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Shortly after 10:30 p.m., a 20-year-old woman was eastbound in a 2012 Nissan Altima on 59th Street near Parnell Avenue, when she was struck head on by a driver of an Oldsmobile sedan that crossed over in her lane, police said. The woman was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where she was listed in fair condition.
Around 11:30 p.m. Friday, a 59-year-old woman was standing on the sidewalk after parking her vehicle in the 2600 block of West Haddon Avenue in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, when she was approached by two males who demanded her keys at gunpoint. When she refused, one of them punched her in the face and took her purse.
Police said two boys, ages 15 and 17, were in the back yard of a residence when shots were fired, striking them both. The younger teenage boy was hit in the abdomen, and was taken in serious condition to the University of Chicago Medical Center. The other teen was shot in the chest and was taken to the same hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski made five changes to the starting lineup he used against Sweden, giving Carli Lloyd the start over Morgan, Megan Rapinoe for Press, Ertz for Sam Mewis, Emily Sonnett for O’Hara, and Tierna Davidson for captain Becky Sauerbrunn.
USA’s Olivia Smoliga, with teammate Allison Schmitt, cheers as Natalie Hinds completes the anchor leg of the women’s 400-meter freestyle relay in the preliminaries, July 24, 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Center during the Tokyo Olympics. The relay team finished second in their heat and advanced to the final on Sunday. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)
Richard Carapaz of Ecuador, center, who won the gold medal, fist pumps bronze medal winner Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia, as silver medal winner Wout van Aert of Belgium watches, after the men’s cycling road race at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 24, 2021, in Oyama, Japan. (Thibault Camus / AP)
Olivia Smoliga, center, with teammates Allison Schmitt and Catie de Loof react as Natalie Hinds completes the anchor leg of the women’s 400-meter freestyle relay in the preliminaries July 24, 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Center during the Tokyo Olympics. The U.S. relay team finished second in their heat and advanced to the final. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)
“Across the board, even at Triple A, you’ve got to be able to make adjustments,” he said. “Understand how they’re pitching you. Right now, I hit a couple of games where I struggled a little bit. It’s try not to do too much. Just being able to control my emotions, control my breathing, slowing down the game a little bit more. That’s the next step.”
These iridescent green beetles are best known for feeding on roses and linden trees, but in fact they can feast on hundreds of different plants, according to Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist in the Plant Clinic at The Morton Arboretum. “We’ve started seeing them on river birches and basil,” she said. “They have a lot of different diners they can go to.”
“We make it a definite policy that we play against the other team, we do not play against the umpires,” La Russa said. “They have a very difficult job. You get your team to play with emotion, that’s how you succeed and compete, and in a situation like that we got emotional. But if you play nine innings or 8½ innings, a couple of those calls did not decide it.