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With just 15 days left in meteorological spring, which spans from March 1 to May 31, spring 2021 is the driest on record since records started being kept in 1871, according to the weather service. Since the start of March, Chicago has only received 2.32 inches of rain, more than 6 inches below normal. Water levels in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron have dropped 15 inches in the past 12 months, according to the weather service.
Video of the avian rescue near Michigan Avenue and Jackson Boulevard was posted to Twitter about 5 p.m. Sunday by a man who asked reporters to refer to him by his social media handle, “ChiTownCheese.” The video shows the bird on a ledge on the second floor of the Motorola Building, formerly the Railway Exchange Building, 224 S. Michigan Ave.
The combination announced Monday, the companies said, will able to invest more in original streaming content. It will house almost 200,000 hours of programming and bring together more than 100 brands under one global portfolio, including: DC Comics, Cartoon Network, Eurosport, Magnolia, TLC and Animal Planet.
The combination announced Monday, the companies said, will able to invest more in original streaming content. It will house almost 200,000 hours of programming and bring together more than 100 brands under one global portfolio, including: DC Comics, Cartoon Network, Eurosport, Magnolia, TLC and Animal Planet.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk May 15, 2021, on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington to board the Marine One helicopter. Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, expands the child tax credit for one year. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk May 15, 2021, on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington to board the Marine One helicopter. Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, expands the child tax credit for one year. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
Illinois public health officials on Sunday reported 1,248 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 24 additional deaths. That brings the state’s totals to 1,366,268 cases and 22,439 deaths. There were 52,013 tests reported in the previous 24 hours and the seven-day statewide positivity rate as a percent of total test was 2.4%
“I love to see wins like this: close games. It’s playoff baseball, in a sense. You’re going to see their best out of the pen. You’re going to see that starter go deep into the game, and how you react is what will play in October. If you continue to grind, continue to go out there and be productive and have a no-give-in attitude, wash this game and go on to the next, it shows the character of the clubhouse.”
“I just did so much better job moving in and out, changing speeds and staying out of the way,” Hendricks said. “I made a lot more good pitches today, felt so much more like myself. Out front, really getting my fastball down with sink, especially my glove side. So once I have that, then I can move the ball around like I like normally do and you get some calls like that.”
On weekdays, they’re finding open seats on trains and buses that once would have been standing room only and CTA trains that are noticeably cleaner. Mask-wearing, still required on CTA and Metra, is mixed: During recent trips by a Tribune reporter, on some train cars and buses every rider was masked, while on others and some ‘L’ platforms handfuls of unmasked customers could be found.