Vida The Rebounding Dog / Sox Sweep / Hebru Brantley / Justin Bieber

Meet Vida, the rebounding dog.

The tiny, almost 2-year-old Lakeland terrier stalks air balls at the Langley Park court in Pullman with pesky persistence.

You've got to see her play.

KONKOL COLUMN: My Neighbors Hold Out Hope Chicago Sky Drafts Vida The Rebounding Dog

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• On Mother's Day, two Chicago moms planned their son's funerals. Brandon Slater was killed after picking up a cake for Mother's Day. (CBS2)
• A 64-year-old man was shot and killed while mowing his lawn in West Pullman. Larry Purnell, who everybody called "Goldie," ran his own landscaping company. (CBS2)
• How did a South Side school increase the number of students vaccinated against coronavirus? TikTok videos, and teacher phone calls, Mauricio Pena reports. (Chalkbeat).
• A Cook County judge denied State's Attorney Kim Foxx's bid to reduce the prison sentence of a 55-year-old convicted burglar under a new state law. Judge Stanley Sacks said he didn't believe 55-year-old convicted burglar Charles Miles had shown himself to be rehabilitated. (ABC7)

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