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Justice gets a treat July 12, 2021, from Maggie Hudson, the animal shelter development manager at One Tail at a Time. Justice was headed to the shelter but is instead being held at an isolation house on Western Avenue due to water damage and a partially collapsed ceiling at the shelter. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)
Police said Floyd Steele, 34, had been shot multiple times while parked in a car in the 17100 block of Grant Street. He was taken to a hospital in Hammond, Indiana, where he was later pronounced dead. The Lake County, Indiana coroner’s office determined his death was a homicide.
President Joe Biden, second from left, hosts a meeting in the White House on July 12, 2021, with (clockwise from left) Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser, Wilmington Police Chief Robert Tracy, Newark Police Lt. Anthony Lima, Domestic Policy Council Director Susan Rice, White House counsel Dana Remus, Deputy Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Gabe Amo, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, Attorney General Merrick Garland, Memphis Police Chief C.J. Davis and others about reducing gun violence. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
“A lot of them need translators, you know Spanish, it could be Mandarin, Japanese, the list goes on and on and on,” Smith continued. “If you are a sport trying to ingratiate yourself at the American public, the way Major League Baseball is because of the problems that you’ve been having to deal with in terms of improving the attractiveness of the sport. It helps if you spoke the English language, it doesn’t mean anything more than that. … In the United States, all I was saying is that when you’re a superstar, if you can speak the English language, then guess what? That’s going to make it that much easier, less challenging to promote the sport.”
While the state of emergency mainly covers Tokyo, Olympic officials have decided to bar fans from events hosted in Tokyo’s three neighboring prefectures, while allowing limited fans at other outlying venues. Soccer events in Hokkaido and baseball and softball games in Fukushima, however, will also bar fans due to virus concerns.
Keith carried a $5.538 million annual salary-cap hit for the final two years of his contract, about 6.8% of the Hawks’ cap space, according to CapFriendly.com. The Hawks will retain none of his salary, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported. Jones’ $850,000 contract expires after next season.
The older man was pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center at 3:38 p.m., while the younger man — who, according to data from the Cook County medical examiner’s office was 19, not 20 — was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:24 p.m.
Rabbi Lazer Hershkovich, who regularly provides spiritual care to Avantara patients and staff through his work with Chabad and F.R.E.E. of Niles and Chabad Cares, called the allegations “beyond horrific.” He stressed, however, that the vast majority of staff have “a strong sense of caring, a strong sense of responsibility,” based on his interactions with them.
Miso Robotics’ Flippy ROAR grabs a basket of cheese sticks for the fryer at a White Castle in Merrillville, Indiana on July 6, 2021. This location is testing “Flippy ROAR” a robotic fryer by Miso Robotics and an automated voice that takes orders at the drive-thru. (Vashon Jordan Jr. / Chicago Tribune)
As is routine, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, or COPA, is reviewing the specifics of the case, including launching a comprehensive use of force investigation, police said. A request seeking more information from COPA did not receive an immediate response Monday morning.