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FILE- In this Aug. 3, 2017, file photo the Dollar General store is pictured in Luther, Okla. Dollar General is looking to roll out more of its Popshelf stores, where most items cost $5 or less. Dollar General said Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, that it anticipates nearly tripling the number of Popshelf stores it has by next year and plans to have about 1,000 Popshelf locations by the end of fiscal 2025. (Sue Ogrocki/AP)
Holiday hiring sign is displayed at a retail store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell for the seventh straight week to a pandemic low 268,000. U.S. jobless claims dipped by 1,000 last week from the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday, Nov. 18. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)
The 4,400-square-foot home has four full bathrooms, two half baths, two fireplaces, terrazzo floors, plaster moldings, a decorative stone wall and a fully finished basement with a 1,300-square-foot ballroom, a banquet kitchen, an office, an exercise room, a wine cellar and a two-room guest suite. Since 2013, the interior of the home has been entirely redesigned.
And a Tribune analysis shows this surge is predominantly felt by the unvaccinated, more so than at any point since mass vaccination began. In the most recent week ending Wednesday, those who weren’t fully vaccinated were being admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 at a rate of 38 per 100,000 residents. That’s higher than the peak of the fall 2020 surge, when no one was vaccinated, and the weekly admittance rate topped out at 35 per 100,000 residents.
Arlington listed nine off-track betting sites on its webpage this fall, at the track in Arlington Heights, and in Aurora, Chicago, Green Oaks, Hodgkins, Hoffman Estates, McHenry, Rockford and Villa Park. Its application for next year is for only five locations, which were not specified at the hearing.
The same day the lawsuit was filed, McDonald’s announced an initiative pledging to increase its advertising spending over four years with companies owned by people from diverse backgrounds, a group that includes African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, women and LGTBQ individuals.
Built in 1987, the house has 3½ bathrooms, two fireplaces, hardwood floors, a first-floor office, a three-season room, a large attic, a full basement with a workshop and multiple decks. The property has a quarter-acre stocked pond, an outbuilding measuring 60 feet by 42 feet, large grassy areas, fenced areas and garden beds.
FILE – The Christmas tree of the closed Christmas market is reflected in a puddle in Innsbruck, Austria, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. As countries shut their doors to foreign tourists or reimpose restrictions because of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus, tourism that was just finding it’s footing again could face another major pandemic slowdown amid the uncertainty about the new strain. (Michael Probst/AP)
None of the three COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. contains fetal cells. But cell lines derived from two abortions, performed decades ago, were used in the testing or development of the vaccines, according to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Other religious authorities, including the Vatican, have deemed the use of the vaccines morally acceptable.
The Nasdaq composite held up slightly better than the rest of the market, shedding 245.14 points, or 1.6%, to 15,537.69. Higher interest rates tend to hurt stock prices