Major League Baseball Players Association chief negotiator Bruce Meyer, left, and New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole talk on their way to contract negotiations at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida. | Greg Lovett/The Palm Beach Post via AP Owners have set Monday as the deadline to avoid canceling regular-season games. The players’ union has not accepted that … [Read more...] about MLB labor talks will resume on Friday
3 ex-Minneapolis cops convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights
This combination of photos provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office in Minnesota on June 3, 2020, shows, from left, former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. The former policer officers are on trial in federal court accused of violating Floyd’s civil rights as fellow Officer Derek Chauvin killed him. Judge Paul Magnuson abruptly … [Read more...] about 3 ex-Minneapolis cops convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights
Actor Sally Kellerman, ‘Hot Lips’ in ‘M*A*S*H,’ dies at 84
Sally Kellerman, pictured in 2004, has died at age 84. | Douglas C. Pizac/AP Oscar nominee also played Rodney Dangerfield’s love interest in “Back to School.” Sally Kellerman, the actress know for her portrayals of Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in the movie “M*A*S*H” and the Rodney Dangerfield’s love interest in “Back to School,” died Thursday at age 84, the Hollywood … [Read more...] about Actor Sally Kellerman, ‘Hot Lips’ in ‘M*A*S*H,’ dies at 84
Guaranteed income pilot program will use lottery to pick 5,000 recipients of $500 monthly checks
Chicago residents who quality for the city’s new guaranteed income pilot program can submit applications, and a lottery will be used to pick the 5,000 recipients of the no-strings-attached $500 monthly checks. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Lightfoot announced Thursday that the program will launch in April. Applicants must live in Chicago, be at least 18 years old, have … [Read more...] about Guaranteed income pilot program will use lottery to pick 5,000 recipients of $500 monthly checks
Illinois parole board frees elderly Chicago gang killer who once told board it could ‘shove’ it
Namor Smith. | Illinois Department of Corrections Namor Smith, 74, was convicted of a gang-related shooting in 1968. He was frequently in trouble in prison, once wounding an inmate with a knife. He was previously paroled, only to be sent back to prison. A convicted killer who told the Illinois Prisoner Review Board a decade ago that “you can take this parole thing and … [Read more...] about Illinois parole board frees elderly Chicago gang killer who once told board it could ‘shove’ it