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The Colts closed their practice facility Friday after several positive COVID-19 tests. The facility reopened after retests came back negative. | David Richard/AP

The team will resume preparations for Sunday’s game against the Bengals.

Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times file

Inspector General Joe Ferguson’s third-quarter report outlined an array of corruption and wrongdoing by city employees.

In this courtroom drawing, Brandon Caserta, one of the defendants in the Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping case appears in federal court in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. | AP

U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Berens is also set to consider Friday whether two of the men, Adam Fox and Ty Garbin, should be denied bond ahead of trial.

“The pristine character of the Gulf of Mexico must be preserved,” writes David McGrath. “The sea is the last frontier where sportsmen, tourists, their grandchildren and, hopefully, great grandchildren, may encounter wilderness, solitude and wonder.” 

Its reported location is 45 miles southwest of Sarasota, in the middle of the state’s fishing grounds, where tens of thousands of Midwesterners vacation every year. 

Bodycam video from Chicago police officers who approached former Supt. Eddie Johnson when he fell asleep behind the wheel.  | Chicago police

A year after the incident that caused Johnson’s downfall, Inspector General Joe Ferguson’s long-awaited report details an elaborate police cover-up by seven of the fired superintendent’s underlings.

Yard signs promote a variety of 2019 Chicago mayoral candidates in an image from “City So Real.” | Chicago Story Film, LLC

With campaigns, protests and a pandemic in the foreground, the five-part series also listens in on people feeling the effects of change.

Paul and Toni Schultz with some of the many greyhounds who became part of their household (L-R) Comet, Bear and A.D., short for Artful Dodger. | Provided

“When you handed a dog to him and Toni, you knew that dog was getting taken care of. They were kind of greyhound whisperers.”

A driver was killed and a child was injured in a rollover crash Oct. 16, 2020, on I-290 near Harlem Avenue. | Illinois State Police Facebook photo

The female driver was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene, state police said. An 8-year-old boy was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood with serious injuries.

A new study says youth and young adults who watch episodic programs with tobacco imagery via streaming, cable and broadcast television are significantly more likely to initiate vaping than those who are not exposed to tobacco imagery on those media. | stock.adobe.com

“Far too often, young viewers see their favorite characters vaping or smoking on screen and are influenced to start using tobacco,” said California Attorney General Xavier Becerra in a statement.

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A woman was struck by a vehicle Oct. 15, 2020, in South Shore. | Sun-Times file photo

The 33-year-old was crossing the street about 10:15 p.m. when a southbound Buick SUV hit her in the 7500 block of South Exchange Avenue, Chicago police said.

Multiple residents were displaced in a town house fire Oct. 16, 2020, in the 1800 block of South Dearborn Street. | Sam Kelly/Sun-Times

The fire damaged multiple town houses and at least nine adults and three children were displaced, police said. No injuries were reported.

A 21-year-old woman was killed in a car crash in North Lawndale late Thursday night. | Sun-Times file photo

About 10:50 p.m. a man driving near the 1600 block of South Homan Avenue, struck the 21-year-old woman’s vehicle, Chicago police said.

A man was shot during a carjacking Oct. 15, 2020, in Austin. | Sun-Times file photo

About 11:20 p.m., two males walked up the 31-year-old and fired shots as he got out of his vehicle in the first block of North Mayfield Avenue, Chicago police said.

Two people were killed in a shootout Oct. 15, 2020, in the parking lot of the Dolton Menards, 14975 Lincoln Ave. | Google Maps

Multiple people started shooting at each other about 5 p.m. in the parking lot of the Menards at 14975 Lincoln Ave., according to Dolton Village Trustee Andrew Holmes.

Moon Alert

Avoid shopping or making important decisions after 5 p.m. Chicago time. The new moon in Libra peaks at 2:31 PM.

Aries (March 21-April 19)

This is an important new moon because it is the only new moon opposite Aries all year. Because Mars is in your sign now for six months (instead of six weeks), you might be a handful to deal with. Use today’s new moon to think how you can improve your closest relationships.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

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Republican nominee Pat O’Brien, left, in July; Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, right, in March. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times-file; Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times file

Campaign reports on file Thursday showed the Democratic incumbent had roughly $216,590.45 to spend, while O’Brien had at least $427,326.62. But with contribution limits blown by the Republican’s self-financing, donors are now free to give as much as they want to either candidate.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos pose for photographs at the conclusion of a town hall format meeting at the National Constitution Center October 15, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The second presidential debate was originally scheduled for this day but was cancelled due to President Donald Trump’s refusal to participate in a ‘virtual’ debate. Trump had tested positive for the coronavirus and was hospitalized for three days. | Photo by... Читать дальше...