Por TIM REYNOLDS

MIAMI (AP) — El entrenador de los Warriors de Golden State Steve Kerr no ve la necesidad de pasarle públicamente la estafeta como seleccionador olímpico a Erik Spoelstra de Miami.

Y es que Kerr cree que Spoelstra estaba listo para el desafío inminente desde hacía mucho tiempo.

Kerr, el exentrenador de la selección olímpica de baloncesto de Estados Unidos, enfrenta el miércoles por primera vez a Spoelstra desde que el segundo fue oficialmente contratado por la federación nacional para hacerse cargo del equipo. Kerr dijo que no tiene ninguna duda de que Spoelstra está listo para el desafío y todo lo que conlleva.

“Fue una gran elección”, dijo Kerr antes del partido entre Golden State y Miami. “Es uno de los grandes entrenadores de todos los tiempos. Gran conocimiento de lo que es FIBA, la diferencia entre entrenar a un equipo durante siete semanas y entrenar a uno durante nueve meses, todo eso. Tiene el pulso de todo. Va a ser genial”.

Spoelstra estará al frente de Estados Unidos en la Copa del Mundo de 2027 en Doha, Qatar, y en los Juegos Olímpicos de Los Ángeles 2028. Kerr dirigió a los estadounidenses en la Copa del Mundo de 2023, cuando terminaron cuartos en Manila, y los guio hacia el oro olímpico en los Juegos de París en el 2024. Spoelstra formó parte del equipo de Kerr en ambos torneos.

Este fin de semana, Estados Unidos comenzará su caminó para conseguir un boleto a la Copa Mundial en el sur de Florida. Un plantel de 12 jugadores disputará los dos primeros duelos del calendario de eliminación de 12 partidos y se reunirá para entrenar en la Universidad de Miami antes de volar a Nicaragua, sede de su primer duelo el 28 de noviembre.

Los partidos de la eliminatoria se extenderán hasta marzo de 2027.

Spoelstra indicó que aún no ha buscado a Kerr para preguntarle de cómo cambió su mentalidad de la NBA al baloncesto internacional. Lo hará, en algún momento.

“Lo he dicho antes, pero estoy increíblemente agradecido por haber tenido la oportunidad de estar en su equipo durante los últimos dos veranos”, dijo Spoelstra. “Todo el equipo, lo pasamos increíble. Fue una experiencia de vida… Todos crecimos a partir de eso, sólo desde una experiencia de desarrollo de entrenamiento de baloncesto. Son las mismas cuatro líneas y dos canastas y un balón, pero es un deporte diferente, FIBA. Y fuimos humildes en ese primer año y el segundo año, creo, las experiencias que tuvimos el verano anterior nos ayudaron para esa aventura olímpica”.

La selección masculina de Estados Unidos ha ganado las últimas cinco medallas olímpicas de oro. Spoelstra tendrá la tarea de extender esa racha.

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Huddled around a pair of tables on the second-floor cafeteria of Chicago’s Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, mother Mellanie Washington and daughter Taniyah Tanner spoke about future plans. They prattled about diplomas to be earned, careers to build, healing to last. They laughed. They reminisced.

It was a moment more than nine years in the making.

In a hearing Wednesday afternoon, a federal judge handed down the maximum sentence to a man who earlier this summer admitted to the 2016 shooting of Washington’s son and Taniyah’s twin brother, Tavon Tanner.

U.S. District Judge Jorge Alonso sentenced Terrance White, 32, to 10 years in federal prison after White pleaded guilty in June to attempted murder in aid of racketeering activity for the nearly decade-old shooting of then-10-year-old Tavon. White was also ordered to pay nearly $279,000 in restitution.

“(The) sentence here is not going to make up for what he did,” Alonso said Wednesday as he handed down his order, with Washington and Taniyah watching from the courtroom. “(It) will never make up for what he did.” Tavon did not attend the hearing.

“He (Tavon) did not want to look at him,” Washington told the Tribune. White, who is currently serving a separate long-term sentence for a state murder case, sat in the courtroom in white and red striped prison garb.

“It’s been a struggle to get to this point,” Washington said following the hearing, Taniyah sitting to her right. “It’s like (a decade). That’s a long time. … It seemed like it lasted forever.”

On a warm night on Aug. 8, 2016, in the city’s Lawndale neighborhood, Tavon had been sitting on the front porch of his family’s then West Side home, gazing at the moon, when out from the darkness, shots came out of nowhere. A bullet struck Tavon near the base of his spine.

As he lay bleeding on the floor, Taniyah stood next to him and cried, “Twin, don’t leave me! Twin, don’t leave me!” His mother prayed out loud into the phone as she dialed 911.

Tavon spent weeks in the hospital, where for a while it was uncertain whether he would live. Then, they didn’t know if they would find justice.

In the wake of the shooting, police had initially arrested and sought charges against White, but he was ultimately let go, according to Chicago police Detective Patrick Munyon, who, along with Detective Kevin Lynn, started working on the case the night Tavon was shot. But the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which was separately investigating the violent street gang that White was a part of at the time, caught wind of White’s arrest. After meeting with Lynn and Munyon, ATF took over the investigation.

White was indicted in July 2021.

In White’s plea agreement with prosecutors, he admitted to a murder attempt that led to the moment a bullet pierced Tavon in the back. The agreement recounted that in August 2016, White — then a member of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang — watched as a fellow gang member was killed. In turn, the agreement states, White sought to take revenge against the person responsible, who, according to federal and county court proceedings, pleaded guilty to the murder in 2022 and is now serving out a 45-year sentence in state prison.

In his pursuit of retribution, White went to his target’s residence on the city’s West Side and shot into the first floor, per his plea agreement. However, as White opened fire into the home, Tavon was on the front steps. White’s target was not injured.

White’s plea agreement and a sentencing memorandum filed by prosecutors ahead of Wednesday’s hearing stated that Tavon was shot by a bullet that White fired. In a separate sentencing memo, White’s attorney maintained that at least two other gunmen went with White to seek revenge that night and that it is unclear which of their bullets struck Tavon.

As he reviewed the facts of the case on Wednesday, Alonso said it didn’t matter whose bullet it was that hit Tavon.

“(White is) responsible for all of that when he made that plan and carried it out,” he said.

The Tribune first met Tavon’s family two months after the shooting. Asked then what he remembered from the night he was shot, Tavon covered his face with his shirt.

“Holding it in’s not good,” his mother had told him gently.

“I’m mad about it,” Tavon replied at the time, lowering his shirt. “It just makes me sad.”

In May 2024, Tavon graduated from St. Patrick High School. Under a blue suit tailored just for him and a green graduation gown, stretched the scar Tavon carries with him that runs the full length of his abdomen.

Tavon Tanner reflects after his graduation from St. Patrick High School at Holy Name Cathedral on May 16, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

In their memo, prosecutors stated the seriousness of White’s offense “is difficult to overstate.” They pointed to not only the events that took place the night of the shooting, but laid out a long criminal history, including previous firearm convictions prior to the shooting.

Defense attorney Jerry Bischoff at Wednesday’s hearing said White was “remorseful and regretful” for what happened.

White is concurrently serving a 57-year sentence in the Illinois Department of Corrections after a jury last year found him guilty of the 2017 murder of a 30-year-old North Lawndale man, according to Cook County Circuit Court records. He was sentenced for the murder conviction in early June, but within days, filed to appeal the judgment, court proceedings show.

White’s sentencing comes as Four Corner Hustler boss Labar Spann faces trial after being convicted in November 2021 on sweeping gang racketeering charges.

Ahead of the order, Assistant U.S. Attorney Tiffany Ardam read aloud two victim impact letters, one from Washington and the other from Taniyah. They listened from their seats. Lynn and Munyon, who stayed in touch long after that August night and have since become like family, sat on either side of them.

“We are 20 now,” Taniya’s letter read. “I’m thanking God we made it together. … I wonder, have you ever thought how it would feel if it was you or one of yours?”

Tavon started a plumbing apprenticeship this week. Next, he wants to apply to be in the plumbing union.

After the hearing, Lynn and Munyon joined Taniyah and Washington downstairs at the cafeteria tables as they caught up.

“I was restless last night,” Washington said.

“Well, you know what, though?” Munyon replied. “Now it’s (the) past. Now it’s time to focus on all of these things. Diploma, careers … on living.”

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With their third straight win in the books, the Chicago Bears turn their attention to another predatory defense in the Pittsburgh Steelers, much like the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants before them.

“They’ve got some werewolves on the outside that shows up,” Bears coach Ben Johnson said. “Between 56 (Alex Highsmith) and 90 (T.J. Watt), I mean (they have) some of the best first steps I think you’ll see in this league.

“So when you have both sides that you’re concerned about, that’s where you’ve got to be pretty creative as a play designer to make sure that they don’t affect the game in a negative fashion.”

For Caleb Williams, that means resisting dropping back too deep in the pocket “because they (Watt and Highsmith) can run around tackle in a hurry,” Johnson said.

Watt (6) and Highsmith (5½) are second and third on the team in sacks. Watt has a special incentive to get to Williams on Sunday: If he does, he will pass brother J.J. in career sacks — T.J. has 114, J.J. 114.5 — and J.J. is calling the game for CBS.

“Yeah, they’ve got some guys on that side of the ball,” Williams said.

He counted sack leader Nick Herbig (6½), cornerback Jalen Ramsey, defensive tackle Cameron Heyward and linebacker Patrick Queen among the playmakers who keep the Steelers in contention season after season.

“You see why they’ve been where they’ve been for the past I don’t know how many years, why they haven’t really had a losing season in a bunch of years,” Williams said.

Wide receiver Rome Odunze said the Steelers will be another among several tough defenses they’ve faced, with more to come.

“We need to tighten the screws a little bit,” Odunze said. “Understand this next half of the season is definitely going to be one where we’re facing great opponents.”

Here are four things we learned at Halas Hall on Wednesday.

1. Are the Minnesota Vikings chewing on sour grapes?

Vikings special teams coordinator Matt Daniels looks on during warmups before a game against the Bears on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2024, U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. (John Autey/St. Paul Pioneer Press)

Vikings special teams coordinator Matt Daniels gave the Bears some bulletin-board material — two days after the game.

The Vikings squandered a 17-16 lead with 50 seconds left Sunday when Devin Duvernay broke off a 56-yard kickoff return to help put the Bears in range for Cairo Santos’ game-winning 48-yard field goal and a 19-17 victory.

“No disrespect or anything, a lot of respect for what the Chicago Bears, their unit, Devin Duvernay, all this and that, but I mean, it could have been anybody,” Daniels said Tuesday. “If you’ve got a son or anybody, like, all he did was just catch it and run back to the field and everybody just kind of got washed inside.”

Daniels said his players “got greedy” by trying to be the one who made the tackle and losing containment.

“It wasn’t anything that they did, more so than a lack of us maintaining our leverage and keeping the football inside shoulder,” Daniels said.

When asked Wednesday if he heard Daniels’ comments, Duvernay reared his head back and smiled.

“At the end of the day, it’s on the players and coaches to be prepared for all situations, and whether they were prepared or not,” Duvernay said. “I mean, I’m just doing my job, just trying to make a play when opportunity presents itself.”

Added long snapper Scott Daly: “All I know is that Dev made an amazing play, (Josh) Blackwell made an amazing block. When our number was called in the end, we were able to put ourselves in position to make the game-winning kick.”

Duvernay said he chose to brush the comment aside, laugh it off and chalk it up to a difference of opinions.

“That’s what he wants to believe, wants to go by, then whatever helps him sleep at night,” he said.

2. Luther Burden III ‘steadily’ has earned more involvement.

Bears wide receiver Luther Burden III (10) runs for a 16-yard gain on a reception in the third quarter against the Vikings on Nov. 16, 2025, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Burden ran 21 routes and was targeted five times against the Vikings on Sunday, both season highs for the rookie wide receiver. He converted them into three catches for 27 yards — not his biggest game but a sign of progress nonetheless.

Burden played 33 snaps in each game against the Vikings and New York Giants, which represented 44% and 49% of the offense’s snaps, respectively. Burden was inactive against the Cincinnati Bengals, but he played 11 offensive snaps (17%) in Week 8 against the Baltimore Ravens.

“You get what you earn,” Johnson said. “He’s earned the increased snaps.”

Coaches evaluate Burden throughout the week.

“He’s steadily climbed,” Johnson said. “It’s the route-running detail that (is) showing up, the consistency and making sure his alignments are right, his assignments. He’s doing a real good job with that.

Burden credits the extra time he has put in with Williams.

“Him and me outside the facility, I’m in here real early,” he said.  “Me working with (receivers coach Antwaan Randle) El. I’m over here at 6 in the morning every day going over the game plan with El. And shoot, just pretty much keep my head down and working every day and proving this is where I belong.”

3. Cairo Santos goes solo once again.

Cairo Santos pumps his fist after kicking the game-winning field goal as time expired against the Vikings on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The Bears won 19-17. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

The Washington Commanders signed Jake Moody off the Bears practice squad Monday, meaning all field-goal duties once again fall squarely on Santos.

“I was super fired up for Jake,” Daly said. “He came in and did a great job. He was coming off the situation in San Francisco where I think he just needed a fresh start.”

The 49ers released Moody on Sept. 9, and the Bears signed him to the practice squad three days later.

When Santos had a right thigh injury last month, Moody learned that he would be filling in for Santos during the weekend leading up to the Oct. 13 “Monday Night Football” game against the very same Commanders. He booted the game-winning field goal.

Santos had a game-winner himself Sunday against the Vikings.

“Moody came in on short notice and handled business — wins that game for us,” running back D’Andre Swift said. “Cairo’s been doing that on a consistent level for a long time.”

Johnson said it says a lot that Santos was voted a captain.

“We had a number of really good special teams players and yet he was the one that got the most votes to be special teams captain,” he said. “And when you see how they react in the locker room to him receiving a game ball (in Minnesota) or making one of those game winning kicks, I think it’s pretty special.

“When he talks, they listen.”

4. Injury updates.

The Bears’ top 3 linebackers — T.J. Edwards, Tremaine Edmunds and Noah Sewell — all sat out practice Wednesday. Edwards has missed the last two games because of hand and hamstring injuries. He also missed three games at the start of the season with the hamstring injury. He has appeared in five games this season.

Sewell (elbow) has started seven games and has been the second linebacker with Edwards sidelined. Sewell had 10 tackles Sunday.

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Edmunds (groin) has started all 10 games and has four interceptions. He appeared in all 17 games last season and has been a steady presence in the middle for the Bears defense. Edmunds played every defensive snap in the win over the Vikings.

Additionally, safeties Jaquan Brisker (shoulder) and Kevin Byard (rest), and defensive tackle Grady Jarrett (rest) sat out practice Wednesday.

Center Drew Dalman (knee), running back Travis Homer (hamstring/knee), cornerback Tyrique Stevenson (hip/calf), running back D’Andre Swift (hip) and right tackle Darnell Wright (pec) were limited in practice.

Stevenson and Brisker had a pretty violent collision during the game Sunday, but both later returned to the game.

Additionally, cornerbacks Jaylon Johnson (groin) and Kyler Gordon (calf) were limited participants, but both still technically remain on injured reserve. The Bears opened Gordon’s 21-day practice window Wednesday, five days after they did the same for Johnson.

The two would need to be added to the 53-man roster before they can appear in a game.

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KYIV, Ukraine — A large Russian drone and missile barrage on Ukraine’s western city of Ternopil killed at least 25 people, including three children, authorities said Wednesday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went to Turkey in search of diplomatic support for his fight against Russia’s invasion.

The nighttime attack hit two nine-story apartment blocks in Ternopil, located around 120 miles from the Polish border, according to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko. At least 73 people, including 15 children, were injured, emergency services said.

At least 19 among those killed were burned alive, including three children aged 5, 7 and 16, Klymenko said. Two dozen people are still unaccounted for, he said on national television, and rescuers expect to work at least two more days to complete the search of rubble.

Russia fired 476 strike and decoy drones, as well as 48 missiles of various types, at Ukrainian targets overnight, Ukraine’s air force said. The bombardment included 47 cruise missiles, with air defenses intercepting all but six of them, the air force said. Western-supplied F-16 and Mirage-2000 jets intercepted at least 10 cruise missiles, it said.

“Every brazen attack against ordinary life indicates that the pressure on Russia (to stop the war) is insufficient,” Zelenskyy wrote on the messaging app Telegram.

Zelenskyy meets with Turkish president

Zelenskyy met with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara later Wednesday as part of his efforts to diplomatically isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin and bring more international pressure to bear on him. Putin has so far resisted making compromises, despite U.S. pressure.

In brief statements to the press, Zelenskyy and Erdogan expressed their commitment to finding a peaceful settlement. Turkey is a key broker in the Black Sea region, preserving relations with both Ukraine and Russia.

“We count on the strength of Turkish diplomacy, on (how) it’s understood in Moscow,” Zelensky said.

Zelenskyy said before the talks that he had seen “some positions and signals from the United States” about the war. He didn’t elaborate. Tough new American sanctions on Russia’s oil industry, devised to push Putin to the negotiating table, are due to take effect on Friday.

A senior Turkish official initially said U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff would join Zelenskyy in Turkey, but backtracked later in the day and said Witkoff wouldn’t be coming. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity Tuesday because he wasn’t allowed to speak publicly about the arrangements.

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and other high-ranking Army officials are in Ukraine to help with peace talks, according to two U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive plans. Driscoll is scheduled to meet this week with Zelenskyy, one of the officials said. Ukrainian officials confirmed that Driscoll was meeting officials in Kyiv, but made no mention of any discussion of renewing peace talks with Russia.

Romania and Poland scramble fighter jets

Ternopil sits in a part of relatively peaceful western Ukraine, where many people from the east and south moved to as they fled danger along the front line.

Almost 50 people were injured in Russian strikes on three other Ukrainian regions.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said it attacked Ukrainian energy facilities and military-industrial targets, including long-range drone depots, in retaliation against strikes by Kyiv on Russian territory.

Two Eurofighter Typhoon jets and two F-16s were scrambled in Romania when a drone entered the NATO member’s airspace during the Russian attacks, Romania’s Ministry of National Defense said.

The Polish military said that Polish and allied aircraft were deployed in the middle of the night as a preventive measure. Poland’s Rzeszów and Lublin airports were closed temporarily to prioritize military aviation, the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency said.

In northeastern Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, Russian drones injured 46 people, including two girls, the head of the regional military administration, Oleh Syniehubov, wrote on Telegram. Drones hit several city districts, at least 16 residential buildings, an ambulance station, school and other civilian infrastructure, he said.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday that Ukraine fired four American-supplied ATACMS missiles at the Russian city of Voronezh on Tuesday. All four were shot down, the ministry said, but the debris damaged a private house, an orphanage and a gerontology center. There were no casualties, the ministry said.

Ukraine’s General Staff on Tuesday reported firing ATACMS missiles at Russia without offering details.

Associated Press writers Stephen McGrath in Leamington Spa, England, and Konstantin Toropin in Washington contributed to this report.

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ICE Houston Sweep: 3,600 Criminal Illegal Aliens Arrested, Including 51 Child Predators

Tyler Durden
Wed, 11/19/2025 – 20:05

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A mother and her 9-year-old son have been relocated to a new home following an attack earlier this week near a Southeast Side school that has gained attention from City Hall.

The 33-year-old woman and her son were walking in the 10600 block of South Bensley Avenue in the South Deering neighborhood about 3:10 p.m. Monday when a group approached and struck them multiple times, according to Chicago police. Following the attack, which took place about two blocks northwest of Orville T. Bright Elementary School, the woman and boy were transported to Advocate Trinity Hospital, where they were initially listed in serious condition, police said.

Woman, child hospitalized after attack near South Deering school

Videos of the attack have circulated widely on social media, stirring fear among Bright parents and getting the attention of Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson.

Johnson said he was “deeply disturbed to see the video of young people attacking a mother and her child,” in a statement he posted on social media Tuesday. The next day, Johnson’s spokesperson, Cassio Mendoza, confirmed that the mayor’s office relocated her family to a different location and that their team was also looking into transferring the son to a new school.

Chicago Public Schools have also responded to the incident. In a statement to the Tribune, they said the district “prioritizes the safety and well-being of our students, staff, and families, and we are committed to building a physically and emotionally safe teaching and learning environment in every school.”

The Chicago Teachers Union also stated that they believe this is an opportunity for the city to provide the resources that students need.

“We are looking at this as an opportunity for CPS to do what’s necessary to make sure that schools are fully staffed, there are wraparound services and support for our students,” Zeidre Foster said on behalf of the union. “We believe that goes a long way for prevention.”

Parents concerned after attack: ‘My son was terrified’

At pickup Wednesday afternoon, the blocks surrounding Bright School on the Southeast Side were quiet. The few sounds were those of Safe Passage guards stationed at each corner exchanging low chatter with other guards or community members, and police cars that rolled through the neighborhood at intervals.

Parents such as Shanee Battle are still grappling with the aftermath of Monday’s attack.

Battle, who has a 6-year-old at Bright Elementary, walked her son home — him on his scooter, her close behind. She said her son has attended the school since kindergarten, but after the attack off campus, she is considering other options.

“It’s just too much,” Battle said. “My son was terrified.”

Other parents and community members declined to speak on the record, citing unease.

One mother who asked not to be named said she believes community support should be consistent year-round — not only when tragedy strikes.

Curtis Bivens, a member of Operation Peace Inc., agrees, which is why their organization intervenes with the city’s youth when necessary. Bivens and other members of Operation Peace stood at the steps of Bright School on Wednesday afternoon to show community support.

“It was a terrible thing that happened,” Bivens said. “But even more importantly, we have to learn how to respond. Our response dictates the behavior that the children have.”

Another member of Operation Peace, Sammie Young, echoed Bivens’ sentiments.

“It’s very concerning,” Young said. “It takes a lot of nerve for kids to fight an adult.”

As of now, additional resources have been deployed to the area to maintain public safety, according to Johnson, who added that community-based organizations such as Operation Peace have been activated to help ensure families and students have safe passage to school.

“I am calling for calm as we conduct a full investigation and ensure there is accountability for the attackers and healing for the victims,” Johnson stated.

Chicago police did not respond to questions about the investigation, which remained ongoing as of Wednesday.

Chicago Tribune’s Alice Yin contributed.

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Por TOM WITHERS

BEREA, Ohio, EE.UU. (AP) — Shedeur Sanders es un verdadero showman, uno de los muchos dones heredados de su famoso padre. Y ya está causando expectación sobre su primer partido como titular en la NFL.

Ocurrirá en la meca del entretenimiento de Estados Unidos.

“No puedes perderte este momento”, recomendó el miércoles Sanders, quien espera que le vaya mejor que en su debut. “Definitivamente será emocionante”.

Sanders, el llamativo quarterback novato de sonrisa radiante, confianza inquebrantable y una gran base de fanáticos, será titular el domingo de visita ante los Raiders de Las Vegas —quizás un lugar adecuado. Los Browns (2-8) recurrieron a él mientras su compañero novato Dillon Gabriel se recupera de una conmoción.

Sanders, quien comenzó el campamento de entrenamiento como el cuarto en la fila del equipo detrás de Kenny Pickett, Joe Flacco y Gabriel, se convertirá en el 42do mariscal de campo en ser titular para los Browns desde que la franquicia de expansión regresó en 1999.

“Eso es una locura”, dijo cuando se le informó de una estadística sorprendente que subraya la ineptitud del equipo. “Siento que soy el indicado. Sé que soy el indicado”.

El tiempo lo dirá. Hasta ahora, las comentarios han sido mixtos.

La semana pasada, Sanders reemplazó a Gabriel después de que se lesionó en la segunda mitad de la derrota por 23-16 ante Baltimore. Fue una salida inestable.

Sanders, quien cayó a la quinta ronda en el draft de abril antes de ser seleccionado por los Browns, completó sólo cuatro de 16 pases para 47 yardas con una intercepción.

También fue capturado dos veces, perdió un balón y retuvo otro demasiado tiempo, un problema que lo aquejó desde la universidad. Salvo por dar a los desdichados fanáticos de Cleveland un motivo por el cual animarse, Sanders hizo poco para convencer de que la búsqueda del quarterback franquicia de los Browns terminó.

Sanders fue duro consigo mismo después. Aceptó la culpa y consideró que debió haber hecho más. Pero para el miércoles ya había pasado la página y está más que listo para enmendarse.

“Definitivamente soy mi mayor crítico”, expresó. “Así que en ciertas situaciones del juego, incluso en esa cuarta oportunidad del último partido (un pase incompleto), desearía haber extendido la jugada. No escucho lo que nadie tiene que decir que no esté dentro de la organización, dentro del equipo, en la familia”.

A diferencia de la semana pasada, Sanders debería estar mejor preparado. El entrenador Kevin Stefanski dijo que Sanders realizará todas las repeticiones del primer equipo en la práctica. Los Browns habían sido criticados por no darle a Sanders tiempo con los titulares desde que fue reclutado.

Stefanski dijo que Gabriel sigue en el protocolo de conmociones, pero está mejorando. La selección de tercera ronda de Oregón tuvo dificultades en sus seis partidos como titular y tiene marca de 1-5.

Cuando reciba la autorización médica, Gabriel podría regresar a la alineación titular. Pero eso también podría depender de cómo le vaya a Sanders esta semana. Si juega bien, es posible que termine la temporada con unos Browns que no van a ninguna parte.

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President Sheinbaum Says No Way To US Strikes On Cartels In Mexico

Tyler Durden
Wed, 11/19/2025 – 19:40

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Por COLLEEN SLEVIN

DENVER (AP) — Autoridades federales de Estados Unidos informaron el miércoles que incautaron más de media tonelada de metanfetamina y encausaron a 15 personas tras una investigación de dos años que desmanteló una organización de tráfico de drogas de México que operaba en Colorado.

Once personas han sido arrestadas, pero otras cuatro, incluido el presunto líder de la organización, siguen libres y se cree que están en México, anunció la fiscalía federal en Colorado.

Dave Olesky, agente especial de la DEA a cargo, dijo en una conferencia de prensa que la investigación reveló vínculos “con elementos en México que involucran a los cárteles de Sinaloa y Jalisco”. Olesky no respondió preguntas, y un portavoz de la agencia se negó a dar más detalles.

Los cárteles de Sinaloa y Jalisco, cuyos nombres derivan de los estados mexicanos donde se originaron, se encuentran entre ocho grupos criminales latinoamericanos designados recientemente como organizaciones terroristas extranjeras por el gobierno estadounidense.

Una declaración jurada de arresto indica que la metanfetamina incautada equivalía a millones de dosis individuales.

La mayor parte de los 505 kilogramos (1.115 libras) de metanfetamina se descubrió oculta en las esquinas de cajas de chayote que se importaron recientemente de México y que se encontraban en una propiedad en Lakewood, un suburbio de Denver, en abril, según la declaración jurada.

Casi 45 kilogramos (100 libras) se encontraron en un autobús Greyhound que pasaba por Vail en diciembre, después de que los investigadores obtuvieron una orden para rastrear un teléfono celular utilizado para comunicarse con un presunto traficante de drogas.

Las autoridades estaban esperando que el autobús llegara a la ciudad —un destino turístico para esquiar— para revisarlo, según la declaración jurada. Las drogas se dirigían al área metropolitana de Denver, dijo el fiscal federal Peter McNeilly.

“Esta es una cadena de suministro que había que romper”, afirmó Marv Massey, agente especial interino del FBI a cargo. ___

Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.

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The Illinois Commerce Commission slashed a proposed $314.3 million Nicor Gas rate increase by nearly 47% Wednesday, keeping a lid on rising energy bills for many suburban Chicago customers next year.

The ruling, issued during an open meeting in Chicago, reduces Nicor’s rate hike by $146.5 million. For customers, that translates to an average increase of about $4.25 per month beginning with the January bill, the utility told the Tribune.

“The ICC’s responsibility is to balance the interests of Illinois’ utilities and their consumers,” ICC Chair Doug Scott said in a news release. “We recognize that any decision impacting Illinoisans’ bills is not a small one, and after careful review of Nicor’s proposed investments, the Commission opted to strike excess charges and approve necessary and justified projects.”

Nicor filed in January for the largest gas rate increase in Illinois history, saying it needed to replace aging infrastructure and update technology to serve its customers. Consumer groups had been seeking deep cuts in Nicor’s proposed record gas rate hike — the utility’s fifth in eight years — as customers grapple with higher energy costs.

In October, two Illinois Commerce Commission administrative law judges issued a recommendation to cut Nicor’s proposed $314 million rate increase by more than a third, to $204 million. The commission went even further Wednesday, reducing it to about $168 million.

Beyond cutting pipeline replacement budgets, the ICC lowered the requested return on equity for shareholders of Southern Co., Nicor’s parent, from 10.35% to 9.6%, further downsizing the rate hike.

“We applaud the Commission’s clear and consistent message to Illinois gas utilities: stop the excessive spending that has driven up rates over the past decade,” Abe Scarr, director of Illinois PIRG, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, said in a statement.

In a separate decision Wednesday, the ICC cut $55.8 million from a $128.8 million rate hike proposed by Ameren Illinois, a 43% reduction that also included a lowered 9.6% return on equity for the company. Ameren Illinois has 816,000 gas customers in central and southern Illinois.

Nicor, which is owned by Atlanta-based Southern Co., is the largest gas utility in Illinois, serving 2.3 million customers in suburban Chicago and northern Illinois.

Residential gas bills include both supply and distribution charges. The approved $168 million Nicor rate hike will raise the cost of delivering the gas, which accounts for about half the bill. Customers will see the line item increase on their January bill.

For typical Chicago-area residential customers, the proposed $314 million increase was expected to add about $7.70 per month to delivery charges, raising the total bill by nearly 9.3%. That increase will be significantly reduced by Wednesday’s ICC decision.

“We still don’t have the final order from the ICC,” Nicor spokesperson Jennifer Golz said. “Based on early calculations, we believe the monthly bill impact for an average residential customer will be less than $4.25 per month, or less than 5% of the total bill annually.”

Chicago-area utility customers have been hit this year with a one-two punch of higher delivery rates and spiking energy costs. Nicor saw its gas supply prices peak at 58 cents per therm in April, up 71% over the same month last year.  In November, Nicor charged customers 39 cents per therm, still up nearly 40% year-over-year, according to published ICC data.

Some ComEd customers saw a triple-digit increase in their total June electricity bills due to a supply rate increase and high demand during a summer heat wave.

While energy supply prices fluctuate, with 80% of Illinois homes relying on natural gas for heat, the ICC decision to cut Nicor’s proposed rate increase will provide some measure of certainty for this winter’s bills. It may not be enough relief, however, for many customers, Scarr said.

“While we’re pleased regulators lowered the size of these rate hikes, they are still the fifth increase for Nicor since 2017,” Scarr said. “Without intervention, gas bills will continue to rise. Illinois urgently needs to pursue a managed transition to safer, cleaner energy to heat our homes.”

Meanwhile, Peoples Gas, which serves 894,000 customers in Chicago, is gearing up to resume the next leg of its long-running, multibillion-dollar pipeline replacement program, hosting a forum last week to present updated plans.

In February, the ICC rejected a broader $7.2 billion proposal by Peoples to modernize its entire system by 2040, which included upgrading to medium pressure and moving gas meters outside homes. Instead, it ordered the utility to prioritize the pipeline replacement and justify the work in its annual rate hearings to recover the costs.

The utility’s new Pipe Retirement Program plans to replace 1,000 miles of aging pipeline under the city of Chicago by 2035, ramping up to a cost of about $500 million annually by 2028, according to a third-quarter earnings call last month by parent company WEC Energy.

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