Month: June 2019

At first, the 2016 NBA Finals didn’t look like they were going to be much of a contest. The Cleveland Cavaliers trailed the Golden State Warriors 3-1 and a mercy kill appeared imminent. And then the Cavs caught a break. Draymond Green, Golden State’s starting forward, was suspended in Game 4 for a tussle withRead moreRead more

Convicted drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman could be getting a taste of home-cooking — his elderly mother says she’s been cleared to travel to the US to visit him and that she’d like to come bearing enchiladas. Consuelo Loera, 91, and her two daughters received clearance at the US embassy in Mexico City to visitRead moreRead more

Take this job and shove it — even if it pays more. That’s what millions of burned-out American workers are saying despite good times for the economy, historically low unemployment rates and rising pay. Many workers are fed up and stressed, new studies found. They are burnt out. “Eighty percent of the US workforce reportsRead moreRead more

In 2000, music critic Jim DeRogatis received a fax at the Chicago Sun-Times: “Dear Mr. DeRogatis,” it began. “You wrote about R. Kelly a couple of weeks ago…Robert’s problem — and it’s a thing that goes back many years — is young girls.” While DeRogatis, then the music critic at the Chicago Sun-Times, initially dismissedRead moreRead more