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Amelia Akordor, 14, helps her mother, Stephanie Akordor, place items at a memorial for Stephanie Akordor’s 15-year-old stepson, Caleb Westbrooks, at a bus stop on the corner of North Greenview and West Chicago avenues on Jan. 19, 2022, in Chicago. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)
Mayor Lori Lightfoot, left, Ald. Michelle A. Harris, 1st, center, and Maurice Cox, Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) listen on July 12, 2021, at an event to announce the 2021 Neighborhood Opportunity Fund grant finalists. (Raquel Zaldivar / Chicago Tribune)
Bulls forward DeMar DeRozan (11) and teammates leave the court at the United Center in Chicago after falling to the Suns on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. The Suns won 127-124. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)
“I think it’s fair to say from all of the evidence on boosters, increasing protection and antibody levels, that we should see higher protection, definitely not lower protection, with boosters,” said Dr. Manish Patel, the study’s lead author, during a news conference Tuesday.
University of Illinois Chicago law professor Jason Kilborn, seen at home in Forest Park Feb. 14, 2022. Kilborn has been on paid leave since last year after using redacted slurs in a law school exam. He points to the difference between using a slur and citing a slur. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)
The Reserve Management Group facilites can be seen on Feb. 16, 2022, in the East Side neighborhood of Chicago. The chronic polluter and scrap shredder closed its Lincoln Park facilities on the North Side, and plans to open operations at a site on the Calumet River in the East Side neighborhood. The Chicago Department of Public Health is reviewing a permit application. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)
Surveillance images allegedly show Leticia Vilhena Ferreira, a Brazilian national living in Indian Head Park, breaching the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. Ferreira was charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct and trespassing in a restricted government building. (U.S. District Court records / HANDOUT)
From left, Cynthia Chavez and Daniel Chavez with their daughter Iris Chavez during a press conference on Dec. 27, 2021, outside the CPD 3rd District where their other daughter Irene Chavez, 33, was found hung in the early hours of December 18th after being arrested for an alleged misdemeanor offense at Jeffery Pub. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)
Students from Larkin High School in School District U-46 head out of school for the day in Elgin, Feb. 16, 2022. Elgin-based Unit School District 46 officials said the lawmakers’ decision “does not impact the current masking landscape for our district.” (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
“We have to talk about them on an individual basis. It depends on who was working on the cases, the time period we’re looking at, the sufficiency of the evidence, or other evidence,” she said. “It is a process that has been painfully slow but one that we believe must be done meticulously.”