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Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., left, greets NCAA President Mark Emmert as the panel prepares to hold a hearing on student athlete compensation and federal legislative proposals to enable athletes participating in collegiate sports to monetize their name, image, and likeness, at the Capitol in Washington on June 9, 2021. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
The electric Endurance pickup truck is on display June 25, 2021, at Lordstown Motors Corp. in Lordstown, Ohio. But Lordstown Motors says it may not be in business a year from now. In a quarterly regulatory filing released June 8, 2021, Lordstown says the $587 million it had on hand as of March 31 isn’t enough to start production and begin selling the truck. (Tony Dejak/AP)
Carlos Carcach, a profesor at El Salvador’s Superior School of Economics and Business, argued that adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender “is not necessary, nor convenient,” though he added, “as long as there is someone who accepts payment with Bitcoin, the same as they accept dollars, there wouldn’t be problems.”
Sharonda Roberson prepares for a court case via Zoom in her law office in Aurora. Following the May 31, 2020, unrest in the city, Roberson helped found The People’s Coalition, organized a peace rally and created a Facebook group for Aurora residents to share concerns about the complaint process against police officers in Aurora. (Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune)
Yiran Fan, 30, an economics student at the University of Chicago, was the first of five people fatally shot by a single gunman at several locations on the South Side and Evanston. Fan’s parents will be presented with his degree at the University of Chicago’s Beijing center in his native China. (University of Chicago)
“In that conversation, oftentimes I will just say, ‘Hey, full transparency, I’ve received a vaccine,’” Lambert said. “A lot of times, it’s patients on the fence. They’re like, ‘Let me ask a trusted source,’ and for a lot of folks, that’s their primary care doctor.”
“In that conversation, oftentimes I will just say, ‘Hey, full transparency, I’ve received a vaccine,’” Lambert said. “A lot of times, it’s patients on the fence. They’re like, ‘Let me ask a trusted source,’ and for a lot of folks, that’s their primary care doctor.”
The enshrinement of Derek Jeter, Larry Walker, Ted Simmons and the late Marvin Miller will be delayed until Sept. 8 and held before a reduced crowd as COVID-19 restrictions ease, the Hall announced Wednesday. The ceremony will take place outdoors on the Hall’s lawn as a ticketed event. Tickets will be available starting July 12.
When choosing trees or shrubs to add to your garden, do research to make sure they will fit your space when they are mature. For example, Quick Fire hydrangeas (Hydrangea paniculata ‘Bulk’) can grow up to 8 feet tall and wide, but there are other cultivated varieties of this flowering shrub that will remain more compact. (Morton Arboretum)
During a telephone hearing in Brooklyn, U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly asked Kelly directly whether he no longer wanted attorneys Steven Greenberg and Michael Leonard to represent him, choosing instead Thomas Farinella, of New York, and Nicole Blank Becker, of Michigan.