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Katelyn Williams, 24, shops for a birthday card while wearing a mask at Penelope’s on June 10, 2021, in Chicago. On Friday Penelope’s, a Wicker Park boutique, plans to stop requiring vaccinated people wear masks in the store and recently stopped quarantining clothes customers tried on before putting them back out on the sales floor. But the store will keep offering curbside pickup and private shopping appointments. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)

Earlier this week, Omar tweeted a videoconference exchange with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in which she called for justice “for all victims of crimes against humanity.” She also said: “We have seen unthinkable atrocities committed by the U.S., Hamas, Israel, Afghanistan, and the Taliban. I asked @SecBlinken where people are supposed to go for justice.”

Robert Zurek, an engineer, is Rebecca’s father and the club’s adviser. He teaches the kids to work with software used by professional companies, and “within a year or two they’re computer simulating their own rocket designs, designing parts in the system, creating them on a laser printer and a laser cutter and then building these up, and then adapting their models with their test launches to meet their goals,” Zurek said.

“From the moment we entered the bubble to now today, it’s been draining,” Lakers forward LeBron James said after his team was eliminated. “Mentally, physically, spiritually, emotionally draining. … Every team has to deal with it, obviously. But with us and Miami obviously going the long haul in the bubble and then coming right back on short notice to this season, it’s been very draining.”

Hoyer is in a new role, but he’s not exactly a fresh face. He was general manager for the last 10 seasons, earning partial credit for bringing the Cubs a championship but also some of the blame for failing to draft and develop pitching talent. He has been less visible than Epstein in his new role, though part of that can be attributed to the COVID-19 protocols that have prevented the media from accessing the playing field and talking with players, coaches and executives without the limitations of conference calls.

South LaSalle Street, photographed from the fourth floor of the Chicago Board of Trade building, is seen Feb. 22, 2018, in Chicago. Workers on some Tuesdays this summer and fall will be able to eat lunch on the street in front of the Board of Trade building at the southern end of the LaSalle Street canyon, the city announced June 10, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)

South LaSalle Street, photographed from the fourth floor of the Chicago Board of Trade building, is seen Feb. 22, 2018, in Chicago. Workers on some Tuesdays this summer and fall will be able to eat lunch on the street in front of the Board of Trade building at the southern end of the LaSalle Street canyon, the city announced June 10, 2021. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)