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But along with diverting stormwater, the mammoth basin captures sewage from aged lines running under streets throughout Chicago’s South Side and many south suburbs, which disgorge their contents into streets, waterways and, in some cases, Lake Michigan during particularly heavy storms.

Wells was outspoken about the racism, segregation and mistreatment of Black people in America. She educated the public about the issues of education, lynchings, women’s suffrage and much more. In a 1892 speech, she famously said, “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”

But some organ transplant patients are becoming reinfected, sometimes becoming ill enough to be hospitalized, Dilling said. That, coupled with the fact that some patients participating in studies, like Fox, do not appear to have developed antibodies, indicates a weakened level of protection.

In addition, CPS is making an $18 million investment for student transitions and student and family engagement programs, which they said will support more than 50,000 students in “transition years” through programs like Pre-K Preview, Kick Off to Kindergarten, Freshmen Connection and Sophomore Connection, along with postsecondary transition initiatives and summer outreach efforts.

The death penalty is a possibility for both men, who met each other playing semi-pro football for the Illini Panthers team in the Mid States Football Association. That process, however, is expected to take several months to determine, said Assistant U.S. Attorney David Nozick, one of the three attorneys Nommay assigned to the case. Typically, potential death-penalty cases are presented to the Attorney General’s Review Committee on Capital Cases in Washington, D.C., then they are passed on to the deputy attorney general and the attorney general, before local prosecutors file a notice of intent to seek or not seek the death penalty.

Two days before the event, six people were shot while waiting for their orders from a nearby sandwich shop, including a 23-year-old woman who died, according to police. Later that evening, 11 more people were shot in the Marquette Park neighborhood while they were standing outside, and a 37-year-old woman died, police have said.

Edmond Harris, 18, is accused of killing Javier Ramos, 46, on March 23 and was taken into federal custody Friday morning. Harris had an initial appearance Friday afternoon where he pleaded not guilty to carjacking, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence and causing death through the use of a firearm, Joseph D. Fitzpatrick, assistant U.S. attorney of the Northern District of Illinois, said in a news release.

Dwight police responded to a report of vehicle theft around 10:45 a.m. Monday. They talked to Holliman, who then left in his car, the Dwight Police Department said in a news release. About an hour later, Holliman, suffering from self-inflicted injuries, approached Dwight officers again, the department said. That’s when police found the woman’s body in the car.

“Thanks to responsible and balanced budgets, as well as sound economic policy decisions, we continue to move our state toward financial stability,” House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, a Hillside Democrat, said in a statement. “This is yet another example that we can support all Illinois families, invest in our communities, provide high-quality state services to those in need, all while improving our fiscal health.”

How license plate readers work: They record the plate number, make, model and color of every vehicle that passes, “and often compare them to the National Crime Information Center or a local police “hot sheet,” which may list stolen cars, suspended plates and people with outstanding arrest warrants or traffic violations,” McCoppin writes.