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Sunday, July 12, 2020

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Pedestrians use umbrellas to protect themselves from inclement weather brought about by Tropical Storm Fay, Friday, July 10, 2020, in New York. Beaches closed in Delaware and rain lashed the New Jersey shore as fast-moving Tropical Storm Fay churned north on a path expected to soak the New York City region. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Fay becomes post-tropical cyclone over eastern New York

A tropical storm that brought heavy rain to mid-Atlantic states and southern New England has been downgraded for a second time Saturday morning
The Supreme Court building in Washington.

Trump looks for political edge in latest high court rulings

President Donald Trump won the White House on the promise of bringing a conservative shift to the Supreme Court. But this year and last, even with two justices Trump hand-picked, the court has shown it is no rubber stamp for him or his administration's policies.
President Donald Trump listens as Robert Unanue, of Goya Foods, speaks Thursday during a roundtable meeting with Hispanic leaders in the Cabinet Room in Washington.

Goya CEO praises Trump at White House, backlash is swift

Goya Foods is facing a swift backlash after its CEO praised President Donald Trump at White House event.
FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2020, file photo, Dr. Gauden Galea, the World Health Organization (WHO) representative in China, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the WHO's offices in Beijing. A pair of World Health Organization experts will visit China over the weekend to lay the groundwork for a larger mission to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

WHO experts to visit China to plan COVID-19 investigation

Two World Health Organization experts are heading to the Chinese capital to lay the groundwork for a larger mission to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic
Piccadilly Lilly Diner owner Jessica Hein shares a booth with Jackson Evans, 4, as she waits for customers at the small restaurant adjacent to the Tri-County Airport in Lone Rock, Wis., Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
Lone Rock airport battles repeated flooding, now pandemic
LONE ROCK, Wis. (AP) - Marc Higgs remembers when this flat stretch of earth bounded by the Wisconsin River to the south and the unglaciated bluffs to the north was essentially a desert, complete with prickly pear cactus. Heavy rains were rarely a concern and flooding issues were kept at bay due to the sandy soil that would quickly drain major douses of water.
Winter wheat harvesting underway in central Illinois
Bloomington, Ill. (AP) - Combines are hitting the fields as winter wheat harvesting is underway in Central Illinois. The Fourth of July holiday weekend often signals harvesting time for wheat, which is planted in the fall. Despite some early spring storms and a dry June, farmer David Brown said yields were promising this summer, according to The Pantagraph.
Community gardens help to feed food insecure during pandemic
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Sharrona Moore makes a promise every year: to donate half of what her garden grows. But it's not really her garden, it's the community's garden.
Michelle "Micki" Smith's winning entry for a Ralph Lauren national design contest depicts her son, Micah, wearing an N95 mask with his head tilted back and eyes closed. It simply reads "Hope" with the round mask taking the place of the "O." The piece, titled "Just Let Me Breathe." (Ted Schurter/The State Journal-Register via AP)
Artist: Award-winning shirt design offers 'element of hope'
SPRINGFIELD, Ill (AP) - Michelle 'Micki' Smith's winning entry for a Ralph Lauren national design contest shows a Black man, his head tilted back and his eyes closed. It simply reads 'Hope' with an N95 mask taking the place of the 'O.' The model for Smith's drawing was her 24-year-old son, Micah, who has lived with Smith and her husband, Michael, since returning from Florida in February.
People salute as the body of a McAllen Police officer is carried out at McAllen Medical Center, Saturday, July 11, 2020, in McAllen, Texas. Two police officers were shot and killed after reportedly responding to a disturbance call. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP)
2 officers, suspect killed in Texas border town shooting
Authorities say two police officers were shot and killed Saturday by a suspect who later fatally shot himself in a South Texas border town after responding to a domestic disturbance call
People queue up to vote in Hong Kong Sunday, July 12, 2020, in an unofficial primary for pro-democracy candidates ahead of legislative elections in September. Over 200,000 Hong Kongers voted in an unofficial Hong Kong primary that will help the pro-democracy camp decide which candidates to field in legislative elections in September. The turnout exceeded organizers' estimates that some 170,000 people would turn up to vote over the weekend. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Over 200,000 vote in Hong Kong's pro-democracy primaries
Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers have voted in an unofficial two-day primary election held by the city's pro-democracy camp as it gears up to field candidates for an upcoming legislative poll
Inigo Urkullo, Basque Lehendakari or Regional President, right, wears a face mask as protection against the coronavirus while voting in a polling station during Basque regional election in the village of Durango, northern Spain, Sunday, July 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
The Latest: Vatican highlights plight of maritime workers
The Vatican is highlighting the plight of maritime workers during the pandemic, saying bans on shore leave are severely stressing crews stuck aboard ship, some to the point of suicide
People move away as health workers fumigate a slum to prevent an outbreak of dengue fever in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Monday, March 23, 2020. While 2019 was the worst year on record for global dengue cases, experts fear an even bigger surge is possible because their efforts to combat it were hampered by restrictions imposed in the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Dengue prevention efforts stifled by coronavirus pandemic
While 2019 was the worst year on record for global dengue cases, experts fear an even bigger surge is possible due to the coronavirus pandemic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Matt Ciciora-Gold, of Des Plaines swims laps Saturday June 20, 2020 at the Des Plaines Park District Iroquois pool. Ciciora-Gold was not able to practice swimming until Friday because his gym was closed due to COVID. He is training for a half Ironman and a full Ironman race. “I am really grateful this is open,” Ciciora-Gold said. The Des Plaines Park District is scheduled to have its two outdoor neighborhood pools open Saturday for adult lap swim and team practice, with the possibility of hosting open public swimming as soon as a week later. At the Iroquois pool, lap swimming is scheduled daily from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
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