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Exfuncionario argentino es indagado por supuestos sobornos en compras para discapacitados
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — El extitular de la Agencia Nacional de Discapacidad (ANDIS) de Argentina Diego Spagnuolo comparecía el miércoles ante la justicia para ser interrogado sobre la supuesta trama de corrupción en la compra de medicamentos para discapacitados, que involucraría al círculo más cercano del presidente Javier Milei y a laboratorios locales.
El fiscal federal Franco Picardi citó a indagatoria a Spagnuolo y a otras 14 personas, entre ellas exfuncionarios de la misma dependencia oficial y empresarios de droguerías y empresas proveedoras de medicamentos, imputados de haber conformado un supuesto entramado delictivo para direccionar contrataciones, manipular procesos de compra y aplicar sobreprecios en medicamentos e insumos críticos.
Para la fiscalía, la maniobra incluía el pago de sobornos a funcionarios públicos de ANDIS.
La causa judicial se inició a fines de agosto a partir de la difusión en medios locales de audios atribuidos a Spagnuolo —amigo y abogado de Milei antes de asumir la presidencia a fines de 2023— en los que afirma que ejecutivos de la droguería Suizo, abastecedora del Estado, les piden a laboratorios locales un retorno “para la Presidencia”.
“A Karina le llega el 3% y el 1% se va en la operatoria”, se escucha en uno de los mensajes del exfuncionario sobre la secretaria general de la Presidencia y hermana del mandatario, Karina Milei.
Tras salir a la luz los audios, el gobierno removió a Spagnuolo y ordenó la intervención de la Agencia Nacional de Discapacidad. En un comunicado, la administración de Milei no se pronunció sobre los supuestos sobornos, pero apuntó a una “utilización política” del caso por parte de la oposición en el marco de la campaña para las elecciones legislativas de octubre.
La hermana del mandatario no está imputada en la causa.
En un escrito presentado la semana pasada por la defensa de Spagnuolo ante los tribunales, se afirma que los audios no son reales y se atribuyen a inteligencia artificial.
Tras disponer allanamientos, el secuestro de documentación y de teléfonos móviles de los involucrados, el fiscal concluyó que Spagnuolo “permitió, consintió y supervisó el direccionamiento de compulsas de precios, para que finalmente determinadas droguerías y firmas vendedoras de insumos resultaran adjudicatarias y ganaran millonarias sumas de dinero…lo realizaba a cambio de diversos beneficios económicos indebidos para él”.
Si bien el fiscal Picardi había solicitado la detención de Spagnuolo y de otros cinco imputados, el juez federal Sebastián Cassanello sólo ordenó el arresto del empresario de laboratorios Pablo Atchabahian y dispuso la prohibición de salir del país al resto de los presuntos implicados.
México cierra el año con una inercia negativa a meses del inicio de la Copa del Mundo
Por CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — México cerró su actividad de este año con el sabor amargo de la derrota al perder ante Paraguay y se mantiene en una inercia negativa de seis encuentros consecutivos sin poder ganar y con pocos partidos restantes antes de debutar en el Mundial del 2026.
Lo más preocupante dentro de esa racha de malos resultados no son sólo los marcadores, sino el notorio rendimiento bajo del equipo dirigido por Javier Aguirre, quien sigue audicionando jugadores porque todavía no encuentra su once tipo.
México no logra ganar un partido desde que se coronó en la pasada edición de la Copa Oro al vencer a Estados Unidos. Su racha de seis partidos sin triunfos es la más larga desde el 2015, cuando el equipo hilvanó siete con Miguel Herrera en el banquillo.
“Tranquilo nunca puedes estar cuando no ganas, poque hay cosas que no me gustan y que pensabas que ya estaban superadas”, agregó Aguirre. “Esta derrota nos enseña que vamos por el camino correcto, pero no estamos dónde quisiéramos estar.”
¿Porqué no puede ganar la selección?
Los problemas del Tri son multifactoriales, pero tampoco son nuevos y son parte de una crisis que detonó en la Copa del Mundo de Qatar 2022 donde el combinado quedó fuera en primera ronda por primera vez desde Argentina 1978.
Después de eso, los dirigentes prometieron cambios para mejorar el fútbol mexicano que no han llegado con excepción de la regla para usar jugadores con restricción de edad que ya produjo resultados con el arribo el volante Gil Mora, de 17 años, quien se perfila para estar en su primer Mundial.
El resto de problemas siguen sin resolverse: el ascenso y descenso, la cuota de extranjeros en campo, la falta de competencia para los equipos más allá de la MLS y la poca exportación de jugadores al extranjero siguen siendo asignaturas por resolver.
¿Qué se puede hacer?
Mientras los dirigentes se ponen de acuerdo para aprobar cambios reales, la solución de corto plazo sería que Aguirre deje de experimentar y elija, por lo menos, la base de jugadores con la que piensa jugar la Copa del Mundo para comenzar a jugar como una unidad en el esquema de su preferencia.
Rotar siete jugadores entre partido y partido ya no puede ser una opción porque quedan ya pocos ensayos por delante para darle ese rodaje al equipo titular y guste o no, esas inseguridades de los jugadores por la falta de confianza del entrenador se reflejan en el campo de juego.
“Está claro que hay jugadores que muestran que pueden y quieren, hay otros que quieren, pero quizá no les alcanza”, admitió el entrenador. “De esto se trata de seguir buscando el once ideal.”
¿Qué es lo que sigue?
El comisionado presidente de la Federación Mexicana de Fútbol, Mikel Arriola, dijo recientemente que buscaban cerrar partidos de preparación en enero como visitante en Centroamérica, pero no se han confirmado.
Ahora que concluyó ya la eliminatoria es posible que se den a conocer esos oponentes. Por lo pronto está confirmado un mini ciclo de entrenamientos en febrero y después un partido ante Portugal a finales de marzo en el estadio Azteca que ya fue confirmado.
Los dirigentes trabajan por cerrar a otro rival de alto perfil que podría ser Francia, para esa misma fecha FIFA de marzo.
“Les hemos fallado a los aficionados en este último semestre. Fue un año agridulce, dimos buenas actuaciones al principio, pero nos caímos un poco o un mucho”, reconoció Aguirre. “Nos vemos en enero”.
St. Charles Business Alliance says fake Holiday Homecoming event information is circulating on Facebook
Facebook event pages with incorrect information about the St. Charles Electric Christmas Parade and Holiday Homecoming are circulating online, the St. Charles Business Alliance is warning.
The annual holiday celebration will be taking place on Nov. 28 and 29 in downtown St. Charles, with the Lighting of the Lights event at 5 p.m Friday, Nov. 28, and the Electric Christmas Parade starting at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 29, a news release from the business alliance said. The alliance’s official Facebook event page can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/events/2698579370483717.
The business alliance said the fraudulent online event pages can’t be removed “due to Facebook restrictions,” but, in the news release, offered a few suggestions for residents to determine if they are looking at the official event listing.
Among them are: ensuring the Facebook event page notes the correct dates, that the St. Charles Business Alliance and the city are listed as event hosts on the posting, that the listing contains a link to the official Holiday Homecoming website and that the location listed is 2 E. Main St. in St. Charles.
The release also noted that the official event is free, does not require a ticket, has no vendor opportunities and will not be livestreamed, so listings claiming otherwise are not representative of the official event.
The business alliance also noted that the city website features information on the event. Individuals with questions about the event can go to www.stcholidayhomecoming.com and can direct other questions to the alliance at 630-443-3967.
Ken Anderson y Roger Craig, semifinalistas para el Salón de la Fama del Fútbol Americano Profesional
Por JOSH DUBOW
El ex MVP Ken Anderson, el versátil corredor Roger Craig y la ex estrella de la AFL Otis Taylor se encuentran entre los nueve semifinalistas para la Clase de 2026 del Salón de la Fama del Fútbol Americano Profesional en la categoría de veteranos.
Un comité de expertos redujo la lista de 34 candidatos de jugadores que podrían haber aparecido por última vez en un juego de fútbol profesional en la temporada 2000.
El comité reducirá la lista a tres finalistas que avanzarán a la votación por el comité de selección completo, que se llevará a cabo antes del Super Bowl en febrero. También habrá 15 finalistas de la era moderna, un entrenador y un colaborador para la Clase de 2026. Entre cuatro y ocho nuevos miembros serán elegidos en el segundo año de este formato actual.
Los otros semifinalistas son los ex destacados receptores Henry Ellard y Stanley Morgan; el especialista en equipos especiales Steve Tasker; el liniero defensivo L.C. Greenwood, el liniero ofensivo Joe Jacoby; y el esquinero Eddie Meador.
Los candidatos revelados el miércoles no incluyeron a los finalistas que regresan Maxie Baughan y Jim Tyrer, quienes fueron eliminados en la última votación.
Anderson fue seleccionado cuatro veces para el Pro Bowl con Cincinnati y ganó el MVP en 1981, cuando ayudó a los Bengals a llegar a su primer Super Bowl antes de perder contra San Francisco. Cuando Anderson se retiró después de la temporada 1986, ocupaba el sexto lugar de todos los tiempos con 32.838 yardas por pase y el 13º con 197 pases de touchdown.
Craig fue una parte clave de la dinastía de San Francisco en la década de 1980 con su habilidad como corredor físico y como receptor saliendo del backfield. Craig fue el primer jugador en tener 1.000 yardas por carrera y 1.000 yardas por recepción en la misma temporada, lo cual ocurrió en 1985, y lideró la NFL con 2.036 yardas desde la línea de golpeo en 1988 cuando ayudó a los 49ers a ganar el Super Bowl.
Craig también formó parte de los equipos ganadores del título en San Francisco en las temporadas 1984 y 1989. Sus 410 yardas desde la línea de golpeo en esas victorias del Super Bowl son la tercera mayor cantidad de la historia, solo detrás de los miembros del Salón de la Fama Jerry Rice y Franco Harris.
Taylor pasó toda su carrera de 11 años con Kansas City, ganando honores All-Pro en la AFL en 1966 y en la NFL en 1971. Lideró la AFL con 11 recepciones de touchdown en 1967 y la NFL con 1.110 yardas en 1971. Terminó su carrera con 410 recepciones para 7.306 yardas y 57 touchdowns, y atrapó un pase de touchdown para ayudar a los Chiefs a ganar el Super Bowl tras la temporada 1969.
Ellard fue dos veces All-Pro con los Rams y terminó su carrera de 16 años con 814 recepciones para 13.777 yardas y 65 touchdowns.
Morgan pasó la mayor parte de su carrera con Nueva Inglaterra y sigue siendo el líder histórico de los Patriots con 10.352 yardas por recepción. Sus 19.2 yardas por recepción son la mejor marca entre los 181 jugadores con al menos 500 recepciones.
Tasker se destacó en la cobertura de despejes y patadas, registrando siete patadas bloqueadas y atrapando nueve pases de touchdown como receptor en la ofensiva. Ayudó a Buffalo a ganar cuatro títulos consecutivos de la AFC antes de perder en el Super Bowl y fue seleccionado para siete Pro Bowls en su carrera de 13 años.
Greenwood fue una parte clave de la famosa defensa “Cortina de Acero” de Pittsburgh en la década de 1970, ganando dos honores All-Pro y siendo parte de cuatro campeones del Super Bowl.
Jacoby fue dos veces All-Pro y un miembro principal de la línea ofensiva “The Hogs” que ayudó a Washington a ganar tres títulos de Super Bowl.
Meador jugó con los Rams de 1959 a 1970 y fue una selección de la década de 1960. Fue dos veces All-Pro y terminó su carrera con 46 intercepciones.
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Deportes en español AP: https://apnews.com/hub/deportes
Gov. JB Pritzker meets pope in Rome, they discuss Trump Chicago immigration crackdown
Gov. JB Pritzker and First Lady MK Pritzker met with Pope Leo XIV in Rome on Wednesday, where they discussed the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and the two formally invited the pope to visit Chicago, the governor’s office said.
“It was an honor for MK and me to meet with @Pontifex – a son of Illinois – to express the pride and reverence of the people of this great state,” Pritzker wrote on social media. “Pope Leo XIV’s message of hope, compassion, unity, and peace resonates with Illinoisans of all faiths and traditions.”
Leo, who was born Robert Prevost in Chicago and grew up in south suburban Dolton, discussed with Pritzker their shared concerns about the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement practices in Chicago, and pride in the people of Chicago for “speaking up,” Pritzker spokesperson Matt Hill said early Wednesday.
Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, helped arrange the meeting, Hill said. Anne Caprara, the governor’s chief of staff, also attended, according to Pritzker’s office.
Earlier this week, the pope backed U.S. bishops who condemned the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and urged Americans to treat migrants humanely, the Associated Press reported.
The Trump administration’s enforcement actions, which have been winding down in the Chicago area in recent days, received widespread criticism from neighborhood residents, local officials and local federal judges.
The administration has said the mass deportation was part of an effort to rid the nation of the “worst of the worst” of undocumented people in the country who both have a criminal record and lack proper documentation. But even as the Trump administration has highlighted some individuals who fit that description, records suggest that has rarely been the case.
Of 614 people whom the Trump administration identified as having been arrested in the Chicago area, just 16 had criminal histories that present a “high public safety risk,” according to a list of immigration arrests produced last week as part of an ongoing lawsuit.
Federal immigration agents in recent days have directed their attention to target Charlotte, N.C., following the operation in Chicago.
The meeting between Leo and the Pritzkers lasted about 40 minutes, according to the governor’s office.
The Pritzkers presented the pope with art and a letter from a woman incarcerated at Logan Correctional Center; a book about Abraham Lincoln; a pack of Burning Bush Brewery’s “Da Pope”-themed ale; and a copy of MK Pritzker’s own book about the Illinois governor’s mansion, the governor’s office said.
The governor, in an interview with NBC 5, said the pope was “optimistic” about returning back to visit Chicago.
“I expressed to him just how proud we are that he is a product of Chicago and that he’s perhaps more popular than Michael Jordan,” Pritzker said in the interview.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/gov-jb-pritzker-pope-rome-trump-immigration-crackdown/
Southland crime: Man shot in Glenwood, armed robbery in Homewood, and more
The following items were taken from police and court reports and news releases. An arrest does not constitute a finding of guilt.
Bridgeview
RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY: Fadi S. Alasmer, 33, 6300 block of Birmingham Street, Chicago Ridge, was arrested and charged with residential burglary and unlawful use of another’s credit card on Oct. 27. Police said Alasmer entered an acquaintance’s home in the 8200 block of Odell Avenue between 5 and 6 a.m. Oct. 26, took cash, a prescription and car keys, used the keys to access a car, removed a credit card and cash from a wallet in the car, used the credit card to purchase a gold bracelet from a jewelry store for $560 and sold the bracelet at another jewelry store for $280.
Burbank
ID THEFT: Jay M. Gorel, 29, homeless, Burbank, was arrested Oct. 29 and subsequently charged with aggravated identity theft and forgery, police said. Gorel obtained a blank personal check left in a residential mailbox on May 28, signed the payer’s name, entered $450 as the dollar amount, signed his name as the payee and deposited it into his bank account on June 3, police said.
SCHOOL CRASH: No one was injured but an unoccupied portion of St. Lawrence High School sustained structural damage when a Chicago man drove into it at 3:40 p.m. Nov. 4, police said. Juan M. Aguilar-Pulido, 34, was arrested and accused of driving on a suspended license, failing to reduce speed to avoid a collision and improper lane use, police said.
Ford Heights
GUN POSSESSION: A Ford Heights man who ran from Cook County sheriff’s police during a traffic stop is scheduled to appear in court at Markham Nov. 24, charged with aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon and resisting arrest, according to sheriff’s police and jail records online. Investigators from the department’s organized crime division recovered a loaded handgun dropped by Trevon Walker, 28, 1500 block of Congress Lane, during the chase and determined he lacked a gun permit and that the weapon was reported stolen, sheriff’s police said.
Glenwood
MAN SHOT: A north Sycamore Lane resident was taken Nov. 12 to a medical facility for treatment of a gunshot wound sustained outside his home, police said. The resident and another person were standing in his driveway at 4 p.m. when several people emerged from a car that had just arrived, began shooting at them and then fled in the car, police said.
Homewood
ARMED ROBBERY: A Freeport man displayed a handgun while demanding $300 from a clerk at a gas station in the 17500 block of Dixie Highway, police said. Devon Smallwood, 35, was arrested Nov. 1 and is charged with armed robbery and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, police said.
SEX OFFENDER: A Harvey man convicted in Cook County of sexual assault against a young teen when he was 36 and the victim was 16 was arrested Oct. 20 in the 14600 block of Center Avenue and accused of failing to register as a sex offender, according to police and the state sex offender registry. Kevin Williams, 63, 14600 block of Center Avenue, is a sex predator who has repeatedly failed to register as a sex offender, according to the online registry.
Oak Lawn
UNLICENSED DUI: Domingo Garcia, 51, Chicago, was arrested Oct. 11 in the 12800 block of La Grange Road and subsequently charged with drunken driving, driving without a license, speeding and illegal transportation of alcohol, police said.
RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY: Michael J. Walla, 52, Chicago, was arrested Oct. 31 in the 9700 block of 54th Avenue and subsequently charged with residential burglary after a trick-or-treater pointed out the home he was in to officers, who found Walla in a bathroom, police said.
Oak Forest
ABUSE CHARGED: Froylan Bahena-Vargas, 62, Markham, is scheduled to appear in Cook County court at Markham Dec. 5, charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse, police said. Bahena-Vargas inappropriately touched a girl on Nov. 3 at a gas station in the 5500 block of 159th Street, police said.
Orland Park
FELONY SHOPLIFTING: Keisha Keller, 39, Chicago, was charged Oct. 11 with felony retail theft after taking cosmetics collectively selling for $1,053 from a beauty products store at Orland Square mall, police said.
FELONY SHOPLIFTING: Kelly J. Scott, 38, 100 block of Treehouse Road, Matteson, was charged Oct. 11 with retail theft and resisting arrest after taking 11 articles of clothing collectively selling for $1,200 from a department store at Orland Square all, police said.
AGGRAVATED BATTERY: Wanda D. Williams, 60, 100 block of 10th Street, Chicago Heights, was arrested Oct. 22 and subsequently charged with aggravated battery to a police officer after spitting in two officers’ faces, police said. Williams was also accused of disorderly conduct for appearing partially disrobed at a facility for children in the 15500 block of 94th Avenue, police said.
Palos Hills
STOLEN VEHICLE: A vehicle reported stolen Oct. 6 from a driveway in the 13200 block of Greenleaf Court turned up in Blue Island a short time later, police said.
HOSPITAL BATTERY: A Palos Hills man who refused to leave Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital after being discharged, is scheduled to appear in Cook County court Dec. 15, charged with battery and criminal trespass to property, police said. Tomasz Fijalkowski, 35, 11100 block of 84th Avenue, punched a security officer in the chest on Oct. 25 after he was told to go, police said.
Park Forest
SLEEPING DRIVER: Lionell R. Martin, 54, 3300 block of Savanna Lane, Matteson, was arrested Oct. 29 and accused of drunken driving, parking in the roadway, impeding traffic, illegally transporting alcohol, driving on an expired license and no proof of insurance after an officer found him asleep at the wheel on Westwood Drive near Willow Street, police said.
Steger
REVOKED LICENSE: Louis A. Mendez, 36, first block of 33rd Place, Steger, was arrested Nov. 14 and charged with driving on a revoked license, hit-and-run and driving without insurance during a crash investigation in the first block of East Steger Road, police said.
Tinley Park
IDENTITY THEFT: Duane Green, 60, 10100 block of Pulaski Road, Oak Lawn, was indicted Oct. 30 in Will County court, charged with identity theft, unlawful use of another’s credit/debit card and theft, according to court records online. Green used credit cards taken in a Sept. 26 car burglary to obtain cash from an ATM at a gas station in the 7200 block of 183rd Street on Sept. 27, police said.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/southland-crime-man-shot-glenwood/
Police investigate infant’s death outside of Kouts
The Porter County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the death of a 3-month-old girl from Pleasant Township who died Sunday, according to a release.
Deputies were called around 11:47 a.m. Nov. 16 to a residence on County Road 1050 S for an infant girl who was found unresponsive, according to a release from Sgt. Ben McFalls, public information officer for the sheriff’s department.
The family and EMS at the scene initiated life-saving measures before the infant was transferred to Northwest Health-Porter, where she was pronounced deceased, police said.
Detectives with the sheriff’s department are investigating, according to McFalls, who added that no further information is available for release at this time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/police-investigate-infants-death-outside-of-kouts/
Email breach at Saint Anthony Hospital may have exposed the information of more than 6,600 people
Saint Anthony Hospital is investigating a breach of its email system that may have exposed the personal information of 6,679 people.
The Little Village hospital learned in February that an “unauthorized party” may have accessed a number of hospital employee email accounts, according to a notice on the hospital’s website.
Though the hospital is still investigating, with the help of cybersecurity experts, it’s learned that information such as names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical record numbers, patient account numbers, prescription information, and medical histories may have been exposed.
At this point, the hospital said it has no evidence that any of the information has been used for identity theft or fraud. The hospital said it will notify individuals if it learns that their information has been affected.
The hospital is encouraging patients and employees to protect themselves by placing a fraud alert/security freeze on their credit files, getting free credit reports, and reviewing their financial account statements and credit reports. People with questions about the incident can call 877-580-4384 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Cybersecurity incidents have become increasingly common at hospitals and health systems in recent years, which are often targeted because of their size and the wealth of personal information they hold.
In May, UChicago Medicine disclosed that the personal information of about 38,000 patients of a UChicago Medicine medical group may have been exposed in an incident involving one of the group’s vendors. A month earlier, Loretto Hospital on the city’s West Side said it was the victim of a hacking incident that may have exposed the information of more than 500 people.
Health system Ascension and Lurie Children’s Hospital were also targeted last year.
Health systems must report breaches of protected health information affecting 500 or more people to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights, which posts reports on a public website.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/saint-anthony-hospital-email-breach/
‘Russia Feels It’s Being Heard’: Trump Advancing Secret 28-Point Plan To End Ukraine War
‘Russia Feels It’s Being Heard’: Trump Advancing Secret 28-Point Plan To End Ukraine War
Here we go again: the Trump administration is desperately seeking to revive the peace effort in Ukraine, this time coming up with a 28-point plan which is modeled off the so far successful Gaza ceasefire.
The US is said to have been quietly working with Moscow on a new initiative to end the war in Ukraine. It’s being called a ‘secret’ plan and effort, according to Axios. It has led to a series of behind-the-scenes meetings and draft plans as Washington explores what conditions might allow for a political settlement.
The 28-point framework is organized around four major themes: securing peace in Ukraine, establishing security guarantees, addressing broader European security concerns, and defining the future of US relations with both Russia and Ukraine. An important highlight is that the talks are taking place without Ukraine or Europe at the table.
A senior Kremlin official cited in Axios said he was “optimistic” about the plan’s prospects, arguing that it aligns more closely with Moscow’s views than previous diplomatic efforts.
But is control of land or territorial concessions to be resolved? It’s unclear whether the secret plan tackles this head on, but if Russian officials are warming to the 28-point plan, then it likely touches on this.
Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, has been overseeing the drafting process and has held extensive discussions with Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and and top Putin representative in talks.
Dmitriev revealed to Axios he spent Oct. 24–26 in Miami in intensive talks with Witkoff and Trump advisers. Crucially he said that for the first time “we feel the Russian position is really being heard.”
Zelensky’s national security adviser, Rustem Umerov, has also been quoted as saying “We know the Americans are working on something.” This remark came as a planned meeting in Istanbul involving Witkoff, President Zelensky, and hosted by Erdogan on Wednesday has been altered. US Army representatives will reportedly be involved, and will meet with Zelensky, likely to pitch the new 28-point plan and brief him on progress.
Further interesting is that White House official told Axios Trump believes the war could “if flexibility is shown,” adding: “The president has been clear that it is time to stop the killing and reach a deal to end the war.”
Ukraine supporters are already vehemently complaining the talks are taking place secretly and without Kiev’s direct involvement or input…
A “secret plan” to end the war? What we know – and why Ukraine must stay vigilant.
Axios and Reuters report that the White House is quietly working with Russia on a 28-point roadmap to end the war in Ukraine. The plan is reportedly divided into four areas:
1️⃣ Peace in Ukraine
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— Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@rshereme) November 19, 2025
But then again, all the sides have been down this road before, and even recently, and yet at those moments Moscow’s real, pressing concerns were not directly dealt with, including a clear and permanent commitment that Ukraine will never join NATO, along with territorial concessions – starting especially with Crimea.
Trump expressed optimism in Tuesday comments, claiming that “I’ve actually stopped eight wars. I have another one to go with Putin. I’m a little surprised at Putin. It has taken longer than I thought.”
Tyler Durden
Wed, 11/19/2025 – 11:05
Naperville News Digest: Shopping environmentally, local comedian returns
Local author talks environmentally-minded shopping
Diane Osgood, a local environmental economist and author, will talk about shopping with the environment in mind during a free event at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21 at the McDonald Farm, 10S404 Knoch Knolls Road, Naperville.
Osgood’s presentation, “Your Shopping Superpower,” will explore how purchasing power can work for the environment instead of against it, a news release said.
Osgood, of Oswego, is the author of “Your Shopping Superpower: Follow Your Values and Better Your World One Purchase at a Time,” which offers practical strategies for making environmentally conscious purchases.
Friday’s event is open to the public and will feature interactive demonstrations, light refreshments and ideas for sustainable gift-giving and holiday supplies, the release said.
Registration is recommended at https://bit.ly/4nP58EZ.
For more information, contact the Conservation Foundation at 630-428-4500 or theconservationfoundation.org
Naperville comedian returns home for one-night show
Comedian Chris Ryan, a Naperville native and graduate of Naperville Central High School, will perform in his hometown at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12 at Meiley-Swallow Hall on North Central College’s campus, 31 S. Ellsworth St.
The show, “Nothing Means Anything,” will be performed in Naperville for one night only.
After 20 years away from the stage, Ryan last year performed three runs of his hour-long show, “Thermometer” to sold-out crowds in Indianapolis and Chicago.
His latest set dives into parenting chaos, aging, identity and the absurdity of modern life, a news release said.
Tickets are $25 each and can be bought at www.northcentralcollege.edu.
Park District and YMCA plan annual Christmas luncheon
Naperville senior citizens and families in need have until Monday, Dec. 8 to sign up for the annual Community Christmas Luncheon.
The luncheon, which is co-hosted by the Naperville Park District and the Fry Family YMCA, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24 at the Chicago Marriott Naperville, 1801 N. Naper Blvd.
The luncheon has been held for more than 40 years. Seniors and families in need can enjoy the holidays with a complimentary meal, which is made possible by donations.
Anyone wishing to support this initiative can make a monetary donation at www.napervilleparks.org/donate.
Those interested in attending the luncheon must reserve a space by Dec. 8 by contacting Myles Cochran at mcochran@ymcachicago.org or at 630-904-9595. Guests should include their names, phone numbers and the number of people who will be attending.
Naperville residents earn DuPage County scholarships
Two Naperville residents were among those recently awarded college scholarships through DuPage County’s Community Services Block Grant Scholarship program.
DuPage County awarded $54,000 to 10 area residents who demonstrated “inspiring traits and achievements while persevering through significant life experiences,” such as being first-generation college students and single mothers returning to school, a news release from the county said.
The recipients were awarded anywhere from $2,000 to $8,500 each, and scholarships were based on financial need, academic achievement, community and school involvement and interest in high-demand employment sectors, the release said.
Naperville recipients include Francesca Mosley, who is studying to be a certified paralegal assistant at the College of DuPage and Shavonne, whose last name was withheld and is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at Lewis University.
“Education has always been a guiding light of hope in my life’s path,” Mosley said in a statement. “I do not view this scholarship solely as just an investment in me, but it is an investment that will be utilized indirectly to pour back into the community I plan to serve with it.”
The scholarships supplement the cost of tuition, books, supplies and other school expenses, the news release said. It is funded and designed in cooperation with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for low-income individuals with high academic potential.
