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Práctica del Gran Premio de Las Vegas, interrumpida 2 veces por tapa suelta de alcantarilla
Por JENNA FRYER
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Un problema con una tapa de alcantarilla ha vuelto a interrumpir la acción en pista del Gran Premio de Las Vegas, donde la práctica del jueves por la noche se detuvo dos veces para que se pudiera inspeccionar el circuito.
La carrera inaugural en 2023 se vio interrumpida apenas nueve minutos después de la primera sesión de práctica, cuando una tapa suelta dañó la parte inferior del auto del español Carlos Sainz Jr. Se tardó más de dos horas en arreglar la tapa suelta e inspeccionar todo el circuito, que tiene una longitud de 3,85 millas (6,20 km) y utiliza partes de la icónica avenida principal de Las Vegas.
La siguiente práctica no comenzó sino hasta después de las 2 de la mañana, duró hasta las 4, y todos los espectadores ya habían sido enviados a casa mucho antes de que se reanudara la actividad.
No hubo problemas el año pasado y la primera práctica del jueves fue limpia, con Charles Leclerc de Ferrari como líder de la sesión.
Los problemas surgieron cuando quedaban unos 20 minutos en la segunda sesión. Un comisario informó de una posible tapa de mantenimiento suelta cerca de la 17ma curva.
La FIA, el organismo rector de la F1, mostró bandera roja en la práctica porque el control de carrera no pudo encontrar imágenes de video para determinar si había un problema. La bandera roja permitió al personal de control examinar físicamente el sitio.
“La inspección nos da confianza de que todo está en condiciones adecuadas para reanudar la sesión”, dijo la FIA mientras los bólidos volvían a la pista con unos seis minutos restantes.
Pero los inspectores se quedaron en el sitio cuando se reanudó la práctica e informaron que la tapa se movía al pasar los coches sobre ésta. La bandera roja se mostró nuevamente, poniendo fin a la sesión. La FIA informó que las inspecciones continuarán antes de la clasificación de este viernes por la noche.
Lando Norris de McLaren, el actual líder de puntos de la F1, fue el más rápido en la segunda sesión.
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Haití se clasifica para el Mundial y otras fotos de la semana en América Latina y el Caribe
Por The Associated Press
Los problemas de Haití desaparecieron temporalmente mientras el país celebraba su clasificación para la Copa del Mundo de la FIFA luego de derrotar a Nicaragua.
La postura de Brasil en la cumbre del clima de Naciones Unidas en Belém ha alimentado la esperanza de que se adopten medidas significativas en la lucha contra el cambio climático.
La activista española Amparo Carvajal posó en la azotea de la Asamblea Permanente para los Derechos Humanos de Bolivia, tras recuperar el control de la organización y sus oficinas de un grupo de izquierdas que las ocupó durante dos años.
El festival de música Corona Capital, un escaparate para los artistas que se abren paso en los mercados latinoamericanos, atrajo a miles de personas en su 15ta edición en la Ciudad de México.
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Asking Eric: I am terrified to see how I behaved
Dear Eric: Three years ago, I invited my 24-year-old son to stay with me in my one-bedroom condo while he saved for a place of his own. During that time, I struggled with alcohol and then needed emergency surgery for something unrelated that has devastated me physically, emotionally, financially and spiritually.
I maintained my sobriety for five months and I was working on myself, and I thought I was doing well by communicating well but it just seemed to make him angrier. He was dismissive and demeaning and defensive toward me, and I felt very unloved and unappreciated.
I recently had a very brief relapse and reached out for emergency psychiatric help.
He came to the hospital, and we had an honest conversation. He opened up to me about the trauma I had caused him during my months of drinking. Of course, I had felt shame and expressed my regret and apology when I got sober, but I had no idea how badly I treated him when I was drinking. I honestly do not remember. He said he has saved messages and videos of me when I was in a rage.
I feel like I need to know. He said he would consider showing them to me at some point but right now he feels it would be too traumatic for him.
I am terrified to see how I behaved but I need to fully understand and acknowledge it. What should I do?
– Trying to Heal
Dear Heal: Now is not the time to see those videos. I don’t think either of you is in the place to navigate the emotions they’re going to dredge up. Moreover, if and when you do see them, that act needs to have a recovery-focused purpose. If they will help you make more specific amends or if he needs you to see something specific so that you can process together, that’s one thing. But it doesn’t sound like that’s where either of you is at present.
In the future, if you decide to look at them together, you may want to do so in the presence of your sponsor or a family therapist, who can help with processing.
Right now, however, your son should look into Al-Anon or SMART Recovery Family meetings. The trauma he experienced and the resentment he feels are directly related, and they’re not going to go away on their own, unfortunately. Your recovery may continue to be a source of ire to him as long as he has emotional damage that’s gone unaddressed.
Ask him if he’ll let you help him find a meeting. Ask if you can go to a meeting with him. But let him take the steps toward his recovery on his own, while you continue your recovery, too.
Dear Eric: My 31-year-old daughter does not write thank you notes. I am chagrined by this because I’ve modeled this for years; she is more than capable of doing so.
She had a very small wedding. Not one thank you note was written. Nor did she write thank you notes after receiving gifts for high school and college graduation.
I’m giving her a baby shower soon. I’m toying with the idea of giving her a package of thank you notes at the shower to hopefully compel her to do so. Yet, at the same time I don’t want her to feel embarrassed (or do I?). What should I do?
– Unthanked
Dear Unthanked: A pointed presentation of thank you notes in the middle of her shower is a spicy option, but I think it would most likely just derail the event and come off as passive-aggressive. Plus, her embarrassment would likely supersede the lesson you’re trying to teach her.
She’s grown, so her habits don’t reflect on you as much anymore. Yes, she should be thanking people for gifts. But if she doesn’t, that’s between her and the gift-giver. Stressing about it isn’t going to get you anywhere.
However, if you want to talk to her before the shower and make the notes a prerequisite of your hosting, that might be an effective gambit that allows her to enjoy the day without shame.
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Dear Eric: I have a suggestion for the letter writer who was in church leadership. The letter said there was an older lady who volunteers but sometimes doesn’t show up or cannot do all the tasks, due to cognitive issues (“Trying to be Kind”).
Ask her to be the ‘Greeter’ at any/all events. This way she can introduce herself and meet other church members. If she fails to show up, maybe there will just not be a greeter at that event.
– Volunteer
Dear Volunteer: This is a great idea. Right-sizing the volunteer task helps her and helps the church.
(Send questions to R. Eric Thomas at eric@askingeric.com or P.O. Box 22474, Philadelphia, PA 19110. Follow him on Instagram and sign up for his weekly newsletter at rericthomas.com.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/21/asking-eric-i-am-terrified-to-see-how-i-behaved/
Juez federal ordena liberar a 16 migrantes detenidos en Idaho por violaciones del debido proceso
Por REBECCA BOONE
BOISE, Idaho, EE.UU. (AP) — Un juez federal ordenó la liberación de 16 detenidos por funcionarios de inmigración durante una redada dirigida por el FBI en un hipódromo rural de Idaho el mes pasado.
El juez del distrito de Estados Unidos B. Lynn Winmill dictaminó el miércoles que mantener a los migrantes en prisión sin fianza violaba sus derechos procesales y ordenó su liberación mientras esperan la resolución de sus casos de inmigración. Muchos llevaban décadas viviendo en el país y no tienen antecedentes penales, apuntó el magistrado. Algunos están casados con ciudadanos estadounidenses o tienen hijos que tienen la nacionalidad, según documentos judiciales.
En un comunicado enviado por correo electrónico a The Associated Press, el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional afirmó que los agentes de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) arrestaron de forma legal a los detenidos durante la redada y que “un juez activista está ordenando que los infractores de la ley queden en libertad”.
“El gobierno de (presidente Donald) Trump está comprometido a restaurar el Estado de derecho y el sentido común en nuestro sistema migratorio, y continuará luchando por el arresto, detención y expulsión de extranjeros que no tienen derecho a estar en este país”, señaló la nota.
La redada del 19 de octubre en la pista al aire libre de gestión privada en Wilder estuvo comandada por el FBI como parte de una investigación sobre presuntas apuestas ilegales. Más de 200 efectivos de al menos 14 agencias, incluyendo ICE y la Patrulla Fronteriza, participaron en el operativo en el que se detuvo a unas 400 personas durante horas, muchas de ellas ciudadanos estadounidenses.
Los testigos describieron tácticas agresivas como el uso de bridas para inmovilizar a los niños o separar a los pequeños de sus padres durante una hora o más. La secretaria de Seguridad Nacional, Kristi Noem, cuyo departamento supervisa la Patrulla Fronteriza y el ICE, negó que se hubieran usado bridas con los menores. En un primer momento, la vocera del FBI, Sandra Barker, dijo que no se usaron restricciones ni balas de goma en los menores, pero más tarde corrigió su declaración reemplazando “menores” por “niños pequeños”.
La operación resultó en un puñado de detenciones relacionadas con el juego y 105 por presuntas violaciones migratorias. Muchos de los arrestados firmaron acuerdos voluntarios para salir del país antes de poder hablar con abogados de inmigración, señaló Nikki Ramirez-Smith, abogada de inmigración cuyo despacho representa a 15 de los liberados esta semana.
De acuerdo con los registros judiciales online, solo 18 de los detenidos en el operativo reclamaron su liberación en los tribunales federales en Idaho. El pedido de una de ellas fue desestimado inicialmente cuando un juez determinó que su escrito no contenía suficientes detalles, pero le dio un plazo de 30 días para intentarlo de nuevo. Otra persona está tratando de obtener la libertad a través de un tribunal federal diferente tras su traslado a un centro de detención en otro estado.
El juez federal en Idaho apuntó que casi todos sus colegas que enfrentaron peticiones similares de detenidos por motivos de inmigración han llegado a la misma conclusión: que las personas sin nacionalidad arrestadas en suelo estadounidense tienen derecho a las protecciones del debido proceso.
“Tratar la detención de los no ciudadanos en la frontera o cerca de ella de manera diferente a la de los no ciudadanos que residen en el país no es una anomalía. Por el contrario, refleja la distinción reconocida desde hace mucho tiempo en nuestras leyes migratorias y en la Constitución de que las protecciones del debido proceso se aplican a los ciudadanos extranjeros que residen en del país, pero no a aquellos detenidos en o cerca de la frontera”, escribió Winmill.
Ramirez-Smith dijo que las órdenes de liberación de Winmill hacen “un gran trabajo al poner en perspectiva cuáles son los problemas”.
“Se quedarán en casa con sus familias y presentaremos las solicitudes de ayuda ante el tribunal de inmigración, y tendrán una vista en la corte. Esas fechas de juicio probablemente se demorarán años”, agregó, debido a una gran demora de más de tres millones de casos en esas cortes.
Trump ha tomado medidas para reducir ese atraso, ordenando a los jueces en su primer mandato que denegasen solicitudes de asilo de categorías enteras, como a víctimas de violencia de pandillas o doméstica.
Durante su mandato actual, su gobierno despidió a docenas de jueces de inmigración y autorizó que alrededor de 600 abogados militares ejerzan como jueces migratorios de forma temporal. Además, con frecuencia ha convertido lo que normalmente serían vistas migratorias rutinarias en trampas de deportación, con abogados del gobierno desestimando rápidamente los casos de asilo para que los solicitantes puedan ser arrestados de inmediato en los pasillos del tribunal.
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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.
Águilas doblegan a Leones y son líderes en Venezuela
Por The Associated Press
Las Águilas del Zulia derrotaron el jueves 7-1 a los Leones del Caracas, para tomar una ventaja de apenas medio juego en la apretada lucha por el liderato de la Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional.
Andry Lara permitió sólo tres hits y una carrera en seis entradas y un tercio, en las que abanicó a siete rivales para llevarse el triunfo. A la ofensiva se destacaron Andrés Chaparro, de 3-2 con un doble y dos carreras remolcadas, y Jaison Chourio, de 4-3 con dos anotadas y una empujada.
En Porlamar, Leandro Pineda bateó de 4-3 con dos dobles y tres carreras producidas, mientras que Diego Castillo añadió un jonrón de dos anotaciones para conducir a los Navegantes del Magallanes a una paliza de 9-2 sobre los Bravos de Margarita.
Los Tiburones de La Guaira superaron 1-0 a los Cardenales de Lara en Macuto. Luis Arejula lanzó cinco entradas en blanco, mientras que Sebastián Rivero empujó la única carrera del encuentro con un sencillo en el cuarto episodio.
Santurce aplasta a Carolina en Puerto Rico
Con un golpe de autoridad, los Cangrejeros de Santurce atropellaron 17-6 a sus escoltas, los Gigantes de Carolina, para extender su ventaja en la cima de la Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente.
Brian Rey bateó de 5-4 con un doble y seis carreras producidas; Jeremy Arocho se fue de 4-3 con tres bases por bolas y cinco anotadas, mientras que Andrew Velázquez conectó de 5-2 con dos empujadas.
En Mayagüez, Noah Myers, Luis Vázquez y Bryan Torres conectaron sencillos remolcadores dentro de un ataque de cuatro anotaciones en la parte alta del noveno episodio, y los Criollos de Caguas doblegaron por 5-2 a los Indios de Mayagüez.
Los Leones de Ponce aprovecharon un error del primera base José Sermo y un roletazo de Edwin Díaz para anotar dos carreras en la parte alta de la duodécima entrada. Derrotaron por 5-3 a los Senadores en San Juan.
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https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/guilas-doblegan-a-leones-y-son-lderes-en-venezuela/
Bullock fuerza 3 pérdidas de balón, Texans logran 8 capturas y superan 23-19 a Bills
HOUSTON (AP) — La dominante defensa de Houston capturó a Josh Allen ocho veces y Calen Bullock forzó tres pérdidas de balón, incluida su segunda intercepción, que selló el jueves la victoria de los Texans por 23-19 sobre los Bills de Buffalo.
Allen sufrió capturas consecutivas en la última posesión de los Bills, lo que llevó a una situación de cuarta y 27, pero Buffalo ganó 44 yardas con un pase corto del quarterback a Josh Palmer, quien lanzó un lateral a Khalil Shakir.
Después de una penalización por salida en falso que creó una cuarta y seis para Buffalo (7-4), Bullock interceptó el envío de Allen en la yarda nueve de Houston con 24 segundos restantes.
Davis Mills lanzó para 153 yardas con dos pases de touchdown en la primera mitad para ayudar a que los Texans (6-5) hilaran su tercera victoria consecutiva, sin contar con C.J. Stroud, descartado por una conmoción cerebral. Houston superó la marca de .500 por primera vez esta temporada.
Allen lanzó para 253 yardas sin un touchdown, una semana después de haber logrado seis anotaciones en una victoria sobre Tampa Bay. Fue acosado toda la noche, y las ocho capturas fueron la mayor cantidad que ha sufrido en su carrera. Will Anderson Jr. logró dos capturas y media, mientras que Danielle Hunter se apuntó dos.
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Photos: Seattle Kraken 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 at the United Center
Photos from the Chicago Blackhawks’ 3-2 loss to the Seattle Kraken on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center.
Blackhawks center Connor Bedard (98) skates down the ice ahead of as Kraken defenseman Ryan Lindgren (55) and left wing Jaden Schwartz in the third period on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks center Connor Bedard (98) skates down the ice against Kraken defenseman Ryan Lindgren in the third period on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks center Connor Bedard (98) skates down the ice ahead of Kraken defenseman Ryan Lindgren in the third period on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
A referee watches as Blackhawks center Connor Bedard (98) fails to score as Kraken defenseman Ryan Lindgren trails on the play in the third period on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks center Connor Bedard argues with a referee after he thought he was slashed in the third period against the Kraken on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks center Connor Bedard argues with a referee after thinking he was slashed in the third period against the Kraken on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. Bedard was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct, and the Kraken scored the winning goal on the ensuing power play. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks center Connor Bedard argues with a referee after thinking he was slashed in the third period against the Kraken on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks center Connor Bedard argues with a referee after thinking he was slashed in the third period against the Kraken on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks center Connor Bedard argues with a referee after thinking he was slashed in the third period against the Kraken on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. Bedard was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct, and the Kraken scored the winning goal on the ensuing power play. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks center Ryan Donato (8) leaves the ice as the Kraken celebrate their 3-2 victory on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord, left, and defenseman Ryan Lindgren celebrate their 3-2 victory over the Blackhawks on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks right wing Ilya Mikheyev (95) and Kraken defenseman Ryker Evans get tangled up in the third period on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks goaltender Spencer Knight blocks a shot in the second period against the Kraken on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks center Ryan Donato (8) and Kraken center Matty Beniers (10) battle in the third period on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Chicago Blackhawks center Teuvo Teräväinen, center top, celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal in the second period against the Kraken on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks left wing Tyler Bertuzzi (59) fails to score against Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord in the second period on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks left wing Tyler Bertuzzi falls to the ice in front of Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord in the second period on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Kraken center Matty Beniers (10) reaches for the puck without his stick in the second period against the Blackhawks on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks left wing Tyler Bertuzzi (59) scores on Kraken goaltender Joey Daccord in the second period Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center in Chicago. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks left wing Tyler Bertuzzi (59) celebrates with center Frank Nazar after scoring a goal in the second period against the Kraken on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks left wing Tyler Bertuzzi, second from left, celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal in the second period against the Kraken on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks left wing Andre Burakovsky (28) loses his helmet as he falls to the ice in the first period against the Kraken on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks defenseman Wyatt Kaiser (44) takes a shot in the first period against the Kraken on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks center Sam Lafferty (24) and Kraken left wing Tye Kartye battle for the puck in the first period Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks center Connor Bedard (98) looks to take control of the puck in the first period against the Kraken on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Blackhawks left wing Andre Burakovsky (28) skates after the puck in the first period against the Kraken on Nov. 20, 2025, at the United Center. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
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China Prepares New Property Stimulus Package As Housing Crisis Enters Year Six
China Prepares New Property Stimulus Package As Housing Crisis Enters Year Six
The global stimmy train is about to leave the station.
With Japan – which is now in recession – set to announce a massive (for its GDP) $150BN fiscal stimulus any second, it’s (increasingly belligerent) neighbor to the west is also about to make it rain.
China is considering new measures to turn around its zombified property market, about to enter its 6th year of contraction, as concerns mount that a further weakening of the sector will threaten to destabilize its financial system, Bloomberg reports
Policymakers including the housing ministry are considering a slew of options, such as providing new homebuyers mortgage subsidies for the first time nationwide. Other measures being floated include raising income tax rebates for mortgage borrowers and lowering home transaction costs. In the end, however, China will just do what every economy does when it is scrambling to kickstart demand: it will hand out checks straight to its consumers.
The plan to subsidize interest costs on new mortgages is intended to lure back homebuyers, who have been reluctant to enter a free-falling market. While they may give a short-term boost, the steps are “probably not bold enough” to fix the supply-demand imbalance in the property market, Eric Zhu of Bloomberg Economics wrote. “Cheaper mortgages may not help much if people don’t want to borrow.”
The Chinese stimulus plan has been under discussion since at least the third quarter, as the housing market’s slump in sales and prices deepened, said the people, adding that the timing and specific policies to be implemented are still uncertain.
“The relaxation of fiscal policy is in line with our previous expectations, and reducing taxes and fees will moderately boost home buying activities,” said Jeff Zhang, a property equity analyst at Morningstar Inc. “We believe that the confidence of homebuyers still needs further stabilizing property prices to recover.”
China has been trying to put a floor under its five-year real estate downturn, which has weighed on everything from household wealth to consumption and employment. While the housing sector, which not too long ago was the world’s single biggest asset class…
… picked up modestly after the government stepped up support about a year ago, the momentum quickly fizzled. Home sales have been falling since the second quarter and fixed-asset investment collapsed last month.
The dim outlook for the property market, coupled with households’ weakened ability to repay mortgages and other personal loans, means that banks’ asset quality could deteriorate next year, Fitch Ratings analysts warned last month. Chinese banks’ bad loans surged to a record 3.5 trillion yuan ($492 billion) at the end of September.
In a similar move, China in September started offering interest subsidies for consumer loans to boost household spending. Residents can receive a one percentage-point interest rate waiver with a ceiling of relief based on the loan size.
Calls for more forceful policy support for the residential real estate market have grown in recent months after earlier steps including lowering loan thresholds and easing restrictions on multiple purchases failed to stem the downturn.
Last year, China scrapped a nationwide mortgage rate floor for individual homebuyers, seeking to bring down borrowing costs. The central bank then let the local interest rate self-discipline system, a supervisory body it oversees, decide whether a rate floor is still needed in their jurisdictions.
The country’s three biggest cities — Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen — eased homebuying requirements, especially in suburban areas, last quarter. Yet both new and resale homes recorded their steepest price declines in October in at least a year.
Meanwhile, Chinese consumers remain firmly in deleveraging mode, hindered by soft income expectations and growing uncertainties in a slowing economy. Outstanding residential mortgages shrank in the second and third quarter to 37.4 trillion yuan and are now down 3.9% from a peak in early 2023.
And while China tries to come up with a fix, the October economic data showed widespread weakness, especially in property and investment. Most major indicators grew less than 5% year-on-year, and property new starts declined nearly 30% yoy. We think the government may be reserving policy support for Q1 next year, since this year’s growth target appears broadly achievable.
Property market troubles continue: House prices and property activity fell faster in October. While the direct impact of property investment on GDP is lessening, indirect effects—such as lower confidence, weaker local government
Tyler Durden
Thu, 11/20/2025 – 23:51
Maxey impone récord personal con 54 puntos y 76ers vencen a Bucks 123-114 en tiempo extra
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tyrese Maxey logró 54 puntos, la mejor marca de su carrera, y empató el duelo al convertir dos tiros libres con siete segundos restantes en el cuarto periodo, para que los 76ers de Filadelfia se impusieran el jueves 123-114 a los Bucks de Milwaukee en tiempo extra.
El récord anterior de Maxey era una actuación de 52 puntos en una victoria de doble tiempo extra por 133-126 sobre San Antonio el 7 de abril de 2024. Repartió además nueve asistencias y jugó más de 46 minutos y medio.
Maxey, quien llegó al jueves promediando 40,3 minutos por encuentro, la mayor participación en la liga, había jugado 39 minutos una noche antes en una derrota en casa por 121-112 ante Toronto.
Ryan Rollins anotó 32 puntos para igualar un récord personal y también logró la mejor marca de asistencias en su carrera, con 14. Pero los Bucks sufrieron su cuarta derrota en sus últimos cinco encuentros.
Ningún equipo tuvo disponible a su exganador del trofeo al Jugador Más Valioso de la liga.
Giannis Antetokounmpo de Milwaukee, premiado en 2019 y 2020, se lesionó el lunes en Cleveland y se espera que se pierda un par de semanas. Los Bucks etiquetaron el problema como una distensión en la ingle izquierda el lunes, pero desde entonces han especificado que se trata de una distensión en el aductor izquierdo.
Joel Embiid, quien ganó el premio en 2023, se perdió su sexto encuentro consecutivo con Filadelfia, debido a un problema con su rodilla derecha.
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America’s Real Crisis: The Collapse Of The Citizen
America’s Real Crisis: The Collapse Of The Citizen
Authored by Kay Rubacek via The Epoch Times,
Across the free world, people are exhausted, institutions appear unresponsive, and leaders feel distant. Politics remains an endless quarrel. In this climate, a new idea is taking hold, that perhaps the machines can do better.
Billionaire technologist and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has publicly cautioned against this temptation while acknowledging why it is on the rise. When democracies fail to deliver, he notes, people naturally look for something—anything—that promises competence.
Surveys from 2025 even show that many citizens now trust artificial intelligence (AI) systems to make decisions on their behalf more than their elected representatives. It’s a striking shift, but it reveals something more troubling than the technology itself.
The real crisis facing America and the West is not technological; it is moral. Democracies do not weaken because their tools become outdated; they weaken when the people who sustain them lose confidence, clarity, and inner direction.
Even if we built the most advanced AI-driven civic platforms—and even if we used algorithms to scale up deliberation or streamline participation—we would still fail unless we first addressed the deeper problem: a free government cannot survive a morally disoriented public. No algorithm, no matter how sophisticated, can supply virtue where none exists.
Yet the idea of “algocracy” (government by algorithm) continues to seduce a society increasingly overwhelmed by disorder. Algorithms promise what human institutions struggle to offer: speed, consistency, neutrality, freedom from corruption, and relief from the churn of political conflict.
In an era of distrust and institutional decay, those promises feel like rescue. But they are built on a misunderstanding of both human nature and machine logic. An algorithm can optimize efficiency, but efficiency is not wisdom. Optimization is not judgment. And judgment—moral, historical, human judgment—is the core function of democratic life.
When citizens lose their sense of agency or become exhausted by polarization, they begin to look for something outside themselves that can restore order. In previous eras, that “something” was a strongman. Today, it is a statistical system. The impulse is the same: to outsource responsibility to a seemingly neutral power.
But once people get accustomed to the idea that “the algorithm knows best,” they slowly lose the habits that make self-governance possible. The muscle of civic responsibility weakens, the instinct to weigh competing truths dulls, and the capacity for moral discernment erodes. A society that surrenders judgment cannot sustain democracy, no matter how refined its tools become.
The Founding Fathers, though they lived centuries before machine learning, understood this dynamic better than any of today’s technocrats. John Adams’s observation that the Constitution was made for a moral and religious people was never a theological demand; it was a sociological fact. A free republic requires citizens who can restrain themselves, tolerate disagreement, act with integrity, and recognize right from wrong. Without that, laws become hollow and institutions brittle.
George Washington warned in his Farewell Address that liberty cannot last without shared moral principles. He feared the loss of a common ethic long before he feared foreign empires.
Their foresight came from a sober understanding of human nature, not an idealistic faith in it. They knew that a population lacking virtue would either spiral into chaos or beg for a ruler to save them from themselves. Today’s twist of fate is that the “ruler” many are turning toward isn’t even human.
This points to the central flaw in the hope that AI can help build a “better democracy.” AI does not fix a society; it reflects it. And whatever it reflects, it magnifies. If a culture is confused about justice, its AI systems will deepen that confusion. If people are divided about truth, their models will intensify the division. If citizens avoid their responsibilities, AI will gladly step in. Tools inherit the morality of the hands that wield them, and if the people guiding those choices lack moral clarity, the machine will simply scale their disorientation.
This is why the drift toward algocracy is so dangerous. The real threat is not that AI systems will dominate us but that we may no longer produce citizens capable of resisting domination. A morally confused society can be controlled by almost anything, including a technological black-box that no one fully understands.
This doesn’t mean AI has no role in democratic life, but there is a line it cannot cross. AI cannot determine the value of a human being, define justice, or cultivate moral citizens. It cannot replace the wisdom encoded in history. It cannot supply the inner discipline that enables a free people to remain free. The health of a democracy cannot depend on the elegance of its code or the capacity of its machines. It must depend upon the character of its citizens.
The path forward will not be found in a new algorithm. It begins where this enduring republic began: with the formation of the citizen. A society must restore historical orientation as guidance, not nostalgia. It must rebuild moral clarity through shared human values and virtues such as courage, honesty, duty, and dignity. It must reanchor its institutions around human principles that transcend political fashion, such as transparency, fairness, limits on power, and equal treatment under the law. And it must treat AI as a tool for strengthening the civic participation of human beings, and never as a substitute for civic responsibility.
At the center of all of this stands the human person. Any political system—algorithmic or not—that weakens the dignity of the individual can never sustain freedom.
Democracy can survive new technologies. It has already survived industrial revolutions, global wars, economic upheavals, and dramatic shifts in the information ecosystem, but it cannot survive the collapse of the citizen. If we want democracy to endure, the solution is not to outsource judgment but to reclaim it. The machine can assist deliberation, but only the people can determine what is good. The machine can scale decisions, but only the people can form judgment. The machine can organize data, but only the people can cultivate virtue.
The question of our time is not whether AI will govern us. The question is whether we will remember how to govern ourselves.
Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times or ZeroHedge.
Tyler Durden
Thu, 11/20/2025 – 23:25
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/americas-real-crisis-collapse-citizen
