Indiana’s Hannah Roberts became a first-time Olympic medalist Saturday night, walking away with a silver medal in the BMX freestyle finals. In her Olympic-debut earlier in the week, Roberts finished as the top scorer during seeding, with Perris Benegas just claiming the second highest spot. Roberts won the world championships in the event in 2017, …
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Morton Salt has cut 40% of the staff at the 173-year-old company’s downtown Chicago headquarters following its recent purchase by a California investment firm. The company laid off about 120 of the roughly 300 employees at its Chicago offices this past week, the Chicago Tribune reported. The laid off workers worked primarily in administrative roles. Morton Salt …
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Indiana’s Hannah Roberts has become the top seed heading into the first-ever inaugural Olympic BMX freestyle finals Saturday night, where Team USA will set out to walk home with two medals. The night of events, which begin at 8:10 p.m. CT, start with the women’s final. In her Olympic-debut, Roberts finished as the top scorer …
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In the final night of swimming at the Tokyo Olympics, the Americans look to add to their 26 medals – eight gold, nine silver and nine bronze. The U.S. swim team won’t be able to match its 33 medals from Rio in 2016. But with medals from young first-time Olympians like Lydia Jacoby and Regan …
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An Illinois tax agency has ruled that former President Donald Trump is due a $1 million refund on the 2011 tax bill for his downtown Chicago skyscraper, but local officials are trying to block the refund. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that at issue is the Cook County Board of Review’s estimation of the value of the the …
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In Day 9 of competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Team USA will look break its medal tie with China, Caeleb Dressel could add more hardware in the last batch of swimming finals, and the final round of the men’s golf competition kicks off with American golfer Xander Schauffele holding a narrow lead. Tune in …
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Florida reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19, the state’s highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic, according to federal health data released Saturday, as its theme park resorts again started asking visitors to wear masks indoors. The state has become the new national epicenter for the virus, accounting for around a fifth of …
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A Champaign man has been arrested in the death of a 14-year-old boy whose body was found Friday in a roadside ditch by passersby. Champaign County State’s Attorney Julia Rietz said Daryl Vandyke, 55, is charged with the first-degree murder in Steven Wayne Butler III’s death. He’s being held in lieu of $2 million bond …
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Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is promising changes after continued long lines at facilities focused on driver’s licenses and identification cards. White said in a statement Friday that 16 facilities in the Chicago area will begin requiring an appointment to apply for or renew a driver’s license and ID cards beginning next month. Road …
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A number of household names are still vying for medals after three rounds of golf at the Tokyo Olympics. Team USA’s Xander Schauffele is clinging to a one-stroke lead over Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama of host country Japan. England’s Paul Casey and Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz sit two strokes back entering the final round. Further back, …
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