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Students and parents leave Darwin Elementary in Logan Square on Jan. 3, 2022, the first day back to school from winter break for Chicago Public Schools. Two days later CPS was forced to cancel classes when the teachers union voted in favor of return to remote learning. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

Raised in Buffalo Grove and then Lake Forest, Vaughn owned the top three floors in the Palmolive — the 35th, 36th and 37th — from 2006 until 2016. He paid $12 million in one deal for all three floors, but he ultimately sold the triplex in two pieces in 2016, unloading the top two floors for $8 million and then selling the 35th-floor unit for $4.1 million.

Cone, who pitched for both the Yankees and Mets during his 17-year MLB career, is known for being the most statistically-inclined person in the YES booth with Kay and Paul O’Neill. Perez comes from a similar background, having played 13 years in the bigs and spending the latest chapter of his life in the media. Perez is a regular participant in the ESPN2 StatCast broadcast, affectionately known as the Nerdcast, that gives viewers a more analytical perspective on Sunday Night Baseball. Ravech has been with ESPN since 1993 and will be the fourth play-by-play announcer in Sunday Night Baseball history, following Jon Miller, Dan Shulman and Vasgersian.

Amtrak threw its support behind the merger Thursday, saying Canadian Pacific has consistently earned top marks for causing the least delay to Amtrak passengers. Canadian Pacific has also committed to working with Amtrak to expand and extend service, Amtrak said, including more service between Chicago and Milwaukee and extending additional service to St. Paul, Minn.

Marriott human resources recruiter Mariela Cuevas, left, talks to Lisbet Oliveros, during a job fair at Hard Rock Stadium, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Americans quit their jobs at a record pace for the second straight month in September, while businesses and other employers continued to post a near-record number of available jobs. (Marta Lavandier/AP)

Tiara Hughes, center, instructs students Jocelyn Wong, left, and Jane Katwai in a graduate level design studio at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Hughes is an architect at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, a teacher at IIT and a landmark commissioner who also founded and leads FIRST 500, a global platform to address the industry-wide equity gap in the architecture field. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)

In October, the Lake County Commissioners sent a letter to Prosecutor Bernard Carter seeking an investigation into the alleged misuse of some of the county’s new police vehicles. On Thursday, Commissioner Michael Repay, D-3rd, said the investigation into this incident was “thorough” and “occurred fairly.”

However, with 2:50 left freshman phenom Aneesah Morrow fouled out, and the Irish went on to close out the nail-biter 91-86. Despite the loss, the Blue Demons showed they could hang with the upper echelon of the sport. If it weren’t for a COVID-19 outbreak at Connecticut, DePaul would have played a Paige Bueckers-less Huskies squad nine days later.

Bulls players Ayo Dosunmu, left, and DeMar DeRozan watch Illinois play Maryland on Thursday at the State Farm Center in Champaign. DeRozan was on hand to see the Illini retire Dosunmu’s jersey during halftime of the game, which Illinois won 76-64. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)

Neither Toews nor Murphy would reveal the specifics of what players said, “but the gist of it was, there’s clearly times in these last two games where we’re playing really good hockey and then we just decide to take a few shifts off, give up momentum and take some tough penalties that we’re not killing off,” Toews said.