Author: staff

“I think given the fact what I went through physically, the fact I’m not quite out of the woods yet, also just missing that time, missing an entire season, all of sudden trying to acclimate to how many games we’re playing and being on the road and all the things that kind of make an NHL season as difficult as it is, just trying to take all that in stride and know that I’m better than I was in training camp. Just got to keep with that progress.”

His testimony is the centerpiece of the defense case at his trial that will roll into its sixth day Tuesday. Later on — potentially as early as late Tuesday — jurors will be tasked with deciding a credibility contest: Who is more believable, Smollett, or the Osundairo brothers, who told prosecutors they helped Smollett fake the attack on himself?

During the roughly two-hour meeting, the diverse, mostly older group of listeners vented their skepticism of Amazon, while others shared salty words for the local alderman, whom they accused of keeping them in the dark about the project’s progression. A groundbreaking took place in early November without any notice, according to some residents. Ald. Emma Mitts, 37th, has held community meetings in the past to update residents.