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Elena Rosales, 3, receives a second injection in her leg from nurse Lela Lartey, left, with her mother, Mariaelena Lozano, right, on Dec. 7, 2021, while participating in the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial at Lurie Children’s Hospital. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)
The NBA placed heavier restrictions on the Bulls following their second test, limiting the team to essential activities such as travel, practices and games. However, coach Billy Donovan said the league has not shown any signs of suspending or postponing the team’s games despite the outbreak. Currently, the Bulls will be expected to continue playing games unless they drop below the league-mandated minimum of eight available players.
CTA bus driver Nina McIntosh and her five-year-old daughter, Taliyah, kneel at the corner of East Washington Street and North Michigan Avenue during a march to bring awareness to assaults on bus and rail operators on Dec. 11, 2021, in Chicago. The intersection is where previous assaults on bus drivers have taken place. CTA employees and labor union representatives called for increased policing on bus and rail systems, in addition to stronger prosecution of offenders. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
The union’s internal numbers on assaults against CTA rail and bus operators have more than doubled from last year, reaching close to 400, Hill said. In 2020, when the pandemic kept many at home, that number was about 150, and in 2019 it was under 300. Hill said the recent injuries also appear to be more serious.
Pierre Tyler, 29, of the 100 block of North Leavitt Street, was charged with first degree murder in the death of 29-year-old Andris B. Wofford, who died of a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office and the Police Department.
The family of Woom Sing Tse gathers with friends and the community for a vigil on Friday, Dec. 10, 2021 at the corner of 23rd Pl. and Princeton in Chinatown, to remember the 71-year-old who was fatally shot on Tuesday afternoon. Woom Sing Tse’s children are holding photos of him L to R: Susan Lam, Carina Set, and William Tse with microphone. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)
An Amazon distribution center is heavily damaged after a strong thunderstorm moved through the area Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, in Edwardsville, Ill. Tornadoes and severe weather were blamed for several deaths and injuries across parts of the Midwest and the South as a storm system caused significant damage at a candle factory in Kentucky, an Amazon facility in Illinois, a nursing home in Arkansas, and numerous homes and buildings.(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) (Jeff Roberson/AP)
The Bulls reinstated daily testing after Coby White, shown here on Nov. 21, 2021, getting water poured on his head after a win, registered a positive test for COVID-19. Since then four others — DeMar DeRozan, Javonte Green, Matt Thomas and Derrick Jones Jr. — have joined him. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
“I think this will probably be a point that I’ll make at sentencing, that not only did Mr. Smollett lie to the police and wreak havoc in this city for weeks on end for no reason whatsoever, but then he compounded the problem by lying under oath to a jury, which I don’t think should happen,” Webb said.
“Dr. Arwady and Mayor (Lori) Lightfoot, you have enough information to deny the permit,” Amalia NietoGomez, executive director of the Alliance of the SouthEast, said at the conference a week ago. “The community has been loud, and we want you to deny the permit. Southeast Side residents have suffered enough.”