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Los Knicks extienden su racha de victorias ante los Raptors a 12 con la victoria 111-95
TORONTO (AP) — Jalen Brunson anotó 26 puntos y repartió 10 asistencias, Karl-Anthony Towns sumó 21 unidades y 12 rebotes, y los Knicks de Nueva York vencieron el miércoles 111-95 a los Raptors de Toronto para firmar su quinta victoria en seis partidos.
Después de cortar el domingo la racha de 11 victorias de San Antonio, los Knicks ampliaron a 12 su racha de triunfos contra Toronto. Los Raptors vencieron por última vez a Nueva York el 22 de enero de 2023.
Los Knicks (40-22) se convirtieron en el tercer equipo de la Conferencia Este en llegar a 40 victorias, uniéndose a Detroit y Boston. OG Anunoby anotó 15 puntos ante su exequipo; Landry Shamet y Josh Hart aportaron 12 cada uno, y Mikal Bridges agregó 11 para Nueva York.
Brandon Ingram firmó 31 unidades y RJ Barrett tuvo 20 por Toronto, que perdió su cuarto partido consecutivo en casa y cayó a 4-10 contra rivales de la División Atlántica.
Scottie Barnes, de Toronto, anotó 14 puntos, e Immanuel Quickley sumó 13 puntos y 12 asistencias.
Nueva York perdió 17 balones que derivaron en 22 puntos para Toronto. Los Raptors también estuvieron imprecisos, con 15 pérdidas que se tradujeron en 17 puntos para los Knicks.
Los suplentes de Nueva York superaron a los de Toronto 26-8.
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Jalen Tyson y James Harden guían a Cavs a victoria sobre Pistons por 113-109
CLEVELAND (AP) — Jaylon Tyson anotó 22 puntos, James Harden sumó 18 y los Cavaliers de Cleveland se vengaron de una reciente derrota en Detroit al superar el martes 113-109 a los Pistons, líderes de la Conferencia Este, pese a jugar sin su astro lesionado Donovan Mitchell.
Evan Mobley también aportó 18 puntos y Dennis Schroder sumó 15 a la causa de los Cavs, que dividieron sus cuatro partidos de temporada regular con Detroit.
Mitchell se perdió su cuarto partido consecutivo por una persistente distensión en la ingle. El entrenador Kenny Atkinson manifestó que el siete veces elegido al Juego de Estrellas “va mejorando”.
Sin embargo, el estratega dijo desconocer cuándo regresará para construir química de cara a la postemporada con Harden, quien fue adquirido en la fecha límite de canjes.
Jalen Duren añadió 24 puntos y 14 rebotes, y Tobias Harris anotó 19 unidades —todas después del descanso— por los Pistons, cuya racha de victorias como visitantes se frenó en seis partidos.
Cade Cunningham repartió 14 asistencias, pero anotó apenas 10 puntos con una efectividad de 4 de 16 en tiros de campo para Detroit.
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Israel Claims to Strike Iranian Nuclear Weapons Lab
Israel Claims to Strike Iranian Nuclear Weapons Lab
Iran’s nuclear complexes are seeing renewed attacks for both new buildings constructed since the 12-Day War, as well as long-existing infrastructure previously left alone. From what can be seen in recent satellite imagery, the U.S. and Israel are quickly finishing what they started last year.
The IDF announced it has struck a covert underground compound outside Tehran where regime scientists were quietly designing key components for a nuclear bomb.
חיל-האוויר תקף את המתחם החשאי ‘מין-זדאא’י’ בו פעל משטר הטרור האיראני לפיתוח יכולות נדרשות עבור נשק גרעיני
במסגרת מבצע ‘עם כלביא’, צה”ל תקף מטרות רבות של קבוצת הנשק הגרעיני האיראנית, הכפופה למשרד ההגנה באיראן, על מנת לפגוע ביכולות הגרעין הצבאיות של משטר הטרור האיראני.
למרות… pic.twitter.com/RJJESKULKd
— Israeli Air Force (@IAFsite) March 3, 2026
The target, “Min-Zadai”, was the new facility for SPND scientists after last year’s Operation Rising Lion turned their old facilities into craters.
SPND (Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research) is the Iranian Ministry of Defense’s R&D arm. It’s the successor to the AMAD Project, handling the weaponization side of nuclear power. The AMAD Project (also known as the AMAD Plan) was Iran’s highly secretive, structured nuclear weapons development program launched in the late 1990s and run directly by the Ministry of Defense. It was led by Mohsen Fakhrizadeh until its reported halt in late 2003 under international pressure.
Satellite imagery from today, March 3, 2026, and available ground footage posted to X by (@Vahid), confirms the destruction of what is suspected to be an engineering laboratory-type building in an area north of the main Mojdeh site, which was heavily attacked durng the June 2025… pic.twitter.com/NSO3Rx8tYB
— Inst for Science (@TheGoodISIS) March 3, 2026
The Institute for Science and International Security (“The Good ISIS”) used satellite imagery and a geolocated strike video to confirm a large engineering laboratory building just north of the Mojdeh site was destroyed. A brand-new building that was externally finished only in early 2025. ISIS states the complex, never visited by IAEA inspectors, has long housed multiple SPND teams quietly advancing nuclear-weapons-related R&D near Malek Ashtar University. The targeted structure was assessed as still active, which is exactly why Israel chose it.
There’s no commentary provided by the IAEA yet, and based on their previous lack of discussion on the site, there likely won’t be any assessment of the area by the UN organization. Without their involvement, it’ll be difficult to assess if any nuclear material was destroyed in the strike. All things considered, the hazardous impact is localized if there was material on site, and is more likely to be a chemical hazard than a radiological hazard.
UnoMasReactor
Tue, 03/03/2026 – 22:32
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-claims-strike-iranian-nuclear-weapons-lab
Trial begins for Will County Board member Jacquie Traynere, charged with computer tampering
Special prosecutor William Elward argued Tuesday that Will County Board member Jacqueline Traynere intentionally accessed a rival board member’s email to gain a political advantage.
Traynere’s attorneys Colin “CJ” Haney and Jeff Tomczak countered that Traynere was sounding the alarm to expose an internal security problem because every County Board member was issued the same generic email password.
Traynere, a Bolingbrook Democrat, has been charged with three counts of computer tampering, a misdemeanor, stemming from a March 2024 incident when she accessed the emails of then board Chair Judy Ogalla, a Monee Republican.
Traynere waived the right to a jury trial, and a bench trial began Tuesday afternoon before Will County Judge Derek Ewanic. The trial was continued to Thursday morning.
Traynere, a board member since 2008, has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Elward argued Traynere is Ogalla’s “political opponent” and had a very different viewpoint from her on a county proposed road widening project in Homer Glen that had become very heated.
Traynere opened Ogalla’s email without her knowledge and consent in the morning of March 6, 2024. Later that afternoon, she forwarded an email Ogalla received from County Board member Steve Balich, a Homer Glen Republican, to both County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant and herself, Elward said.
It was not an innocent mistake, Elward said.
Haney said all board members were given the same generic password when they were issued new laptops.
When Traynere tested the theory, she confirmed a security vulnerability, Haney said.
“She sounded the alarm,” he said. “This was an act of vigilance.”
Will County Republican County Board member Steve Balich, center, holds a news conference July 9, 2024, with other board Republicans including Jim Richmond of Mokena, Vince Logan of Joliet, Raquel Mitchell of Bolingbrook, Katie Deane-Schlottman of Joliet and Julie Berkowicz of Naperville, regarding the email access. (Michelle Mullins/for the Daily Southtown)
Haney said Traynere let others, including the information technology director, Bertino-Tarrant and Ogalla, know of the security flaw, which she wouldn’t have done if she was trying to sneak into an opponent’s email account.
“These are not the actions of a criminal,” Haney said.
Traynere contacted the IT department within one or two minutes upon realizing she could get into another person’s account, her attorneys said.
When she went back to her computer in the afternoon, she hadn’t realized she was still logged into Ogalla’s account and began housekeeping measures such as deleting emails, Haney said.
Ogalla testified Tuesday that she didn’t realize that an email from Balich was forwarded to the county executive until Bertino-Tarrant replied “Thanks for sharing.”
Steve Balich and Judy Ogalla, in back row, listen during a Will County Board meeting in December 2022. (Michelle Mullins/for the Daily Southtown)
Ogalla said she was surprised because she hadn’t shared the email, and it was the first time she saw Balich’s message. Ogalla notified the county’s information technology department that someone had gained access to her email account. She also checked her sent mail and deleted mail folders to see if the original email from Balich could be found.
Elward asked Ogalla if this is a message that she would have normally forwarded to the county executive, and she replied she would not have shared the information contained in the email.
Ogalla testified she did not give Traynere permission to access her account.
“I was upset,” Ogalla said.
Ogalla said when board members moved from paper documents to iPads, they were all issued the same password. She said she cautioned the IT department to change the passwords for all members when they were issued laptops and board members didn’t have the capability to change their own passwords without the help of the IT department.
The IT department determined that an IP address originating in Bolingbrook was used to access Ogalla’s account. Ogalla said she did not order an independent investigation of email breaches.
“I didn’t think of asking for that,” she said.
Elward questioned that if Traynere had an innocent explanation for accessing Ogalla’s account, then why did she delete emails.
County Board member Mark Revis, a Plainfield Republican, said he had a conversation with Traynere a few days after the email breach and said Traynere “was curious to see if all the passwords for county board members were the same.”
Bertino-Tarrant, a Democrat, said she believed when Traynere told her about the email passwords, she was trying to alert county officials there was a security issue.
County Board members had the same passwords since they were first issued iPads in 2012 and 2013, said Jason Donisch, the director of the county’s Information, Communication and Technology Department.
He said it was not a good practice, but other staff members in the county requested it be that way. County staff would be able to help board members with their emails or calendar appointments, he testified.
Donisch said the department had a plan to change passwords when the incident occurred. Balich asked him to check to see if his email had been compromised and Donisch researched every county board member’s emails for 30 days, which is what the system allowed.
“After (Traynere) raised the alarm, everybody has a safe email,” Tomczak said.
Elward replied that Traynere violated another person’s email and got caught.
Traynere is running in the Democratic primary March 17 with running mate Barbara Ann Parker. Democrats Tyler Giacalone and Sheldon L. Watts are running together, and voters will select two of the four candidates to run against Republican Steven Smith in November.
Michelle Mullins is a freelance reporter.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/03/will-county-board-jacquie-traynere-trial/
Paolo Banchero iguala su máximo de la temporada con 37 puntos y Magic arrolla a Wizards 126-109
ORLANDO, Florida, EE.UU. (AP) — Paolo Banchero igualó su mejor marca de la temporada con 37 puntos, Desmond Bane anotó 25 y el Magic de Orlando se encaminó el martes a una victoria por 126-109 sobre los Wizards de Washington.
Banchero acertó 15 de 21 tiros de campo por Orlando, que embocó el 55,3% de sus disparos y dominó con sus titulares en la cancha para cortar una racha de dos derrotas. El Magic es séptimo en la Conferencia Este.
Jett Howard anotó 12 puntos, mientras que Jalen Suggs, Jevon Carter y Moritz Wagner aportaron 10 cada uno para un equipo de Orlando que no contó con los lesionados Anthony Black (cuádriceps), Wendell Carter Jr. (tobillo) ni Franz Wagner (tobillo).
El novato Will Riley anotó 19 puntos y Jaden Hardy sumó 18 por los Wizards, que tuvieron a nueve jugadores sanos disponibles y sufrieron su sexta derrota consecutiva.
Angel Reese, del Sky de Chicago de la WNBA, estuvo presente para ver a su hermano, Juju Reese, de Washington, quien jugó como titular por segunda vez en su carrera. El novato de 2,06 metros, procedente de Maryland, terminó con nueve puntos y ocho rebotes en 32 minutos.
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Operation Epic Fury Sparks Homeland Terror Fears Amid Fallout From Biden’s Illegal Alien Invasion
Operation Epic Fury Sparks Homeland Terror Fears Amid Fallout From Biden’s Illegal Alien Invasion
Fears of Iranian-backed terror cells operating inside the U.S. are resurfacing (again) as concerns grow that President Trump’s Operation Epic Fury could trigger retaliatory threats against the homeland, particularly since the Biden-Harris regime’s open border policies flooded the nation with millions of illegal aliens, including some individuals flagged on terrorist watch lists.
The first terror wake-up call for the homeland came just hours after Operation Epic Fury began on Saturday, when a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from the West African nation of Senegal, wearing a “Property of Allah” hoodie, opened fire at a bar in Austin, Texas, killing three and injuring 14.
Victoria Coates, vice president of the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Signal that possible retaliation inside the U.S. by Iranian-backed operatives or sleeper cells is becoming a major threat.
Here’s the conversation:
It is impossible to know who crossed the border during the four years of the Biden administration, “but we do know there were a number of folks on the terrorist watch list,” said Victoria Coates, vice president of the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation.
It is critical, Coates warned, that “everybody pay attention right now. Watch. If you see something, say something.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered nearly 400 illegal aliens with “terrorism-related records” between ports of entry during the Biden administration, according to the agency’s data.
Additionally, about 2 million “known gotaways” crossed the border to enter the U.S. during the four years of Joe Biden’s presidency, according to the House Homeland Security Committee.
“So, it is entirely possible in those millions of folks who came across … that there were Hezbollah sleeper cells coming up from Venezuela, which we know Nicolas Maduro was pushing them to do, and that they could be here in the United States,” Coates told The Daily Signal.
“These folks aren’t geniuses, but they’re deeply, deeply dangerous, and they can spring up anywhere,” she said. “And so, my biggest concern is actually here at home.”
Let’s take The Daily Signal’s reporting a step further and remind readers of 2024 reports that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was plotting to kill Trump officials from the first administration.
Also, former CIA targeting officer Sarah Adams has repeatedly warned about:
Former CIA Officer Warns: 1,000 Al-Qaeda Fighters In US For Next Homeland Attack
National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent recently warned:
.@NCTCKent: “So far, NCTC has identified around 18,000 known and suspected terrorists that the Biden administration let come into our country.” pic.twitter.com/XPrHdKMICK
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) December 11, 2025
Adams again:
It’s past time @DHSgov stops playing pretend and finally raises the terrorism threat level in this country. We have more than 10,000 Islamist terrorists on our soil, and they cannot keep looking the other way. They don’t get to pad their stats by slapping the terrorist label on…
— Sarah Adams (@sarahadams) November 27, 2025
This morning:
🚨 BREAKING: Rep. Tim Burchett just EVISCERATED Congressional Democrats for shutting down DHS while Iranian-linked Islamic terror sleeper cells could be awakening
“It’s completely CRAZY that the Democrats have defunded Homeland Security during all this!”
“I wish our leadership… pic.twitter.com/g7fsOvdjwi
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 3, 2026
What is clear is that the Biden regime and Democrats allowed open borders that fueled a massive illegal alien invasion. The question now is what consequences those nation-killing policies may bring in the days and weeks ahead, especially if Operation Epic Fury lasts as long as a month.
Tyler Durden
Tue, 03/03/2026 – 22:10
Hornets aplastan a Mavericks 117-90 para conseguir su quinta victoria consecutiva
CHARLOTTE, Carolina del Norte, EE.UU. (AP) — Brandon Miller anotó 17 puntos, y los Hornets de Charlotte arrollaron el martes 117-90 a los Mavericks de Dallas para conseguir su quinta victoria consecutiva.
LaMelo Ball sumó 15 unidades y nueve asistencias para ayudar a los Hornets (31-31) a colocarse .500 por primera vez desde el 28 de octubre, cuando tenían marca de 2-2.
Brandon Williams consiguió 18 tantos por los Mavericks, que atraviesan un mal momento y han perdido 14 de 16.
Charlotte, que jugaba la primera noche de una serie de partidos en noches consecutivas, contó con una producción enorme de su banca, con los suplentes encestando 12 de 21 triples.
Grant Williams atinó cuatro triples; Josh Green y Sion James aportaron tres cada uno, y Pat Connaughton añadió dos.
A Charlotte le señalaron un máximo de la temporada de 31 faltas y Dallas fue a la línea de tiros libres 42 veces, encestando 31. Sin embargo, los Mavericks solo acertaron 3 de 22 lanzamientos de tres y nunca pudieron encontrar ritmo ofensivo en la segunda mitad, en la que anotaron apenas 11 canastas de campo.
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Botafogo rescata empate ante Barcelona en ida de 3ra fase preliminar de Copa Libertadores
Por JOSÉ MANUEL VALLADARES
Con un gol de Matheus Martins en el segundo tiempo, Botafogo igualó el martes 1-1 en su visita a Barcelona en el partido de ida de la tercera fase preliminar de la Copa Libertadores.
El equipo brasileño, campeón del torneo en 2024, consiguió el premio a su insistencia a los 66 minutos, cuando Martins anotó con un disparo colocado dentro del área.
Barcelona se había adelantado a los 22 con un tanto de Héctor Villalba.
Los ocho equipos que disputan esta ronda aseguraron, al menos, participar en la Copa Sudamericana si no logran acceder a la fase de grupos de la Libertadores. La próxima semana se conocerán los cuatro clasificados a la siguiente etapa.
La fase 3 continuará este miércoles con los duelos Carabobo–Sporting Cristal y O’Higgins–Deportes Tolima
El jueves se cerrará la tanda de ida con el enfrentamiento Juventud de Las Piedras–Independiente Medellín.
El sorteo de la fase de grupos se realizará el 19 de marzo. El calendario de seis fechas comenzará la semana entre el 7 y el 9 de abril. Se extenderá hasta la última semana de mayo.
La final de la Copa Libertadores 2026 está prevista para el 28 de noviembre en Montevideo.
En el estadio Monumental, de Guayaquil, Barcelona aprovechó un error en la salida de Botafogo para abrir el marcador. El arquero Leo Linck intentó salir jugando desde atrás, pero Barcelona interceptó y el balón llegó hasta Villalba, quien remató de cabeza al travesaño y, tras recoger el rebote, marcó con un disparo potente que se coló entre las piernas del portero de los visitantes.
Barcelona, que viene de superar a Argentinos Juniors en la definición por penales en la ronda anterior, se animó tras el primer tanto y ganó presencia en la ofensiva.
En la etapa final de la primera parte, Botafogo, dirigido por el argentino Martín Anselmi, reaccionó con ocasiones de Álvaro Montoro, Martins y Danilo, pero no fueron precisos en la definición.
Anselmi volvió a Ecuador, donde guio a Independiente del Valle a la conquista de la Copa Sudamericana en 2022 ante Sao Paulo, y la Recopa en 2023 tras superar a Flamengo.
En el período complementario, el conjunto local se replegó con el objetivo de defender el resultado, mientras el Fogao adelantó sus líneas en busca del empate.
La insistencia de Botafogo, que en el cruce anterior dejó en el camino a Nacional Potosí, dio resultados con un llegada de Barrera, que envió un pase desde la línea de fondo y encontró a Martins para firmar la anotación que igualó el tanteador.
A los 76 minutos, el técnico de Barcelona, César Farías fue expulsado por empujar al zaguero Alexander Barboza tras despejar una pelota cerca del banquillo local, que pasó cerca del cuerpo del entrenador y generó el roce que se saldó con la tarjeta roja.
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Asian Refiners Mull Slashing Crude Processing As Iran War Threatens Supply
Asian Refiners Mull Slashing Crude Processing As Iran War Threatens Supply
By Michael Kern of OilPrice.com
Asian refiners, particularly state-held majors heavily dependent on Middle East oil supply, are considering slashing crude run rates by up to 30% amid the war in Iran that is holding up millions of barrels of Middle Eastern crude stuck near the Strait of Hormuz.
The de facto halted shipments via the Strait of Hormuz threaten to delay key cargo deliveries that Asian refiners have contracted in recent weeks.
Just before the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran this weekend, Asia, particularly China, planned for a major uptick in purchases of crude from the Middle East after Saudi Arabia, the world’s top crude exporter, slashed its official selling prices (OSPs) for Asia to the lowest level versus regional benchmarks in more than five years. Saudi Arabia set the price of its flagship Arab Light grade at parity versus the Oman/Dubai average, which is the lowest pricing versus the benchmark since December 2020, making its oil attractive for buyers in China and the wider Asian region.
However, the Strait of Hormuz is now effectively closed with companies and shippers diverting vessels or idling in waters near the vital oil and gas shipping lane. The logjam would delay, at best, the supply many refiners had planned to receive this month.
As dozens of oil tankers are still stuck in the Persian Gulf without a way out of the Strait of Hormuz, for now, some of the big refiners in China and Japan are considering slashing crude processing rates by 20-30%, sources familiar with internal discussions at these refiners told Bloomberg on Tuesday.
The immediate impact of the tanker traffic halt in the Middle East is high for crude oil supply, according to estimates by Kpler.
Asian energy security would be affected as India and China are the dominant Asian buyers of Strait-transiting crude, the energy intelligence firm noted.
Refiners typically have at least two weeks of supply to cushion a short-lived disruption, but if the conflict and disarray near the Strait of Hormuz extend for more than three weeks, some Asian refiners could be indeed forced to slash processing rates, especially if they struggle to procure alternative supply quickly.
Tyler Durden
Tue, 03/03/2026 – 21:45
Snooze and lose: San Antonio’s Harrison Barnes ends iron man streak because of nap injury
PHILADELPHIA — San Antonio forward Harrison Barnes missed his first game since 2021 because he woke up from a pregame nap with a sore left ankle.
Barnes’ streak of 364 straight games played ended Thursday night against the Philadelphia 76ers. He missed his first game since Dec. 4, 2021, when he played with Sacramento.
Barnes was a surprise late addition to the injury report. Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said only that Barnes reported soreness when he woke up from the nap and received pregame treatment from the medical staff.
New York’s Mikal Bridges has the longest active consecutive games streak at 616. Barnes also trailed only Bridges for most total games played since 2021 with 382.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/03/san-antonio-spurs-harrison-barnes-nap-injury/
