Новости за 31.08.2020

Members of the Milwaukee Bucks join arms as they kneel during the National Anthem before a game on Aug. 29, 2020. | Ashley Landis/AP Photos

Despite unprecedented, multiracial demonstrations across the country protesting police violence against African Americans, the horrors keep on coming.

Omar Maani was of the main investors in SafeSpeed, LLC, and is believed to be a government informant.  | Screen grab from SafeSpeed, LLC video

Businessman Omar Maani, who is believed to be cooperating with investigators, faces one count of conspiracy to commit bribery.

White Sox general manager Rick Hahn. (AP) | AP Photos

Major League Baseball’s trade deadline came and went Monday without the White Sox making a deal to bolster their pitching staff.

Dr. Kiran Joshi, a co-lead at Cook County Health, at a press conference in July. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

Dr. Rachel Rubin, one of the co-leaders of the Cook County Department of Public Health, said Monday the county continues to “see a rise in the rate of new cases diagnosed each day.”

Mayor Lori Lightfoot offered updated figures today for the fiscal challenges the city will face this year and next.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Caitlin Joyce holds family portraits, including her as a child with her parents and a photo of her 90-year-old grandfather, as she poses for a photo at her home Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, in Edmonds, Wash. | Elaine Thompson/AP Photo

School reopenings, holiday travel and more indoor activity because of colder weather could all separately increase transmission of COVID-19 and combine in ways that could multiply the threat.

White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito, right, reacts with teammates after closing out a no hitter at the end of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton) | AP Photos

Right-hander Lucas Giolito, who pitched the 19th no-hitter in White Sox history Tuesday, has been named American League Player of the Week for the period of August 24-30.

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Chafin is 1-1 with an 8.10 ERA in 11 games this season, but owns a career 3.68 ERA in seven seasons in Arizona.

A man fell into Monroe Harbor on Aug. 30, 2020. | Google Maps

After a two-hour rescue search Sunday evening by divers with the police and fire departments, Chicago fire officials announced that the search had become a recovery mission.

Volunteers paint murals on boarded-up businesses in Kenosha, Wis., on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020, at an “Uptown Revival.” | AP

Protesters have marched in Kenosha every night since Jacob Blake’s shooting, with some protests devolving into violence that has damaged buildings and vehicles.

FIU’s Napoleon Maxwell runs for a touchdown against New Hampshire last year. | Photo by Mark Brown/Getty Images

The Bears signed rookie running back Napoleon Maxwell.

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

Among the key ingredients in cloud bread are whites of three eggs, beaten until stiff peaks form. | stock.adobe.com

Social media has seen the rise of cloud bread, an easy, three-ingredient bread that comes out of the oven looking like a fluffy cloud. Videos show people ripping the bread in half to reveal a cotton candy-like texture, and most users add food coloring to make it look extra pretty.

Chicago police gather outside Stroger Hospital Aug. 30, 2020, after two officers were shot on the West Side. The suspect was also wounded by police. | Kathy Chaney/Sun-Times

Police sources confirmed the male suspect has been charged; officials to release more details Monday.

St. Louis police officers line up and salute as the body of fallen Officer Tamarris L. Bohannon is brought to the morgue in St. Louis, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020. | AP

Officer Tamarris L. Bohannon, 29, had been with the department for 3 1/2 years.

Bears running back David Montgomery (32) could miss the season opener against the Lions after suffering a groin injury in practice last week. He is out 2-4 weeks. | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images

With the quarterback issue unsettled, running back David Montgomery’s injury last week threw the Bears for a loop. Without a good running game, neither Mitch Trubisky nor Nick Foles is likely to thrive. 

Four people were shot, including an 8-year-old boy, Aug. 30, 2020, in Zion. | Zion police Facebook photo

Two people in a dark-colored SUV fired shots at a group of adults just before 1 a.m. outside a home in the 2300 block of Joppa Avenue, Zion police said.

Chicago police investigate the scene where a 21-year-old man was shot and killed Aug. 28, 2020, at a Shell gas station in the 900 block of North Pulaski Road in West Humboldt Park. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

Ten people were killed in separate attacks throughout the city, while two Chicago police officers and a teenage boy were among the dozens of victims wounded.

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A teenage boy was shot Aug. 30, 2020, in Woodlawn. | Sun-Times file photo

The 15-year-old was shot in the back about 8:30 p.m. in the 1200 block of East 63rd Street, Chicago police said.

“Lovecraft Country” actor Michael K. Williams believes the HBO series tells the true story of Black America amid social unrest. | HBO

The veteran actor from ‘The Wire’ and ‘Boardwalk Empire’ plays Montrose Freeman, the father of Atticus “Tic” Freeman, on the HBO series.

Jon Rahm of Spain celebrates after making a putt for birdie on the 16th green during the final round of the BMW Championship on the North Course at Olympia Fields Country Club on August 30, 2020 in Olympia Fields, Illinois. | Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images

Spaniard tops Dustin Johnson in playoff; Woods over par again

Still frame from video allegedly showing the Kenosha shooting involving Antioch teen Kyle Rittenhouse. | Brendan Gutenschwager via Storyful

The Kyle Rittenhouse saga has added another complex — and highly political — dimension to the volatile events unfolding in Kenosha, coming as President Donald Trump is stepping up his “law and order” messaging and accusing Joe Biden of being the captive of a radical left.

Ariana Grande (left) and Lady Gaga, both masked, perform “Rain on Me” at the MTV Video Music Awards, where the tune later was named song of the year. | MTV

BTS, The Weeknd and Ariana Grande also are winners.

A man fell into Lake Michigan Aug. 30, 2020, at Monroe Harbor. | Adobe Stock Photo

The 32-year-old fell off a boat about 6:05 p.m. into the harbor in the 400 block of East Monroe Street and never resurfaced, Chicago police said.