The Trump administration is calling its new immigration sweep in North Carolina’s largest city “Operation Charlotte’s Web.”

But the granddaughter of E.B. White, the author of the classic 1952 children’s tale “Charlotte’s Web,” said the wave of immigration arrests goes against what her grandfather and his beloved book stood for.

“He believed in the rule of law and due process,” Martha White said in a statement. “He certainly didn’t believe in masked men, in unmarked cars, raiding people’s homes and workplaces without IDs or summons.”

White, whose grandfather died in 1985, works as his literary executor. She pointed out that in “Charlotte’s Web,” the spider who is the main character devoted her life on the farm to securing the freedom of a pig named Wilbur.

The Trump administration and Republican leaders have seized on a number of catchy phrases while carrying out mass deportation efforts — naming their holding facilities Alligator Alcatraz in Florida, Speedway Slammer in Indiana and Cornhusker Clink in Nebraska.

Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official now on the ground in Charlotte, was the face of the “Operation At Large” in Los Angeles and “Operation Midway Blitz” in Chicago, two enforcement surges earlier this year. As the Charlotte operation got underway, Bovino quoted from “Charlotte’s Web” in a social media post: “We take to the breeze, we go as we please.”

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Fox News Chief National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin and her husband, NPR National Security Correspondent Greg Myre, offered insight Sunday on the world’s hot spots and blind spots.

They spoke Sunday in Westville as part of the Purdue Northwest Sinai Forum lecture series, the latest of more than 350 speakers to do so since the series began in 1953.

They focused on the Middle East and Ukraine but touched on other areas as well.

In the Israel-Gaza conflict, Myre offered historical perspective.

“It’s easy to lose track of the bigger, broader historical picture,” he said. The Middle East has land that is sacred to Jews, Muslims and Christians alike, Griffin noted.

Israel fought a series of wars and prevailed since it was established in 1948. “For the first time, Israel doesn’t have an existential threat in the region that is capable of taking out Israel,” Griffin said.

But the conflict with Palestinians has worsened.

“Israel has won wars but lost the peace,” Myre said. The two-state solution over Gaza that once seemed feasible now seems a distant memory.

“Israelis would not have believed me. I would not have believed it myself,” all that’s happened in the past two years, he said, since Hamas launched a missile barrage that killed more than 1,000 people, most of them Israeli civilians. Israel has retaliated in kind.

When Griffin and Myre lived in Jerusalem for nine years, raising their children, in the early 2000s, the situation was different. It was violent, but there was more hope.

Griffin recalls not taking her children to the grocery store and following buses at a distance because of suicide bombs. “Cafes would blow up down the road from my house,” she said. Such is life when raising kids in a war zone.

In the early 2000s, Myre said, “you could not avoid interacting with Israelis and Palestinians” at restaurants in Jerusalem, but now that doesn’t happen.

Go back even further to the 1990s. “The Cold War had just ended, so that led to an attempt to end some long-running conflicts,” Myre said.

NPR National Security Correspondent Greg Myre and his wife, Fox News Chief National Security Correspondent Jennifer Griffin, listen to an audience member following their talk Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at the Purdue Northwest Sinai Forum in Westville. (Doug Ross/for Post-Tribune)

Without the Soviet Union, some longstanding political conflicts seemed doable. Apartheid in South Africa took effect in 1948, within a week of Israel becoming a nation, Myre said. The end of apartheid in South Africa seemed to indicate a solution to the Israel-Gaza conflict was possible.

But now even the peaceniks they knew in Israel don’t seem to hold out hope for a two-state solution as the Israel-Gaza conflict that exploded on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a deadly attack on Israel, Griffin said.

Travel between Gaza and Israel was easy when Myre and Griffin lived in Jerusalem. As war correspondents, they could easily travel to Palestinian areas to verify what the Israel Defense Forces told them. That’s no longer the case, with a 30-foot wall barring travel between the two territories.

“I hadn’t been there to cover and report since 2007, when we left. A lot of it has changed,” Griffin said.

In 2005, Jewish settlers in the West Bank were pulled out, sometimes crying, sometimes screaming, from their homes by the IDF. “There were scenes that I would remember up on the rooftops,” with paint balloons thrown onto IDF soldiers, Griffin said. “It was very dramatic.”

Hamas celebrated with a parade, deciding to have their version of a Mardi Gras float with a missile on the back of the float. The missile went off with terrible consequences. Hamas blamed Israel and shot missiles into Israel.

“It feels very circular and never changing,” Myre said.

He recalls Israel’s military calling him and NPR colleagues to show a 45-minute video of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. “I found myself just not being able to look at it some of the time,” he said. “It’s far too graphic to describe.”

The video was compiled from clips collected from dead Hamas soldiers and others.

“We see both sides escalating. We see it get worse and worse,” he said. “Both sides hold the dead hostage, for a year in many cases.”

“It’s an ingrained, horrible conflict, and it just shows how hard it is to end,” he said.

“Israel has become more isolated in many ways in the last two decades,” Myre said. In the United States, Israel has lost a lot of support among Democrats, especially younger Democrats, and some Republicans. “It was very striking to hear this,” he said.

Syria is a traditional foe of Israel.

Soon after Trump took office, he said Syria is a mess and the U.S. wouldn’t get involved there, Myre recalled.

Since then, though, Trump has lifted sanctions against Syria and hosted its leader in the Oval Office, spraying him with Trump-branded cologne. “My head was about to explode,” Myre said at seeing Trump treat a former al-Qaeda leader that way.

The situation in Ukraine is a bloody slugfest, but it’s turning into two simultaneous wars, Myre said.  “You’ve got the World War I war, and you’ve got this 21st-century war.”

The first is the trench warfare fought during World War I, with both Ukraine and Russia digging in to protect their territory. “The front line is not really moving, and I’ve known that the past three years or so,” Myre said. When the Russian invasion began Nov. 22, 2022, Russia had captured 18% of Ukrainian territory. It’s now at 19%.

“Russia has lost an estimated 1 million men,” a quarter of them dead and the rest wounded.

“The Russians fight the way they always have, which is push a lot of men in,” getting them slaughtered, Myre said. Now, Russia is emptying prisons and getting troops from other countries.

“A lot of young men with resources and education in both countries have left because they don’t want to be a part of this war,” Myre said.

The 21st-century warfare has become a battle of technology.

“This is really the first drone war that the world has ever seen,” Myre said.

Jennifer Griffin, chief national security correspondent for Fox News, and Greg Myre, national security correspondent for NPR, listen to an audience member following their discussion Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, at the Purdue Northwest Sinai Forum in Westville. (Doug Ross/for Post-Tribune)

On June 1, UK drones hidden in small mobile homes and released struck simultaneously at air bases, taking out dozens of Russia’s long-range bombers, Griffin said.

“It was such a clever operation involving drones,” Griffin said. Ukraine is building an estimated 200,000 drones per month, including 3,000 long-range drones per year.

Ukraine is also buying $500 drones over the internet and dropping grenades into open Russian gun turrets, Griffin said. That’s caused Russia to be more cautious about moving its equipment forward.

Drones from Ukraine are going hundreds of miles into Russia, hitting unprotected sites. Russia is now doing this as well.

“Remember, Russia is the biggest country by territory of any country in the world, by a long shot,” Myre said. Ukraine is no small country, either.

Russian drones in Poland’s airspace prompted NATO planes to scramble and shoot down the drones. Russia then tested Romanian airspace, then Estonia, a test of NATO’s resolve, Griffin said.

Ukraine is now making its own cruise missiles capable of traveling 1,800 miles, way past Moscow, Myre said. Several recent strikes have been identified that could have come from cruise missiles.

Presidents Joe Biden and Donald Trump both put restrictions on how arms given to Ukraine by the United States could be used, Myre said. Trump has allowed sales to Europe to be given to Ukraine.

That prompted Ukraine to start building its own weapons, Myre said.

Neither side can wage this war forever.

“Who will crack first? I think there is more pressure on Ukraine since it has fewer people,” Myre said.

But Ukrainians are more motivated because they’re fighting for their homeland, Griffin said.

Looking at examples like Afghanistan, where Russia pulled out after 20 years of war, she said the Russian model is not sustainable.

Looking at the U.S. views on geopolitics, Griffin said, “There has been a change in the administration’s view on this. I think Trump has come a long way on this,” realizing Vladimir Putin isn’t his friend.

Are we going to focus only on the Americas and maybe Greenland? Or will the United States remain a global power, Griffin pondered.

Sometimes you need to use military power to leverage a cease-fire, she said.

“It’s a bluff for Putin to say he’s going to use nuclear weapons against the United States and Europe,” Griffin said. “At some point, you really need to use your military to draw a line in the sand and say no, you can’t do that,” and the sooner the better.

At the Pentagon, things are much different now than they were when Myre and Griffin began their careers.

The Defense Department is now the War Department. And contrary to the openness the Pentagon has had for many decades, things have changed radically.

In 1943, a CBS reporter had the D-Day invasion plan ahead of time but didn’t break the embargo. Having that information in advance allowed CBS to report accurately on what happened that day.

Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld loved the press, Griffin recalled. Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates pointedly said, “The press is not the enemy.” Reporters had access to most areas of the Pentagon, with the notable exception of classified information.

This year, however, the Pentagon gave reporters a 17-page security document to sign. Some 30 reporters, Griffin said, refused to sign it because it would severely limit access to information.

Griffin told of Gates reading a story that the Marine Corps was dragging its heels on producing vehicles better armored to protect troops from improvised explosive devices. “Heads rolled. MRAPs started being made,” saving thousands of lives as a result.

“Those kinds of stories don’t happen unless you’re in the building and build these kinds of relationships with trust,” Griffin said.

“There hasn’t been a press briefing in the press briefing room since June,” and they used to be weekly or even more often, she said. All this secrecy boosts the potential for conspiracy theories, she said.

The military is changing in other ways, too.

“Since Jan. 27, four-star admirals and generals have been fired,” Griffin said. “Many of them have been women; many of them have been Black.”

None has been given a reason, she said. “It really is creating a lot of fear.” People are begging journalists not to call them because their phones are being checked routinely, Giffin said.

“There are other people who have been pushed into retirement early. It’s a brain drain,” she said, with the military losing leaders who were at the point end of the spear to counter ISIS and other military engagements.

“A lot of those senior leaders have been removed for no reason. You should be concerned. I’m concerned,” Griffin said.

Doug Ross is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/israel-has-won-the-wars-but-lost-the-peace-national-security-correspondents-offer-insights/ 

As legislators meet for Organization Day, the start of the 2026 session, on Tuesday, they will grapple with President Donald Trump’s direct criticism and a swatting call to a State Senator’s house after the Indiana Senate declined to vote on mid-census redistricting.

In a Sunday morning Truth Social post, Trump called out “RINO” Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Rod Bray, R-Martinsville, and Senator Greg Goode, R-Terre Haute, “for not wanting to redistrict their state, allowing the United States Congress to perhaps gain two more Republican seats.”

“Because of these two politically correct type ‘gentlemen,’ and a few others, they could be depriving Republicans of a Majority in the house, A VERY BIG DEAL!,” Trump wrote. “It’s weak ‘Republicans’ that cause our Country such problems – It’s why we have crazy policies and ideas that are so bad for America.”

Trump also called out Gov. Mike Braun for “perhaps … not working the way he should to get the necessary votes.”

“Considering that Mike wouldn’t be Governor without me (Not even close!), is disappointing! Any Republican that votes against this important redistricting, potentially having an impact on America itself, should be PRIMARIED,” Trump wrote.

Goode and his family were victims of a swatting incident Sunday night after a fake communication was sent to local police, according to a statement from the senator’s office.

Vigo County sheriff’s deputies responded to the house after Terre Haute police received an email around 5 p.m. alleging “harm had been done to persons inside a home,” according to a department news release. Eventually, they made contact with people inside the home, who were determined to be “secure, safe, and unharmed,” and the incident was determined to be a false or prank call, also known as swatting, police said.

“While this entire incident is unfortunate and reflective of the volatile nature of our current political environment, I give thanks to God that my family and I are ok,” Goode said in a statement.

Goode did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether Trump’s post impacted his vote on redistricting.

A spokeswoman for Bray did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In a Twitter/X post on Monday, Braun wrote he “had a great call” with Trump where he told the president he is “committed to standing with him on the critical issue of passing fair maps in Indiana to ensure the MAGA agenda is successful in Congress.”

“The Indiana State Senate is hiding behind closed doors and refusing to even bring redistricting to a vote. Hoosiers deserve to know where their legislators stand and expect them to show up for work, not walk out and hide in the dark,” Braun said.

In a separate post, after the tweet about his call with Trump, Braun said “targeting elected officials and their families in their homes or private lives has no place in Indiana.” He said he was glad that Goode and his family were safe.

“Protecting the rights of all Hoosiers to safely engage in political debate is one of my fundamental duties as Governor and the Indiana State Police will continue working closely with the Indiana General Assembly to ensure the safety and security of our elected officials,” Braun said.

The Indiana Senate announced Friday it canceled a two-week session to discuss mid-census redistricting because of a lack of votes.

“Over the last several months, Senate Republicans have given very serious and thoughtful consideration to the concept of redrawing our state’s congressional maps. Today, I’m announcing there are not enough votes to move that idea forward, and the Senate will not reconvene in December,” Bray said in a statement Friday.

The 2026 session begins Tuesday, with Organization Day, after which the Senate will reconvene Jan. 5, 2026.

The Senate had been a hurdle for Indiana’s redistricting efforts after a spokeswoman for Bray told reporters last month that the Senate did not have the votes to pass new Congressional maps.

Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith issued a statement in support of redistricting, calling the Indiana Senate a place “where conservative ideas from the House go to die,” seemingly in response to a Politico article about the Indiana Senate not having enough votes to pass new maps.

“The people of Indiana did not elect a Republican supermajority so our Senate could cower, compromise, or collapse at the very moment courage is (required),” Beckwith said in his statement. “Yet, here we are again. The Indiana Republican-controlled Senate is failing to stand with President Trump, failing to defend the voice of Hoosier voters, and failing to deliver the 9-0 conservative map our citizens overwhelmingly expect.”

Trump and national Republicans have been pressuring red states to change their congressional maps before the 2026 election to increase Republican control of the U.S. House.

In August, Texas lawmakers approved redistricted maps to include five new districts that would favor Republicans. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed off on the new maps, but a lawsuit has been filed against Abbott and the Secretary of State for the maps.

After Texas began discussing redistricting, California Gov. Gavin Newsom approved a special election to take place in November for residents to vote on a redrawn congressional map designed to help Democrats win five more House seats next year.

The California ballot measure passed, but the Trump Administration is suing the state to stop the efforts.

In his X post, Braun said Indiana legislators should vote on new Congressional maps “to counter the gerrymandering in California and Illinois.” Gerrymandering is when the majority political party draws voting maps to favor their party.

Trump has pushed other Republican-controlled states to also revise their maps to add more winnable Republican seats. Ohio Republicans have also started the process of partisan redistricting.

Vice President JD Vance traveled to Indianapolis in early August to talk to Republican leadership about redistricting. More than 55 Republican state legislators went to the White House Aug. 27 to talk about redistricting, and then Vance came back to Indianapolis Oct. 10 to discuss redistricting.

During the White House visit, Politico reported Trump met privately with Bray and House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers.

It is unusual for redistricting to take place in the middle of the decade and typically occurs once at the beginning of each decade to coincide with the census.

Indiana was last redistricted in 2021, which left Congressional Republicans with seven seats and Democrats two seats. The two Democratic seats are the First District, held by U.S. Rep Frank Mrvan, and the Seventh District, held by U.S. Rep. André Carson.

Braun originally called for a special legislative session to “consider altering the boundaries of Indiana’s congressional districts” and federal and state tax compliance beginning Nov. 3.

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An arsonist attempted to start a fire at City Hall late Friday night, Mayor Brandon Johnson said Monday.

The fire outside the building did not spread beyond the initial flame, and the person who started it was not identified before fleeing, the mayor told reporters during an unrelated news conference.

Johnson said the arson attempt occurred at 11 p.m. and was recorded in surveillance camera footage.

“It goes without saying that this type of violence has no place in our politics,” he said. “While we may have strong disagreements on various issues, there is never any acceptable use of violence in a democracy.”

Police confirmed Monday that no arrests were made and no injuries were reported during the fire. The blaze went out on its own after causing slight damage to the outside of the building, police said.

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Judge Says ‘Government Misconduct’ By DOJ Prosecutor May Have Tainted Comey Case

Tyler Durden
Mon, 11/17/2025 – 15:40

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/judge-says-government-misconduct-doj-prosecutor-may-have-tainted-comey-case 

Visitors to downtown Batavia over the weekend got a head start on their holiday shopping as the Batavia MainStreet group and Water Street Studios offered their annual Winterfest Art Market, a three-day holiday shopping experience that included over two dozen art vendors, food, music and more.

The event kicked off Friday and ran through Sunday and spanned Water Street Studios and nearby Kiss the Sky record store, with 13 additional vendors across the street at 139 First St., organizers said.

Lindsay Luker of Geneva on Saturday did some shopping at the market.

“I’m shopping for a friend. This is for someone else, but I’ll probably get something for myself before this is over,” Luker said as she bought a piece of jewelry at the event. “I’ve come to this market four times and I keep coming back. This place is magical and there’s so much creativity here and so much community.”

Beth Walker, executive director of Batavia MainStreet, said the collaboration between MainStreet and Water Street Studios on the market started in 2018.

“We both used to hold separate winter markets,” Walker said. “Ours was more artisan and there’s was more art-based, but we just joined forces and it’s been going on since then.”

This year, 13 additional vendors were added to the market at the newly-renovated 139 First St. site.

Music was provided by Kiss the Sky at the event while food was again provided by food trucks which Walker said replaced indoor food vendors “a few years ago.”

A total of 1,500 to 2,000 shoppers were expected to attend throughout the weekend.

Saturday’s crowd wasted no time hitting the site to do some shopping.

Shoppers look at items for sale Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, during the Winterfest Art Market in Batavia. (David Sharos/For The Beacon-News)

Sue Wulff of Batavia dropped by Water Street Studios “looking for a little bit of everything”

“I love art. I’m a wannabe artist, but I’m really not an artist,” she said. “I love pottery.”

Ellen McCue from Batavia said she has visited the market before and admitted she “was in search of anything and everything.”

“I’m looking for gifts. I’m part of the pre-Christmas shopping club,” she said. “I know there are people in and out in 10 minutes but that won’t be us. We’re going to make at least a morning of it.

“I’ll be happy if I can find gifts for friends,” she said. “I always start shopping around this time. I like this collection of artists because it’s unique. That’s what we look for. You don’t want the same old, same old.”

David Sharos is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News.

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It might seem to be about two 18th century Vienna composers, but Peter Shaffer’s masterful 1979 play “Amadeus,” which opened Sunday night at the Steppenwolf Theatre,  is really a play about the late-in-life problem of how to deal with the pesky emergence of those younger and more talented than you.

You might be writing music at the court of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, or you might play for the Chicago Bears or work in private equity. It doesn’t matter. As you age, you’ll see youthful geniuses arrive to threaten your position.

You’ll see their inevitable early crudeness and lack of sophistication. But — here is the paradox on which Shaffer homed in, nearly 50 years ago now — if you are good at what you do, especially if you are very good at what you do, you also will immediately recognize their talent, even if others do not. How you respond, as a generous mentor or as a jealous rival, is likely to define the rest of your life.

Being generous, of course, is the only acceptable public position, especially in these days of Facebook virtue signaling. But Shaffer knew, and made clear in a play that in 1984 was turned into a massively successful movie, that it is just not that simple. Jealousy might be a deadly sin, but that doesn’t mean you have to fold your tent; mediocrity is not a death sentence.  Although if you choose to fight, know that the young always win in the end.

I’d say that Robert Falls, who ran the Goodman Theatre inestimably well for more than 35 years, has a good sense by now of the issues of this play. (Falls returned to Chicago theater to direct this play in place of Anna D. Shapiro, who left for health reasons but is now doing better.) Certainly, his lively in-the-round production reflects that sophistication of thematic understanding as one watches Antonio Salieri (Ian Barford), a mediocre court composer smart enough to know his own mediocrity, take down the rising Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (David Darrow, in a fantastic Steppenwolf debut).

David Darrow and Ian Barford in “Amadeus” at Steppenwolf Theatre. (Michael Brosilow)

Shaffer’s play casts Salieri as a sophisticated murderer (or maybe manslaughter is more accurate), impeding Mozart’s progress through the court’s hierarchy at every turn, making sure he is starved of reputation, resources and opportunity, even of love and companionship. But as in Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” every slash and burn he lands on Mozart’s manuscripts and psyches extracts a price from Salieri himself, eventually turning him into a twisted, self-destructive corpse of a man.

“Amadeus” is an excellent play, of course, although it is one very much of its time when it comes to the treatment of women. It is of a piece, in some ways, with “Dangerous Liaisons,” another famous play/movie, this one written six years later by Christopher Hampton but also dealing with malevolent male destruction. In “Amadeus,” the two women who surround Mozart and Salieri, Constanze (Jaye Ladymore) and Katherina (Erica Stephan) largely are passive victims of the fight between these two men. It’s a dated formulation, frankly (although both of these actresses are excellent in the show), and I had a moment Sunday night thinking about all that Steppenwolf had to say about these programming issues around the pandemic and now here we are with them producing “Amadeus.” The pendulum most certainly has swung back, its trajectory surely aided by the need to find a title that sells tickets, as this one likely will.

David Darrow, Ian Barford (left and right) and the cast of “Amadeus” at Steppenwolf Theatre. (Michael Brosilow)

I’m not 100% clear where Shapiro’s work ended and Falls’ began on this production, but the result of the combination is a lively cast and a more slick and sophisticated spatial use of the new Ensemble Theatre than we hitherto have seen. For the first time in this space, it feels like here is a show (with a shrewd set from Todd Rosenthal) that sits naturally in the round, that makes clever and often humorous use of the implicit intimacy and that makes good use of a fundamental appeal of plays like this one: namely, the rather delicious experience of always knowing more than the characters. After all, the name Mozart has (to say the least) eclipsed Salieri and so when one of the snotty courtiers (a snarky group that includes Robert Breuler, Yasen Peyankov, John Lister and Joey Slotnick) disses “The Magic Flute” or “The Marriage of Figaro,” or the superficial ruler (Gregory Linington) makes some dumb snap judgement, we feel superior. Although many don’t realize it, audiences love to feel superior and reward shows accordingly at the box office.

There are real rewards to be had in Darrow’s superb performance as Mozart, which is outré enough to fit the hip style of this production, period attire from designer Amanda Gladu notwithstanding, but is sufficiently grounded in reality that it conveys, well, I guess the right phrase is prodigious pain.  I have great respect for Barford as an deeply honest actor and he certainly has his moments, but the missing dimension, at least in terms of what is visible, in his performance here is that sense of how Salieri is like a train barreling to self-destruction without a driver, of being full aware of the immortality of what he is doing while also being unable to stop himself, especially as his diabolism increases along with Mozart’s accomplishments.

To my mind, he needs more drive, sharper edges and a deeper connection with an audience of confidantes. Ideally, you sympathize with Salieri, a tragic figure, just until you see that his ruin could be yours, too.

Chris Jones is a Tribune critic.

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Review: “Amadeus” (3 stars)

When: Through Jan. 25, 2026

Where: Steppenwolf’s Ensemble Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted St.

Running time: 2 hours, 35 minutes

Tickets: $20-$123.50 at 312-335-1650 and steppenwolf.org

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/review-amadeus-steppenwolf/ 

Por STEVE MEGARGEE

El corredor de Green Bay, Josh Jacobs, no requerirá cirugía por la lesión de rodilla que lo obligó a abandonar la victoria de los Packers sobre los New York Giants el domingo, dijo una persona familiarizada con la situación a The Associated Press.

La persona habló con la AP bajo condición de anonimato el lunes porque los Packers no han anunciado la gravedad de la lesión. NFL Network informó primero que la rodilla de Jacobs no tenía daño estructural y que no requeriría cirugía.

Jacobs pareció lesionarse la rodilla izquierda cuando fue sacado del campo por Jevon Holland en una jugada del primer cuarto. Inicialmente, Jacobs permaneció en el juego antes de dirigirse a la banca con un dolor evidente y finalmente se dirigió al vestuario.

Tuvo siete acarreos para 40 yardas antes de salir de un juego que los Packers ganaron finalmente 27-20.

Emanuel Wilson tuvo una carga de trabajo más pesada de lo habitual en ausencia de Jacobs y corrió para 40 yardas y un touchdown. Los 11 acarreos de Wilson igualaron su máximo de la temporada.

Jacobs, de 27 años, ha corrido para 648 yardas en 169 acarreos esta temporada. Tiene 11 carreras de touchdown y entra en acción el lunes por la noche clasificado segundo en la liga en esa categoría, detrás de Jonathan Taylor de Indianápolis (15).

Durante su primera temporada en Green Bay el año pasado, Jacobs corrió para 1.329 yardas y 15 touchdowns para ganar su tercera temporada en el Pro Bowl de su carrera. Pasó sus primeras cinco temporadas con los Raiders de Oakland/Las Vegas y lideró la NFL con 1.653 yardas por tierra para ganar honores All-Pro en 2022.

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https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/17/corredor-de-packers-josh-jacobs-no-necesitar-ciruga-tras-lesin-de-rodilla-ante-giants/ 

“People Love It”: Trump Talking To Dems About ‘Direct Payment’ Health Care Plans

Tyler Durden
Mon, 11/17/2025 – 15:20

https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/people-love-it-trump-talking-dems-about-direct-payment-health-care-plans 

PORTLAND, Ore. — A former Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to cut the engines of a passenger flight in 2023 while riding off-duty in the cockpit will serve no additional prison time, a federal judge ruled Monday.

U.S. District Court Judge Amy Baggio sentenced Emerson to time served and supervised release for three years a hearing in Portland, Oregon. Federal prosecutors had asked for one year in prison, while his attorneys had sought probation.

“Pilots are not perfect. They are human,” she said. “They are people and all people need help sometimes.”

Emerson was subdued by the flight crew after trying to cut the engines of a Horizon Air flight from Everett, Washington, to San Francisco on Oct. 22, 2023, while he was riding in an extra seat in the cockpit. The plane was diverted to Portland, where it landed safely with more than 80 people on board.

After his arrest, Emerson told police he was despondent over a friend’s recent death, had taken psychedelic mushrooms about two days earlier, and hadn’t slept in over 40 hours. He has said he believed he was dreaming at the time and that he was trying to wake himself up by grabbing two red handles that would have activated the plane’s fire suppression system and cut off fuel to its engines.

Before Baggio announced the sentence, Emerson spoke and said he regretted the harm he caused to society.

“I’m not a victim. I am here as a direct result of my actions,” he told the court. “I can tell you that this very tragic event has forced me to grow as an individual.”

The judge said the incident “offers a cautionary tale worth telling beyond the confines of this case.”

Joseph Emerson pleaded guilty or no-contest to all charges against him in September as part of agreements with state and federal prosecutors.

Emerson, of Pleasant Hill, California, was charged in federal court with interfering with a flight crew. A state indictment in Oregon separately charged him with 83 counts of endangering another person and one count of endangering an aircraft. He was released from custody pending trial in December 2023, with requirements that he undergo mental health services, stay off drugs and alcohol, and keep away from aircraft.

In September, he pleaded guilty to the federal count and no-contest to the state charges, which carries the same legal effect as a guilty plea.

A state court sentenced him to 50 days in jail, with credit for time served, plus five years of probation, 664 hours of community service — eight hours for each person he endangered — and over $60,000 in restitution, nearly all of it to Alaska Air Group.

Half of his community service can be performed at the pilot health nonprofit Emerson founded after his arrest. He must also undergo assessments for drug and alcohol and mental health treatment, refrain from using any unprescribed drugs, and keep at least 25 feet (7.6 meters) away from operable aircraft unless he has permission from his probation officer.

In their sentencing memo asking for one year in prison, federal prosecutors wrote: “It was only through the heroic actions of the flight crew, who were able to physically restrain the defendant and restore normal operations of the aircraft, that no lives were lost that day.”

However, a pre-sentence report from federal probation officers recommended a sentence of time served with three years of supervised release and six months of home detention, according to the sentencing memo submitted by Emerson’s attorneys.

In that memo, his attorneys requested probation with credit for time served over prison or home detention, arguing that the “robust” state prosecution “resulted in substantial punishment.”

In state court in September, Emerson said he was grateful to the flight crew for restraining him and saving his life, along with those of everyone else on board. He called it “the greatest gift I ever got,” even though he lost his career and wound up in jail, because it forced him to confront his mental health challenges and reliance on alcohol.

“This difficult journey has made me a better father, a better husband, a better member of my community,” he said.

The airline has said that other members of the flight crew had not observed signs of impairment that would have barred Emerson from the cockpit.

The averted disaster renewed attention on cockpit safety and the mental fitness of those allowed in them.

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