All at once, New York City seemed to be conspiring against Beto O’Rourke. His girlfriend was moving to France. His punk bandmates had scattered. Twenty-three and searching — with an Ivy League degree that could not pay rent — Mr. O’Rourke subsisted as a live-in nanny on the Upper West Side, with a futon in…
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‘El Chapo’ buried enemy alive – witness
Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán personally tortured and murdered his rivals, his former bodyguard has said at a trial in New York. In the most gruesome testimony to date, Isaias Valdez Rios described seeing “El Chapo” brutally beat at least three men before shooting them. Guzmán denies charges including trafficking and money laundering….
Remembering John Lennon 38 years after his death
John Lennon Biography Singer, Songwriter (1940–1980) Famed singer-songwriter John Lennon founded the Beatles, a band that impacted the popular music scene like no other before, or since. Famed singer-songwriter John Lennon founded the Beatles, a band that impacted the popular music scene like no other before, or since. Who Was John Lennon? John Lennon was born on…
A Mega-Dealer Expands: David Zwirner Plans a New Art Gallery
David Zwirner, who is planning a five-story, $50 million gallery designed by Renzo Piano that is to open in 2020. Credit Vincent Tullo for The New York Times On a cold weekday afternoon on an upper floor of one of his Chelsea galleries, the art dealer David Zwirner pointed out the window at a corner lot on…
