It’s the last day of 2020, but the coronavirus pandemic isn’t stopping for 2021.
Here’s what else happened on the final day of the year as the coronavirus pandemic raged on.
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8:55 p.m. COVID-19 variant found in California; Dr. Fauci says more states ‘likely’
Memorial Hospital registered nurse Delaney Russom, left, and respiratory therapist Jamie Lovelady consult on a patient in the COVID-19 intensive care unit on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, in Bakersfield, Calif.
Alex Horvath/The Bakersfield Californian via AP
SAN DIEGO – California has reported its first case of a more contagious COVID-19 variant first identified in the United Kingdom – the second confirmed case in the U.S.
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Alice Brunner’s dog, Frankie, hops onto her lap as if the small canine holds the deed to the property.
Brunner doesn’t even attempt to feign disapproval. She loves the pup.
“She’s certainly made my life happier and dispels a lot of gloom on gloomy days,” said the retired stockbroker, who lives by herself in Old Town and adopted the shelter pup from PAWS Chicago.
The need for cuddly, loving moments is helping to drive a boom in people seeking to foster or adopt a pet during the pandemic.
“A lot of single people working from home wanted a companion,” said Katie Sershon, a volunteer with PAWS. “It provides structure and purpose to take care of something else, you’ve got to get up and keep a routine.”
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The snow/rain mix finally ended earlier today, and the rest of the afternoon will be cloudy with a high near 33 degrees. Tonight’s low will be around 19 degrees. Tomorrow, we get some much-needed sunshine; the high will be near 31 degrees.
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John Marshall Metropolitan High School is a West Side institution.
One of the city’s oldest public high schools, once heavily Jewish and for decades home to a nearly all-Black student body, it boasts fiercely proud alumni and a reputation for powerhouse athletics.
It’s named for the fourth chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, widely regarded as the most influential leader of the nation’s highest court, honored with his face on postage stamps and his name on law schools in Chicago and elsewhere.