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White Sox second baseman Nick Madrigal falls to the ground as he suffers a hamstring injury on a groundout to end the seventh inning against the Blue Jays on Wednesday at Guaranteed Rate Field. Madrigal suffered a torn right hamstring on the play and was placed on the 60-day injured list Thursday. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)
Kevin Riddle, left, Chicago field office director for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, asks Illinois National Guard Spec. Alan Juarez, second from right, to recite the oath of allegiance in a special ceremony at Cook County Health’s vaccination site at Thornton Township High School in Harvey on June 10, 2021. Major Gen. Richard Neely, adjutant general of the state of Illinois and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle were on hand. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)
State Superintendent of Education Carmen Ayala, pictured at a South Elgin High School news conference announcing federal COVID-19 relief funding, has spoken favorably about a proposal to increase standardized testing in Illinois schools. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
Currently six bowl games have a three-year rotation for hosting the semifinals and the championship game site is open to bidders, similar to the what the NFL does with the Super Bowl. The current semifinal bowl rotation includes the Rose, Sugar, Orange, Fiesta, Cotton and Peach bowls, not they are not guaranteed to be hosts in the proposed expansion plan.
Adan Godinez, 35, of Morris, pleaded guilty in 2018 to drug and weapons offenses, admitting in a plea agreement with prosecutors that he was trying to kill law enforcement agents who were attempting to arrest his brother in the Louis Joliet Mall parking lot, court records show.
White endured his share of growing pains in his second season, averaging 15.1 points and 4.8 assists per game while shooting 41.6% from the field and 35.9% from 3. After spending most of his rookie season coming off the bench, he picked up a lot of experience as a starter this year, beginning 54 of his 69 games in the lineup. His acclimation into the first unit was slow. But after an erratic start to the season, he showed signs of settling into the position near season’s end.
Prosecutors say Smith was involved in a fight in the parking lot of D Hangout Bar and Grill, 550 S. McLean Blvd., on the afternoon of Sept. 9, 2018, and fired multiple shots before fleeing. Four people were injured, one of whom was Shaprie Smith-Tate, 25, of Elgin, who died later the same day.
Katelyn Williams, 24, shops for a birthday card while wearing a mask at Penelope’s on June 10, 2021, in Chicago. On Friday Penelope’s, a Wicker Park boutique, plans to stop requiring vaccinated people wear masks in the store and recently stopped quarantining clothes customers tried on before putting them back out on the sales floor. But the store will keep offering curbside pickup and private shopping appointments. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
Earlier this week, Omar tweeted a videoconference exchange with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in which she called for justice “for all victims of crimes against humanity.” She also said: “We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban. I asked @SecBlinken where people are supposed to go for justice.”
Robert Zurek, an engineer, is Rebecca’s father and the club’s adviser. He teaches the kids to work with software used by professional companies, and “within a year or two they’re computer simulating their own rocket designs, designing parts in the system, creating them on a laser printer and a laser cutter and then building these up, and then adapting their models with their test launches to meet their goals,” Zurek said.