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Chelsea Singleton, an assistant professor in the department of kinesiology and community health at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has completed a five-year study looking at violence and the impact that it has on nutrition, physical activity and obesity. The study found that In urban Chicago, Black communities had significantly higher rates of violent crime, and adults in those communities had higher rates of physical inactivity and obesity compared to adults in Hispanic or white communities.
The icon for the Tinder dating app is seen July 28, 2020, on a device in New York. Tinder and other dating apps are offering incentives to people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, including badges showing their vaccination status. (Patrick Sison/AP)
Upon their arrival, officers interviewed the victim and began an investigation, Berlin’s office said. Through the course of their investigation, officers learned that at approximately 11:20 a.m., Ramsey forced the victim at gunpoint into a vacant room, where he sexually assaulted her on several occasions, put the gun to her head and threatened to kill her, Berlin’s office said.
In the latest killing, police were called to the 4700 block of West Jackson Boulevard in the West Garfield Park neighborhood about 6:25 a.m. and found a man dead with a gunshot wound to the head in an empty lot, according to a police media notification. The man was initially unidentified, and responding officers believed the man had been shot “a while ago,” according to police.
Police responded to a report of the shooting and crash at 2:09 a.m. on the Ryan at Garfield Boulevard, according to a news release from state police. The male driver of the vehicle involved in the crash was struck by gunfire and was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Chicago Fire Department crews responded to the scene and found the man down the shaft and two firefighters were lowered about 40 feet, using what’s known as a GripTech system, said Deputy District Fire Chief Dennis Carbonneau, in a short news conference at the scene, according to news video. GripTech is “a rope rescue system that allows rescuers to be lowered vertically or horizontally from one level to another, or for raising victims,” according the company’s website.
The girl was riding in the back passenger seat of a vehicle when another vehicle pulled up next to it and someone inside opened fire, hitting only her, not the male driver, police said. The girl suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and was taken in a private vehicle to Mount Sinai Hospital, before being transferred to Stroger Hospital, where she initially was in good condition, police said.
Residents of other affluent suburbs also had luck finding shots in the city between December 2020 and mid-April, a period when eligibility rules were still in play, people were desperate to find appointments and city officials were promising to steer doses to the hardest-hit neighborhoods. At least 1 in 8 of all residents in ZIP codes covering Oak Park, Kenilworth, Wilmette, Winnetka and River Forest received their first dose in Chicago, the data shows. When looking only at those residents who got vaccinated, the numbers are even more stark: At least 1 in 4 found shots in the city.
Oru, whose name comes from the Japanese word for fold, makes five models, from the one-person Inlet designed for flatwater to the Coast XT, built for more serious adventures. When fully assembled, the Inlet is 10 feet long, 31 inches wide, and weighs just 20 pounds. When not on the water, the kayak neatly folds into a compact box, similar in size to a guitar case.
“Year two, after you’ve had a couple of appearances in year one, everybody’s got their book on you,” Foster said. “So you’ve got to not really change things a little bit, but approach them better, execute better and really mix speeds, change pitches and locations. And also stick to what you’re doing best.