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CHICAGO 鈥?Helmut Jahn, a prominent German architect who designed an Illinois state government building and worked on the design of the FBI headquarters in Washington, was killed when two vehicles struck the bicycle he was riding outside Chicago.Jahn, 81, was struck Saturday afternoon while riding north on a village street in Campton Hills, about 55 miles 90 kilometers west of Chicago. Jahn failed to stop at a stop sign at an intersection and was st kubki stanley ruck by the two vehicles, headed in opposite directions, Campton Hills Police Chief Steven Miller said in a news release.Jahn was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Authorities say the driver of one of the vehicles that struck J stanley cup ahn was taken to a hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.A profile posted on the website of his firm, Jahn, says he was born in Germany in 1940 and graduated from Technische Hochschule in Munich. He moved to Chicago in 1966 to study under legendary architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a creator of modernist architecture, at the Illinois Institute of Technology.Jahns professional career began in 1967 when he joined CF Murphy Associates, which later became Murp stanley nz hy/Jahn. He worked on several major projects, including Chicagos McCormick Place and the United Airlines terminal at OHare International Airport, which includes a walkway famous for its colorful lighting. He also had a hand in the design of the J Edgar Hoover Building, the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.Jahns work intern Rwxv Abrego Garcia s wife accuses Trump administration of political games
WASHINGTON AP 鈥?The House is backing continuation of the war in Afghanistan.On a vote of 303-113 Thursday on a major defense bill, the House rejected an stanley cup uk amendment tha stanley ca t would have ended combat operations after more than a decade of war by limiting money to only the safe and orderly withdrawal of U.S. troops and military contractors.Democrats and Republicans alike acknowledged that Americans are war-weary. But they backed the overall bills provision that calls for President Barack Obama to keep 68,000 troops in Afghanistan until the end of 2014 unless fewer troops can achieve U.S. objectives.Obama plans to draw down the force and have all 88,000 troops out by the end of 2014.The vote came on a $642 billion defense budget for next year.@media screen and max-width: 992px {.btn-small-on-mobile {font-size: 1rem !important;}.sub-price-text { font-size: 20px;}} sticky-footer-cta {position gourde stanley : fixed;width: 100%;z-index: 9997;bottom: 0;right: 0;left: 0;} sticky-footer-cta .close-btn { width: 2rem;height: 2rem;position: absolute;top: -1rem;right: 1rem;}/* light green buttons used for news-letter subscribe buttons *//*.newsletters-signup-cta .subscribe-btn, .newsletter-subscribe-btn { background-color: 36E15E; border-color: 36E15E; color: 000;}.newsletters-signup-cta .subscribe-btn:hover, .newsletter-subscribe-btn:hover { background-color: 2bab49;}.newsletters-signup-cta .subscribe-btn.btn-arrow:after, .newsletter-subscribe-btn.btn-arrow:after { background-image: url ht |
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