Month: March 2019

Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman said she feels “sick” from the “stress and trauma” brought about by former USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar’s sex abuse trial. “We really are an army of survivors,” Raisman said during a Today show appearance Thursday, referring to the more than 150 women who provided in-person statements in a Michigan courtroom […]

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Chicagoans rejoiced Saturday after the Cubs made history by reaching the World Series for the first time since 1945. The excitement even reached President Obama. Although he is a lifelong Chicago White Sox fan, Obama extended his congratulations to the team and fans on Saturday. The Brief Newsletter Sign up to receive the top stories […]

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Olympic gold medal-winning U.S. Gymnast McKayla Maroney has alleged she was molested by a former USA Gymnastics team doctor, adding her voice to the #MeToo movement where people are sharing experiences of sexual harassment and assault and becoming the most prominent athlete to go public with her claims against the physician. In a statement posted […]

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Former NFL player Kevin Turner had the most advanced stage of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he died, Boston University brain researchers announced Thursday. Dr. Ann McKee said at a Thursday news conference that an autopsy showed Turner had died of the brain trauma-related condition, rather than amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), otherwise known as Lou […]

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