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Skokie police respond to bomb threat at public library
Skokie police officers responded to a reported bomb threat at the Skokie Public Library, located at 5215 Oakton Street, on Sunday at 3:46 p.m.
Officers contacted library security and administration shortly after receiving the threat and evacuated all visitors to secure and close the building. The library closed for the remainder of the day.
According to the Skokie Police Department, no bomb was located and no injuries were reported from the incident.
Skokie Police Sergeant Brandi Shelton said police are “investigating the incident and will provide more information as the investigation allows.”
Christie Robinson, senior communication strategist for the Skokie Public Library, said the library also had no new information as of Monday afternoon.
Robinson said the library would be resuming normal operational hours Monday, Feb. 16, open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Police are asking anyone with information pertaining to this incident to contact the Skokie Police Department at 847-982-5900.
The 24-hour Skokie Crime Tip Hotline is 847/933-TIPS (8477). Text-A-Tip is available 24 hours a day by texting “Skokie” and your tip to 266787.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/16/skokie-bomb-threat-at-library/
Wrexham se cruzará con Chelsea en la Copa FA por puesto en cuartos de final
LONDRES (AP) — Wrexham recibirá al ocho veces campeón Chelsea por una plaza en los cuartos de final de la Copa FA el próximo mes.
Propiedad de las estrellas de Hollywood Ryan Reynolds y Rob Elhenney, Wrexham también puja por otro ascenso esta temporada que lo llevaría a la Liga Premier.
Wrexham, que será local ante Chelsea, alcanzó los octavos de final del torneo de copa por primera vez en 29 años al vencer a Ipswich.
Arsenal viajará para enfrentar al Mansfield de la tercera división, en la quinta ronda programada para el fin de semana del 7 y 8 de marzo. Los Gunners intentan completar una temporada de cuatro títulos.
Los Gunners se medirán al Manchester City en la final de la Copa de la Liga el próximo mes, lideran la Liga Premier y se clasificaron a la fase de eliminación directa de la Liga de Campeones con un pleno de ocho victorias en la fase de liga.
Mansfield ganó el sábado a domicilio 2-1 ante Burnley para avanzar a la quinta ronda por primera vez desde 1975.
Manchester City, que perdió las finales de las últimas dos ediciones y busca disputar una cuarta final consecutiva de la Copa FA, se enfrentará a Newcastle en St James’ Park en uno de dos cruces entre equipos de la Premier.
Liverpool irá a Molineux para jugar contra Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Leeds fue emparejado para recibir a Norwich, el antiguo club de su entrenador Daniel Farke.
Fulham se enfrentará a Southampton en Craven Cottage, y Brentford se cruzará con West Ham tras vencer 1-0 a Macclesfield el lunes.
Equipo de la National League North, Macclesfield no pudo dar otra gran sorpresa después de eliminar al vigente campeón Crystal Palace.
El ganador del partido aplazado de la cuarta ronda de Port Vale en casa contra Bristol City el 3 de marzo se enfrentará a Sunderland.
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Sorteo de la quinta ronda de la Copa FA
7-8 de marzo
Fulham vs. Southampton
Port Vale o Bristol City vs. Sunderland
Newcastle vs. Manchester City
Leeds United vs. Norwich City
Mansfield Town vs. Arsenal
Wolverhampton vs. Liverpool
Wrexham vs. Chelsea
West Ham vs. Brentford
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Deportes AP: https://apnews.com/hub/deportes
Cubanos usan plataforma digital para conseguir gasolina racionada, pero esperas podrían ser de meses
Por ANDREA RODRIGUEZ
LA HABANA (AP) — La plataforma digital “Ticket” se ha convertido en la única manera que tienen los cientos de miles de conductores de vehículos en la isla para conseguir un poco de combustible, fuertemente racionado tras el cerco petrolero impuesto por Estados Unidos a Cuba.
La aplicación que se baja a los teléfonos celulares es la forma en la que las autoridades cubanas organizaron la entrega de hasta 20 litros de gasolina por cada usuario, pero se congestionó de tal forma en estos días que los conductores podrían esperar hasta varios meses para obtenerlos.
En teoría el mecanismo funciona más o menos así: tras entrar a la plataforma se crea una cuenta –con datos de la persona y su correo electrónico–, se elige un servicentro de preferencia cercana a la dirección del conductor y se obtiene un turno en la “sala de espera” para ir a cargar.
Sin embargo, el “Ticket” se volvió además de la única esperanza, una verdadera pesadilla. Las dificultades para acceder a la plataforma, el atascamiento creado por la demanda, una gráfica poco amigable o los requisitos que pide, incluyendo el número de documento de circulación del vehículo y, sobre todo, los pocos “turnos” que se abastecen cada día, está llevando a los choferes a una prolongada espera para obtener sus preciados 20 litros.
“Ahora tengo el (número) 7.000 y pico. Dan (para adquirir) 50 turnos diarios. ¿Cuándo vuelvo yo a comprar gasolina?”, se preguntó consternado ante The Associated Press el jubilado Jorge Reyes, de 65 años, propietario de una moto y quien se inscribió en el Ticket el lunes.
Según los choferes, muchos de ellos profesionales que a su vez monitorean los avances en el “Ticket” y se comunican por redes sociales, el movimiento para los servicentros es de entre 50 y 90 despachos por día contra los turnos número 10.000 o 12.000 obtenidos por algunos de ellos.
“Yo tengo el 6.114, cogeré mis 20 litricos en junio”, escribió un usuario en una de las listas de Whatsaap. “Hoy La Copa (el nombre de un servicentro) 50 turnos y 12.075 (inscriptos)”, expresó otro. “El Riviera solo despacha 90 carros por día”, mencionó un tercero.
Como parte de las medidas de limitación, las autoridades suspendieron también la venta de combustible en moneda nacional por lo que solo puede pagarse en dólares. Un litro de gasolina cuesta en la isla 1.30 centavos de dólar, aunque en un incipiente mercado negro podía conseguirse el lunes a 6.00 dólares por litro.
“Es casi imposible con 20 litros. No se puede”, aseguró a la AP Ariel Alonso, un trabajador independiente de 56 años y quien logró repostar el lunes en el servicentro de El Riviera. “Hay que dejar cinco (litros) de reserva por si hay un enfermo en la casa. Esto no durará nada”.
Plataforma colapsada
Los directivos de la plataforma Ticket —que también puede consultarse en la página web— gestionada por la Empresa de Tecnologías de la Información para la Defensa (Xetid), una firma estatal especializada en software, tuvieron incluso que salir a dar explicaciones luego de que las autoridades decidieron usarla para organizar el racionamiento y colapsara casi inmediatamente.
“En el caso específico del expendio de gasolina, más de 90.000 personas se encontraban inscritas en salas de espera en todo el país, con La Habana concentrando el mayor volumen de solicitudes, cerca de la mitad del total nacional”, refirió Saumel Tejeda Díaz, director comercial de XETID, en un reporte del portal Cubadebate.
La aplicación Ticket en realidad no fue creada solo para combustible sino que lleva por lo menos tres años gestionando “turnos” y reservas en línea para entidades estatales como teatros y notarías.
Las únicas excepciones para escapar del famoso Ticket son los autos rentados para el turismo –con sus distintivas placas especiales– que cuentan con 44 servicentros especializados adonde se forman colas de a rato interminables. Estos también tienen como límite los 20 litros.
Las sanciones de Trump
Cuba enfrenta una dura situación energética que se agudizó a comienzos de enero con el asalto estadounidense a Venezuela, un tradicional aliado y proveedor de petróleo —junto con Rusia y México— a Cuba, y la amenaza de su presidente Donald Trump de asfixiar la economía de la isla para presionar un cambio político.
Trump firmó a fines de enero una orden ejecutiva que amenazó con imponer aranceles a cualquier país que se atreva a vender petróleo a la isla.
La consecuencia del cerco energético fue una paulatina paralización de la isla. Las jornadas laborales debieron ser reducidas, actividades culturales suspendidas, importantes eventos como el Festival del Habano pospuestos y el transporte limitado. Las autoridades informaron la semana pasada a las aerolíneas que debían repostar su combustible en otras plazas y algunas decidieron hacerlo vía República Dominica, pero otras cancelaron sus rutas hacia la isla.
Expertos advirtieron que podría producirse una crisis humanitaria.
Durante un recorrido de la AP por las calles de La Habana el lunes se observó una disminución notable del tránsito, sobre todo de unidades particulares. Algunos servicios de transporte público cuentan con vehículos eléctricos. El gobierno de Cuba ha advertido sobre el duro impacto del cerco petrolero en la isla.
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Principal central sindical de Argentina convoca a huelga general durante debate de reforma laboral
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — La principal central sindical de Argentina La Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) dijo el lunes que convocará a una huelga general sin movilización el día en que la Cámara de Diputados debata la reforma laboral del gobierno del presidente ultraliberal Javier Milei.
Jorge Sola, secretario general de la Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) y del Sindicato del Seguro, confirmó la medida en declaraciones a The Associated Press. La huelga fue definida en una reunión virtual de la cúpula de la central obrera, en la que tomaron parte otros dirigentes sindicales.
La reforma laboral, que podría ser tratada en la Cámara de Diputados el jueves 19 o el miércoles 25 de febrero, busca modernizar las relaciones laborales, reducir los costos asociados al empleo y limitar el poder de los sindicatos. El proyecto obtuvo media sanción en el Senado el jueves pasado.
La huelga fue convocada especialmente en respuesta a la inclusión de un artículo que modifica el régimen de licencias médicas al reducir el porcentaje del salario que recibirán los trabajadores en caso de enfermedad o accidente no vinculado a la actividad laboral.
La senadora y exministra de Seguridad Patricia Bullrich, una de las impulsantes de esta reforma, anunció que se harán cambios en el régimen de enfermedades “fehacientemente comprobables” para que esos trabajadores reciban el 100% de su salario.
El lunes, Bullrich publicó en redes sociales que estaba trabajando con el presidente Milei para “cerrar las sesiones extraordinarias más exitosas de la historia”.
“Este Congreso, el más reformista que haya tenido la Argentina, se prepara para un año de cambios profundos”, anunció Bullrich.
Los siguientes pasos de la huelga se confirmarán el miércoles a las 11:00 de la mañana durante una conferencia en la CGT, dijo Matías Álvarez, secretario de Prensa y Comunicación del Sindicato del Seguro.
El paro nacional contará con la adhesión de la Unión Tranviarios Automotor, el sindicato de choferes de colectivos, lo que confirma que no habrá servicio de colectivos en todo el país durante la jornada. También se sumarán los gremios ferroviarios y de trenes, y los sindicatos de la Confederación Argentina de Trabajadores del Transporte, que incluyen camioneros, pilotos, aeronavegantes, turistas y personal marítimo.
Nicolás del Caño, diputado del Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas, afirmó el lunes que la convocatoria a un paro nacional sin movilización “debilita la fuerza necesaria para voltear la reforma” y llamó a la clase trabajadora a movilizarse hacia el Congreso y a las plazas de todo el país.
“Necesitamos un paro nacional activo, con piquetes y un plan de lucha hasta tirar abajo esta ley y todo el plan de Milei”, sostuvo el diputado.
New Coalition Aims To Ban Vaccine Mandates Across US
New Coalition Aims To Ban Vaccine Mandates Across US
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,
A new coalition composed of 15 groups, including an organization founded by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is taking aim at vaccine and mask mandates across the United States.
Children’s Health Defense, the Kennedy-founded group, and other members of the Medical Freedom Act Coalition say they want every state to introduce and pass medical freedom bills.
“I think it’s the first time we’ve seen this kind of effort in the kind of freedom and health movement,” Leslie Manookian, who founded the Health Freedom Defense Fund, told The Epoch Times.
The model state is Idaho, which in 2025 enacted a law that prohibits businesses and schools from requiring customers, employees, and students receive vaccines or other medical procedures. Manookian helped write the legislation, called the Idaho Medical Freedom Act.
“Because that passed, it really showed what was possible,” Leah Wilson, executive director and co-founder of Stand for Health Freedom, and one of the leaders of the coalition, told The Epoch Times. “Our goal is to take the Medical Freedom Act to as many states as possible across the U.S.”
“Children’s Health Defense finds vaccine mandates and medical mandates reprehensible, and we are honored to be part of a coalition fighting to end forced medical procedures, to end medical mandates and vaccine mandates for all Americans,” Michael Kane, director of advocacy for Children’s Health Defense, told The Epoch Times.
The coalition also includes others linked to Kennedy or his Make America Health Again (MAHA) movement, including the Independent Medical Alliance, several of whose advisers Kennedy has appointed to a vaccine advisory committee; the MAHA Institute, whose president co-founded a political action committee that funded Kennedy’s presidential bid; and MAHA Action, whose leader has published books written by Kennedy and which has held events attended by the health secretary.
People involved in the effort say they are in communication with Kennedy on other matters, but have not discussed the coalition. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services did not respond to a request for comment by time of publication.
“This state, more than any state in the country, stands for not only medical freedom but a healthy population,” Kennedy said in a briefing with Idaho Gov. Brad Little, a Republican who signed the Idaho Medical Freedom Act a few months prior, on July 23, 2025.
Kennedy recently told reporters in Tennessee that he was not part of efforts to end school vaccine mandates in states. “I believe in freedom of choice,” he also said, describing vaccination as “a personal choice that people should make with their physicians.”
The American Academy of Pediatrics, which partners with vaccine manufacturers, and American Families for Vaccines, among other organizations, oppose rolling back vaccine mandates. The groups did not respond to requests for comment.
Idaho Requirements Still in Place
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act says in part that a school “shall not mandate a medical intervention for any person to attend, enter campus or buildings, or be employed.” It also says that a business “shall not refuse to provide any service, product, admission to a venue, or transportation to a person because that person has or has not received or used a medical intervention.”
But according to the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW), parents are required to have their children vaccinated against certain diseases for school and daycare attendance in Idaho.
The department points to another law that outlines vaccine requirements for children.
“DHW encourages school districts to consider the Medical Freedom Act … when implementing vaccine requirements at schools,” a spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email.
Supporters of the act say the Idaho legislation was imperfect. A new Medical Freedom Expansion bill introduced by state Rep. Rob Beiswenger, a Republican who co-sponsored the legislation, seeks to make clear that mandates are unacceptable.
“The Expansion bill will make it abundantly clear to students and parents that vaccination is a voluntary, personal and private choice and not mandatory,” Beiswenger told The Epoch Times in an email.
State Actions So Far
Legislators in about a dozen states this year have released bills that would alter or ban mandates for vaccines or other medical procedures.
Arizona legislators introduced a bill that would ban businesses and schools from requiring “a medical intervention” such as a vaccine for employment or attendance.
“This bill ensures that Arizonans are not forced to choose between their bodily autonomy and their ability to work, learn, travel, or to participate in public life,” Arizona Rep. Lisa Fink, a Republican who sponsored the bill, told a hearing in January.
Lawmakers in two state House committees have cleared the legislation.
Hawaii lawmakers introduced the Hawaii Medical Freedom Act, which outlines a similar ban. It has been referred to state House panels.
Indiana senators introduced a bill that would, among other aspects, bar requiring people “to accept, undergo, or engage in a medical intervention in or on the individual’s body as a condition of employment, entrance, admission, compensation, benefits, or participation.” The bill has been referred to the state Senate Health Committee.
New Hampshire representatives outlined legislation that would repeal immunization requirements for children. A public hearing on the bill took place on Feb. 4, and a legislative session on Feb. 11.
On the other hand, some lawmakers have been floating bills that would tighten vaccine mandates. South Carolina state Sen. Margie Bright Matthews, for example, recently introduced a bill that would end religious exemptions for measles vaccination amid an outbreak in the state.
“This legislation is about protecting children, protecting classrooms, and protecting communities with clear, medically grounded standards,” Bright Matthews, a Democrat, said in a statement.
Every state in the country requires vaccines for school attendance. Some allow exemptions for religious or philosophical reasons, while all permit medical exemptions.
Florida officials said in 2025 they would be removing all vaccine mandates, but the goal has met resistance in the state legislature, where action is required to remove mandates for some shots. The Medical Freedom Act, introduced in January, would expand exemptions to the mandates but not prohibit the mandates themselves.
The Health Freedom Defense Fund, part of the new coalition, has released model legislation that perfects the Idaho Medical Freedom Act, Manookian said. Lawmakers in other states can use the model legislation to introduce medical freedom bills in their states.
“I don’t think this is a partisan issue,” she said. “I think that Americans in general don’t want to be forced to do something to their children.”
Tyler Durden
Mon, 02/16/2026 – 16:35
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/new-coalition-aims-ban-vaccine-mandates-across-us
El capitán Aaron Judge se inquietó en la temporada baja por la falta de fichajes de los Yankees
Por RONALD BLUM
TAMPA, Florida, EE.UU. (AP) — Aaron Judge se inquietó, como muchos aficionados de los Yankees, mientras los agentes libres de renombre seguían firmando en otros equipos.
“Fue brutal”, manifestó el capitán de Nueva York el lunes después del primer entrenamiento del año con el plantel completo. “Al principio fue bastante duro de ver. Yo pensaba: ‘Somos los Yankees. Vamos a salir ahí y tener a la gente adecuada”.
Judge habló largo y tendido sobre la falta de un título de la Serie Mundial el año pasado pese a ganar su tercer premio al Jugador Más Valioso de la Liga Americana; sobre conectar un jonrón y poncharse ante Carlos Lagrange, el lanzallamas dominicano de 22 años, durante el entrenamiento; sobre capitanear a Estados Unidos en el próximo Clásico Mundial de béisbol; y sobre la lesión en el codo del año pasado.
Judge se perdió 10 juegos entre el 25 de julio y el 5 de agosto por una distensión del flexor en el codo derecho, sufrida al hacer un tiro al plato desde el jardín derecho en Toronto el 22 de julio. No regresó a los jardines hasta el 5 de septiembre y lanzó con cautela a 67,9 mph. Judge recuperó fuerza en el brazo durante el resto de la temporada, pero no llegó al 100%.
“Nunca había lidiado con nada en el codo, así que definitivamente estaba preocupado”, comentó.
Judge no estuvo seguro de que evitaría una cirugía hasta después de la postemporada.
“Volvieron a hacer todas las revisiones y todas las pruebas y me dijeron: ‘Estás listo para seguir’”, recordó. “Y yo dije: De acuerdo, ¿cuándo podemos empezar a lanzar? Así que fue bueno. Fue genial. Fue genial escuchar esas palabras para que ahora pueda entrar a la temporada baja y prepararme como necesito, estar en la mejor forma para empezar el año”.
Su codo está a plena potencia.
“Ya he estado tirando a las bases un par de veces, así que no hay preocupaciones”, señaló. “Solo estoy emocionado de volver ahí afuera y tener confianza, sobre todo — lo más difícil para mí el año pasado fue que el lanzador se estaba matando y los compañeros a mi alrededor se estaban matando, y luego la pelota venía hacia mí y yo no tenía ninguna oportunidad”.
Judge, que cumple 34 años en abril, obtuvo su tercer MVP de la Liga Americana en cuatro años, convirtiéndose en apenas el cuarto jugador en la historia de las Grandes Ligas en conectar 50 jonrones cuatro veces, después de Babe Ruth, Mark McGwire y Sammy Sosa. Ganó su primer título de bateo de la Liga Americana, con el mejor promedio de las mayores de .331, además de 53 jonrones, 114 carreras impulsadas, 124 bases por bolas (la máxima cifra de la Liga Americana) y un OPS de 1.144, el más alto de las Grandes Ligas. Luego, en los playoffs, bateó 13 hits en 36 turnos con un jonrón, siete impulsadas y un OPS de 1.273.
Judge pareció sacar la pelota del estadio por el jardín izquierdo con un lanzamiento de 99,3 mph de Lagrange y luego se ponchó con una recta de 102,6 mph del derecho de 6 pies y 7 pulgadas, quien terminó la temporada pasada en Doble-A.
Nueva York, que busca su primer título desde 2009, retuvo al jardinero central Trent Grisham al inicio de la temporada baja, pero no hizo movimientos de impacto hasta tarde.
“Firmemos a estos tipos ahora mismo y empecemos a sumar más piezas porque estoy viendo que otros equipos de la liga están mejorando”, expresó Judge. “Están haciendo canjes. Están firmando a grandes prospectos o a grandes jugadores. Y nosotros nos quedamos ahí un tiempo haciendo movimientos más pequeños”.
Consultado sobre si hizo saber lo que pensaba a los Yankees, Judge esbozó una amplia sonrisa y respondió: “Sí, oh, sí”.
“Fue frustrante, pero creo que estamos justo donde necesitamos estar”, afirmó.
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Freestyle skier Eileen Gu takes silver in big air as Canada’s Megan Oldham wins Olympic gold
LIVIGNO, Italy — Defending Olympic champion Eileen Gu took silver in freeski big air at the Milan Cortina Games as Canada’s Megan Oldham won the gold medal Monday night.
Oldham topped the 10-woman final with a combined score of 180.75 points from two jumps. Gu was next with 179.
Italy’s Flora Tabanelli took bronze while competing with an injured ACL.
This is the second medal for the 24-year-old Oldham at these Winter Games. She won bronze in slopestyle last week.
Gu also won silver in slopestyle and still has her best event, the halfpipe, in which she will try to defend her title Saturday.
Oldham locked up gold with her first two jumps. She had an inconsequential fall on her third jump, the last of the final, which became a victory lap.
In 2022, Gu became the first freestyle skier to win three medals in a single Games after taking gold in big air and halfpipe and silver in slopestyle at age 18.
Gu was born in San Francisco but competes for China, her mother’s homeland. She hadn’t competed in a big air contest since triumphing at the Beijing Games, concentrating on her other events.
The initial final field of 12 was reduced by two after Mathilde Gremaud and Anouk Andraska, both of Switzerland, got hurt practicing jumps before the final. Gremaud, who defended her slopestyle gold last week, hurt her hip and needed to be stretchered off. Andraska hurt her wrist.
In big air, skiers get three jumps and must land two. Their scores include points for difficulty and execution.
Monday’s final was delayed by more than an hour an hour because of a snowstorm.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/16/olympics-eileen-gu-silver-medal-big-air/
Community House Revue pokes fun at ‘Real Trophy Wives of Hinsdale’
The popular Community House Players’ biennial Revue, billed this year as “The Real Trophy Wives of Hinsdale,” returns for 6:45 p.m. performances March 6, 7, 13, and 14 at the Community House, 415 W. Eighth St., Hinsdale.
Billed as a “laugh-out-loud musical revue packed with Broadway-style numbers, sharp satire, and plenty of hometown humor,” the production takes playful aim at life in Hinsdale, from social status and friendships to the unspoken competitions that everyone secretly recognizes, said producer Susan O’Byrne.
“Every community Revue is first and foremost a fundraiser for the programs at TCH,” she said. “Beyond that, we poke gentle fun at life in the village of Hinsdale. We believe laughter and community work together to get us through tough times.”
O’Byrne said the community Revue was started in 1996 by a group of area residents who loved humor, Hinsdale and musical theater.
“The idea was sparked by the desire to include Kettering Hall in The Community House renovations so that theater and other arts programs might be part of TCH’s regular offerings,” she said. “And it just grew and grew into a beloved community event.”
O’Byrne said she has described Revue as a “love letter” to Hinsdale.
“We show our friends and neighbors the silliness that sometimes occurs in this small, but mighty village, and allow them to laugh at themselves a little,” she said.
This year’s production has a cast of 24. Some have been involved with Revue since the very beginning.
“Over the years, as some people have moved away or, sadly, passed away, we’ve reached out to interested individuals with a keen sense of fun and a dedication to our mission,” O’Byrne said.
She said the writing of shows begins in June, with work on script and music throughout the fall, and rehearsals starting in January.
“Because much of our content is based on local and national events, the script is ever-evolving,” O’Byrne said. “Sometimes we make revisions in between performances.”
Allison Peters has lived in Hinsdale since 2012 and is taking part in her third show. Alisa Messana is a 13-year Hinsdale resident, who has been participating in Revue since 2020.
“I first learned of Revue when my friends who had seen the shows suggested that I join,” said Peters, a former professional musical theater actress who also has a background in improv comedy. “I didn’t know much about it when I sent that first email. Since that time, I’ve come to love this time of year.”
She said being a part of Revue has been a true joy for her.
“There are few things that I love more than making people laugh, and we get to do that in spades,” Peters said. “That I get to support the excellent programs at The Community House at the same time is the best part of all.”
Messana said a friend who was involved in Revue encouraged her in 2017 to see the “Hinsdamilton” show.
“I have no theater background, but do enjoy dancing and singing,” she said. “I knew I wanted to perform in the next show. The rehearsal schedule is intense, but we have a lot of fun. I can’t think of a better way to spend the months of January and February.”
O’Byrne said director Dave Heilmann, who has handled that job since Revue began, writes the script, along with a team of cast members
“We are lucky that the residents of Hinsdale always provide us with ample material to parody,” she said. “No two scripts are alike, aside from being centered on life in Hinsdale.”
O’Byrne said she is very proud of the reputation Revue has gained over the years.
“People look forward to our lampooning; it’s something very special to hear local names and places mentioned onstage in an original musical revue,” she said. “Revue will always have something unexpected in it. There are many, many things mentioned in our script that local audiences will recognize.
“Hinsdale is a special place to live and Revue celebrates that uniqueness with laughter and song. Plus, it supports a great cause. What could be better than that?”
Tickets are available at www.thecommunityhouse.wellattended.com/.
Chuck Fieldman is a freelance reporter for Pioneer Press.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/16/community-house-revue-hinsdale/
Austria: acusan de terrorismo a hombre de 21 años por plan para atacar concierto de Taylor Swift
VIENA (AP) — La fiscalía pública de Austria presentó el lunes cargos relacionados con terrorismo contra un hombre de 21 años que, aseguran, planeaba llevar a cabo un ataque en uno de los conciertos de Taylor Swift en Viena en agosto de 2024.
El acusado, cuyo nombre no fue revelado, había declarado su lealtad al grupo Estado Islámico y compartió material de propaganda y videos a través de diversos servicios de mensajes, aseguró la fiscalía en un comunicado.
Los fiscales también señalan al acusado de haber “obtenido instrucciones a través de internet para fabricar un dispositivo explosivo con triperóxido de triacetona”, similar a los que usa generalmente el Estado Islámico.
Los fiscales también sostienen que el acusado realizó “varios intentos” de comprar armas de forma ilegal fuera del país y llevarlas a Austria.
La fiscalía planea seguir adelante con un proceso penal contra el sospechoso –cuyo nombre no fue revelado– en Wiener Neustadt, una localidad cercana a la capital austríaca.
El portavoz de la fiscalía pública de Viena confirmó a The Associated Press que está bajo custodia de las autoridades. Medios austríacos identificaron al sospechoso como Beran A., y señalaron que fue arrestado en agosto de 2024.
Las autoridades austríacas cancelaron tres conciertos de Taylor Swift programados para agosto de 2024 en Viena después de afirmar que frustraron un plan para llevar a cabo un ataque durante una de las presentaciones.
Estados Unidos proporcionó información de inteligencia que influyó en la decisión de cancelar los conciertos.
“Estados Unidos mantiene un enfoque permanente en nuestra misión antiterrorismo. Trabajamos estrechamente con socios en todo el mundo para monitorear y frustrar amenazas. Y como parte de ese trabajo, Estados Unidos compartió información con socios austríacos para permitir la desarticulación de una amenaza contra los conciertos de Taylor Swift en Viena”, señaló John Kirby, entonces portavoz de seguridad nacional de la Casa Blanca, en agosto de 2024.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
The End Of Multiculturalism And The Liberal Utopian Fantasy
The End Of Multiculturalism And The Liberal Utopian Fantasy
The first and most important thing to understand about multiculturalism is that it is not an end goal. Rather, it is a vehicle; the median step in a much larger agenda to erase sovereign cultures and strong national identities. Once a population no longer has a cultural framework and a set of shared principles to hold onto, they are less likely to care when the borders of their nation are erased and their government becomes subservient to foreign (or globalist) interests.
Cultures are made up of specific peoples with standing birthrights, while nations are held together by shared values. The people of a country have to care about it enough to keep it alive and secure.
Multicultural ideology is a process for alienating a society, diminishing their shared values and undermining their love of country. It’s not an accident when liberal political leaders open up borders and saturate the nation with third world migrants who have completely contrary values. This sabotage is absolutely deliberate.
For the past several decades the populations of the west (and parts of Asia) have been regaled with liberal visions of Utopia; narratives of eternal peace and “brotherhood” achieved through engineered diversity. But if diversity “is our strength” as the elites claim, then why is it that first world nations only grow more unstable with each new wave of third world migrants?
If these migrants are a golden economic resource providing invaluable labor and talent, why are all the countries they come from festering in filth and decay and crime and war? If these cultures are equal to the west (or superior to the west), then there must be some tangible examples of success or wealth or accomplishment or invention that are not drawn directly from the wealth of the west. We search high and low and find nothing.
Many national populations are getting wise to the scam. They can see that their willingness to “adapt” and “tolerate” is slowly killing them.
Japan’s recent snap elections led by conservative Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi resulted in a brutal smackdown of leftists and the political left. Takaichi’s “Liberal Democratic Party” (which is not liberal in the modern western sense) has captured around 75% of the government and a undeniable political mandate. Leftists around the world are enraged and the progressive establishment media is pumping out propaganda demonizing the conservative shift in Japan.
They deny that open immigration supported by the previous government has anything to do with Takaichi’s rise to power. In fact, the increasing pace of third world immigration dominated political discourse in Japan for at least a year leading up to the elections. They had seen the horrors of decline in Europe and the struggles of the US to put right the ship. They have disrupted the agenda before it could do substantial damage.
🇯🇵 Japanese Prime Minister candidate Sanae Takaichi talks about how foreigners who stay illegally must be sent back. She also talks about rejecting people with fake refugee claims who are taking advantage of Japan’s generosity. pic.twitter.com/HOEXXyH65e
— 鈴森はるか 『haruka suzumori』 🇯🇵 (@harukaawake) October 3, 2025
The new Japanese government has announced plans to restrict visa renewals, increase deportations, kick out rule breaking migrants, restrict land purchases by foreigners, higher taxes for international tourists and caps on the number of foreign workers allowed into the country. Furthermore, the Japanese want tighter controls on Muslim migrants who try to enforce their own religious doctrines as law (Sharia law).
In the UK, which is nearly lost at this point, opposition to Kier Starmer’s progressive coup is quickly growing. The Labour Party is desperately trying to delay local elections because they know Nigel Farage’s Reform is going to sweep them without mercy. But that’s not the end of it.
Another party called “Restore Britain” is gaining momentum with Rupert Lowe at the helm, and his message is crystal clear: Remigration is the goal. The complete expulsion of migrants who do not share British values or western values. The announcement of the movement has received ample praise. The age of liberalism is dying.
I am today launching Restore Britain as a national political party.
Join us.https://t.co/RMtEuHopgV pic.twitter.com/jQMAOjQJ5A
— Rupert Lowe MP (@RupertLowe10) February 13, 2026
Combine these trends with the revolt in the US against woke cultism and multiculturalism and it’s beginning to look like the rebellion is going global. The notion that nations must sacrifice their cultural identities and heritage at the altar of globalism is no longer holding sway over mainstream debate. People no longer feel “shame” when they oppose migration, and they are considering realities which were considered taboo only a few years ago.
At bottom, some cultures a superior to others. Superior in economic value. Superior in technological value. Superior in moral value. Superior in their contributions to the world at large. To dilute successful nations with people from lesser cultures in the name of liberal virtue or economic necessity is not a compelling argument anymore.
One has to wonder how the political left and the globalist establishment intend to win the public back to their side? It seems impossible at this stage in the game. Perhaps they don’t intend to do this at all. When ideological zealots are faced with potential losses, they tend to dash the chess board to the ground rather than admit defeat.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 02/16/2026 – 16:00
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/end-multiculturalism-and-liberal-utopian-fantasy
