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Vow renewal celebrates seven couples and 400-plus years of marriage: ‘We do everything for each other’
When Chuck and Agnes Fruehe renewed their vows Thursday on their 71st wedding anniversary, they were joined by six other couples doing the same thing and representing more than 400 years of marriage.
“These couples come before us not to begin a journey but to honor one well traveled. One marked by patience, devotion, forgiveness and deep friendship,” officiant Sue Skender said.
The vow renewal ceremony was held at Hearthwood Senior Living’s Sacred Heart Chapel in Bartlett, two days before Valentine’s Day.
Joyce and Les Zemba’s romance began while they were teachers at a Catholic school in Chicago. At the time Joyce was a nun, and later wrote a book about her life in 2012. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)
“We gather to celebrate love that has stood the test of time,” Skender said. “Marriage is not made of one single moment but of thousands of ordinary days made meaningful by love. Today, we celebrate all of those days.”
The Fruehes grew up on the same block. They got engaged just before Chuck went into in the military.
When he came back, he found out he was getting married on Feb. 12. “She had arranged everything,” Chuck said.
Agnes chose the date because she liked Valentine’s Day.
The big question of the day for all of the couples Thursday was what’s the secret to a long marriage?
Sharon and Don Miller hold hands as they renew their vows after 57 years of marriage at a ceremony held Thursday in Bartlett in advance of Valentine’s Day. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)
“You go into the marriage with the idea you are going to stay married. That’s 90% of it,” Chuck said. “You will have problems. Everyone has problems. But if you decide you are going to be married, then it works out.”
Agnes said, “Just don’t fuss over the small stuff.”
Sharon and Don Miller have been married for 57 years. Before moving to Hearthwood, they lived in St. Charles.
Chuck and Agnes Fruehe on their wedding day. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)
The two were born days apart in the same hospital. But while his family stayed in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, where he grew up, Sharon’s moved to Oak Park. The wouldn’t meet until 23 years later — in a tavern down the street from the hospital.
Don proposed at Chicago’s Buckingham Fountain and they married on June 28, 1968. Their first child was born on Don’s birthday, in the same hospital as his father, a year later.
Don said the two decided to do the vow renewal as a “refresher.”
“Just wanted to lock her in,” he said, as Sharon laughed.
Sharon and Don Miller on their wedding day. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)
Hearthwood Senior Living hosted a reception for family and friends, complete with a wedding cake that read “We Still Do,” following the ceremony. A display of couples on their wedding days was among the decorations.
Joyce and Les Zemba’s photo was next to Joyce’s book, “A Life Like Nun Other.” She was a nun assigned to St. Philomena Catholic School in Chicago when she Les, also a teacher, in the early 1970s.
The first time he saw her, she was teaching at a podium. “I thought, ‘I’ve got to get to know that person,’” he said.
When Les asked her to marry him, she said, “I can’t get married. I’m a nun.”
But the two created a bond when they took homework to a sick child who was in the hospital, she said.
Joyce and Les Zemba on their wedding day. (Gloria Casas/The Courier-News)
“I worked on it for two years, and she finally said yes,” Les said.
Joyce had already been thinking about leaving the convent because of changes the church was making. The two married in 1972, and have two children and five grandchildren.
Their secret to a long marriage is twofold, they said.
“We do everything for each other,” Les said. “I wouldn’t be alive if it wasn’t for her. I’ve gone through operations. I’ve gone through cancer. She’s been there every step of the way.”
For Joyce, it’s teamwork.
“We don’t do female and male roles,” she said. “We work together as a team. Whatever needs to be done, it doesn’t matter who does it.”
Skender’s brief words to the couples were poignant.
“You have learned love is not about perfection but about showing up, again and again. About holding hands through change. Finding humor in the unexpected and choosing each other every single day,” she said. “Your love is an example to all of us.”
Gloria Casas is a freelance reporter for The Courier-News.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/12/vow-renewal-bartlett-couples-wedding-vows/
El zurdo José Quintana cierra acuerdo de 1 año y 6 millones de dólares con Rockies
DENVER (AP) — Los Rockies de Colorado concretaron el jueves un contrato de un año por 6 millones de dólares con el veterano zurdo José Quintana.
Quintana, que cumplió 37 años el mes pasado, tuvo una marca de 11-7 con una efectividad de 3,96 el año pasado a lo largo de 24 aperturas con los Cerveceros de Milwaukee.
El colombiano también ha lanzado para los Medias Blancas de Chicago, los Cachorros de la misma ciudad, los Angelinos de Los Ángeles, los Gigantes de San Francisco, los Piratas de Pittsburgh, los Cardenales de San Luis y los Mets de Nueva York.
En sus 14 años de carrera, Quintana tiene una foja de 113-110 con una efectividad de 3,76. Fue seleccionado al Juego de Estrellas en 2016 con los Medias Blancas.
Quintana es el líder histórico entre los lanzadores nacidos en Colombia en juegos (383), aperturas (357), victorias (113), entradas lanzadas (2.101,1) y ponches (1.816).
Para hacerle espacio en la nómina de 40 jugadores, los Rockies colocaron al derecho Jeff Criswell en la lista de lesionados de 60 días.
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Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration cuts to health care grants in Illinois, other states
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from cutting more than $600 million in health care grants meant for Illinois and three other states.
U.S. District Court Judge Manish Shah issued a temporary restraining order late Thursday afternoon after Illinois, California, Colorado and Minnesota filed a lawsuit against the administration over the cuts Wednesday. The order, which remains in place for 14 days, prohibits the Trump administration from cutting the grants for now.
In their lawsuit, the states argue that the Trump administration has targeted them for “devastating funding cuts to basic public health infrastructure based on political animus and disagreements about unrelated topics such as federal immigration enforcement, political protest, and clean energy.”
They argued that the temporary restraining order was necessary to prevent “irreparable harm.” Shah was nominated by President Barack Obama in 2014.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday evening, but a spokesperson said earlier this week in a statement, “These grants are being terminated because they do not reflect agency priorities.”
In Illinois, the cuts included more than $170 million in health care grants that go to state agencies and organizations.
Dollars at risk in Illinois include $86 million slated to go to the Illinois Department of Public Health for public health efforts and prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, and more than $61 million for the Chicago Department of Public Health for similar work, according to information obtained by the Tribune.
The largest grant targeted for cuts is the Public Health Infrastructure Block Grant, which in Illinois funds lead poisoning prevention grants to 25 local health departments and grants that support 674 public health jobs at 96 local agencies, according to the states’ lawsuit. If Illinois were to lose that funding, it would have to terminate 99 Illinois Department of Public Health employees, harming the state health department’s ability to “perform core public health functions” including disease surveillance, data analysis, workforce management and regulatory compliance, according to the lawsuit.
Grant money for non-governmental organizations in Illinois had also been listed for cuts, including grants that go to Lurie Children’s Hospital, the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, the Itasca-based American Academy of Pediatrics and the Chicago-based American Medical Association, among others.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/12/judge-blocks-trump-health-grant-cuts/
Goldman Sacks Ruemmler As Epstein Scandal Claims Obama’s Former Lawyer
Goldman Sacks Ruemmler As Epstein Scandal Claims Obama’s Former Lawyer
What do Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Susan Rice, Jeffrey Epstein, the Rothschilds, and Goldman Sachs all have in common?
Kathy Ruemmler… Goldman’s (soon to be former) top lawyer, after a batch of documents released by Congress and the DOJ revealed she was thick as thieves with Epstein.
Ruemmler rose to the top ranks of Wall Street, becoming a key advisor to Goldman CEO David Solomon after serving as White House counsel to former President Barack Obama.
While she allegedly told the bank that her relationship with Epstein was limited and “purely professional,” turns out she lied (or they knew, which makes it worse). It would later become public that she not only met with Epstein dozens of times and exchanged friendly emails for years, she was listed as an executor of Epstein’s will as recently as Jan. 18, 2019 – which had been removed before he died in prison on Aug. 10 of that year.
What’s more, the Washington Free Beacon reported late last month that Epstein showered her with luxury gifts – including a $9,400 Hermes handbag, a Hermes-branded Apple watch, and a spa treatment package at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington DC.
She also denied having ever helped Epstein with PR, telling the outlet “I did not advocate on his behalf to any third party—not to a court, not to the press, not to the government.”
Turns out that was a total lie.
On Friday, the DOJ released over 3 million pages of Epstein documents, including one in which Ruemmler was helping draft statements to help Epstein counter claims that he got a “sweetheart deal” when he was allowed to plead guilty to minor charges in a 2007-2008 sex trafficking case involving dozens of underage girls.
Just over three weeks ago, Goldman vehemently denied that that plans were afoot to fire Ruemmler. Turns out, not so much.
Kathy’s Out
On Thursday, the Financial Times reported that Ruemmler will resign on June 30 – (aka they fired her and let her resign), saying in a statement to the outlet “I made the determination that the media attention on me, relating to my prior work as a defence attorney, was becoming a distraction.”
Her decision comes after documents showed she held extensive discussions with Epstein between 2014 and 2019, long after he pleaded guilty in 2008 to state charges of soliciting prostitution from a minor. Ruemmler joined Goldman in 2020.
Goldman chief executive David Solomon has stood by Ruemmler since her close association with Epstein first emerged in 2023. He said in a statement on Thursday that she “will be missed”. -FT
Ruemmler has said she regrets ever knowing Epstein and that she didn’t know about his criminal activities, which we’re sure isn’t just because she got caught.
Interestingly, Ruemmler once arranged an advantageous settlement for the Rothschild family with the Obama DOJ, for which she was reportedly paid $10 million and Epstein was paid $25 million.
Obama’s lawyer Kathy Ruemmler and her buddy Epstein helped to arrange an extremely advantageous settlement for the Rothschilds with the Obama DoJ. For this, Kathy was allegedly paid USD 10 million and Epstein was paid USD 25 million.
The Rothschilds business was introduced to… https://t.co/P66nd9lplS pic.twitter.com/pwRABR3sVV
— Svetlana Lokhova (@RealSLokhova) February 12, 2026
Developing…
Tyler Durden
Thu, 02/12/2026 – 20:52
“Everyone’s Grandma Is Selling The Silver Chandelier, Forks, Knives” As Scrap Volumes Overwhelm Refiners
“Everyone’s Grandma Is Selling The Silver Chandelier, Forks, Knives” As Scrap Volumes Overwhelm Refiners
Silver’s explosive January rally, which briefly pushed futures prices above $120 per ounce, has since fizzled, with futures trading around $82 as of Thursday morning. Even so, the frenzy has sparked a sharp increase in scrap silver volumes flowing to refiners, as people rush to sell silver coins, sterling dinner sets, candlesticks, and other heirlooms inherited from grandparents or Boomer parents.
Bloomberg reports coin and jewelry shops have seen what they describe as a “rush of customers” seeking to dispose of collectibles, silverware, and family treasures during the historic surge in silver prices last month.
“Everyone’s grandma is selling their chandelier, forks, and knives — anything that’s made of sterling silver to utilize the silver prices,” said Gene Furman, owner of King Gold & Pawn and Empire Gold Buyers, which has locations across the New York City metro area.
“The average check I’m writing is probably in the $8,000 to $10,000 range,” Gary Tancer, owner of Coin & Jewelry Gallery of Boca Raton, told the outlet. He noted consumers are “coming in droves and droves.”
Google Search trends show that as silver prices soared, so did online interest from people searching “sell my silver.”
A truly explosive surge…
Related top search queries included:
The influx of individuals deciding to sell their silver heirlooms has triggered a surge of silver scrap entering the market.
Heraeus Precious Metals, one of the world’s largest precious metals refiners, is now facing a backlog, said Dominik Sperzel, head of trading for the German firm.
“When you place the silver order today, it cannot just take a few weeks,” Sperzel said. “We’re already talking about months.”
Jack Farley of Monetary Matters spoke with Milton Berg of MB Advisors Institutional Research about why Berg is bearish on silver at this point. His view is that refineries are being overwhelmed with scrap silver, with inflows even heavier than during the 2011 speculative peak.
Why @BergMilton is bearish silver: refineries are OVERWHELMED with silver scrap, EVEN MORE than in 2011 (prior speculative peak).
Well sourced from “largest smelter in New York”
Apple🔊https://t.co/bNqmCOVqMV
Spotify📽️https://t.co/mnN6Dn02hi pic.twitter.com/ng04tObLMG
— Jack Farley (@JackFarley96) February 11, 2026
Listen to the full Farley-Berg conversation here.
Then again, the silver-squeeze comes to China…
Tyler Durden
Thu, 02/12/2026 – 20:30
Remote community grieves the 8 victims killed in Canada’s deadliest attack in years
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The families of victims of a shooting in a remote Canadian Rockies town grappled with unrelenting grief Thursday as details emerged about those killed in the country’s deadliest mass shooting in years.
Authorities said the 18-year-old alleged shooter, identified as Jesse Van Rootselaar, killed her 39-year-old mother, Jennifer Jacobs, and 11-year-old stepbrother, Emmett Jacobs, in their northern British Columbia home on Tuesday before heading to the nearby Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and opening fire, killing five children and an educator before killing herself.
Twenty-five people were also injured in the attack. The motive remains unclear.
Among the dead was 12-year-old Kylie Smith, whose family remembered her as “the light in our family.”
“She loved her family, friends, and going to school,” Kylie’s family said in a statement. “She was a talented artist and had dreams of going to art school in the big city of Toronto. Rest in paradise, sweet girl, our family will never be the same without you.”
Kylie’s father tearfully recounted the desperate hours spent trying to learn what happened to his daughter, only to find out from an older girl, not the authorities.
Lance Younge told CTV News that his son, Ethan, texted “I love you” shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday and then called a short time later to say he was hiding in a utility room at his school in the small mountain community of Tumbler Ridge, but that he didn’t know where his sister Kylie was.
The family would find out hours later that Kylie was among the dead.
While looking for Kylie, Younge said he walked around the local recreation center where students were reuniting with their families for about six hours, but that police wouldn’t tell him anything.
“I went home not knowing where my daughter was until a high school kid … came here and told us her story about trying to save my daughter’s life,” he said. “The police didn’t tell us anything. We had to find out through the community and through kids and rumors.”
Authorities on Thursday identified the other victims as Abel Mwansa, Zoey Benoit and Ticaria Lampert, all age 12, as well as 13-year-old Ezekiel Schofield and assistant teacher Shannda Aviugana-Durand, 39.
In a statement, Zoey’s family described her as “resilient, vibrant, smart, caring and the strongest little girl you could meet.”
Peter Schofield, whose grandson, Ezekiel, was killed, shared his grief in a Facebook post, saying: “Everything feels so surreal. The tears just keep flowing.”
A need for mental health services
Trent Ernst, publisher of Tumbler RidgeLines, the town’s biweekly newspaper, said he has been “randomly breaking down and weeping at inopportune times, usually when talking to people about what is happening.”
He said he knows Maya Gebala, 12, who was wounded in the head and neck, and Paige Hoekstra, 19, who also suffered bullet wounds. Both were hospitalized in Vancouver.
He said he spoke with Maya at a recent town winter carnival, describing her as “funky and vivacious” and “full of life.”
Ernst said one of the biggest frustrations in the community is the lack of medical support and in particular mental health services. Rootselaar had a history of police visits to her home to check on her mental health, authorities said.
“The majority of people that I’ve talked to are sad more at the fact that Tumbler Ridge doesn’t have the level of support for mental health and health services in general,” he said.
“If this had happened three hours later, our clinic would have been closed and there would be no emergency room there,” he said, adding that it would likely have reopened under such exceptional circumstances.
In particular, Ernst said there’s a severe lack of mental health services in the Canadian Rockies town, which has roughly 2,700 residents and is more than 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) northeast of Vancouver, near the provincial border with Alberta.
“Right now, there are five mental health nurses in town. But this is the exception, and it’s an exceptional situation. There are times where we’ll go months, if not years, without having anybody in mental health services in town,” he said.
Alleged shooter led a nomadic life
Rootselaar and her family led a “nomadic lifestyle” marked by multiple moves between at least three Canadian provinces, according to a 2015 British Columbia court ruling.
The court’s decision in a dispute between the alleged shooter’s parents described her mother, Jennifer Jacobs, moving with her children between Newfoundland, Grand Cache in Alberta and Powell River, British Columbia, in the previous five years.
Her mother, also known as Jennifer Strang, was found to have engaged in “reprehensible conduct” by failing to give her children’s father enough notice that she was moving back to Newfoundland in August 2015.
Jacobs was ordered in the court ruling to return their children to British Columbia.
A community grieves
Mourners braved frigid cold Wednesday night to honor the victims, with Mayor Darryl Krakowka telling them, “It’s OK to cry.”
Krakowka described the town as “one big family,” and encouraged people to reach out and support each other, especially the families of those who died in the attack. The community must support victims’ families “forever,” not only in the days and weeks to come, he said.
Police recovered a long gun and a modified handgun at the school that they said Rootselaar used in the attack.
Dwayne McDonald, deputy commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in British Columbia, said Wednesday there was no information that anyone at the school was targeted. He said officers arrived at the school two minutes after the initial call and that shots were fired in their direction when they showed up.
“Parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers in Tumbler Ridge will wake up without someone they love. The nation mourns with you, and Canada stands by you,” an emotional Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday as he arrived in Parliament.
Carney, who said flags at government buildings will be flown at half-staff for seven days, planned to visit Tumbler Ridge on Friday.
Deadliest rampage since 2020
The attack was Canada’s deadliest since 2020, when a gunman in Nova Scotia killed 13 people and set fires that left another nine dead.
School shootings are rare in Canada, which has strict gun-control laws. The government has responded to previous mass shootings with gun-control measures, including a recently broadened ban on all guns it considers assault weapons.
Gillies reported from Toronto. Associated Press reporter R.J. Rico in Atlanta contributed.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/12/tumbler-ridge-attack-victims/
Pitcher de Yankees Cam Schlittler sufre inflamación en la espalda y el dorsal
Por RONALD BLUM
TAMPA, Florida, EE.UU. (AP) — El joven lanzador de los Yankees de Nueva York, Cam Schlittler, está lidiando con problemas de inflamación en la espalda y un costado, lo que le dejará marginado de algunas sesiones de bullpen.
El mánager de los Yankees, Aaron Boone, dio a conocer la lesión el jueves y dio a entender que representaba un problema menor. Lo mismo manifestó el lanzador derecho, que cumplió 25 años la semana pasada.
Schlittler afirmó que su preocupación era “cero”.
“He estado lidiando con esto desde hace un tiempo, así que sólo quiero asegurarme de tenerlo bajo control y estar listo para el día inaugural”, indicó.
Schlittler debutó en las Grandes Ligas el 9 de julio y terminó con marca de 4-3 y efectividad de 2,96 en 14 aperturas. Con una recta que promedió 98 mph, Schlittler logró 84 ponches y dio 31 bases por bolas en 73 entradas. Lanzó ocho innings en blanco contra Boston en la serie de comodines, y luego permitió cuatro carreras —dos limpias— en 6 entradas y un tercio durante la Serie Divisional contra Toronto.
“Obviamente estamos muy entusiasmados con él y esperamos que sea una parte clave de nuestra rotación y lo seguimos esperando”, manifestó Boone.
Schlittler se sometió a una prueba que, según Boone, “más o menos arrojó buenas noticias”.
“Probablemente lo mantendremos fuera del montículo al menos durante los próximos días”, reveló el piloto. “Está continuando con su programa de lanzamientos”.
Nueva York ya proyecta iniciar la temporada el 25 de marzo sin el as Gerrit Cole, quien se recupera de una cirugía Tommy John realizada el 11 de marzo pasado, y sin Carlos Rodón, que está recuperando fuerza en el brazo tras una operación realizada el 15 de octubre para retirar cuerpos sueltos en el codo izquierdo y rebajar un espolón óseo.
No es probable que Rodón regrese a los Yankees antes de mayo, y se espera que Cole vuelva en algún momento durante la primera mitad de la temporada. Además, Clarke Schmidt se perderá gran parte de la campaña tras una cirugía de reparación del ligamento colateral cubital el 11 de julio.
Schlittler contó que sintió el problema por primera vez hace unas semanas y lo describió como una inflamación menor y “quizá también más en el costado”. Espera poder lanzar desde el montículo la próxima semana.
Al preguntársele si había lidiado con el problema en el pasado, Schlittler respondió: “El año pasado, algunas cosas intermitentes”.
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Inpex Warns Of Looming LNG Crunch in Asia
Inpex Warns Of Looming LNG Crunch in Asia
By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com,
Japan’s Inpex expects an LNG supply shortfall in the Pacific coastal region, including Asia, in 2035, as demand will nearly double from current levels, the oil and gas major said in its 2025 earnings report on Thursday.
Global LNG demand is expected to increase to about 700 million tons per year in 2035, up from the current level of around 400 million tons annually, according to the Japanese company, which operates the Ichthys LNG project offshore Western Australia.
“Demand will be concentrated in the Asia–Oceania region, accounting for about 60% of the total,” Inpex said in the outlook to 2035.
“Supply shortfall is expected in the Pacific coastal region, including Asia,” the company noted in its LNG Supply and Demand Outlook in the report.
While other regions look sufficiently supplied, the Pacific coastal region could see a supply shortfall of 231 million tons per year in 2035, according to Inpex.
Despite warnings of a near-term global LNG glut, top exporters in the Middle East, including Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), see strong demand going forward and flag insufficient investment in supply in the medium to long term.
The UAE is growing its LNG exports to meet surging global demand that will outpace investment in supply, Energy Minister Suhail al Mazrouei told Reuters at the end of last year.
“I agree with his excellency, Minister of Qatar, that the demand is going to be much, much more than the projects that we are seeing,” the UAE official added.
Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, who is QatarEnergy’s CEO as well as the Minister of State for Energy Affairs of Qatar, said in December “I have no worry at all about demand in the future.”
“I have a worry about the lack of investment for additional supply in the future, which will cause prices to spike,” Al-Kaabi added.
Tyler Durden
Thu, 02/12/2026 – 20:05
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/inpex-warns-looming-lng-crunch-asia
Filis dejan libre a Nick Castellanos tras admitir llevar cerveza al dugout
Associated Press
CLEARWATER, Florida, EE.UU. (AP) — Los Filis de Filadelfia dejaron en libertad al jardinero Nick Castellanos el jueves después de que el equipo no pudiera concretar un acuerdo para canjearlo. Castellanos reveló luego que lo sentaron en la banca la temporada pasada tras llevar cerveza al dugout durante un juego.
El equipo quería que la situación se resolviera antes de su primer entrenamiento con el plantel completo en los entrenamientos de primavera, que inician el lunes.
Castellanos fue enviado a la banca la temporada pasada después de hacer lo que el mánager de los Filis, Rob Thomson, mencionara que hizo “un comentario inapropiado” tras ser sustituido por un reemplazo defensivo. Castellanos dijo en septiembre que la comunicación con Thomson había sido “cuestionable, al menos en su experiencia”.
Castellanos publicó el jueves una nota escrita a mano en redes sociales en la que explicó un incidente en Miami que precedió a su envío a la banca. Contó que llevó cerveza al dugout después de ser sacado de un juego y que se quejó con Thomson por las reglas del equipo. Señaló que sus compañeros le quitaron la cerveza antes de que él bebiera.
Después, entró a la oficina con Thomson y con el presidente de operaciones de béisbol, Dave Dombrowski.
“Ventilamos nuestras diferencias y la conversación terminó con que yo me disculpara por dejar que mis emociones me ganaran”, manifestó Castellanos, y agregando que lo sentaron en el siguiente juego como castigo.
Castellanos, que cumple 34 años el 4 de marzo, bateó para .250 con 17 jonrones y 72 carreras impulsadas en 147 juegos con los campeones del Este de la Liga Nacional el año pasado. Iba a entrar en la última temporada de un contrato de 100 millones de dólares por cinco años, pero Dombrowski dijo el lunes que los Filis estaban conversando con otros equipos sobre él.
Se espera que el cubano Adolis García reemplace a Castellanos en el jardín derecho después de firmar un contrato de 10 millones de dólares por un año con Filadelfia en diciembre.
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Deportes en español AP: https://apnews.com/hub/deportes
Two Israelis Arrested, Indicted After Using Classified Iran Info For Polymarket Bets
Two Israelis Arrested, Indicted After Using Classified Iran Info For Polymarket Bets
The Israeli government has announced the arrest and indictment of an IDF military reservist and a civilian with classified clearances who placed bets regarding military operations on the popular Polymarket prediction market.
A joint statement by Shin Bet and the Israeli Police, which teamed up to conduct the investigation, said bets were made “based on classified information to which the reservists were exposed as part of their military duties.”
Authorities have not confirmed details of the specific bets, but it follows Kan News first reporting suspicions that officials within the defense ministry had leveraged classified information to profit on Polymarket.
At least one of the accused reportedly bet on the timing of Israel’s opening strike on Iran in last June’s 12-day war. The indictments mention “serious security offenses” as well as bribery and obstruction of justice.
According to the Times of Israel, one of the men netted about $150,000 based on the insider knowledge:
Last month, Kan said a user who went by the name ricosuave666 placed several bets in June 2025 with suspicious accuracy regarding Israeli military operations in Iran, wagering tens of thousands of dollars and making a profit of around $150,000.
While not identifying the men, the defense ministry and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued a lengthy statement.
“The defense establishment emphasizes that engaging in such betting activities, based on secret and classified information, poses a substantial security risk to IDF operations and to the security of the state,” the statement indicated.
An IDF spokesperson continued, “The IDF views with utmost severity any act that endangers the security of the state, particularly the use of highly classified information for the purpose of personal gain.”
The IDF called it a “grave ethical failure and a clear crossing of a red line,” and indicated that “In response to the incident, measures have been taken and procedures will be reinforced across all IDF units to prevent similar cases from recurring.”
There have been several similar ‘insider betting’ scandals in the United States related to fast-moving geopolitical events, for example involving the timing of the Trump-ordered Venezuela military operation. Red flags have even been raised surrounding the Super Bowl halftime show:
Earlier this year, an anonymous bettor on Polymarket perfectly predicted the US invasion of Venezuela mere hours before over 150 US aircraft rocked the country’s capital of Caracas, netting them over $400,000.
The incident reignited a heated debate over insider trading on prediction market platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi. While the act is strictly forbidden on Wall Street, prediction markets are currently operating in a regulatory vacuum, allowing those who enjoy insider status to score big — while everyone else is left to pick up the bill.
And the evidence that prediction markets are rife with insider traders continues to grow. As one eagle-eyed Reddit user noticed, an anonymous day-old Polymarket account correctly guessed 17 out of around 20 bets about Sunday’s Super Bowl half-time show.
Vegas did $130M on the Super Bowl.
Prediction markets did $1.33B. 10x Vegas
1. @Kalshi – $871M
2. @Polymarket – $312M
3. @opinionlabsxyz – $92M
4. @predictdotfun – $31M
5. @Novig – $19M
6. @SX_Bet – $5M
7. @Overtime_io – $443K
— MovieTime (@MovieTimeDev) February 10, 2026
“All told, they made about $17,000 in profit,” the report observes, and points to the extreme unlikelihood, statistically-speaking, in getting 17 out of the 20 bets exactly right.
Tyler Durden
Thu, 02/12/2026 – 19:40
