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Duckworth, D-Ill., arrived in Taiwan with Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, as part of a larger trip to the region. Although the United States has no formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan, a self-governing democracy, it is the island’s most important ally and its main weapons provider. The senators’ visit is likely to go over poorly with China, which claims Taiwan as its territory.
The measure, Senate Bill 1646, which legislators recently passed with bipartisan support, allows longtime teachers who are nearing retirement, and whose salary increases are capped at 6%, to teach summer school, with the additional pension costs to be paid for by the state rather than the school district, Illinois Education Association spokesman Bridget Shanahan said.
On Saturday night, a 34-year-old man was driving his Audi in the 200 block of North LaSalle Street when a white sedan bumped him from behind shortly before 9 p.m., police said. The 34-year-old pulled over and got out of his car to exchange information, and then a man left the passenger seat of the sedan and pointed a gun at him, according to police. The gunman demanded the driver’s keys, which he handed over, and told the others in the Audi to get out. He then fled in the Audi, along with the driver of the sedan, police said.
Parishioners expressed their unwavering support for Pfleger with standing ovations, exclamations and worship. Pfleger took multiple opportunities throughout the nearly three-hour-long service to thank his supporters, including his attorneys and director Spike Lee, who were in the pews. After the service, Pfleger greeted parishioners on the church’s steps, at one point comforting a woman, saying, “Don’t be angry anymore. It’s all over.”
The victims ages range from 28 to 38, and they were shot in various parts of the body, police said. A 33-year-old man was shot in the chest, a 31-year-old man was shot in the back and leg, a 29-year-old man had a gunshot wound in the back, and a 32-year-old woman had a graze wound in the head. A 28-year-old man was shot in the right leg, a 31-year-old man had a gunshot in the buttocks, a 28-year-old man had a gunshot in the back, and a 38-year-old woman was shot in the left leg.
The 16-year-old boy was shot in the neck and taken to Comer Children’s Hospital in serious condition; the 17-year-old boy was shot in the shoulder and chest, and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in critical condition; and the 22-year-old man was shot in the back and groin, and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, the report said.
About 9:20 p.m., a 43-year-old man was fatally wounded in the West Englewood neighborhood in the 5600 block of South Marshfield Avenue. Police said the man was walking outside when someone inside a four-door white sedan opened fire, hitting him in the head. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
It’s still unclear why some coronavirus survivors don’t seem to get better weeks or even months after infection. Now scientists and physicians are trying to understand why many of these patients seem to feel better after getting vaccinated, improvements that ranges from a mild decline in symptoms to a life-changing return to their pre-COVID health.
Wendy French runs near her Lake in the Hills home on June 3, 2021. French has been a runner since 2005 but had to stop after she caught COVID-19 in September. After getting her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine in mid-April, described feeling healthy for the first time in more than seven months. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune)
The campus will include a museum in honor of the nation’s first Black president and first lady, Obama Foundation offices, a public library branch, an athletic center and an outdoor recreation space. About 750,000 visitors are expected annually. Initially, the brick-and-mortar cost was slated to be $500 million, but Obama Foundation president Valerie Jarrett on Friday said it would be nearly $700 million.