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Members of the abortion rights group Reproaction demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Sept. 9, 2021. A man in Arkansas and another in Illinois on Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, filed what appeared to be the first legal actions under a strict new abortion law in Texas that is enforced by ordinary citizens, regardless of where they live. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)
“This is an extraordinary moment for Northwestern … ,” said President Morton Schapiro, in a statement. “Thousands of our alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students and friends came together to support the astonishing trajectory of Northwestern and increase our impact on the world, and I am truly humbled by their generosity.”
In an effort to reengage students, many of whom hadn’t seen the inside of a classroom in a year and a half, CPS said Wednesday that its staffers reached out to about 85,000 students through canvassing, phone banking and marketing campaigns, and that they made contact with about 80% of that group ahead of the start of school. CPS also said about thousands of students with the “greatest challenges to getting to school” were offered “intensive support.”
A few years ago, Elkins was charged in Michigan with sexually abusing a teen at a family party a year earlier, records show. He pleaded guilty in August 2016 to misdemeanor charges, including battery and disorderly conduct, in exchange for a year of probation and a $1,200 fine.
The Illinois attorney general’s office will conduct interviews along with public and private meetings with police officers, city officials, Joliet residents and other stakeholders, a news release from the Illinois attorney general’s office said. Investigators have met with community groups; O’Dekirk; Joliet Police Department leadership, including the department’s new chief, Dawn Malec; police union representatives; and the Will County state’s attorney’s office.
The vaccine is more widely available now than during the last school year, and is now required for school personnel statewide. But “what’s different,” Sharkey said, “is, the virus is more contagious, we’ve got more people in the schools, so it’s worse in terms of exposure, but the testing program actually got scaled down,” Sharkey said. “They’ve kept the same number of contact tracers, despite the fact that the number of students went up by a factor of six. … It’s been a disaster.”
GoodKids MadCity, an anti-violence group, said one of the teens was a member of the group, and that the boy was a student at Simeon Career Academy, 8147 S. Vincennes Ave. The Chicago Teachers Union said the other 15-year-old boy, who was fatally shot hours earlier, also attended the high school.
“The school will remain closed until the Naperville Police Department and our administration have deemed it safe to resume classes,” the district’s first morning announcement said. “If you have not left for school yet, please remain home until you receive an all clear to attend message. Please do not come to campus.”
Despite being more reliable, PCR tests are slower than rapid tests, taking 24 to 48 hours to provide results. So if you need answers in a matter of minutes, rapid antigen tests are your best call. You can use these if you have symptoms and you’re trying to decide whether you should go to work, or to see your grandma, said Hayden.
Prosecutors’ witnesses fell largely into two categories. Kelly’s accusers, mostly young women, have alleged that he was violent and manipulative, even controlling when they could leave their rooms to use the bathroom. Kelly’s alleged enablers have taken the stand to testify about the structure of the so-called enterprise, including Kelly’s rules keeping women isolated to their rooms or on tour buses.