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Photos from the Chicago White Sox’s 5-4 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Aug. 19, 2021, at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago. (Terrence Antonio James) White Sox pitcher Michael Kopech reacts as Athletics first baseman Matt Olson (28) rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run in the seventh inning Thursday at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune) Athletics first baseman Matt Olson hits a two-run home run in the seventh inning against the White Sox on Thursday at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune) Athletics first baseman Matt Olson (28) and shortstop Elvis Andrus celebrate after scoring on Olson’s two-run home run in the seventh inning against the White Sox on Thursday at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune) White Sox pitcher Michael Kopech delivers against the Athletics on Thursday at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune) White Sox catcher Zack Collins hits a single in the ninth inning against the Athletics on Thursday at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune) White Sox first baseman Andrew Vaughn swings through his two-run home run in the fifth inning against the Athletics on Thursday at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune) Fans reach for the home-run ball hit by White Sox first baseman Andrew Vaughn in the fifth inning against the Athletics on Thursday at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune) White Sox first baseman Andrew Vaughn rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run in the fifth inning against the Athletics on Thursday at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune) White Sox starting pitcher Dylan Cease delivers against the Athletics on Thursday at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune) White Sox starting pitcher Dylan Cease collects his thoughts as Athletics catcher Sean Murphy rounds the bases after hitting a home run in the third inning Thursday at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune) White Sox center fielder Luis Robert singles in the first inning against the Athletics on Thursday at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune) White Sox center fielder Luis Robert scores in the first inning against the Athletics on Thursday at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune) Athletics center fielder Starling Marte (2) and shortstop Elvis Andrus collide in the outfield on a Jose Abreu fly ball during the ninth inning against the White Sox on Thursday at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune) Athletics center fielder Starling Marte (2) and shortstop Elvis Andrus (17) collide in the outfield on a Jose Abreu fly ball during the ninth inning against the White Sox on Thursday at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune) Athletics players check in with shortstop Elvis Andrus (17), who was shaken up in a collision in the outfield during the ninth inning against the White Sox on Thursday at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)

The strike at Mondelez’s bakery in the Marquette Park neighborhood, where about 500 employees produce Nabisco cookies and crackerssuch as Wheat Thins and Nutter Butters, follows similar strikes by Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union employees in Oregon, Virginia and Colorado.

In an Aug. 18 letter to Bethany Lutheran School Principal Erin Dunwell, ISBE Superintendent Carmen Ayala said officials had verified the Naperville private school was not complying with the mask mandate, resulting in ISBE “removing your school’s status as a recognized nonpublic school, effective immediately.”

Former Minnesota Twins DH Nelson Cruz, who has 25 career home runs in 107 games against the White Sox, was the Rays’ biggest acquisition in July. In 2019 Cruz hit three homers in a game against Sox starter Lucas Giolito with distances of 430, 473 and 433 feet. Giolito is set to start Friday’s game. Cruz is hitting .202 with seven home runs in 22 games since joining the Rays. The Sox could’ve signed him last offseason, but instead Cruz re-signed with the Twins.

The incident occurred at about 2 p.m. at the intersection of Torrence Avenue and Sibley Boulevard, and a preliminary investigation showed that a vehicle left the roadway and struck two people at the bus stop, then continued into an adjacent parking lot and struck a third person, according to police.

Some kids might have a disorder of anxiety, and might require treatment. Signs could include triggers during normal developmental activities that most kids love. For example, separation problems with being apart from caretakers or even in a different room; social anxiety in highly sensitive and self-conscious kids who won’t raise their hand at school, join groups to play or who have limited eye contact; and generalized anxiety in kids who worry about the past and future on topics like death.