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Pleito musical en torno de los Minions deja a patinadores olímpicos ‘esperando y rezando’
Por JAMES ELLINGWORTH
MILÁN (AP) — Es el mensaje que ningún patinador artístico quiere recibir. En cualquier momento, un correo electrónico podría impedirle usar la música en la que ha basado su rutina olímpica.
Y mientras el mundo del patinaje lidia con un enfrentamiento musical que involucra a los adorables y traviesos Minions, la campeona estadounidense Amber Glenn está cautivada por “esta telenovela”.
Es un problema con el que cualquier patinador puede identificarse, y Glenn tiene una promesa que cumplir.
“Le dije a la gente que iban a ver a los Minions en los Juegos Olímpicos. No quiero ser una mentirosa”, expresó el miércoles.
Los derechos musicales de una sola canción pueden estar divididos entre numerosos artistas, compañías y otras figuras. Ser un patinador de alto nivel significa hacer todo lo posible por asegurar el permiso y luego esperar que no haya objeciones de último minuto.
“Hemos hecho todo lo posible para que todo esté claro, hacer lo que podemos y, sinceramente, un productor podría simplemente decidir, ‘oye, olvídalo, no’”, comentó Glenn.
“Honestamente, sólo estoy viendo, desde las vías que tengo disponibles, que esté claro y luego simplemente estoy esperando y rezando para no recibir un correo electrónico que diga: ‘Por cierto, se comunicaron y dijeron que no quieren que lo uses’. Así que creo que ha sido un proceso muy arduo para muchos de nosotros”.
El problema de los Minions involucra al patinador español Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate es especialmente complejo porque su programa corto es un popurrí de cuatro canciones diferentes de la franquicia. Tiene tres de las cuatro aprobadas hasta el miércoles y está trabajando en obtener el permiso de Pharrell Williams para la cuarta, dijo Glenn.
Glenn dice que está feliz de dejar que su equipo pida permiso para la música. Su compañero de equipo estadounidense, el aspirante a la medalla de oro Ilia Malinin, intenta un toque personal.
“Es algo que a todos nos preocupa, y para mí especialmente, me gusta crear piezas de música realmente únicas para patinar”, manifestó Malinin. “Me gusta contactar directamente al artista e intentar eso como una opción. La mayoría de las veces funciona a mi favor. Especialmente este año, todos estaban muy esperanzados y solidarios”.
Glenn patina su programa corto con “Like A Prayer” de Madonna, así que incluso una objeción podría alegrarle el día, bromeó.
“Si recibo un mensaje de Madonna diciendo que no quiere que patine con su música, simplemente estaré emocionada de recibir un mensaje de Madonna”, dijo. “Pero esperemos que eso no suceda”.
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Trump se prepara para instalar una estatua de Colón cerca de la Casa Blanca
Por BRIAN WITTE y BILL BARROW
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, EE.UU. (AP) — El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump se prepara para instalar cerca de la Casa Blanca una réplica de una estatua del afamado explorador Cristóbal Colón, la cual fue arrojada al puerto de Baltimore durante su primer mandato en medio de protestas contra el racismo institucional.
John Pica, un cabildero de Maryland y presidente de Italian American Organizations United —una organización sin fines de lucro que promueve la cultura de los italoestadounidenses—, indicó que su grupo es propietario de la estatua y acordó prestarla al gobierno federal para su colocación en o cerca de la Casa Blanca.
En una entrevista, Pica dijo a The Associated Press que, cerca del Día de Colón el año pasado, un intermediario lo contactó para hablar sobre la estatua, y le dijo que la Casa Blanca quería obtener una estatua del explorador. Pica dice que su organización realizó una votación informal y decidió unánimemente enviar la estatua a la residencia presidencial. Firmaron el acuerdo de préstamo el miércoles.
Cuando se le preguntó si se sentía optimista de que la estatua realmente llegará a la Casa Blanca, Pica respondió: “Cautelosamente optimista, sí”. Se desconoce cuál será el momento para instalarla, señaló, pero agregó: “posiblemente dentro de dos semanas”.
El republicano Nino Mangione, delegado estatal de Maryland que ha trabajado con el grupo italoamericano para hallarle un nuevo hogar a la estatua después de que fue extraída del puerto, también confirmó los planes para la estatua, que fueron reportados por primera vez el miércoles por The Washington Post.
La Casa Blanca declinó comentar a la AP sobre los planes para la estatua, pero reafirmó la afinidad de Trump por Colón, cuyo legado es visto ahora en forma distinta por algunas personas a medida que historiadores y educadores dan a conocer cómo las figuras blancas europeas y sus descendientes trataron a los nativos americanos y a los africanos esclavizados para desarrollar el Nuevo Mundo.
“En esta Casa Blanca, Cristóbal Colón es un héroe”, dijo el portavoz de Trump, David Ingle. “Y seguirá siendo honrado como tal por el presidente Trump”.
Trump quiere dejar su propia huella en la historia estadounidense antes de la gran celebración del aniversario
Para Pica y su grupo, la colocación de la estatua en Washington celebraría a un italiano famoso que tiene un estatus icónico entre los italoamericanos. Para Trump, sería otro movimiento para reformar la narrativa de la historia de Estados Unidos en un momento en que la nación celebra el 250 aniversario de la firma de la Declaración de Independencia.
Trump respalda una visión tradicional de Colón como líder de la misión de 1492 que marcó el comienzo no oficial de la colonización europea en las Américas y el desarrollo del orden económico y político moderno. Pero en años recientes, Colón también ha sido reconocido como un ejemplo destacado de la conquista efectuada por Europa Occidental del Nuevo Mundo, sus recursos y sus nativos.
La estatua que ahora se dirige a Washington es una réplica de una derribada por manifestantes el 4 de julio de 2020 y arrojada al puerto interior de Baltimore, luego de que el público se enfureciera tras la muerte del afroestadounidense George Floyd a manos de la policía. Fue una de muchas estatuas de Colón que fueron vandalizadas aproximadamente al mismo tiempo, en medio de alegatos de los manifestantes de que el explorador italiano fue responsable del genocidio y la explotación de los pueblos nativos en las Américas.
“Yo estuve allí cuando la sacamos del puerto”, observó Mangione, y añadió que el artista Will Hemsley usó partes de la antigua estatua, la cual había sido develada durante la presidencia de Ronald Reagan, “para construir y restaurar una hermosa estatua completamente nueva”.
En años recientes, algunas personas, instituciones y entidades gubernamentales han reemplazado el Día de Colón con el reconocimiento del Día de los Pueblos Indígenas. En 2021, el presidente Joe Biden se convirtió en el primer mandatario de Estados Unidos en conmemorar el Día de los Pueblos Indígenas con un decreto.
La estatua podría no ser permanente
Pica enfatizó que su grupo presta la estatua y la reclamaría si un gobierno futuro quisiera retirarla.
Trump desestima el cambio en la perspectiva sobre Colón, diciendo que proviene de “incendiarios de izquierda” que distorsionan la historia y tergiversan la memoria colectiva de los estadounidenses.
“Estoy rescatando el Día de Colón de las cenizas”, declaró en abril pasado. En un reflejo de su retórica de campaña de 2024, se quejó de que “los demócratas hicieron todo lo posible para destruir a Cristóbal Colón, su reputación y a todos los italianos que tanto lo adoran”.
Trump emitió un decreto por el Día de Colón en octubre pasado e ignoró el Día de los Pueblos Indígenas. Elogió a Colón como “el héroe americano original, un gigante de la civilización occidental y uno de los hombres más valientes y visionarios que jamás haya caminado sobre la faz de la tierra”.
Ese tributo reflejó la visión más amplia de Trump sobre la historia. El año pasado firmó una orden ejecutiva titulada “Restableciendo la verdad y la cordura a la historia estadounidense”, que lamentaba “un esfuerzo concertado y generalizado para reescribir la historia de nuestra nación” de una manera que tergiversa a Estados Unidos “como inherentemente racista, sexista, opresivo, o de otro modo irremediablemente defectuoso”.
Desde esa orden, el gobierno ha exigido una revisión exhaustiva de las exhibiciones en todos los museos del Smithsonian y ha presionado a las agencias del poder ejecutivo y a las entidades estatales y locales —especialmente colegios, universidades y escuelas— que reciben fondos federales para que reviertan sus iniciativas de promoción de la diversidad.
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Barrow informó desde Atlanta. La periodista de The Associated Press Darlene Superville contribuyó a este despacho desde Washington.
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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.
DHS Reports More Than 180 Vehicle Attacks On Law Enforcement
DHS Reports More Than 180 Vehicle Attacks On Law Enforcement
Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,
Immigration officers have faced 182 vehicular attacks since President Donald Trump took office last year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a Feb. 3 statement.
Out of the 182 attacks between Jan. 21, 2025, and Jan. 24, 2026, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers faced 114, up by 124 percent from the 51 attacks during the same time period the previous year. The remaining 68 attacks were faced by officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Attacks on ICE are up by 3,300 percent from two assaults previously, according to the DHS.
In an attack in September, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala hit and injured an ICE officer with his car while trying to evade arrest. The incident happened during a traffic stop when the man put his car in reverse and hit the officer in the leg, nearly crushing the officer. The foreign national was eventually arrested.
In another attack earlier last month, two suspected associates of the Tren de Aragua gang weaponized their vehicle against Border Patrol. One agent took immediate action to defend himself and others, shooting the illegal immigrants. No law enforcement personnel suffered injuries, while the illegal immigrants were hospitalized.
In its recent statement, DHS listed out several other similar vehicular attacks against immigration officers. The department cited DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s warning that anyone who “lay a hand on a law enforcement officer” would be “prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
“Sanctuary politicians with their rhetoric comparing ICE to the Nazi Gestapo, slave patrols, and the secret police and encouraging illegal aliens to evade arrest have incited violence against law enforcement,” DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said in the Feb. 3 press release.
Democratic lawmakers have criticized the actions of immigration officers under the Trump administration.
In a Jan. 27 statement, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz characterized the immigration enforcement crackdown in the state as a “campaign of organized brutality” against people.
He criticized immigration agents for shooting to death two individuals in the state, and accused them of attacking “countless” protesters and bystanders.
One of the individuals was protestor Renee Good, whom an ICE officer shot on Jan. 7. Federal authorities say the officer acted in self-defense as Good allegedly attempted to hit the person with her vehicle during an enforcement operation.
The second individual, Alex Pretti, 37, was shot by a federal officer in Minneapolis on Jan. 24. Pretti allegedly carried a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun and was shot during an attempt to disarm him.
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), who voted against a bill to fund DHS, justified his voting decision by alleging “cruelty” committed by ICE and CBP, according to a Jan. 29 statement from the lawmaker’s office.
ICE and CBP “have terrorized American cities, killed U.S. citizens, and detained innocent children. They continue to go after people with no criminal backgrounds, including arresting U.S. citizens exercising their First Amendment rights,” he said.
Meanwhile, in a Jan. 26 statement, DHS said there has been an 8,000 percent increase in death threats and a more than 1,300 percent surge in assaults against law enforcement officers.
DHS published the transcript of a voicemail received by an ICE officer in Minnesota last month, in which the caller asks the officer to “kill yourself,” wishing that his wife and both parents die. The caller characterizes the officer as a “murderer” and a “traitor to the American people.”
McLaughlin said the “unprecedented” violence against law enforcement officers was the result of “repeated vilification and demonization” of the personnel by lawmakers.
The officers “get up every morning to try and make our communities safer. Like everyone else, we just want to go home to our families at night. The violence and dehumanization of these men and women who are simply enforcing the law must stop,” she said.
Multiple incidents of assault on immigration officers have occurred over the past month.
On Jan. 14, DHS said in an X post that an ICE agent was hospitalized after being ambushed and attacked with a shovel by a Venezuelan illegal immigrant.
A couple of weeks later, on Jan. 28, Attorney General Pam Bondi said that 16 protesters in Minneapolis were arrested for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers.
Tyler Durden
Wed, 02/04/2026 – 19:15
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dhs-reports-more-180-vehicle-attacks-law-enforcement
Chip Kelly believes Northwestern is ‘an up-and-coming team.’ Why the coaching veteran became the Wildcats OC.
When David Braun reflected Wednesday on what the new Ryan Field opener against Penn State on Oct. 2 will feel like, he said he got goosebumps.
But the Northwestern coach then noted that it’s his job to make sure his team brings the new $862 million stadium to life. Sitting to Braun’s left, listening intently, was the man who will have to play a large role in making that happen.
A day after announcing the stadium’s opener, Northwestern tried to build excitement by officially introducing new offensive coordinator Chip Kelly with a news conference Wednesday in Evanston. The Wildcats hired Kelly a little more than a month ago to revive an offense that ranked 96th in FBS in both scoring and total offense while going 7-6 in 2025.
Kelly, 62, arrived at Northwestern with 35 years of NFL and collegiate coaching experience. He has been the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers, UCLA and the prolific Oregon teams that went 46-7 and made the BCS championship in 2010. He won a national championship as the offensive coordinator at Ohio State in 2024.
Now he joins a Northwestern team that hasn’t won a Big Ten championship since 2000.
So the more relevant questions Wednesday weren’t about why Northwestern chose Kelly, but why Kelly chose Northwestern.
“As I looked through everything, this was a situation that you got excited about,” Kelly said. “You’re excited about moving into a new stadium, excited about an up-and-coming team. And I think the landscape of college football has changed as everybody knows, so it’s a chance to start with a really good program, with really good people.”
Kelly’s first impression of Braun was from the opposite sideline. He coached against Northwestern in 2024 at Wrigley Field while calling plays for Ohio State.
Ohio State beat Northwestern 31-7 and put up 420 yards of offense that day. But the Buckeyes averaged 429.4 yards and 35.7 points per game that season, went 14-2 and won a national championship. Their offense did worse to other teams.
So Kelly said he was enamored with the Northwestern defense. The Wildcats were well coached, and he thought they made it a “tough, hard-nosed battle.” He took that impression into his exploration of joining NU’s staff after Braun decided to move on from former offensive coordinator Zach Lujan in December.
New Northwestern offensive coordinator Chip Kelly answers questions during a news conference at the Walter Athletics Center on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, in Evanston. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)
Kelly, who was looking for a job after the Las Vegas Raiders fired him in November after less than a season, knew athletic director Mark Jackson, though had never worked with him. And he found it easy enough to gather intel on Braun from people who worked with him and knew what he was about.
Then he connected with them.
“Getting a chance to have real good conversations about what their vision was for this program and kind of where they see it headed. And that intrigued me,” Kelly said. “And then I also know the type of student-athlete that you get to coach here. Kids who are really serious about everything that they do, if they decide to choose to come to Northwestern, whether it’s academically or athletically. That was something that I was intrigued with.”
Northwestern, which has touted its willingness to invest in its football program by pointing to the stadium, made it happen, and Kelly arrived in Evanston on Jan. 2, the day the transfer portal opened.
His first two weeks were spent on portal recruiting, and the coaches then hit the road for high school recruiting Jan. 15-31. They went around to the top prospects in Illinois first — Kelly’s photo popped up on social media a few times making the high school visits — and then branched out to see the other players Braun had offered.
Braun said upon announcing the hire that it would obviously have an impact on both types of recruiting, and he said Wednesday that Kelly’s presence has been “tremendous.”
The Wildcats’ most notable recruit commitment this offseason has been transfer quarterback Aidan Chiles, who threw for 4,116 yards and 27 touchdowns over three seasons at Oregon State and Michigan State.
“Ultimately, great football players that want to reach their fullest potential want to play and work with great coaches and great people, and we have a lot of that here at Northwestern,” Braun said. “But it was very evident with the hiring of Coach Kelly and other staff that came on board that now we have an opportunity to have conversations with young men that want to reach their fullest potential as a football player. They want to work with the best and the brightest, great people in the coaching space.”
The staff returned to Evanston on Saturday to resume work with current players, and Kelly is still in the getting-to-know-you process with them.
He has been studying film and watching them do strength and conditioning. But he said he won’t get a “real good beat” on what he has until spring ball in March.
He said he needs to figure out their strengths and weaknesses in order to build a system around them. He believes they have a lot of versatility among his coaches from different systems. Now they just need to determine what fits.
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“Every year is slightly different, and it should always be built around your personnel,” Kelly said. “You could say, ‘We’re going to throw the ball every play,’ but if you don’t have anybody that’s really good at catching it, or anybody that’s really good at throwing it, probably shouldn’t be doing that, you know? So I think it’s really evaluating what your personnel is and putting them in the right positions where they have an opportunity to make plays. And I think that’s where the evolution comes in.”
Kelly also had a hand in building the new staff that includes new offensive line coach Tim Drevno, tight ends coach Bob Bicknell and quarterbacks coach Jerry Neuheisel, who came from eight seasons at UCLA. Kelly called Neuheisel “a rising star” in the coaching profession.
“I think he’ll be a head coach really shortly,” Kelly said. “He’s everything you’re looking for in a coach. He pours into his players. He’s got great knowledge in terms of his competency of the game itself. And he’s a great relationship guy.”
Braun has said a couple of times now how he hopes his leadership will benefit from working with Kelly.
The latter said his experiences with national title-contending teams have given him insight into how to get a team to peak at the right time, noting “some of those experiences will be applicable, hopefully sooner rather than later.”
“So excited for Chip to be leading our offense, but I’m also excited about all the conversations Chip and I are having about program development,” Braun said. “I’d be silly to sit up here and pretend like I have it all figured out as a head coach. You’re trying to surround yourself with the best and the brightest, and I know I have someone sitting to my left that has done an extremely high level in terms of coordinating offense but also as a head coach. I’m growing in that area, because he’s in the building with me. We’re growing together.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/04/chip-kelly-northwestern-offensive-coordinator/
Elgin HS students stage walkout to protest ICE actions in Minneapolis, elsewhere
A large number Elgin High School students staged a lunchtime walkout march Wednesday to protest the deaths of two people in Minneapolis and other actions at the hands of federal immigration agents.
“It’s sad to know that they’ve been pulling people off the street based on the color of their skin and without due process. It’s racist,” senior Mohammed Gambari, 17, said. “And of the people they’ve detained and deported, around 80% have no criminal record.”
Gambari walked with fellow seniors Kamron Adams, 17, and Esmerelda Alfaro, 18, at the end of a long line of student protesters who left the 1200 Maroon Drive school campus to walk along busy East Chicago Street before returning to campus.
This is one of many signs carried by Elgin High School students during a school walkout Wednesday to protest actions being taken by federal agents as part of U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement efforts to detain undocumented immigrants. (Mike Danahey/The Courier-News)
The three estimated at least 80% of the 2,300 students enrolled at the school took part in march, which covered several miles.
In a prepared statement, School District U-46 administration said the walkout was initiated by students who wanted to express their views about an issue that is important to them. They were asked to abide by the district’s policy regarding student demonstrations and parents were notified and encouraged to have “family conversations about respectful expression, civic engagement and making responsible choices while at school,” the statement said.
Students who missed a class while participating were cited as being absent or tardy, U-46 officials said.
In addition to protesting the actions of federal agents, the event was also meant to show of support for area families directly impacted by the campaign launched by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Alfaro said her uncle was taken into custody in November while he was en route to his job and deported to Mexico.
The Elgin protest was inspired by a similar event held Monday at Streamwood High School, the three students said. There reportedly are walkouts planned at District U-46’s South Elgin High School and Larkin High School in Elgin, all being organized through word of mouth, email and social media, they said.
Elgin High School students walk along East Chicago Street in a staged school walkout Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2026, to protest actions being taken by U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement in detaining undocumented immigrants. (Mike Danahey/The Courier-News)
Some of those involved in the Elgin march chanted “ICE out” while others carried signs with messages that included “Immigrants made America” and “ICE, congrats, you solved absolutely nothing.”
Elgin police were present to ensure students stayed on sidewalks and were safe while crossing streets. Many drivers honked their horns in solidarity.
On the north side of the 900 block of East Chicago, a small group of adults stood to watch and offer support.
“My daughter is a freshman at Elgin. I drove down here and decided to stop and watch,” said one mother, who asked not to be identified. “I’m here because everybody’s a friend, everybody’s family.”
Mike Danahey is a freelance reporter for The Courier-News.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/04/elgin-high-students-walkout-protest-ice/
Daily Horoscope for February 05, 2026
General Daily Insight for February 05, 2026
It may be tough to stay on top of things today. Tension could spike with little warning, even with the Moon entering thoughtful Libra. This is due to Mercury squaring unpredictable Uranus at 7:13 am EST, putting diplomacy and change at odds with one another. We may wake seeking fairness, then face frustration that makes it hard to say anything nice. Potential conflict can be avoided by grounding innovative ideas with realistic goals. Today is meant for laying the foundation more than completing the project.
Aries
March 21 – April 19
Pay attention to the ebb and flow of group energy. Your 11th House of Collaboration holds chatty Mercury, which squares sudden Uranus in your 2nd House of Supplies. Watch out — this means that big plans may collide with budget realities. Friendliness could tempt you to empty your wallet, so set clear limits before you commit. Clarify who pays for what, and suggest an option that fits your means, like hosting at home this time. Set terms kindly, because boundaries protect genuine camaraderie.
Taurus
April 20 – May 20
Today isn’t a race. Intellectual Mercury in your 10th House of Career squares radical Uranus in your committed sign, pressing you to explain your methods without letting anyone undercut your voice. Of course, everyone’s wrong sometimes, but you’re the only one who truly understands what works best for your life. Be prudent about your indulgences, but don’t feel the need to repress them for the sake of a wider audience who was never going to get it. Trust yourself and move deliberately.
Gemini
May 21 – June 20
What could widen your world in this moment? Clever Mercury is in your 9th House of Progress, where it squares unconventional Uranus in your 12th House of Secrets, stirring restlessness and hidden doubts (especially if sleep has been a struggle lately). You may crave a short trip to stretch your mind, but be stuck at home. Try to let your mind travel in some way, perhaps by reading nonfiction or watching a foreign film. Journaling is also a great way to explore your deeper thoughts.
Cancer
June 21 – July 22
The outside world is being temporarily muted. The nurturing Moon glides into your 4th House of Home and Family, heightening feelings about your past. Think of the places you’ve felt most comfortable — if your current residence doesn’t make the cut, how can you make it more like those places? This is a good time to meander down Nostalgia Lane or calmly discuss shared spaces. You could also create a small ritual that soothes your system, like lighting a scented candle before doing your chores.
Leo
July 23 – August 22
People watch how you handle competing demands. Mercury stretches from your bonded 7th house to shove shocking Uranus in your 10th House of Ambition. Be wary of neglecting your personal life for your professional one! This balance will naturally shift over time, but here and now, you’re at risk of going too far to one end of the spectrum. Don’t let anyone pressure you into neglecting either half of your life. Once you draw that line in the sand, you can move forward with honor.
Virgo
August 23 – September 22
Upcoming plot twists will reward flexibility. Your 6th House of Labor hosts mental Mercury, which squares rebellious Uranus in your 9th House of Journeys, stirring tension between tradition and modernization. You may face a surprise software update while you prepare a presentation under a tight training deadline at work. At home, a typically reliable appliance could crash out at any moment. In either scenario, simplifying your checklist should give you a buffer of extra time. Prioritize flow, because smart pacing safeguards quality.
Libra
September 23 – October 22
Your mood sets the tone for others. The intuitive Moon is in your sign, lighting your 1st House of Identity and inviting you to show gentle leadership through presence rather than pressure. You might sense people mirroring your energy in various conversations throughout the day, so choose the tone you want echoed. Balance candor with kindness, and be willing to ask for help or information when you need it. Remember, the squeaky wheel gets the grease! You can be calm without being a doormat.
Scorpio
October 23 – November 21
Strong feelings may surface in unexpected circumstances. Your 4th House of Comfort and your 7th House of Affinity are hyped up by Mercury squaring Uranus — for better or for worse. Things that need to change at home could seem excruciatingly clear to you, yet a roommate may resist any change whatsoever. Even if you live alone, neighbors or friends could be vocally judgmental. Start by specifically naming the problem and proposing a trial period for your ideal solution (and hear out potential compromises).
Sagittarius
November 22 – December 21
Little signals cross wires around your plans. Your 3rd House of Transmissions carries mischievous Mercury, bouncing off of reactive Uranus in your 6th House of Everyday Effort, challenging your rhythm with a last-minute task. Your optimism may want to assist your peers, yet outside influences could entangle you in myriad complications. Ask for specifics and offer a doable window, then block out time to actually do the essential parts of your responsibilities. Guard your time in order to ensure you have enough of it.
Capricorn
December 22 – January 19
Resisting impulse purchases isn’t easy at present. Today’s Mercury-Uranus square energizes your money zone and your 5th House of Temptations, pinging you back and forth between budget plans and spontaneous delights. You might plan a fun outing when a bill reminder pops up, forcing you to consider window shopping rather than actually shopping. Look for ideas that support joy while respecting your goals, like visiting secondhand stores or seeing a matinee showing rather than a full-price one. Spend mindfully to forge long-term security.
Aquarius
January 20 – February 18
Today could speed by in the blink of an eye! Mercury is in your sign, squaring breakthrough Uranus in your 4th House of Roots, challenging you to consider new ideas while guarding your foundations. You might want to announce a personal shift, yet an emergency may force you to delay your statements. Unless it’s a real emergency, make a point of finding space to speak up for yourself. You deserve to be heard (and you’re smart enough to know when you ought to wait).
Pisces
February 19 – March 20
People may not say what they mean at the moment. Mercury in your karmic 12th house is talking a lot but saying very little as it squares chaotic Uranus in your 3rd House of Conversations. You may rehearse a speech that gets canceled at the last minute, or a friend could swear they aren’t upset but refuse to answer your calls. Take a deep breath — this storm won’t last forever. Even if others aren’t reliable, you can speak your truth into existence.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/04/daily-horoscope-for-february-05-2026/
Ken Griffin Torches Trump Over ‘Distasteful Favoritism’ And Conflicts Of Interest, Opens Door To Political Run
Ken Griffin Torches Trump Over ‘Distasteful Favoritism’ And Conflicts Of Interest, Opens Door To Political Run
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin raised eyebrows this week when he left the door open to future public service or even running for office, while issuing some of his sharpest criticism yet of President Donald Trump.
“I’d like to believe that at a future point in my life, I will be involved in public service,” Griffin said during an interview at the WSJ Invest Live event Tuesday. “I’ve been able to have my voice heard on important issues, and I’d like to think that I’ve nudged the country and in small ways in good directions.”
Ken Griffin, speaking at WSJ Invest Live, didn’t say no when @emmatuckerWSJ
asked if he would run for office. (Read president) pic.twitter.com/vntp9BTL4B
— Jack Otter (@JackOtter) February 3, 2026
Griffin, a prominent Republican donor who contributed more than $100 million to conservative candidates and causes in the 2024 election cycle but did not back Trump’s re-election bid directly also took aim at the administration’s approach to business, saying the business leaders are tiring of what he sees as appeasing the president.
“When the U.S. government starts to engage in corporate America in a way that tastes of favoritism, I know for most CEOs that I’m friends with, they find it incredibly distasteful,” the billionaire hedge fund manager said. “Most CEOs just don’t want to find themselves in the business of having to, in some sense, suck up to one administration after another to succeed in running their business.”
Griffin also ripped Trump and members of his inner circle for business dealings riddled with conflicts of interest, including the Trump family’s crypto company World Liberty Financial. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE national security adviser, brother of the president, and often called the “Spy Sheikh,” secretly acquired a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500 million. The deal was signed by Eric Trump just days before his family’s second inauguration in January 2025. The president has denied any knowledge of the agreement.
“This administration has definitely made missteps in choosing decisions or courses that have been very, very enriching to the families of those in the administration,” Griffin said. “That calls into question, is the public interest being served?”
Griffin, who moved his hedge fund from Chicago to Palm Beach citing rising crime and high taxes in Democrat-run Illinois, teamed up with Stephen Ross this week to contribute $10 million to the “Ambition Accelerated” campaign through the Florida Council of 100, aiming to lure CEOs, founders, and investors to state’s Gold Coast.
“Where you choose to build a business determines how much time is spent driving growth versus navigating bureaucracy,” Griffin said in a statement. “Miami and the broader South Florida Gold Coast offer deep talent, regulatory clarity, and an extraordinary quality of life.”
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Wed, 02/04/2026 – 18:50
Athletic Bilbao y Real Sociedad anotan tantos agónicos y avanzan a semifinales de la Copa del Rey
Por TALES AZZONI
MADRID (AP) — Iñaki Williams anotó en el sexto minuto de descuento y el Athletic Bilbao se impuso el miércoles 2-1 en la cancha de Valencia para alcanzar las semifinales de la Copa del Rey, mientras que su rival del País Vasco, la Real Sociedad, llegó a la penúltima ronda al imponerse 3-2 en el feudo del Alavés.
El Athletic jugará su sexta semifinal de Copa en siete temporadas. Ganó el título en 2024 y fue subcampeón ante el Barcelona en 2020-21 y ante la Sociedad en 2019-20.
Williams marcó el gol de la victoria con un zurdazo desde el centro del área tras un centro de su hermano menor Nico Williams en un contraataque.
El Athletic, que no había ganado en tres partidos en las distintas competiciones, había tomado la delantera a los 26 minutos tras un autogol de Umar Sadiq, quien también igualó para los locales a los 35.
Mikel Jauregizar falló un penalti por el Athletic a los 75.
Antes del partido, medios españoles informaron que un grupo de aficionados lanzó varios objetos al autobús que transportaba a los jugadores del Athletic.
La victoria llega pocos días después de que un mural con dibujos de Iñaki y Nico Williams fue vandalizado en Bilbao, donde algunos aficionados los han criticado.
Triunfo de Real Sociedad
El joven delantero islandés Orri Oskarsson anotó el gol de la victoria a los 80 minutos para el conjunto Txuri-urdin, que jugará en las semifinales por tercera temporada consecutiva. La última vez que llegó a la final de la Copa fue en 2019-20, cuando ganó la competición.
Abde Rebbach adelantó a los locales a los 8 minutos, antes de que Mikel Oyarzabal igualara para la Real Sociedad a los 15. El Alavés volvió a adelantarse con un penal convertido por Toni Martínez a los 29, pero Gonçalo Guedes igualó el partido nuevamente a los 76.
Martínez malogró un penalti a los 67.
Real Sociedad está invicta desde que perdió 2-1 en casa ante el Girona en la liga española en diciembre. Venía de un empate 1-1 en el Athletic en la liga el domingo.
El Alavés, que perdió la final de la Copa 2016-17 ante el Barcelona, no había llegado a los cuartos de final desde la temporada 2017-18. Venía de dos victorias consecutivas en la liga española.
El martes, Lamine Yamal y Ronald Araujo anotaron en cada mitad para que el Barcelona venciera 2-1 al Albacete de segunda división. El Albacete había sorprendido al Real Madrid en los octavos de final, eliminando al gigante español en lo que fue el debut del nuevo entrenador Álvaro Arbeloa.
Este jueves, el Real Betis recibe al Atlético de Madrid del argentino Diego Simeone.
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Cook County clerk urges early mail-in voting amid USPS postmark change before March 17 primary
A little less than six weeks before the March 17 primary election, Democratic Cook County Clerk Monica Gordon urged mail-in voters on Wednesday to return their ballots early amid a change in federal government procedures that she warned could make it harder to vote.
Gordon tied her concerns to the United States Postal Service’s recent decision, effective Jan. 1, to alter postmarking processes. While postmarks in the past were typically applied on the day an item was mailed, they are now listed as the day an item was processed at a USPS facility.
While the change might appear small, it could mean the difference of a day or more between ballots dropped in the mail and being postmarked, resulting in those mailed near the March 17 deadline not being postmarked by Election Day and therefore deemed invalid, even if a voter does “everything right,” Gordon said during a news conference.
“While this change has been described as minor, its impact on elections could be anything,” she said. “Do not wait until the final days or Election Day to mail your ballot.”
The USPS change comes after Republican President Donald Trump said last year he might take control of the postal service, which operates as an independent agency with leaders appointed by presidents, most recently Trump.
It also follows numerous false, misleading and unsupported claims by Trump that mail-in voting is prone to rampant fraud, even calling it “a whole big scam” in 2020 before he later lost his presidential reelection bid. In addition, Republicans, led by U.S. Rep. Mike Bost of downstate Murphysboro, have challenged Illinois’ law allowing mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted 14 days later, a case that the U.S. Supreme Court recently said could move forward.
Still, even as the president and Republicans have generally argued against mail-in balloting, the Republican National Committee and the Illinois Republican Party have ramped up efforts to encourage GOP voters to cast ballots by mail.
Asked if she viewed the policy shift as a voting suppression effort, Gordon said she thought “it is possible.”
“I am trying to be as objective as possible here, but across the country, historically, we have seen efforts of sophisticated voter suppression,” she said. “We will not allow our votes to be suppressed. We will not allow our voters’ voices not to be heard.”
But Gordon had little to say when asked about Trump’s calls during a Monday podcast appearance to “nationalize the voting,” which would be a violation of the U.S. Constitution. Trump told his former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino that he wants Republicans to “take over the voting” in “at least many — 15 places” while making vague, unsubstantiated claims of voting fraud.
“I have not had communication with the federal government,” Gordon said. “I’m never concerned about voter fraud here in Illinois.”
The county clerk urged voters returning mail-in ballots close to the March 17 election to instead take them directly to a post office and request that it be postmarked at the counter. And beginning March 2, voters can return ballots at 55 drop boxes across suburban Cook County, she said. The Cook County clerk’s office oversees elections for suburban Cook County communities. The Chicago Board of Elections oversees elections in the city.
Gordon’s office plans to send advisories to mail-ballot voters to reinforce the warning, she added.
USPS has pushed back against such concerns, calling it a “myth” that the postmarking process is changing in a statement on its website. The postal service said instead that transportation changes are occurring “that will result in some mail pieces not arriving at our originating processing facilities on the same day that they are mailed.”
USPS spokesperson Timothy Norman said in a statement to the Tribune that the agency has long recommended voters drop off ballots before Election Day. He encouraged voters to visit a post office and request a manual postmark if needed.
“We employ a long-standing, robust and proven process to ensure proper handling and delivery of all Election Mail, including ballots,” Norman said.
Gordon’s election deputy, Edmond Michalowski, said mail dropped off at boxes in the past was postmarked at local post centers.
“Now it has to go to a distribution center before it is routed,” he told reporters. “We’re not sure how this is going to affect those voters.”
Gordon said she did not know why the USPS change had been made. “But what I do know is that it’s ill timing. We got to do what we can to make sure that we get those ballots in on time,” she said.
Gordon declined to estimate how many ballots could be affected by the postmarking change.
Around 170,000 mail ballots will be sent to suburban voters for the 2026 primary, Michalowski said. Most of the returned ballots typically come “in a wave up front,” “and then they taper off closer to Election Day,” he added.
Gordon said more ballots typically come in as media coverage of elections ramps up. She called the rules change “unprecedented” and conceded she did not know what to expect from it.
“Every vote matters, and no voters should lose their voice because of confusion or delay,” she said. “We urge all voters to make a voting plan.”
Stuttgart vence 3-0 a Holstein Kiel y avanza a semifinales de la Copa de Alemania
KIEL, Alemania (AP) — El campeón defensor Stuttgart derrotó el miércoles 3-0 al Holstein Klein de la segunda división para alcanzar las semifinales de la Copa de Alemania.
Deniz Undav abrió el marcador para los visitantes a los 56 minutos, luego Chris Fuhrich aumentó la ventaja al 89 y Atakan Karazor redondeó el marcador en el tercer minuto del tiempo añadido.
Stuttgart ganó su cuarto título de la Copa de Alemania la temporada pasada, venciendo en la final al Arminia Bielefeld de la tercera división.
Holstein Kiel disputaba los cuartos de final por primera vez desde la temporada 2020-21.
Bayer Leverkusen avanzó a la semifinal por tercera temporada consecutiva al vencer el martes 3-0 a St. Pauli.
Los otros dos duelos de cuartos de final se jugarán la próxima semana: el Hertha Berlín de segunda división enfrentará al Freiburg y el Bayern Munich se medirá con el Leipzig.
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