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“On behalf of my family and our city, our hearts and prayers go out to every person who was affected by today’s violent act outside of Sts. Monica and Luke Church,” Prince said in a statement. “We do not have many details, as this is an active, ongoing investigation, but the Gary Police Department and supporting law enforcement agencies will get to the bottom of this incident. We will do our best to provide timely updates on this incident after the police department has completed its investigation.
Snow showers developing in Wisconsin were moving southeast during the late morning and early afternoon, said Casey Sullivan, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. But it’s not time to bring out the sledding gear yet: Chicagoans should expect only minor accumulation on grassy and elevated surfaces.
One of the women was 49 and the other was 88 years old, according to preliminary information from the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Neither had been identified as of Sunday morning. One of the women was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was taken to Amita St. Francis Hospital in Evanston in grave condition, but later died from her injuries, police said.
To use Just Walk Out technology, customers need to add the Amazon app to their smartphone and scan the QR code at the entrance. From there, they can choose the groceries they want, place them in their shopping cart, and leave the store after scanning their phone a second time at the exit. Purchases are charged to their Amazon account and a receipt is available after checkout, Hayes said. Any items that are put back on shelves are deducted from the customer’s virtual cart, she said.
Former Niles West basketball star Jewell Loyd, right, and her father, Calvin, watch as her No. 32 jersey is unveiled in the rafters of the gym at the school in Skokie on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. To the left is Tony Konsewicz, Loyd’s coach at Niles West. (Brian O’Mahoney / Pioneer Press)
“Honestly, not really,” he said. “I don’t know if there’s anything more to it than we’ve got really good guys on the team, really unselfish guys, guys willing to put in the work and work for their teammates and work to win. Everybody gets along really well. I don’t think there’s anyone you’re not happy to see each day showing up to work. When you got guys like that, it makes playing basketball really easy.”
“He was a big, physical back who was running behind a pretty good offensive line,” coordinator John Shoop said. “Our run game was pretty sophisticated, and Jim and Shane rarely made a bad run check, finding the right looks. ‘A-Train’ is one of those guys because he’s big, he’s strong. Dick used to always say to me, ‘We’ve got to build this team that all of a sudden, when it’s zero degrees here in Chicago, we’re still big and strong.’ Those are things that don’t matter with the weather conditions, if a guy tweaks his ankle, he’s still big and strong.
A grafted tree has the top of one kind of plant surgically attached to the roots of another kind. Usually, the two will grow together. The bottom plant, called the rootstock, provides the root system. It supplies water and nutrients to the top plant, called the scion, which consists of the trunk, branches and leaves.
Virginia (6-4) played without quarterback Brennan Armstrong (ribs), who leads the nation in total offense with an average of 425.3 yards. Jay Woolfolk, the first true freshman to start at quarterback for Virginia since 1977, was ineffective. He completed 18 of 33 passes for 196 yards, threw two interceptions and was sacked seven times.
Perhaps no yearly matchup in college football has spawned a greater collection of NFL-caliber talent–certainly over the past four decades–than the annual Miami Hurricanes-Florida State Seminoles game. Here are a collection of the series’ standout performances–throughout a game, or even in a crucial moment of a win. (Steve Svekis)