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About 2:45 a.m., a sedan was driving east on West Jefferson Street approaching Raynor Avenue, according to a news release from the Joliet Police Department. The car failed to follow a curve in the road and drove off the road, striking a tree and a traffic signal, police said.
Though daily testing data varies periodically, state figures show that the seven-day average for total tests administered has decreased since January, when the first vaccinations were just beginning for health care workers. That month, the seven-day average regularly surpassed 90,000 tests until testing numbers began generally decreasing in February and March. In April, seven-day testing averages ranged between around 70,000 and 80,000, down from peaks in November when daily tests were surpassing 100,000.
Though daily testing data varies periodically, state figures show that the seven-day average for total tests administered has decreased since January, when the first vaccinations were just beginning for health care workers. That month, the seven-day average regularly surpassed 90,000 tests until testing numbers began generally decreasing in February and March. In April, seven-day testing averages ranged between around 70,000 and 80,000, down from peaks in November when daily tests were surpassing 100,000.
1. What kinds of coronavirus tests are available? There are two main types of COVID-19 tests: diagnostic tests that detect the presence of the virus in a sample when there’s an active infection and antibody tests, also known as serology tests, which search a blood sample for proteins called antibodies that indicate a previous infection. Diagnostic tests include PCR tests, where a sample from a nasal swab or saliva specimen is processed by a lab so any trace amount of the virus is amplified and detected. Another form of diagnostic testing is antigen testing, also known as a rapid diagnostic test, which detects specific proteins on the surface of the virus.
Alvarez attended Schurz High School and had his first job at 17, working as a busboy alongside his father, Oscar Martinez, 42. He also worked for a short time with an aunt, Teresa Martinez, 31, before taking the job he had when he was killed, working at a meatpacking plant just outside Chicago with his brother, Alex Martinez, and mother, Veronica Alvarez.
The Tax Policy Center study found only 16% of tax filers with income between $20,000 and $50,000 claimed the SALT deduction in 2017, compared to 76% of tax filers with income between $100,000 and $200,000 and over 90% with income above $200,000. Though, tax filers earning above $100,000 were 18% of all tax filers, they accounted for about 78% of the total dollar amount of SALT deductions reported, the study found.
After Cruz answered, Abrego “emerged from a concealed position” and fired numerous shots at the teens, Assistant State’s Attorney Ryan DeGroot told the court. Cruz was shot once in the head and once in the shoulder, while the female suffered shrapnel and graze wounds after she fell to the ground during the shooting, authorities said.
“The exterior of the building would remain substantially as previously approved,” Francis Greenburger, chairman and CEO of New York-based Time Equities, wrote in an email to the Tribune at the time. “Our hope would be to commence construction next year, but this will depend on economic conditions and the availability of financing.”
“We are a part of this historic glass ceiling that has swept across the country,” he said. “It brought us our first female African American and Asian descent vice president of the United States of America. Who would have ever thought that a young lady, who is an alumni of Thornridge High School, would have shattered that glass ceiling right here in Dolton?
Debra Coble, formerly of Englewood, daughter of Jean Carter Hill, founder of Imagine Englewood, traveled back to Chicago from Memphis, Tennessee, to join dozens of volunteers clean empty lots in Englewood on May 8, 2021. This is the eighth year of the event, after skipping last spring due to the pandemic. (Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune)