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Duncan, 57, runs Chicago CRED, a nonprofit aimed at violent prevention. Before that, Duncan served as President Barack Obama’s education secretary and CEO of Chicago Public Schools. He has been considering a run for months but ruled it out today, saying in a statement, “I am exactly where I need to be, doing the work I love.”

The driver, Jarett Astin Rivera, 31, of Indianapolis, is facing seven charges including felony resisting law enforcement (prior conviction); felony resisting law enforcement; felony possession of legend drug and felony obstruction of justice. Rivera was also charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia and reckless driving.

People look at the charging technology from the Jeep Wrangler 4xe at the Stellantis booth during the CES tech show Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, in Las Vegas. The automaker said Tuesday it has set a goal for 50% of U.S. sales and all of its European sales be from electric vehicles by the end of the decade. (Joe Buglewicz/AP)

A 69-year-old man and 66-year-old woman were found unresponsive in a vehicle in the 11100 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue, after being struck by another vehicle, police said. Both were taken to area hospitals in critical condition, where they died, police said.

“I’m sitting in a seat that there’s only 32 of these positions available,” he said. “And that’s a very fortunate place to be sitting. You know what? Have I worked hard to get to this point, yes. But I’m very young. I’m going to enjoy the position I’m in, and I’m going to enjoy the people that I work with. Because we’re really lucky, we’re really lucky to be doing what we do, and there is a lot of responsibility, there’s a lot of work to be done.”