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Horvat and his colleague, Assistant State’s Attorney Paul Fangman, were acting as civil attorneys, they argued. As members of the office’s Civil Actions Bureau, they were not prosecutors in the traditional sense, Assistant State’s Attorney Amy Crawford said, and Horvat had no idea about Trutenko’s relationship with the witness until the night before the testimony.

In a surprising opening to the offseason, the Hawks continued to put their stated “rebuild” plan in the rear view mirror, adding another veteran forward to a team that’s already acquired defenseman Seth Jones and goaltender Marc André-Fleury, who is reportedly considering all options, including retirement. They made another subtraction Wednesday, sending defenseman Nikita Zadorov to the Calgary Flames for a third-round pick in 2022, erasing the memory of another dismal trade — for Brandon Saad — that didn’t pan out.

In Waukegan, residents gather outside Pine Grove Apartments, where gusts tore off parts of the roof on two buildings. “I was crying and trying to go downstairs,” one resident said. “Everything was flying. A tree right in front burst. I ran out with my shoes off, barefoot.” Despite the damage throughout the Chicago area, the storm caused only a few injuries. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune)

Thriveworks, a counseling, psychology, and psychiatry services with more than 300 locations, found that one in three elite athletes suffer from anxiety and depression. In an analysis of more than 18,000 data points from print, online, broadcast and social media sources covering track and field, swimming, tennis, gymnastics and soccer, 69% of negative mentions were about female athletes compared to 31% about male athletes.

An Olympic worker disinfects and cleans the weightlifting bar after an athlete finished a lift at the Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo during the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics on July 24, 2021. After decades of rampant doping, bribery, vote-rigging and corruption at weight lifting’s highest levels, the International Olympic Committee finally took action last year by threatening to drop the sport from the Games in the coming months if the International Weightlifting Federation does not introduce a host of fixes, including rigorous drug testing measures and governance reforms. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Vaccination prospects for younger people have improved, and some can get their shots organized by work places and colleges, while others still wait based on seniority. But there are also concerns over hesitancy among the young, with surveys showing many have doubts, in part due to false rumors about side effects.

“We share a lot of the same values,” Shea said. “We both like spending time with our families, nesting and baking. I’m not saying these are strictly Midwestern things, but we both appreciate some good sweet corn and some Culver’s when we’re home,” she said.

A hiring sign offering a $500 bonus is posted in front of a McDonald’s fast-food restaurant in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, on June 27, 2021. The fast food giant said Wednesday it plans to open nearly all 14,000 of its U.S. restaurants for indoor dining by Labor Day as hiring challenges ease. (Ted Shaffrey/AP)

Through his Rebuild Foundation, Gates has transformed a number of abandoned buildings in the Grand Crossing neighborhood, beginning with the Stony Island Trust & Savings Bank building, which became the Stony Island Arts Bank, a public arts space and facility at 68th Street and Stony Island Avenue. Rebuild also turned three vacant buildings in the 6900 block of South Dorchester Avenue into a combination of living quarters and art space, while the Dorchester Art+Housing Collaborative grew out of a former public housing project and now serves as housing and work space for artists and community members. The transition of the closed St. Laurence Catholic elementary school building, 1353 E. 72nd St., into an arts incubator, is another Rebuild project.

In August 2020, the agency issued an emergency order for the business to cease operations pending accreditation by the American College of Radiology and certification by the state. Despite that order, the business, under a new name and ownership, continued to perform mammograms, according to the agency, which confirmed that about 100 patients had mammograms between December 2020 and March 2021.