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Dueños de Wrexham suman a Apollo Sports Capital para impulsar al club de la segunda división inglesa
WREXHAM, Gales (AP) — Los famosos propietarios de Wrexham han vendido una participación minoritaria en su club de fútbol en la segunda división de Inglaterra a Apollo Sports Capital, una firma de capital privado con sede en Estados Unidos.
El acuerdo, que se anunció el lunes sin que se revelaran los términos, incluye la inversión de Apollo en la remodelación del estadio de Wrexham y el área circundante en la pequeña ciudad galesa, que se ha hecho famosa gracias a su club de fútbol homónimo desde que los actores estadounidenses Ryan Reynolds y Rob Mac lo compraron en 2021 y ayudaron a crear una popular docuserie sobre la comunidad.
Wrexham, el club más antiguo de Gales que se fundó en 1864, ha logrado tres ascensos consecutivos en la pirámide del fútbol inglés para alcanzar la segunda división esta temporada, a un paso de la Liga Premier Wrexham inició esta semana en el puesto 12 en la clasificación de 24 equipos. El equipo no jugaba en la segunda división desde la temporada 1981-82.
“Desde el primer día, queríamos construir un futuro sostenible para el Wrexham. Y hacerlo con un poco de corazón y humor”, dijeron los dueños de Wrexham en un comunicado distribuido por el club: “El sueño siempre ha sido llevar este club a la Liga Premier mientras nos mantenemos fieles a la ciudad. Un crecimiento como ese requiere socios de clase mundial que compartan nuestra visión y ambición, y Apollo lo hace absolutamente”.
Reynolds y Mac vendieron una participación en el club el año pasado a un grupo de inversión diferente, también con sede en Estados Unidos. Apollo compró recientemente una participación mayoritaria en el club español Atlético de Madrid, un acuerdo que se espera se finalice a principios del próximo año.
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Calumet College building new community sports field, fitness area, garden
It didn’t feel much like gardening, bicycling or soccer under snowy skies Dec. 3 as Calumet College of St. Joseph officials broke ground for its new sports field, fitness and flora park on New York Avenue in Hammond.
The chilly weather didn’t dim the enthusiasm for the new community park, one of several initiatives supported by Calumet College’s $15 million Lilly Endowment grant aimed at a campus and community collaboration.
Calumet College President Amy McCormack, Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr., and Hammond Councilman Mark Kalwinski, D-1st, addressed the small crowd of students and college representatives.
Outgoing president Amy McCormack speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for an athletic field, fitness, and flora park at Calumet College of St. Joseph on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)
McDermott said the new park continues the outreach for the small college nestled next to Whiting’s BP footprint. Its main building once held Standard Oil’s research and development center, complete with a seventh-floor executive lounge with a view of Lake Michigan and the refinery.
Some of the college’s athletic programs share sports fields in Whiting and a portion of the grant money also enhances that partnership.
This fall, the grant funding replaced artificial turf at Oil City Stadium where the college and Whiting High baseball teams play home games along with the Northwest Indiana Oilmen.
Grant proceeds are also funding a re-turf of the Whiting High football field and stadium upgrades. The college sprint football team also uses the field.
Students bow their heads in prayer during a groundbreaking ceremony for an athletic field, fitness, and flora park at Calumet College of St. Joseph on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)
McCormack, who envisioned many of the initiatives, called it a “generation-defining gift” last year.
She said it allows the college to further its mission to reach beyond its campus and impact others.
The two-acre fitness and flora park, at 2512 New York Ave., will transform a former industrial parking lot into a green space where residents and students can enjoy recreational activities.
It’s expected to be completed next year.
It will include a woodland garden, restrooms, a shaded picnic area, bicycle parking and a repair station, a two-tier retaining wall with seating, a public art area, and a sports field that can be used for football, flag football and soccer.
Surrounded by a rooftop terrace, the seventh-floor lounge in the main academic building is undergoing the biggest transformation from the Lilly grant, becoming a community event space and educational center.
Elevators are being extended to the top floor, where visitors can learn the story of the region’s contributions to the industrial era and view stories about characters from the Gilded Age.
The area will be made publicly and privately available for gatherings and events.
Carole Carlson is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.
After two inmates die in Cook County Jail, a family seeks answers
The family of a man who died in Cook County Jail over the weekend gathered outside the criminal courthouse Monday morning to call for clarity on the circumstances of his death.
Shamire Jackson, 35, was one of two jail inmates who died over the weekend, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
“Shamire entered Cook County Jail alive, and while under the full custody and care of the government, he suffered a sudden and catastrophic death,” Zane Smith, an attorney for Jackson’s family, said Monday. “The county has failed to provide an explanation that is either credible or complete as to what happened.”
Jackson was pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday, though the medical examiner’s office had not yet determined a cause of death.
A spokesperson for the Cook County sheriff’s office said Jackson was found unresponsive and without trauma in the jail’s residential treatment unit Friday. Jail personnel attempted life-saving measures before he was taken to Mount Sinai by the Chicago Fire Department. He was pronounced dead shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday, according to the medical examiner’s office.
Jackson was taken into custody by Chicago police officers Nov. 24, court records show. Police said they arrested Jackson after he brandished a glass bottle of tequila at a motorist before trying to enter his vehicle.
When officers tried to place him under arrest, Jackson resisted and threatened to kill one of them. At the police station, he “became irate and assaulted (an officer) followed by spitting in his face,” Jackson’s arrest report reads.
He was charged with 10 felony counts, including aggravated battery, robbery and aggravated assault, records show. After his initial court appearance, Jackson was charged with aggravated battery to a peace officer.
Late Saturday, another jail inmate, 41-year-old Lamont Johnson, was found dead in his cell.
Johnson had been held in the jail since his arrest in November 2023. He was charged with murder in a September 2023 shooting in the North Lawndale neighborhood that left one man dead and a woman injured.
Johnson also showed no signs of trauma, and his cause of death was also not released Monday.
The sheriff’s office has requested the Illinois State Police public integrity unit investigate both deaths.
Trump Says He Has ‘Other Methods’ To Impose Tariffs If Supreme Court Limits Powers
Trump Says He Has ‘Other Methods’ To Impose Tariffs If Supreme Court Limits Powers
Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times,
President Donald Trump on Dec. 7 urged the Supreme Court to uphold his tariff program, saying a ruling against his use of emergency economic powers would weaken national security, while also saying there are alternative legal tools to keep the duties in place.
Trump said in a Dec. 7 post on Truth Social that the tariff regime currently before the Supreme Court is “far more direct, less cumbersome, and much faster” than other methods available under U.S. law.
“Speed, power, and certainty are, at all times, important factors in getting the job done in a lasting and victorious manner,” he wrote. “I have settled 8 Wars in 10 months because of the rights clearly given to the President of the United States.”
Trump noted “other methods of charging tariffs” exist but said that the approach challenged in the courts delivers a “strong and decisive national security result,” adding that “if countries didn’t think these rights existed, they would have said so, loud and clear!”
Speaking to reporters later that evening at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Trump again said that the case goes beyond trade policy.
“We have tremendous flexibility with the current system. It’s unbelievable for national security. I’ve ended eight wars largely because of trade, because of tariffs,” he said. “If we go the other tariff route—and there are other routes we can go—but it won’t give you the same pure national security as this one. This one is swift and very powerful.”
The Supreme Court heard arguments last month on whether Trump exceeded his authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), a 1977 law that allows presidents to regulate imports after declaring a national emergency. A ruling is expected in the coming months.
Several lower courts have already found that Trump misapplied IEEPA when he imposed tariffs on nearly every country this year, prompting more than a dozen companies to sue.
Costco filed a complaint late last month seeking repayment of duties it says were illegally collected.
While Trump has been publicly urging the Supreme Court to uphold the program, senior administration officials have been working to reassure allies and markets that the tariff architecture will stay intact in one form or another regardless of the ruling.
Officials Say Tariffs Will Stand Regardless of Ruling
In a Dec. 5 appearance on Politico’s “The Conversation” podcast, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the administration has spent years preparing fallback options.
“We’ve been thinking about this plan for five years or longer,” Greer said, adding that “tariffs are going to be a part of the policy landscape going forward.”
When asked whether the White House has alternate authorities ready if IEEPA is narrowed, he replied: “Of course.”
Greer also pushed back on claims that litigation threatens the overall strategy.
“First of all, you don’t change 70 years of trade policy overnight,” he said.
“And second of all, when some people say, ‘Oh, well, this is chaos. What’s your strategy?’, what they really want to know is, can we go back to how it was before? And that’s not going to happen.”
A cargo ship full of shipping containers is seen at the port of Oakland, California, on Aug. 4, 2025. Carlos Barria/Reuters
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivered a similar message days earlier. In a Dec. 3 interview with The New York Times, Bessent said the government could “recreate the exact tariff structure with [sections] 301, with 232, with 122,” referring to authorities under the 1962 Trade Expansion Act and the 1974 Trade Act. He said the administration can also impose tariffs permanently and urged countries that negotiated tariff-reduction deals with Trump to “stick with it.”
Broader Toolkit for Tariffs
The administration has already deployed multiple legal pathways for recent duties, including Section 232 tariffs on strategic industries such as autos, copper, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, and aircraft, and Section 301 tariffs following investigations into unfair trade practices.
Bessent also cited Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which allows tariffs up to 50 percent against countries that discriminate against U.S. commerce, and Section 122 of the 1974 Act, which allows temporary tariffs of up to 15 percent for 150 days in response to perceived trade imbalances.
Greer said the tariff system now functions as a tiered map of U.S. strategic priorities, with China facing the highest rates, Southeast Asia and India next, allies in the middle, and the lowest duties in the Western Hemisphere, “almost like concentric rings,” he said.
Trump has repeatedly touted tariff revenue in recent days and weeks, saying it could reduce the need for federal income taxes, help pay down the national debt, and fund $2,000 payments to some Americans.
Speaking to reporters at the Kennedy Center on Dec. 7, Trump was asked about his thoughts on tariff revenues being used to pay down the national debt rather than funding dividends.
Trump agreed in principle but said extra income from the duties could still be used for payments to households.
“We will. I agree with them on that,” Trump said. “But I also think that we’re making so much money with tariffs that we’ll also be able to make a nice dividend to middle-income people … and lower-income people.”
Tyler Durden
Mon, 12/08/2025 – 17:00
Ordenan que hondureño acusado de apuñalamiento en tren de Carolina del Norte siga detenido
Por ERIK VERDUZCO y ALLEN G. BREED
CHARLOTTE, Carolina del Sur, EE.UU. (AP) — Un juez de Carolina del Norte ordenó el lunes que un hondureño permanezca detenido sin derecho a fianza por un apuñalamiento no fatal en un tren de cercanías de Charlotte, ante lo cual el presidente Donald Trump señaló que el sospechoso está en el país ilegalmente.
Óscar Solórzano —quien vestía un uniforme naranja y participó en la audiencia a través de un enlace de video— escuchó impasible mientras un traductor leía los cargos de intento de asesinato en primer grado, agresión con un arma mortal y otros. Keith Smith, juez de distrito del condado Mecklenburg, programó su próxima audiencia para el 30 de diciembre.
El defensor público en la sala del tribunal se negó a comentar.
Solórzano, que tiene 33 años y cuyo nombre completo es Óscar Gerardo Solórzano García, está acusado de apuñalar en el pecho a Kenyon Kareem Dobie, de 24 años, durante un pleito el viernes en la Línea Azul de la ciudad.
Se dio a conocer en el tribunal que a Solórzano, cuyo domicilio en los documentos de acusación es el de un refugio local para personas sin hogar, se le prohibió desde octubre ingresar al Servicio de Tránsito del Área de Charlotte (CATS, por sus siglas en inglés). Brett Baldeck, portavoz de CATS, confirmó que se había efectuado dicha prohibición, pero no tenía más detalles. “Nuestro equipo de seguridad está investigando esto ahora”, señaló.
El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés) dice que Solórzano ha sido deportado de Estados Unidos dos veces y tiene declaraciones de culpabilidad previas por robo y reingreso ilegal, pero los detalles no estaban disponibles por el momento.
El DHS —que recientemente llevó a cabo una redada migratoria en Charlotte y en los alrededores de la capital del estado, Raleigh— ha presentado una orden de detención ante las autoridades locales.
The Associated Press no logró contactar a Dobie. Pero él le dijo a la televisora WRAL que confrontó a Solórzano por gritarle a una mujer de edad avanzada.
“Supongo que es mejor que me haya pasado a mí y no a una persona de mayor edad”, le dijo Dobie a la televisora.
“No estaba tratando de ser un hombre macho”, señaló en una publicación de TikTok desde su habitación del hospital. “Pero lo que no permitiré es que haya ataques a personas al azar sin ningún motivo, especialmente a los ancianos”.
El incidente ocurrió apenas unos meses después de que una refugiada ucraniana que viajaba en uno de los trenes de la ciudad fuera asesinada en un ataque con cuchillo no relacionado.
Iryna Zarutska, de 23 años, había estado viviendo en un refugio antiaéreo en Ucrania antes de venir a Estados Unidos para escapar de la guerra, indicaron sus familiares. Decarlos Brown Jr. ha sido acusado de asesinato en primer grado en un tribunal estatal, y también fue acusado en un tribunal federal de causar la muerte en un sistema de transporte masivo.
Al igual que con el ataque del 22 de agosto, Trump y otros en su gobierno dicen que el incidente demuestra que las ciudades gobernadas por demócratas tienen una posición blanda ante la delincuencia.
“Otro apuñalamiento cometido por un migrante ilegal en Charlotte, Carolina del Norte”, comentó Trump el sábado en su red Truth Social con relación al apuñalamiento más reciente. “¿Qué está pasando en Charlotte? ¡Los demócratas lo están destruyendo, como todo lo demás, pieza por pieza!”.
Aunque no han respondido directamente a Trump, los funcionarios municipales han defendido sus empeños para mantener al público seguro.
“Hemos invertido mucho en aumentar la seguridad en nuestro sistema de tránsito, y el CMPD (siglas en inglés del Departamento de Policía de Charlotte-Mecklenburg) ha sido proactivo en aumentar su presencia en toda nuestra ciudad, incluyendo el anuncio de un nuevo esfuerzo multiagencias esta semana”, declaró la alcaldesa Vi Lyles el sábado. “Hay varios aspectos de la seguridad pública que están fuera de la jurisdicción de la ciudad, incluida la política migratoria y su aplicación, pero continuaremos enfocándonos en la seguridad pública y garantizando una comunidad segura y llena de vida”.
Brent Cagle, director ejecutivo interino del CATS, señaló que el sistema de tránsito ha adoptado un enfoque de seguridad “proactivo y robusto” desde el apuñalamiento de Zarutska, con más policías que laboran horas extra, seguridad privada y nueva tecnología.
“Continuaremos trabajando con nuestros socios en el CMPD, así como con nuestro equipo de seguridad privada para asegurar que todos viajen adecuadamente en el transporte público”, apuntó. “No pondremos en riesgo la seguridad de nuestros clientes y empleados”.
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Breed informó desde Wake Forest, Carolina del Norte.
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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.
“Xi Responded Positively”: NVDA Spikes After Trump Allows H200 Chip Exports To China
“Xi Responded Positively”: NVDA Spikes After Trump Allows H200 Chip Exports To China
Having pumped (and dumped) earlier today on reports that the Trump administration will allow H200 chip exports to China, NVDA shares extending gains the after-hours (to the highs of the day) after President issued a statement on X, confirming he will allow Nvidia to ship its chips to China and noting that “President Xi respondedly positively.”
NVDA spiked…
Trump wrote that “I have informed President Xi, of China, that the United States will allow NVIDIA to ship its H200 products to approved customers in China, and other Countries, under conditions that allow for continued strong National Security.”
He added that:
“President Xi responded positively!”
At a cost:
“25% will be paid to the United States of America. This policy will support American Jobs, strengthen U.S. Manufacturing, and benefit American Taxpayers.”
Trump continued:
“The Biden Administration forced our Great Companies to spend BILLIONS OF DOLLARS building “degraded” products that nobody wanted, a terrible idea that slowed Innovation, and hurt the American Worker. That Era is OVER!
We will protect National Security, create American Jobs, and keep America’s lead in Al. NVIDIA’s U.S. Customers are already moving forward with their incredible, highly advanced Blackwell chips, and soon, Rubin, neither of which are part of this deal. My Administration will always put America FIRST.
The Department of Commerce is finalizing the details, and the same approach will apply to AMD, Intel, and other GREAT American Companies. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
Permission for H200 exports is seen as a compromise from Nvidia’s earlier push to sell its more advanced Blackwell design chips to Chinese customers, a person familiar with the matter said prior to the announcement.
After meeting with Trump on Wednesday, Huang expressed uncertainty about whether China would accept Nvidia’s H200 chips should the US relax restrictions on sales of the processors.
“We don’t know. We have no clue,” Huang said, as he headed into a closed-door meeting with members of the Senate Banking Committee, which has jurisdiction over export controls.
“We can’t degrade chips that we sell to China — they won’t accept that.”
So, Jensen gets his deal at a cost – if China wants the ‘old chips’ – and Trump gets to brag about more revenue for Washington and support the stock market.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 12/08/2025 – 16:45
DC Police Chief Resigns As ‘Massive Scandal’ Over Crime Stats Heats Up
DC Police Chief Resigns As ‘Massive Scandal’ Over Crime Stats Heats Up
Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Monday that Police Chief Pamela A. Smith will be stepping down, three months after we reported that the DOJ was investigating a “massive scandal” over manipulated crime data.
Smith, who also doesn’t know what the term “chain of command” means, is out for unknown reasons – however she told Fox 5 that she resigned to spend more time with her family.
“After 28 years in law enforcement, I have been going nonstop,” she said.
Today, I announced that Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela A. Smith will be stepping down.
My statement: pic.twitter.com/fg1iEaBmOz
— Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) December 8, 2025
“Serving alongside such dedicated professionals, both those on the front lines and those working tirelessly behind the scenes, has been one of the greatest honors of my career,” Smith – who’s been on the job just over two years, told the Washington Post.
Crime Data Scandal
The DC Police are also under investigation in a pair of federal probes into alleged manipulation of crime statistics. In early September, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller revealed an ongoing Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into whether Washington D.C. officials manipulated crime statistics is in the process of uncovering a “massive scandal.”
Miller told reporters that when the results of the investigation are finally that, “It will stun you,” adding, “Even though D.C. had the worst crime in America–honestly measured–it dramatically understated how bad it was.”
Miller said that DOJ investigators have uncovered evidence that crime data was manipulated to the point that some murders and homicides were falsely reported as accidents.
The White House Deputy Chief of Staff also assured reporters that the full extent of the manipulation “will be uncovered and it will all be brought to light.”
Stephen Miller: DC officials were covering up crime stats and even classifying m*rders as accidents. How many other Democrat-led cities have falsified crime data to this gross extent? pic.twitter.com/Lk6CVl7B62
— War Correspondent (@warDaniel47) August 26, 2025
In October, the Washington Post reported that there was an internal scandal in the DC Police Department- which has been run by Democrats for decades – in which frustrated cops have been talking to the DOJ and have receipts, presented with a bow by D.C. Police Union Chairman Greggory Pemberton.
WaPo detailed internal accusations that “managers were recording serious crimes as more minor ones to make their police districts appear safer or avoid the ire of top department brass” – and that officers and supervisors ‘clashed’ over “whether an offense was a robbery or a theft, or whether a weapon used in an assault qualified as potentially deadly.”
The frustrated officers “kept lists, documenting cases where they believed a higher-up improperly classified a crime as a lesser offense,” with one noting 150 such instances in March of 2024 alone in which staff in the Southeast D.C. police district believed offenses were in appropriately classified.
“The police department is playing fast and loose with how they report their data so that they can report favorably to the citizens about crime, and I don’t think it’s fair to the city,” said Pemberton – who’s been assisting the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans with ‘information compiled by officers.’
So, a group of pissed off cops within the DC police department have been fighting with superiors and keeping notes over misclassified crimes, and kept notes. Now they’re working with the feds to blow the lid. Or as WaPo puts it – “found a receptive audience.”
Psst you still have time to delete this one, like you do most of your others. https://t.co/DoUx7FT3mp
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 5, 2025
The other investigation is being headed up by the House Oversight Committee with a report expected to be finalized in the coming weeks, according to a committee aide who told WaPo on the condition of anonymity.
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Tyler Durden
Mon, 12/08/2025 – 16:40
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dc-police-chief-resigns-massive-scandal-over-crime-stats-heats
Juegos Olímpicos 2028 retrasarán inicio del Abierto Británico
ST. ANDREWS, Escocia (AP) — El Abierto Británico comenzará dos semanas más tarde en 2028 para evitar un conflicto con los Juegos Olímpicos de Los Ángeles, el inicio más tarde del torneo más antiguo del golf su desde 1893.
El Abierto Británico se jugará del 3 al 6 de agosto del 2028 en un campo de links aún por anunciar.
Los Juegos Olímpicos, que regresan a Los Ángeles por tercera vez, se celebrarán del 14 al 30 de julio, coincidiendo con la tradicional fecha de inicio del Abierto. La competencia olímpica más reciente en París en 2024 se celebró del 26 de julio al 11 de agosto, permitiendo que el Abierto mantuviera su lugar tradicional en el calendario.
El Abierto se ha celebrado en julio todos los años desde 1936. La última vez que terminó después de julio fue en 1893 en Prestwick, el año en que Harry Vardon debutó en el Abierto Británico.
Los otros tres majors en el golf masculino no se ven afectados, aunque es probable que la Gira de la PGA tenga que hacer ajustes para el final de su temporada de la FedEx Cup. Actualmente, el tour está considerando un nuevo modelo para 2027 y más allá.
Mientras tanto, la R&A también ha movido el Abierto Británico Femenino al 17-20 de agosto de 2028 —se celebró del 22 al 25 de agosto en 2024 debido a los Juegos Olímpicos de París. El Abierto Británico Senior será del 10 al 13 de agosto, mantiene su lugar una semana después del Abierto Británico.
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Two charges dropped for GHA director under pretrial deal
Two strangulation charges were dropped for the executive director and CEO of the Gary Housing Authority, according to recently obtained Lake County Superior Court documents.
Prosecutors have also agreed to withhold the prosecution of two domestic battery misdemeanor charges, according to the stipulated pretrial diversion agreement for Taryl Bonds.
Bonds, executive director and CEO of the GHA, declined to comment on the agreement on Monday.
Bonds was originally arrested on June 20, according to online court records, and he was charged with two Level 6 felony counts of strangulation and two misdemeanor counts of domestic battery. His next hearing through the Lake County Prosecutor’s Office’s Pretrial Diversion Program is scheduled for Oct. 22, 2026, according to court records.
Through the agreement, Bonds must also enroll in an anger management program, and he is under a no contact order and no adverse contact order related to the two women allegedly involved in the dispute. The defendant must also commit no criminal offenses during the one-year period, according to the agreement.
“The parties agree and understand that the continuance of this matter shall be considered by the parties to be on the motion of the defendant, and the corresponding delay in trial shall be considered by the parties to be caused by this act of the defendant,” the agreement said.
According to Post-Tribune archives, a probable cause affidavit said police, on June 20, responded to a house in the 2300 block of Ellsworth Street at about 1:50 a.m.
One of the victims said they were cooking food when they allegedly began arguing with Bonds, and the second victim came downstairs and got in between the two, according to court records. Allegedly, Bonds pushed the second victim out of the way and wrapped his hands around the first victim’s neck. Officers could see marks on the first victim’s neck and scrapes on their knees.
The second victim said Bonds allegedly slammed them to the floor and choked them, and they had marks on their neck and bruises on their upper arms, according to Post-Tribune archives and court records.
Bonds was placed on unpaid administrative leave for two months due to “a matter unrelated to GHA operations” on July 1, according to Post-Tribune archives. The leave ended on Sept. 2, a spokesperson for the GHA said in a Monday email.
“We believe that this decision is in the best interest of the Gary Housing Authority and the community we serve,” Cynthia Taylor, chair of the Board of Commissioners, said in a previous news release. “We are dedicated to upholding our commitment to the residents of Gary and ensuring that the Authority operates with integrity and effectiveness.”
According to Post-Tribune archives, Bonds released a previous statement apologizing to the GHA and said the charges were “the result of an unfortunate disagreement between me and (a person living in his home)” and claimed it “has not been accurately portrayed publicly.”
“I extend my deepest apologies for the embarrassment experienced by the Gary Housing Authority as a result of a personal family matter,” Bonds previously said. “Most importantly, I regret the negative impact that this situation has had on my family, friends and loved ones.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/08/two-charges-dropped-for-gha-director-under-pretrial-deal/
Fire leaves Aurora home uninhabitable, fire department says
An Aurora home was left uninhabitable after a fire Saturday, according to the Aurora Fire Department.
At around 4:54 p.m. on Saturday, the fire department responded to a reported structure fire in the 2400 block of Crescent Lane on Aurora’s far East Side, according to a news release from the department.
Upon arrival, units reported smoke showing from the rear of a single-family home, the release said. The homeowner confirmed that all occupants of the home had evacuated safely.
Firefighters made entry and found a fully involved fire in a workshop area in the rear of the home, the release said, and a hose line was deployed to contain and extinguish the fire, while crews did primary searches and ventilated the home.
There was moderate smoke throughout the home, but there was no observed fire extension beyond the room the fire originated in, officials said.
No injuries were reported, per the department, but the home was declared uninhabitable due to smoke damage. Victim Services responded to assist the displaced residents, the release noted.
Four engine companies, two truck companies, three medic units and two chief officers, for a total of 26 personnel, responded to the fire, per the release.
Fire investigators from the Aurora Fire Department also responded to the scene, the release said. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/08/aurora-home-uninhabitable-after-fire-saturday/
