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A Republican, Biggert, 84, was a member of the Illinois House before serving in Congress from 1999 until losing re-election in 2012. In Hinsdale, Biggert and her husband Rody, who died in 2018, paid $625,000 in 2016 for the town home, which is in the Ruth Lake Woods development.

Virgin Atlantic flight VS3, front, and British Airways flight BA001 perform a synchronised departure on parallel runways at London Heathrow Airport, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021 heading for New York JFK to celebrate the reopening of the transatlantic travel corridor, more than 600 days since the US travel ban was introduced due to the Covid-19 pandemic. (Anthony Upton/AP)

FILE – A man pumps gas at a Mobil gas station on Western Avenue in Chicago on, Jan. 4, 2017. The price at the pump is $1.30 higher than a year ago. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday the rise comes as the cost of crude oil and ethanol surges. Nationwide, the highest average price for regular-grade gas is in the San Francisco Bay Area, at $4.77 per gallon. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)

While Megill, 27, possesses the type of velocity that makes him attractive as a reliever — he averaged 96.3 mph on his four-seam fastball in 2021 — he didn’t miss many bats with the pitch, which accounted for 63.3% of his pitches thrown. Too many of those caught the middle of the plate, and hitters feasted, batting .364 with a .636 slugging percentage off his four-seamer. His main secondary pitch, a curveball, got slugged as well when it wasn’t generating whiffs, as batters owned a .350 average and .700 slugging percentage against it. There were moments Megill flashed really good stuff, reflected in his 26.1% strikeout rate and limited walks (eight in 28 relief outings). But the Cubs need more reliability from Megill, particularly with his fastball location, if he’s going to be more than an extra arm on the shuttle back and forth between the majors and Triple A.

In Lake Bluff, Castillo’s new eight-room house was built in 1986 and has 3-1/2 bathrooms, a vaulted family room with a gas fireplace, a first-floor primary bedroom suite with a large walk-in closet, a brand-new first-floor laundry room and a kitchen with an island and an oversized breakfast bar. The house, which also has a mudroom with a dog shower, a deep pour unfinished basement and a large deck, sits on a 0.47-acre lot.

In Lake Bluff, Castillo’s new eight-room house was built in 1986 and has 3-1/2 bathrooms, a vaulted family room with a gas fireplace, a first-floor primary bedroom suite with a large walk-in closet, a brand-new first-floor laundry room and a kitchen with an island and an oversized breakfast bar. The house, which also has a mudroom with a dog shower, a deep pour unfinished basement and a large deck, sits on a 0.47-acre lot.

Having a post-Olympic tour to lead also helped. Biles never considered bailing on it. If anything, she needed the tour — which wrapped up a 32-city sprint Sunday in Boston — to help her and fellow Olympic teammates Jordan Chiles, MyKayla Skinner, Jade Carey and Grace McCallum (as well as world champions Chellsie Memmel and Morgan Hurd, among others) step out of the hyper-pressurized bubble of elite gymnastics.

But by the weekend, Chicagoans can expect “big changes,” according to a social media post by the weather service. It encourages residents to get out and enjoy the relatively warm weather if they can because a strong cold front will push into the area Wednesday night, bringing with it a “short period of soaking rain” Thursday, followed by windy and colder weather.

“He’s a game changer,” Nagy said. “He’s special now. He’s all over the place. He’s smart. He can beat you with different moves, speed to power, can bull rush you. He’ll be all over the place, different spots on the D-line. And he goes after the football. When he tackles, he tackles the football. When you’re in the pocket, you better have ball security because he’s going after that football.”

“A champion for families, Rep. Newman is an advocate for paid parental leave, small business economic support, and high-quality health care for all. She is also a champion for reproductive rights, voting rights, gun violence prevention, and LGBTQ+ rights,” said the group’s president, Laphonza Butler.