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21+ min ago (323+ words) El Ministerio de Transporte anunci" el jueves la cancelaci"n de la concesi"n de vuelo de las empresas Iberia, TAP Portugal, Avianca, LAN (Latam), Turkish Airlines y Gol luego de cumplido el plazo de 48 horas que le hab'a dado el gobierno venezolano para reanudar sus operaciones. En un comunicado publicado en su sitio web IATA afirm" que "las aerol'neas han priorizado la protecci"n de los pasajeros y de sus tripulaciones, evitando operar en zonas con riesgo elevado" e inst" a "encontrar soluciones que aseguren la seguridad a'rea y, al mismo tiempo, preserven la conectividad de Venezuela con el resto del mundo". Las compa'as a'reas reafirmaron adem's su "disposici"n a restablecer el servicio de manera segura y eficiente tan pronto como las condiciones lo permitan", agreg" el comunicado. Las autoridades venezolanas argumentaron que esas seis aerol'neas fueron despojadas…...

22+ min ago (357+ words) La FIFA, con sede en Suiza, dijo que el dinero que otorg" el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores del pa's tiene como objetivo para "permitir la construcci"n de las instalaciones y apoyar un compromiso m's amplio y a largo plazo para restaurar el acceso al f'tbol en toda la regi"n. El comunicado de la FIFA no especific" ni especul" sobre c"mo se perdi" el acceso a los campos de f'tbol. Los campos conocidos como "FIFA Arena est'n "dise'ados para ser espacios seguros y duraderos para comunidades que carecen de acceso al deporte, dijo el ente rector. "Los dos mini-campos iniciales de FIFA Arena se complementar'n con un programa de entrenamiento dedicado para ni'os, creando espacios seguros para el juego que fomenten la inclusi"n y el desarrollo personal. Se planea instalar ocho m's en Israel y los territorios palestinos…...

26+ min ago (93+ words) November 27, 2025 / 2:25 PM CST / CBS Chicago A man was robbed and stabbed on a CTA Red Line train on Thanksgiving Thursday. Police said at 11:40 a.m., the man was on the Chicago Transit Authority train along the Dan Ryan Expressway at the 47th Street stop, when three people came up to him. A fight ensued, and the victim was stabbed in the back, police said. The victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition, police said. The robbers ran off with his belongings....

39+ min ago (124+ words) November 27, 2025 / 2:12 PM CST / CBS Chicago Chicago police on Thursday issued a community alert about a string of burglaries targeting work vans in several neighborhoods on the city's North Side this week. In each incident, the victims' unoccupied work van was parked on a street when the burglars used a cutting tool or a saw to cut off the locks, police said. The burglars then stole tools and put them in a getaway vehicle. The burglaries happened at the following times and locations: Police released a surveillance video of the thieves in action. Anyone with information is asked to call Belmont Area detectives at 312-744-8263, or submit an anonymous tip at CPDTIP.com and use reference #P25-3-052....

51+ min ago (715+ words) The beginning of the final judging of Aberdeen Angus at the International Live Stock Exposition in 1948 in Chicago. (Chicago Herald-American) Carl Sandburg called the city "Hog butcher for the world" " and was awarded a $200 prize " for his 1914 poem "Chicago." For stock men and women, cowboys, college students and even 4-H Club kids, Chicago was the destination of top prizes for their pampered farm animals (which were then sold at auction for meat) from the United States and Canada. People from around the world gathered here every November or December for 75 years to attend the International Livestock Exposition " except for when it was canceled in 1914-15 due to a prevalence of foot and mouth disease. Just after Thanksgiving in 1899, representatives from the Union Stock Yards, packing companies and live stock associations met to organize the first International Live Stock (yes, two words)…...

56+ min ago (412+ words) Una victoria le dar" al Bar'a la oportunidad de colocarse por encima del l'der Real Madrid en la clasificaci'n del torneo dom'stico un d'a antes de que el equipo de Xabi Alonso visite a Girona. El Bar'a aprovech' un par de tropiezos del Madrid para cerrar la brecha a un punto en La Liga, antes de que el equipo de Hansi Flick se desmoronara en una derrota el martes 3-0 en Chelsea en la Liga de Campeones. "Tenemos que aceptar la derrota, pero veo muchas cosas positivas para los pr'ximos partidos, afirm' Flick. El enfoque de Flick estar" en mejorar una defensa que qued' en evidencia en Londres, claramente echando de menos el liderazgo y solvencia de "igo Mart'nez, quien se fue a Arabia Saud' el verano pasado. El lateral derecho Jules Kound' fue el autor de un autogol y el…...

1+ hour, 6+ min ago (36+ words) This photo from November 1981 shows the city of Naperville's downtown fire station on Jefferson Avenue. It operated there from 1956 to 1992, according to Naperville Heritage Society records. (Naperville Heritage Society) More in Naperville Sun...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago (763+ words) The man accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington is one of about 76,000 Afghans brought to the United States after the chaotic withdrawal of the U.S. from their country as the Taliban took over, authorities said. Suspect in National Guard shooting drove across US to carry out attack, officials say The program, called Operation Allies Welcome, was created after the 2021 decision to leave Afghanistan following 20 years of American intervention and billions of dollars of aid. Democratic President Joe Biden, who oversaw the withdrawal started by his predecessor " Republican President Donald Trump " said the U.S. owed it to the interpreters and translators, the fighters and drivers and others who opposed the Taliban to give them a safe place outside of Afghanistan. But others " including Trump and many Republicans " said the refugees were not properly vetted in a resettlement process they said…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago (759+ words) Fuzzy Zoeller, a two-time major champion and one of golf's most gregarious characters whose career was tainted by a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods, has died, according to a longtime colleague. He was 74. A cause of death was not immediately available. Brian Naugle, the tournament director of the Insperity Invitational in Houston, said Zoeller's daughter called him Thursday with the news. Zoeller was the last player to win the Masters in his first attempt, a three-man playoff in 1979. He famously waved a white towel at Winged Foot in the 1984 U.S. Open when he thought Greg Norman had beaten him, only to defeat Norman in an 18-hole playoff the next day. But it was the 1997 Masters that changed his popularity. Woods was on his way to a watershed moment in golf with the most dominant victory in Augusta National history. Zoeller…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago (136+ words) An'sio Cabral, delantero del Benfica, evit" con lo justo quedar en posici"n adelantada para recibir un pase frente al marco y anotar a placer a los 32 minutos. Fue el s'ptimo gol de Cabral en el torneo, uno menos que Johannes Moser, el austriaco que fue proclamado como el mejor jugador del torneo. Fue el primer t'tulo Sub17 de Portugal y lleg" en la vig'sima edici"n de un torneo que la FIFA ha ampliado y ahora organiza anualmente en lugar de cada dos a'os. Qatar organiz" esta edici"n y tambi'n ser" anfitri"n en cada uno de los pr"ximos cuatro a'os. M"s temprano en Doha, el portero Alessandro Longoni ataj" dos penales para que Italia derrotase 4-2 a Brasil en una tanda de penales tras un empate 0-0 en el partido por el tercer lugar....