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“The National Park Service applies long-standing criteria to evaluate a building’s historic and design significance,” Bonnie McDonald, president and CEO of Landmarks Illinois, said in a statement. “The criteria, and the reasons the Thompson Center was determined historic, remain the same as they were in 2009. Nothing has changed other than the state’s desire to sell the building, which should have no bearing in considering the building’s importance.”

The at-home vaccination program, which began in March for only homebound individuals before expanding, offer both the Pfizer vaccine, currently approved for those 12 and older, and Johnson & Johnson, which is for adults only. Up to 10 people can be vaccinated per household, with each family qualifying for one $50 gift card. A total $100,000 was donated from the food delivery company to support the gift cards.

An Amazon.com delivery driver carries boxes into a van outside of a distribution facility on Feb. 2, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. Amazon.com shoppers in the U.S. spent less per order during the first 32 hours of the annual Prime Day sale than the previous two years, according to Numerator, (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

In addition to the Chicago Tribune, Tribune Publishing owns The Baltimore Sun; the Hartford Courant; the Orlando (Florida) Sentinel; the South Florida Sun Sentinel; the New York Daily News; the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland; The Morning Call in Allentown, Pennsylvania; the Daily Press in Newport News, Virginia; and The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Virginia.

Tingler said Darvish being the quickest to 1,500 strikeouts “is unbelievably impressive. Obviously you have to be able to do that in a short period of time. For him to do everything with those strikeouts over the years, he’s got a ton of weapons. The way he spins the ball, the way he manipulates the ball, being able to get swing and miss, he’s tremendous at it.”

Volunteers from My Block My Hood My City pick up tree debris in the Gage Park neighborhood after a strong storm system passed through the Chicago area the previous evening, on June 21, 2021 in Chicago. Earlier in the day workers with the city’s Streets and Sanitation department removed fallen tree debris that was blocking the street. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)