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“We had an honest and heartfelt discussion on this very complex issue at our meeting,” it said. “Going forward we will look for opportunities for dialogue in our community about how we remain true to our Catholic mission while meeting people where they are in their personal journey through life. For now, we hope that this is the first step in healing the Benet community.”

Meanwhile, California and Puerto Rico were taken off the list, keeping the total at 48 states and three territories from which Chicago health officials are advising unvaccinated travelers to take extra COVID-19 precautions. Those recommendations include a one-week quarantine after returning to the city, although the city continues to urge people who want to travel to just get vaccinated.

Police referred to the break-in as a home invasion but did not immediately say whether it was a home invasion robbery or provide information about whether anything was stolen. It was also unclear how investigators pieced together the sequence of events. A police spokeswoman would not say if detectives were able to get a statement from the victim, a witness, surveillance images or a combination of those sources.

The technicians also submit a sample of shell casings, whether they’re from a test-fired gun or one from a crime scene, into a computer that uploads high-resolution images of the evidence into a database for the National Integrated Ballistic Information Center, or NIBIN, a program that has been around since the 1990s and is administered by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Hinsdale police were called on Jan. 14, 2019 to a report of an unresponsive person at her home, the news release said. Upon arrival, authorities found the victim deceased in the residence, the apparent victim of a drug overdose. Authorities recovered baggies in the victim’s bedroom containing a substance, later determined to be a heroin/fentanyl mixture, the release said.

The efforts then became defensive, with a total of 10 engine companies, five truck/tower ladders, 12 tenders, five ambulances and 11 chief officers on the scene. Because there are no fire hydrants near the church, the fire district said about 91,000 gallons of water were brought to the site to extinguish the fire.