Expiring Obamacare Subsidies Marinate On Back-Burner
With Congress in its second-to-last week in session for this year, lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee released the final bill text of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Sunday night, which allocates a topline of roughly $8 billion over the $892.6 billion the Department of Defense had requested, and what the House version of the NDAA provided which stuck to the Pentagon’s request.
The NDAA is the annual law passed by Congress that sets the budget, policies, and legal authorities for the U.S. military and national defense programs. It shapes everything from troop pay to weapons development and foreign military aid.
“This year’s National Defense Authorization Act helps advance President Trump and Republicans’ Peace Through Strength Agenda by codifying 15 of President Trump’s executive orders, ending woke ideology at the Pentagon, securing the border, revitalizing the defense industrial base, and restoring the warrior ethos,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said in a Sunday statement.
The $8B increase is a ‘compromise‘ – as the Senate tried to jack the budget up by $32 billion over the department’s request. According to Breaking Defense, Rep. Adam Smith, the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, noted that appropriators would have the last word on the final budget, but was optimistic that the $8 bullion figure was in the ballpark.
Close up of the Lockheed Martin Airborne Laser Turret in a clean room. Photo: Lockheed Martin.
“We’re going to put a marker out there that’s like $8 billion above the president’s budget, but we’ll see. It’ll depend on what the appropriators work out,” the DC Democrat told the outlet.
According to a House Armed Services Committee fact sheet, the NDAA procurement plan includes:
$26 billion for shipbuilding
$38 billion for aircraft, including “full funding” for the Navy’s F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter
$4 billion for ground vehicles
$25 billion for munitions
$145.7 billion for hypersonics, AI, quantum, directed energy and autonomy
An estimated $685 million for Israel-specific missile defense (Iron Dome, Arrow, David’s Sling) which is separate of ~$3.3 billion in non-NDAA aid
$400 million for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative for both FY26 and FY27. Congrats to all involved.
The F/A-XX placeholder design as shown by the U.S. Navy in its vision for 2030-2035, together with a better image of the original fictional design. (Image credit: U.S. Navy and Tapatalk)
Also included are:
Servicemember Pay and Quality of Life: Provides a **3.8% pay raise**, expands bonuses and special pays, increases family separation allowances, and invests heavily in barracks/housing ($1.5B), childcare ($491M), dining facilities, healthcare improvements, and schools/Impact Aid.
Elimination of DEI and “Woke” Policies: Permanently repeals all DoD DEI offices, programs, training, and activities; prohibits new ones; ensures merit-based promotions, accessions, and command selections (no consideration of race/ethnicity/gender); bans men from women’s sports at military academies; cuts funding for related initiatives.
Border Security Support: Fully funds DoD assistance to border security, including National Guard/active-duty deployments, establishment of National Defense Areas, contractor support to CBP, and over $1B for counter-drug/trafficking efforts.
Acquisition and Bureaucracy Reforms (SPEED Act): Implements major reforms to accelerate procurement, prioritize commercial solutions, reduce regulatory burdens, centralize management, empower the acquisition workforce, and streamline processes for faster delivery of innovative technologies.
Defense Industrial Base Revitalization: Establishes funds and programs for capacity investments (including critical minerals), multi-year munitions contracts, supply chain transparency (especially vs. China risks), advanced manufacturing (e.g., 3D printing, robotics), and small business/unmanned systems support.
Missile Defense and “Golden Dome”: Updates policy and funds development of the Golden Dome integrated missile defense system; additional funding for THAAD, SM-3, Patriot; codifies related executive orders.
Nuclear Modernization and Deterrence: Fully funds nuclear triad (Sentinel ICBM, Columbia-class, SLCM-N); accelerates programs; codifies advanced nuclear reactor deployment and energy independence initiatives.
Deterring China/Indo-Pacific Focus: Extends and increases funding for Pacific Deterrence Initiative; prohibits acquisitions from China-linked entities (biotech, minerals, drones, solar, etc.); $2.7B+ for regional MILCON/logistics; full funding for Taiwan cooperation, Philippines assistance, and exercises.
Innovation and Technology: Advances AI, biotechnology, quantum, cyber, and software acquisition; establishes new offices/programs for rapid adoption; protects against foreign threats to infrastructure/cloud.
According to the DoD, they found nearly $20B in savings through cuts to climate programs ($1.6B), DEI ($40M+), obsolete assets, bureaucracy, consulting, and inefficient programs, while aligning civilian workforce reforms with broader civil service changes. The NDAA’s stated goals are “peace through strength,” restoring lethality and meritocracy, revitalizing industry, countering China, and implementing conservative policy priorities while delivering significant troop support and procurement investments.
As Breaking Defense notes further;
Section 1249 attempts to places a brake on the withdrawal of US forces from Europe by requiring specific certifications be handed into Congress for 60 days before forces drop below 76,000 in European Command’s area of responsibility. That same prohibition covers any attempts to “divest, consolidate or otherwise return to a host country any parcel of land or facility” currently under control of EUCOM, or to attempt to relinquish the role of NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander.
The NDAA extends the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative by $400 million for both FY26 and FY27.
It also repeals the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) for Iraq.
Not included: any language renaming the Department of Defense as the “Department of War.” While President Donald Trump has authorized the use of Department of War as a nickname and it has been taken up by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, that title cannot be made official without congressional action.
Obama-What?
As Punchbowl News observes, lawmakers are not that motivated to deal with the expiring Obamacare subsidies – though apparently “GOP senators who represent dueling ideological factions in the Republican Conference are teaming up on a plan to extend the Obamacare subsidies for two years with income caps and other reforms.”
The new proposal from Republican Sens. Bernie Moreno (Ohio) and Susan Collins (Maine), outlined in this one-pager, would cap income eligibility and eliminate zero-premium plans by requiring a $25 minimum monthly payment.
Under the Moreno-led plan, the full tax credit would be available for households with income of up to 400% of the poverty level, and then gradually phase out so that households making over $200,000 would no longer benefit.
It comes as the Senate is set to vote this week — likely Thursday — on Democratic legislation that extends the tax credits for three years, a promise Senate Majority Leader John Thune made to end the recent government shutdown. This won’t get anywhere close to 60 votes.
But Senate Republicans aren’t expected to hold a separate vote on a unified proposal of their own, a dynamic that’s fueling some GOP frustration with Thune, as we reported Friday. -Punchbowl
That said, the reality is that there isn’t yet an alternative to the Democrats’ legislation that unites Republicans, while Senate GOP leaders wouldn’t want to promote Democrat messaging on a bill with a vote that splinters the GOP. So, expect more wheel spinning.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 12/08/2025 – 18:50
