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Swedish Prosecutors Asking for 6-Month Jail Sentence for A$AP Rocky
Getty 6:55 AM PT — Prosecutors just asked the judges to impose a 6-month jail sentence for Rocky, saying he should be judged harshly because they say he threw a bottle at the alleged victim. They also want to keep him behind bars pending the verdict — which could take a week — because they …
Patrick Finley: Breaking down the Bears’ best, worst of camp
After watching Bears training camp for more than a week, Sun-Times expert Patrick Finley analyzes the team’s superlatives thus far: The most memorable part of training camp thus far … Eddy Piñeiro having his name chanted by almost 9,000 fans when he made a 63-yard field goal Sunday. Every day, the fans here show the …
Dow to open lower as trade war escalates
Stocks are bracing for a dramatic finish this week, after President Donald Trump announced new tariffs on Chinese imports yesterday. Starting September 1, $300 billion worth of goods from China, including toys and iPhones, will be hit with a 10% tariff. That’s on top of the existing 25% tariff on $250 billion worth of imports. …
Katy Perry and collaborators ordered to pay $2.78 million for copying Christian rap song
‘American Idol’ judge Katy Perry ‘collapses’ after contestant’s steamy performance ‘American Idol’ judge Katy Perry was blown away by contestant Uche Ndubizu’s steamy performance of Bruno Mars’ ‘Finesse’ Sunday night, so much so that she ‘collapsed’ on the table as fellow judges Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan pretended to perform CPR. ‘Excuse me, are we …
BREAKING NEWS: Global car carrier K-line fined $23.4 million for criminal cartel offenses
Ocean automotive carrier Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K-Line) was convicted of being in a criminal cartel today (August 2, 2019) in Australia. It was fined A$34.5 million (US$23.4 million) by the Federal Court of Australia. The company would have been given an even bigger fine, A$48 million, but the judge in the Federal Court of Australia …
How fast is Wi-Fi 6? Here’s our very first speed test
The age of Wi-Fi 6 is just beginning. So how much faster will those transmissions be? We’re at the very beginning of the Wi-Fi 6 era, and new, next-gen routers capable of putting 802.11ax’s upgraded features to work are already up for sale. It’s early, though. Despite the fact that Wi-Fi 6 routers are backward-compatible …
INF nuclear treaty: US ends Cold-War pact with Russia
“Russia is solely responsible for the treaty’s demise,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement Friday announcing the US’ formal withdrawal from the Cold-War era nuclear treaty. Pompeo said “Russia failed to return to full and verified compliance through the destruction of its noncompliant missile system.” The US initially announced in February that …
Why Lil Nas X Breaking Billboard Records Is Such a Big Deal
A year ago, no one even knew who Lil Nas X was. It seems hard to believe, given how omnipresent his genre-defying, chart-topping hit “Old Town Road” has been for the last few months, but it’s true. if you’d said the name out loud last summer, the people around you might’ve looked at you funny …
China urges US back down after Trump’s $300 billion tariff threat
China’s President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017. Nicolas Asfouri | AFP | Getty Images China’s foreign ministry pushed back against President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat on Friday, reportedly saying the world’s largest economy should give …
Saoirse Kennedy Hill’s death the latest in a long list of tragedies for Kennedy family
Saoirse Kennedy Hill died Thursday at the family home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. Her mother, Courtney Kennedy Hill, was one of the 11 children of the late presidential candidate and his human rights activist wife, Ethel Kennedy. “Our hearts are shattered by the loss of our beloved Saoirse. Her life was filled with hope, promise …
