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21+ min ago (370+ words) Con el 99.40% de las actas escrutadas, Asfura obtiene el 40.52% de los sufragios frente al 39.20% del tambi'n conservador Salvador Nasralla, del Partido Liberal de Honduras. Aunque la diferencia porcentual es apenas del 1,32%, seg'n el director electoral del Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE), Eduardo Fuentes, antes de entrar al escrutinio especial, ese margen ser'a ya una brecha casi irreversible. El sistema de divulgaci'n del CNE establece que el 99.40% representa 19.052 actas procesadas de un total de 19.167. Del total de actas contabilizadas a la fecha hay 2.773 que pasar'an a la etapa del escrutinio especial. Esa fase podr'a iniciar a partir de este martes, una vez procesadas el 100% de las actas. En tercer lugar del proceso electoral aparece la candidata oficialista del partido de izquierda Libertad y Refundaci'n (Libre), Rixi Moncada, que obtiene hasta ahora el 19,29% de los respaldo, que desde hace mucho la dejaron sin…...

34+ min ago (125+ words) An 84-year-old female resident was injured Monday night in a fire at a Skokie multi-family residential building, and dozens of residents were temporarily displaced, according to the Skokie Fire Department. The four-story building contains 80 units and houses approximately 100 residents, according to village spokesman Patrick Deignan. An Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Box Alarm was also requested for the second alarm because of the number of civilian occupants and cold weather conditions. The fire was contained to a single residential unit on the third floor, and fire department personnel eventually allowed residents to return to their units, except the one where the fire took place. The cause of the fire remains under investigation, and a damage estimate was not yet available....

36+ min ago (776+ words) President Donald Trump's administration has issued a blistering order for the city and state to come up with a safety plan to boost police on the CTA and take other steps or once again risk vital federal funding. In letters Monday to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Trump's Federal Transit Administrator Marc Molinaro threatened to withhold funds if the CTA does not comply with the demands of a "special directive" issued by the feds by the start of next week. The renewed federal order comes after last month's gruesome attack on 26-year-old Bethany MaGee on the CTA's Blue Line in downtown Chicago. The Trump administration once again invoked MaGee, who was doused with gasoline and lit on fire while riding the train in an apparently random attack, in unveiling its Monday directive. "It's the responsibility of…...

40+ min ago (26+ words) Meteorologist David Yeomans has your 11 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025. Cold rain Tuesday evening, snow Wednesday morning in Chicago...

41+ min ago (561+ words) The Chicago Tribune Silver Football, awarded annually to the best in the Big Ten since 1924, predates the Heisman Trophy by 11 years. Red Grange of Illinois was the first recipient and Jay Berwanger of Chicago won it in 1935, the year he was named the inaugural Heisman winner. In the current voting format, each Big Ten head coach votes for his first and second choice " worth two points and one point, respectively " and cannot vote for a player on his team. Here is the list of past winners. 2025: Fernando Mendoza, QB, Indiana 2024: Dillon Gabriel, QB, Oregon 2023: Marvin Harrison Jr., WR, Ohio State 2022: Blake Corum, RB, Michigan 2021: Aidan Hutchinson, DE, Michigan 2020: Justin Fields, QB, Ohio State 2019: Chase Young, DE, Ohio State 2018: Dwayne Haskins, QB, Ohio State 2017: Saquon Barkley, RB, Penn State 2016:Saquon Barkley, RB, Penn State, and J.T....

44+ min ago (835+ words) Por TERESA DE MIGUEL As" es como se ha cosechado la baya de a'a" durante generaciones en los quilombos brasile'os, comunidades de descendientes de esclavos fugitivos. La t'cnica m"nimamente invasiva no da'a los "rboles y ayuda a mantener en pie los bosques amaz'nicos. "Entendemos que mantener viva la selva tambi'n nos mantiene vivos, se'al' Erica Monteiro, una de las aproximadamente 500 residentes de Itacoa Miri, una comunidad de calles sin pavimentar a unos 40 minutos en barco de la extensa ciudad de Bel'm, donde llevan a cabo las conversaciones clim"ticas de la ONU. Durante el transcurso de la conferencia clim"tica, que comenz' a principios de este mes y habr" de finalizar el viernes, los residentes de los quilombos y los pueblos ind"genas han presionado al gobierno para que emita m"s t"tulos de tierras, que consideran claves…...

48+ min ago (64+ words) Flight deck audio and police video are providing a new look into the night when off-duty airline pilot Joseph Emerson tried to turn off the engines of an Alaska Airlines regional jet while allegedly feeling the effects of so-called "magic mushrooms" he'd eaten two days earlier. Audio reveals details on ex-pilot who tried to shut off Alaska Airlines plane's engines...

50+ min ago (552+ words) The Federal Reserve faces an unusually contentious meeting this week that will test Chair Jerome Powell's ability to corral the necessary support from fellow policymakers for a third straight interest rate cut. The Fed's 19-member rate-setting committee is sharply divided over whether to lower borrowing costs again. The divisions have been exacerbated by the convoluted nature of the economy: Inflation remains elevated, which would typically lead the Fed to keep its key rate unchanged, while hiring is weak and the unemployment rate has risen, which often leads to rate cuts. Some economists expect three Fed officials could vote against the quarter-point cut that Powell is likely to support at the Dec. 9-10 meeting, which would be the most dissenting votes in six years. Just 12 of the 19 members vote on rate decisions. Several of the non-voting officials have also said they oppose…...

50+ min ago (66+ words) In December of last year, Michael Virgil, 35, was on a cruise to Mexico with his fianc'e and 7-year-old son. A lawsuit says while waiting for the family's room to be ready, Virgil was served 33 drinks within hours, got lost, and ended up being tackled and sedated by security. He died hours later. Family sues Royal Caribbean after man dies on cruise...

51+ min ago (808+ words) Fernando Mendoza was yelling straight into the Fox Sports camera Saturday night, tears in his eyes, voice cracking. Indiana had won the Big Ten football championship for the first time in 58 years, and the crowd at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis roared in the background for the home-state team. "We were never supposed to be in this position, but by the glory of God, the great coaches, great teammates, everyone we have around us, we were able to pull this off," Mendoza yelled in the postgame interview. "Whoever thought the Hoosiers would be here? But now the Hoosiers are flipping champs! Let's go!" Mendoza has been one of the key forces in helping Indiana revive its football program under second-year coach Curt Cignetti. For his play, Big Ten coaches voted Mendoza the winner of the 2025 Chicago Tribune Silver Football, given…...