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“It checks a lot of boxes for the city: expanding upon the Invest South/West program, focusing on the film industry and making Chicago a destination for creating content, and the mayor wanting to bring investment to the South Side of Chicago,” Dudley said. “For me and Jim, two Black men from the South Side of Chicago, we have the opportunity to come together to invest in our community and change the trajectory.”

CVS: Starting June 1, people who get vaccinated by the chain can enter its #OneStepCloser Sweepstakes. Thousands of prizes will be awarded through weekly drawings for six weeks. Prizes will include 50 gifts of $500 and five gifts of $5,000 for family reunions; 100 weeklong cruises for two on Norwegian Cruise Line; five trips for two to Bermuda; a trip for two to the Super Bowl; and 500 gift cards worth $100 each for couples to go on dates, among other rewards. People ages 18 and older who get vaccinated by CVS during the six-week-long sweepstakes, who register to get vaccinated at CVS, or who have already been vaccinated by CVS are eligible to enter.

CVS: Starting June 1, people who get vaccinated by the chain can enter its #OneStepCloser Sweepstakes. Thousands of prizes will be awarded through weekly drawings for six weeks. Prizes will include 50 gifts of $500 and five gifts of $5,000 for family reunions; 100 weeklong cruises for two on Norwegian Cruise Line; five trips for two to Bermuda; a trip for two to the Super Bowl; and 500 gift cards worth $100 each for couples to go on dates, among other rewards. People ages 18 and older who get vaccinated by CVS during the six-week-long sweepstakes, who register to get vaccinated at CVS, or who have already been vaccinated by CVS are eligible to enter.

Through May 23, 239 people were slain in Chicago, a jump of about 22% over the same time last year, when there were 196 homicides, according to official Chicago Police Department statistics. Total shooting victims also were up by double digits, with 1,295 people nonfatally or fatally struck by gunfire compared with 940 last year, an increase of roughly 38%, the statistics through May 23 show.

Harrison was charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury, level 3 felony, domestic battery resulting in serious bodily injury to an endangered adult, level 4 felony, domestic battery resulting against an endangered adult resulting in bodily injury, level 5 felony, neglect of a dependent resulting in bodily injury, level 5 felony, domestic battery against an endangered adult, level 6 felony, neglect of a dependent, level 6 felony, and domestic battery, class A misdemeanor.

Dr. Luce Kassi, from left, a second year resident, Dr. Constants Adams, fourth year resident, Dr. Eseohi Ehimiaghe, first year resident, Dr. Tamara Weddington, first year resident, and Dr. Mary Tate, third year resident, attend a Zoom meeting with other residents and instructors in a conference room at Prentice Women’s Hospital in Chicago on May 21, 2021. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)