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Just minutes after collecting his gold medal, he hustled back to the deck for the semifinals of the 50 freestyle, where he set the top qualifying time of 21.42. He also was anchoring the 400 mixed medley relay, a new Olympic event that features two men and two women on each team.
In recent weeks, plovers at Montrose Beach have come and gone. Monty’s half-brother stopped by on his way south. Rose, typically the early bird to leave Montrose, seemed to have departed in recent days, but was back at the beach by the end of the week with Monty, Imani and Siewka.
The company said in a statement Friday that it will be requiring all salaried and non-union hourly employees in the U.S. who work on site to be fully vaccinated. The statement said employees who aren’t already vaccinated will have 60 days to do so and that those still working from home will need to show proof of vaccination before returning. Disney said it was discussing the vaccine requirements with the union, and added that all new hires will be required to be fully vaccinated before starting work at the company.
An alternate for the 2016 Summer Games, McDowell made his Olympic debut Monday at Odaiba Marine Park, a coastal tourist attraction with views of Tokyo’s iconic Rainbow Bridge. Having never finished higher than 11th in a World Triathlon Championship Series, he decided he would “be over the moon” if he finished in the top eight.
Back in December 2016 the Cubs were still experiencing their World Series hangover, and their fans were talking dynasty as if it was a fait accompli. The Sox were beginning a long and grueling rebuild by trading ace Chris Sale to the Boston Red Sox for Yoán Moncada, Michael Kopech and a couple other prospects, giving up their most popular player in the prime of his career.
“He’s a super smart guy,” Gipson said. “But sometimes he thinks light years ahead. So sometimes when he first brings an idea up, you’ll say, ‘Sean, there’s no way that’s going to work.’ But when he breaks it down, you understand his mind and you get how he thinks. … The game of football slows down. After he breaks it down to you, you’ll say, ‘OK, five minutes ago, there’s no way I would have put that together. But now it makes sense.’ And that’s just playing football at a high level.”
Morton Salt, which makes salt for culinary, water softening, road de-icing and other uses, has had several owners in the new millennium. Philadelphia-based Rohm and Haas bought Morton International in 1999 for $4.9 billion. Ten years later, the company was sold to K+S AG, a German mineral products company, for $1.675 billion, creating what was then the world’s largest salt producer.
The latest weekly data, through Wednesday, shows the rate of hospital admittances has climbed beyond 12 per 100,000 residents who aren’t fully vaccinated. That’s still far below the rate of 35 around Thanksgiving, during the peak of the fall surge, but still far more than the current rate of those fully vaccinated, which has remained less than 1 per 100,000 residents, even with the latest case surge.
On Lollapalooza’s Chow Town strip of food vendors, Robert Miller, of Chicago, was one of the few concertgoers wearing a mask. “I’m 59, so I’m more susceptible,” he said. He’s also vaccinated, but says that’s a personal choice for everyone. “I feel like vaccines are for most, but not all.”
Larry Scott, 32, of the 8500 block of South Crandon Avenue, was arrested at O’Hare International Airport Wednesday after he was extradited from Minneapolis and charged with first-degree murder in the death of Travis Willis, 37, Chicago police said.