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White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal, left, high-fives Andrew Vaughn after scoring in the first inning Friday against the Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit. Grandal left the game in the fifth inning with left calf tightness. (Duane Burleson / Getty Images)
“Restaurants in our central business district are not going to get back to pre-pandemic sales until we get conventions, business meetings and tourism back,” Toia said, pointing to the special summer edition of the Chicago Auto Show in July as a modest sign of hope. “Restaurants are still struggling out here, even though we are getting back to the new normal.”
The penthouse has seven bathrooms, two fireplaces, 12-foot ceilings, 1,135 square feet of outdoor space including a south-facing terrace with a built-in grill, a great room with a rotunda sitting area, a custom Boffi eat-in kitchen with a wine cellar, a game room, a media room and an office with leather flooring.
Charles Iregbu holds wife Eunice’s purse while sitting with their children, Camellius, 5, left, and Divine, 2, during a naturalization ceremony at Wrigley Field on July 2, 2021, in Chicago. Eunice Iregbu was one of 172 people from 45 countries who took the Oath of Allegiance to become U.S. citizens during the ceremony. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)
Charles Iregbu holds wife Eunice’s purse while sitting with their children, Camellius, 5, left, and Divine, 2, during a naturalization ceremony at Wrigley Field on July 2, 2021, in Chicago. Eunice Iregbu was one of 172 people from 45 countries who took the Oath of Allegiance to become U.S. citizens during the ceremony. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)
Through the first six months of 2021, Chicago recorded 332 homicides, six fewer than the same time in 2020, according to CPD statistics. But the number of people shot this year, either fatally or non-fatally, was up by 13.5% to 1,880 from 1,656, statistics show.
The United States Coast Guard patrols the Chicago River on July 2, 2021. Operation Dry Water, an annual national campaign for the Fourth of July weekend, is designed to mitigate the dangers of boating under the influence. (Vashon Jordan Jr./Chicago Tribune)
But a Tribune review of the team’s lease with the city shows that it would not be difficult for the Bears to break the agreement early, Ruthhart reports, adding: “If the Bears were to break the lease five years from now, in 2026, the team would have to pay $84 million in damages to the city, the analysis found,” Ruthhart writes.
The store, which is expected to open July 15, will carry Wilson’s new apparel along with a selection of sporting equipment focusing on high-performance and special edition products, like a Chicago-specific version of Wilson’s A2000 baseball glove, said Gordon Devin, president of Wilson Sportswear.
“This settlement is a bittersweet resolution for the generations of children that the Boy Scouts of America failed to protect,” said Chicago attorney Christopher Hurley, part of a firm representing some 4,000 men who filed claims. “While there is some satisfaction in seeing the Scouts acknowledge their fault, and (the) magnitude of this settlement is historic, not one of my clients would have traded money for his lost youth.”