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That’s why, despite his fear of needles, Beth on Saturday decided to get his first Pfizer shot at Thornton Township High School in Harvey, one of Cook County’s new inoculation sites that are all located in suburban areas with lagging vaccination rates. He hopes that by sharing online his journey toward opting for a vaccine, he can convince his peers to make an informed decision.
The Dreadhead Cowboy, aka Adam Hollingsworth, rides his horse Bella as he joins protesters in front of a line of police officers during a march to remember the May 25 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, Saturday, May 30, 2020, in downtown Chicago. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune)
Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton, right, puts up a hook shot over the outstretched hand of Houston Rocket center Ralph Sampson during the first quarter on Nov. 11, 1983, in Houston. Eaton, the 7-foot-4 shot-blocking king who twice was the NBA’s defensive player of the year during his career with the Jazz, has died, the team said Saturday. He was 64. (R.J. Carson/AP)
“Once the pandemic hit, a lot of students felt like, ‘What’s the point of anything?’ because there was no reason to work hard anymore, when all you needed to do was pass,” said Shipinski, 16, a junior, whose repeated request to have his “pass” grades from last spring changed to traditional letter grades were soundly denied by Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401.
Police said a 26-year-old man was involved in an argument with two people when one of them hit him in the face, causing him to fall before both of them opened fire. The victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the body, and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
The league average was .236 entering Thursday’s games, according to fangraphs.com, a drop from .245 in last year’s shortened 60-game season. Most teams will be at the 60-game milepost in another 10 days or so, and it still is early in a 162-game the season. Still, there were 44 qualified hitters at .236 or below Thursday, from New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso (.236) to Cincinnati Reds infielder Eugenio Suárez (.149).
Most spring-blooming trees and shrubs, such as flowering crabapple, lilac, magnolia, viburnum, forsythia, ninebark, mock orange, rhododendron and witch-hazel, begin forming next year’s flower buds within a few weeks after they finish flowering. If you prune them after those buds have formed, you will be cutting off potential flowers.
House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, asks that Republican names be removed from House Resolution 359, a descriptive resolution outlining the criteria used to draw the new Illinois House districts, on the House floor on May 28, 2021, in Springfield. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register)
You can write to your friend: “We’re so happy that ‘Adele’s’ wedding has been rescheduled, but unfortunately, we won’t be able to attend. This last year has taken a lot out of us, and we just can’t make the trip, I’m afraid. We’re so sorry, and hope you have a wonderful celebration.”
Former basketball superstar Michael Jordan speaks during a news conference ahead of an NBA game between the Hornets and Bucks on Jan. 24, 2020, in Paris. Jordan and Nike’s Jordan Brand are giving $1 million to Morehouse College in Atlanta to boost journalism and sports-related studies. (Thibault Camus / AP)