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Naomi Osaka, a four-time major champion seeded No. 2, withdrew after one match — and a conflict with Grand Slam officials over a rule that mandates speaking to the media — to take a mental health break. No. 1-ranked Ash Barty, the 2019 champion, retired from her second-round match with a left hip injury. No. 3 Simona Halep, the 2018 champion, never showed up because of a hurt calf. Serena Williams was beaten in the fourth round. Defending champion Iga Swiatek lost in the quarterfinals.
Brazil has the second-most recorded deaths from the coronavirus in the world, more than 480,000. President Jair Bolsonaro, a critic of social distancing policies, is the main advocate for the Copa America, though it will not be attended by spectators.
A CPD veteran of about 20 years, Alderden is a recipient of the Carter Harrison award, one of the city’s two highest honors for first responders, for his response to a November 2018 shooting at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center that claimed the lives of pharmacist Dayna Less, Dr. Tamara O’Neal and Chicago police Officer Samuel Jimenez.
In another fatal shooting, shortly before 9 p.m. Friday, a 20-year-old woman was killed while she was a passenger of a vehicle in the Gage Park neighborhood in the 4700 block of South Rockwell Street. The woman was with her boyfriend when someone approached on foot and yelled gang slogans before opening fire. She was struck in the neck and left hand, and was taken in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital where she was pronounced dead, police said.
“I know you’ve got Pito (José Abreu) coming up next, but you definitely want to get them any way you can, especially in extra innings,” Mendick said. “They’re going to start with a runner on second too. When it went up, (third-base coach) Super Joe (McEwing) was like, ‘You’re going.’ That’s what I was figuring regardless, and then great that the throw was a little bit up the line and I got in there.”
“But hopefully the CBA will get resolved, as it has been in the past,” he said. “It’ s definitely a variable, but it’s hard to handicap what it all means. Any team going into next year is going to be careful on expenses, just because you may end up with a situation where you have a new CBA, but for now we’re just assuming that it will work itself out and we’ll be back in the game next year.”
Michael Phelps of the United States reacts after winning the 400-meter individual medley during the Olympic Games on Aug. 14, 2004, in Athens. For the first time since 1996, the U.S. Olympic swimming trials are being held without the sport’s biggest star, the guy who won a staggering 23 gold medals and 28 overall at the Olympics. (MARK BAKER/AP)
Ignacio Martinez, left, and wife Gabriela Pedroza sit and talk along with their dog, Ty, on June 11, 2021, outside the Jumping Bean Cafe in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood as Chicago and Illinois drop COVID-19 restrictions. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
“One of the hardest things in baseball is coming off the bench,” Mendick said. “The guys that do that super well are just unbelievable because being in that position, I understand how hard it is. So yeah, to get some rhythm, to get some at-bats under my belt, that’s kind of what you want to do. I want to get out there and take advantage of the opportunity.”
In addition to the June 1, 2020, incident at the Egg Harbor Cafe at 175 W. Jackson St., Vargas also admitted in the plea that earlier the same night he used a baseball bat to strike an Aurora bank’s ATM and attempted to pry it open with a metal street sign pole, the release said.