Midwest
Chicago-area mall shooting injures 2, police say
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Two individuals had been shot Friday in a Chicago-area shopping center, authorities mentioned.
The incident occurred contained in the Style Shops of Chicago in Rosemont, situated about 16 miles west of Chicago.
The victims had been injured and brought to a hospital, the Rosemont Police-Hearth mentioned. Particulars about their situations or what led to the taking pictures weren’t disclosed.
Authorities had been looking the mall store-by-store to take away everybody. The “offender shouldn’t be on scene,” the division tweeted.
The realm is protected, police mentioned, however was nonetheless an “lively scene.”
Anybody on the lookout for members of the family and buddies had been advised to go to the Caddy Shack Restaurant to reunite.
The taking pictures occurred days after 4 individuals had been injured throughout a gunfire change at a Phoenix-area procuring outlet this week.
A 4-year-old boy, his mom and two teenage boys who fired at one another had been injured, Glendale police mentioned.
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Ohio
Who will replace JD Vance in the U.S. Senate? Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine mulling pick
Vivek Ramaswamy talks Trump win, open Ohio Senate seat
Vivek Ramaswamy talks ‘possibilities’ after J.D. Vance’s ascension to the office of Vice President.
Gov. Mike DeWine’s phone is blowing up with calls over Ohio’s soon-to-be vacant U.S. Senate seat, but he’s not giving away who’s in line for the job.
Sen. JD Vance won the vice presidency Tuesday, just two years after he was first elected to the Senate. Per state law, DeWine will appoint someone to serve with Sen.-elect Bernie Moreno until 2026. Voters will then elect someone to fill out the remaining two years of Vance’s term.
Moreno defeated longtime Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown Tuesday, meaning Ohio will soon be represented by two brand new senators.
“It takes someone who really will focus on the state of Ohio, will focus on national issues, someone who will really work hard, someone who wants to get things done,” DeWine told reporters Thursday. “These are qualifications, I think, that are very important. It also has to be someone who could win a primary. It has to be someone who could win a general election, and then two years later, do all that again. So, this is not for the faint-hearted.”
DeWine’s appointee will assume the role when Vance resigns from his seat. A Vance spokesman did not respond to questions about his timeline, but new senators take the oath of office in early January.
Who might replace JD Vance in the Senate?
DeWine is expected to appoint a fellow Republican, but he declined to say with whom he’s spoken or who he’s considering. Among the names floating around are former Ohio Republican Party chair Jane Timken, Secretary of State Frank LaRose and state Sen. Matt Dolan, R-Chagrin Falls.
Speaking to reporters Thursday, Moreno said he wants to see someone who supports the GOP agenda and understands what it’s like to campaign across the state.
“This is the difference between inherited wealth and wealth that you had to build yourself,” Moreno said. “And I’m not a fan of inherited wealth people. They tend to be lazy. The person that had to work for it is person I want to see.”
Dolan and LaRose lost to Moreno in the March Republican Senate primary. An adviser for Dolan did not respond to a request for comment. In a statement, LaRose said he’s “always ready to answer the call of duty” but currently focused on certifying Tuesday’s election results.
One person appeared to rule out a Senate appointment: Attorney General Dave Yost, who is running for governor against Lt. Gov. Jon Husted.
“Look, I’m an executive,” Yost told reporters earlier this week. “I’ve never been a legislator, and I’m not ready to end my public service, but I can’t imagine going to Washington, D.C. and I would not accept that.”
DeWine said he’d be open to someone who, like Moreno, doesn’t have prior experience in office. One person in that vein is Vivek Ramaswamy, a Columbus-area entrepreneur and Cincinnati-area native who unsuccessfully ran for the GOP presidential nomination earlier this year.
Ramaswamy has also been rumored as a potential candidate for governor or appointee to President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet. An asset management firm started by Ramaswamy is moving from Columbus to Dallas, but he said he’s no longer involved with the company and plans to stay in Ohio.
“Not everybody has the same skills,” Ramaswamy told reporters Thursday. “I’m an executive by background. That’s served me well as an entrepreneur, and those are skills that I’d like to put to use, and I want to reflect on the biggest and best possible way that we can use that skillset as an outsider to hopefully transform this country.”
Statehouse bureau reporters Jessie Balmert and Erin Glynn contributed.
South Dakota
8 things to know about UND football's next opponent South Dakota State
GRAND FORKS — The UND football program will try to snap out of a two-game road losing skid by returning to the Alerus Center to face the two-time defending national champions South Dakota State.
Here are eight things you need to know about the Jackrabbits.
1. Hagen, Preston on SDSU roster
Two former UND players are on South Dakota State’s roster in offensive tackle Sam Hagen and wide receiver Marcus Preston.
Preston, a senior, caught 29 passes for 285 yards across his first three seasons of college football at UND.
The Kansas native has never become a major factor in Brookings. He has one catch this season for 4 yards – a touchdown against Youngstown State on Oct. 12.
Hagen, a Fordville, N.D., native, transferred to SDSU after the 2023 season as UND lost its offensive line coach (Joe Pawlak to Montana) and offensive coordinator (Danny Freund to SDSU) in the offseason.
Hagen has been slotted as the starter for the Jacks all season, although he missed a few games with an injury in the middle of the season. He’s expected to play against his old team on Saturday.
2. Two coaches with UND backgrounds
The Jackrabbits will have two coaches with UND backgrounds in the Alerus Center this weekend.
Former UND quarterback and assistant coach Danny Freund now shares offensive coordinator duties for SDSU, while former UND running backs coach Robbie Rouse is a running backs coach for the Jacks.
After leaving UND, Rouse spent one season at Cal Poly before joining SDSU in 2023.
As a player, Freund was 16-6 as a two-year starter for the then-Fighting Sioux, finishing his career as the program’s most accurate passer (68.9 percent). He threw for 5,239 yards and 47 touchdowns.
Freund coached running backs (2011-12), quarterbacks (2013), wide receivers (2014-18) and was then elevated to offensive coordinator following the 2018 season.
Freund spent the 2022 and 2023 seasons with the associate head coach label.
3. Tip of the cap to Belquist
South Dakota State head coach Jimmy Rogers paid a compliment to UND wide receiver Bo Belquist during a weekly press conference in Brookings.
“I think they have arguably the best wide receiver in FCS football in Bo Belquist,” Rogers said. “He should be an All-American the way he competes and plays.”
Belquist, a fifth-year senior who became UND’s all-time receptions leader earlier this season, has 48 catches for 754 yards and nine touchdowns this season.
4. Gronowski poses dual threat
South Dakota State quarterback Mark Gronowski is beating teams with his arms and legs – a trait that hurt UND in the latest back-to-back road losses.
Gronowski enters the weekend with his hand in 114 career touchdowns: 82 passing, 31 rushing and one receiving.
In 2023 in Brookings against UND, Gronowski threw for 167 yards and a touchdown and ran for a touchdown.
In 2022 at UND, Gronowski threw for 197 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran for two touchdowns.
In a loss at UND in the spring of 2021, Gronowski threw for 309 yards and two touchdowns and was intercepted twice – the only two-interception game of the season.
South Dakota State has become an NFL pipeline in recent years with six former Jacks on opening day NFL rosters in 2024, led by tight ends Dallas Goedert of the Philadelphia Eagles and Tucker Kraft of the Green Bay Packers.
SDSU had two players selected in the 2024 NFL Draft with Mason McCormick taken in the fourth round by the Pittsburgh Steelers and Isaiah Davis taken in the fifth round by the New York Jets.
Davis has returned seven kickoffs for 179 yards this season. He has four carries for 18 yards.
6. SDSU expecting a hungry UND
UND enters the weekend coming off back-to-back losses and Rogers knows that could create a desperate opponent.
“They need this win, and they know that,” Rogers said. “We have to play with a certain edge. It’s a tough environment. We have to be prepared for a 60-minute game.”
The Jackrabbits trailed 14-0 the last time SDSU came to Grand Forks. The Jacks, however, used an interception return for a touchdown to flip momentum in a 38-21 victory.
7. Angel Johnson has home-run capability
With Isaiah Davis now in the NFL, SDSU has new opportunities in the backfield and Angel Johnson has emerged as a threat.
Johnson ran for a career-best 132 yards on just seven carries last week in a dominant win over Murray State. He scored on a 67-yard run late in the first quarter.
Of Johnson’s nine career touchdowns, six have covered 50 or more yards, including all three this season.
He scored on a 50-yard touchdown run against UND in 2023.
8. Wilde is the new go-to WR
South Dakota State’s 2023 standout wide receivers – Jadon and Jaxon Janke – have graduated, opening the door for a breakout season for sophomore Griffin Wilde.
Wilde had seven catches for 150 yards in the season opener at Oklahoma State.
Wilde had 10 catches the following week against Incarnate Word.
For the season, Wilde has 44 receptions for 571 receiving yards.
Wilde has cooled on his torrid start but still had three catches for 78 yards last week against Murray State.
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