Update NEWS.md and fix one offense

NEWS.md

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Development
 - Fix subscription/sample filter for datasets [#16254](https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb/pull/16254)
 - Use fully qualified table name while creating a new map from a shared dataset [#16241](https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb/pull/16241)
 - Add new events for DO full access [#16290](https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb/pull/16290)
+- Bump Rubocop to v1.12.1 to fix the CI hook [#16305](https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb/pull/16305)
 - Fix an issue that prevents API OPTIONS from succeeding because of undue CSRF check [#16292](https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb/pull/16292)
 - Fix a regression test and add some warnings to source code [#16297](https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb/pull/16297)
 

app/controllers/application_controller.rb

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   IGNORE_PATHS_FOR_CHECK_USER_STATE = %w(unverified maintenance_mode lockout login logout unauthenticated multifactor_authentication).freeze
 
   def self.ssl_required(*splat)
-    this_is = "a test"
     if Cartodb.config[:ssl_required] == true
       if splat.any?
         force_ssl only: splat
@@ -516,4 +515,5 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     headers['X-XSS-Protection'] = '1; mode=block'
     headers['X-Content-Type-Options'] = 'nosniff'
   end
+
 end