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“At a moment of great disruption when I think all of us are worried about some trend lines out there to the degree to which people’s fears and in some cases and legitimate concerns about globalization and technology and migration and social media, all of these things are converging,” he said. “What we’ve seen is that there’s one possibility in which we work through that and come out on the other side more unified, more inclusive, more just, more environmentally sustainable in terms of how we organize our economy and our society, and there’s another path in which we become more divided, more tribal.”

Then, there are people who may get Pfizer booster shots, but don’t necessarily need to, according to the CDC. Those people must also have received their second doses of the Pfizer vaccine at least six months ago. People ages 18 to 49 with underlying medical conditions may get booster shots “based on their individual benefits and risks” according to the state health department. People ages 18 to 64 who work in settings where they may be more exposed to COVID-19, such as hospitals, schools and grocery stores, may also get boosters “based on their individual benefits and risks.”

Lathem and Warren ambushed Cornell while he was in Lathem’s bed, prosecutors said, stabbing him more than 70 times and nearly decapitating him, they said. Then the two went on the lam, during which Lathem sent a video to his family saying “I killed him, I did do it, it wasn’t an accident, it was a mistake, the biggest mistake of my life, and I regret it with every fiber of my being,” according to Thrun.

Adriana Camarda, left, and Scheherazade Tillet talk as the mayor holds a roundtable with experts at City Hall on Sept. 27, 2021, to announce the launch of the city’s first citywide strategic plan to address gender-based violence and human trafficking. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)

Among topics raised were Brown’s ongoing efforts to combat Chicago’s gun violence, which, police statistics show, is on pace to be higher by the end of the year than a disastrous 2020. Through Sunday, Chicago recorded 602 homicides, up from 580 during the same period last year, the statistics show. And so far, this year, 3,368 people were shot, compared with 3,049 at the same time in 2020, a 10% jump. The data doesn’t include violence on the area expressways.

Josiah Jefferson, 18, of the 9800 block of South Pulaski Road in Oak Lawn, died of a gunshot wound to the head at 12:41 a.m. Saturday at Advocate Aurora Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, according to the medical examiner, which ruled the death a homicide.

Lucas Fuksa, an attorney, and his wife, Daniela, are suing Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 and Superintendent Eric Olson, alleging that the district does not have the legal authority to require students to quarantine as part of its response plan to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Grammy-winning singer, whose hits include 1996′s “I Believe I Can Fly,” went on to sell millions more records after that shocking verdict. But questions about his misconduct continued to dog him, culminating with the 2019 Lifetime docu-series “Surviving R. Kelly” chronicling the alleged abuse of more than a dozen girls and young women, several of whom later became the focus of the federal investigation.

In one of the audio clips involving Anna, Kelly can be heard directing the alleged victim where to put her leg. In the background, a television was tuned to ESPN, with hosts debating Michael Jordan and LeBron James. In closing arguments, prosecutors referenced the video numerous times, saying it was part of a pattern by Kelly to punish and humiliate victims in order to keep them under his control.

On Sept. 7, Alejandro Lopez, 19, of the 500 block of Belvidere Road, Waukegan, was ordered held without bond after he was charged with first-degree murder, home invasion, discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon in the Sept. 4 shooting death of Stanley Butler III in an apartment in the 1700 block of Dodge Avenue.