Новости за 04.08.2020

Protestors rally outside of City Hall on Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. | Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

Multiple demonstrations Monday were held to halt a plan to send most students back to school two days per week.

Divers searched for a teen boy who fell into Lake Michigan Aug. 3, 2020, at Diversey Harbor. | Chicago Fire Department

Divers searched near Diversey Harbor for about an hour before the mission was suspended, fire officials said.

White Sox center fielder Luis Robert had a slash line of .351/.385/.595 through Sunday. | Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images

Even in a 60-game season, it’s not out of the question for Robert to contend for the best season by a Sox player making his MLB debut at 22. The leader is Frank Thomas.

Nine-year-old Janari Ricks was shot and killed at about 6 p.m. on July 31 as he and friends were playing on the 900 block of North Cambridge Avenue in Chicago. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

The police have arrested a suspect in the murder of Janari Ricks, 9. Somebody dropped the cops a line. This is a big part of what it will take to stop other children — and adults —from being gunned down.

After Nichols Farm and Orchard was told July 28 they no longer could sell at the Wicker Park Farmers Market, Nick Nichols showed up anyway on Sunday, parked next to the market and gave away a truckload of produce. The neighborhood chamber of commerce said Nichols’ stand was removed due to violations of COVID-19 protocol. | Facebook

The chamber of commerce found the farm had repeatedly violated COVID-19 protocol. The farm’s owner blames their removal on a feud with the market manager.

Charges have been filed in an alleged equity skimming scheme involving Cahill Rosewood. | File photo

Cahill Rosewood, which owns nursing homes in St. Charles and Northbrook, was implicated in the fraud, prosecutors say.

Researcher around the world, such as this technician at the Imperial College in London, are working on a vaccine against COVID-19. But scientists fear that people fed false information online will refuse to take the vaccine. | Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photos

We need to teach students to be savvier online. We need to teach to them when and how to be skeptical, but also, when to believe the experts.

Brian Rich/Sun-Times

Here’s what we know today about the continuing spread of the coronavirus and its ripple effects in Chicago and Illinois.

Northwestern has suspended football activities after a player tested positive for coronavirus. | Nam Y. Huh/AP

Northwestern’s news comes shortly after Illinois’ athletic department announced it has recorded 23 positive COVID-19 test results since players started arriving on campus for voluntary team activities in early June.

A worker at an early voting site in Chattanooga, Tennessee. | C.B. Schmelter/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP

Our elections are endangered by partisan, racially biased efforts to constrict the right to vote. Needed reforms include making Election Day a national holiday, extending early voting and vote by mail, and strengthening the Voting Rights Act.