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Eddy Gordillo hands a patron a Big Star paloma from the to-go window at Big Star on May 26, 2021 in Chicago. Chicago and Illinois are both considering proposals to extend carryout cocktail laws, which were enacted in June 2020 with a one-year expiration to help bars and restaurants during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
“There are not enough treatment beds available, and particularly there’s a problem with babies who are born of drug-addicted mothers,” Vincent Lane, the center’s first board chairman, said at the time. “We’ve got shuttered hospitals around the city, so what better way to utilize them?”
Jackie Montesdeoca feeds her daughter Ava, 11 months old, at their home in McKinley Park in Chicago, May 11, 2021. After picking up her daughter from day care and taking a walk in McKinley Park, Jackie said, “I’d love to open the windows but I can’t in the summer,” because of the smell of the MAT Asphalt plant across the street. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)
More than 46,500 pregnancies were terminated in Illinois in 2019 compared to about 42,400 in 2018, according to state health department figures. While the majority of these women resided in Illinois, more than 7,500 women came from other states to have an abortion in Illinois in 2019, about 16% of all terminated pregnancies that year. This was roughly 2,000 more out-of-state women compared with 2018, when they comprised about 13% of all abortions statewide.
Dear Disappointed: I agree that your parents are taking a risk by traveling, unvaccinated. Not only are they risking their own health, but if they contract the coronavirus, perhaps during travel, they could spread it to others without even knowing it. As you know, the vaccine protects people from the more severe forms of the illness caused by the virus.
The homer was his seventh of the season and first since the May 17 solo blast against Minnesota Twins utility player Willians Astudillo on a 3-0 pitch in the ninth of a blowout win that set off the “unwritten rule” debate. Mercedes’ home run Thursday, obviously under much different circumstances, also was on a 3-0 pitch.
“Staples Center ranks as one of the best arenas in the world to play and watch basketball, and we are thrilled to be able to call it home for another two decades,” Buss said. “The decision was made first and foremost with our fans and players in mind, and AEG’s commitment to investing significant capital in the arena means that the Lakers will continue to play in one of the world’s premier venues.”
Photos from the Chicago White Sox’s matchup against the Baltimore Orioles on May 27, 2021, at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Chris Sweda) White Sox designated hitter Yermín Mercedes celebrates as he crosses home plate following his solo home run in the second inning against the Orioles on May 27, 2021, at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune) White Sox starting pitcher Dylan Cease delivers to the plate against the Orioles in the first inning on May 27, 2021, at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune) White Sox designated hitter Yermín Mercedes is congratulated by teammate Yoán Moncada after Mercedes hit a solo home run in the second inning against the Orioles on May 27, 2021, at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune) Dark clouds move over Guaranteed Rate Field before a game between the White Sox and Orioles on May 27, 2021. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune) White Sox designated hitter Yermín Mercedes watches the flight of his solo home run in the second inning against the Orioles on May 27, 2021, at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune) White Sox starting pitcher Dylan Cease stands on the mound after giving up a solo home run to the Orioles’ Freddy Galvis in the fourth inning on May 27, 2021, at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune) White Sox batter Yoan Moncada heads to the dugout after striking out in the third inning against the Orioles on May 27, 2021, at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune) Orioles left fielder Ryan McKenna makes a leaping catch on a long fly ball off the bat of White Sox first baseman José Abreu in the third inning May 27, 2021, at Guaranteed Rate Field. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)
Illinois state Rep. Lisa Hernandez, D-Cicero, speaks with Illinois state Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, prior to a public hearing with the Illinois House and Senate redistricting committees on the proposed boundaries for new state legislative districts, at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on May 26, 2021. (Justin L. Fowler / AP)
When the project is completed at the end of next year, the Chicago Department of Water Management will have installed 880 miles of new water mains throughout the city. Each of those cast iron pipes, up to 16 inches in diameter, will have been connected to smaller lead pipes known as service lines that convey water into homes and two-flats.