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Shigeru Yokota, bottom left, wipes tears as he and his wife Sakie, right, speak during a press conference in Tokyo in September, 2002 after they were informed that their daughter Megumi, abducted to North Korea in the 1970s, had died. Shigeru Yokota died of natural causes before he was able to meet his daughter again, his group said Friday, June 5, 2020. He was 87. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan advocate for daughter, others abducted to NKorea dies

Shigeru Yokota, a Japanese campaigner for the return of his daughter and a dozen others who were abducted to North Korea in the 1970s, has died

Despite pandemic, Indiana's RV industry sees demand surge

SHIPSHEWANA, Ind. (AP) - Despite Indiana's rising unemployment numbers because of the coronavirus pandemic's effect on the state's economy, northern Indiana's RV industry is running at near capacity. That's because new RVs are selling faster right now that manufacturers can make them.

Son's disappearance torments mom and dad

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Marcus Wright went out to get a haircut seven years ago. He didn't come back. 'He left from the front of the house to get a haircut and we never saw him again,' said Wright's mother, Aqua Wright.

Peoria educator wore 23 for Bulls before Michael Jordan

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - For the past 26 years, a former No. 23 from the Chicago Bulls has been living in the Peoria area. But it's not 'Air Jordan.' It's 'Air Mack.'
Mural project brightens community spaces in Indiana towns
FRANKLIN, Ind. (AP) - Brightly colored kites drift lazily in the cloud-filed sky, while a bespectacled Ben Franklin peers at traffic passing through downtown Franklin. The sun rises over farm fields and grain silos in downtown Bargersville, while a massive cardinal soars over Edinburgh. Whiteland's heartbeat greets visitors to town.
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, center, listens as Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey becomes emotional during a news conference in Minneapolis. George Floyd’s death and the protests it ignited nationwide over racial injustice and police brutality have raised questions about whether Arradondo — or any chief — can fix a department that’s now facing a civil rights investigation.
Chief struggles to change Minneapolis police culture
When Medaria Arradondo was tapped to lead the Minneapolis Police Department in 2017, he faced a public newly outraged by the fatal police shooting of a woman who had called 911 and still carrying deep mistrust from the killing of a black man two years earlier.
President Donald Trump speaks Friday during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.
Citing jobs, Trump claims victory over virus, economic crisis
President Donald Trump took a victory lap Friday morning after the government reported surprising job gains for last month, seizing on the data to predict that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic and its economic disruption was in the rear-view mirror.
A woman walks past a boutique with a sale sign Thursday in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
Unemployment rate falls to 13.3%, U.S. adds 2.5 million jobs
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May from 14.7%, and 2.5 million jobs were added -- a surprisingly positive reading in the midst of a recession that has paralyzed the economy in the wake of the viral pandemic.
In this Thursday, June 4, 2020, photo, Francisco Flores, left, poses for a portrait with his wife Livia Herrera in New York. When his brother Crescencio Flores died of coronavirus in New York, his parents back in Mexico asked for one thing: that their son be sent home for burial. So far, his efforts have been in vain. 'I am trying to do this because my parents, 85 and 87 years old, live there," Francisco Flores said. 'They are rooted in their customs. They want a Christian burial for the remains of their son.' (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Mexican families struggle to send virus victims back home
Many Mexican families are struggling to send home the bodies of loved ones who have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. Returning a body to another country is never easy, but the coronavirus has added extra bureaucracy and costs
Sistas Van driver Denise Rodriguez pauses in front of the van she uses to pick up and drop off supplies for those in need of help amid the coronavirus outbreak, Tuesday, May 19, 2020, in New York. Originally launched to help survivors of sexual and reproductive violence and physical abuse, the women's network and their van have been delivering badly-needed resources to black and Hispanic communities, which have been disproportionately affected by the fast-spreading virus. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Food, coffee, diapers: Amid pandemic, van delivers donations
In normal times the powder-blue vehicle called Sistas Van serves survivors of sexual trauma and domestic violence
People raise their fists during a rally, Friday, June 5, 2020, in Las Vegas, against police brutality sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Mourners hold memorial for Floyd as more protests gather
Mourners are holding a private memorial service in George Floyd's North Carolina hometown while the nation's capital prepares for what is expected to be the city's largest demonstration against police brutality yet
In this image from video provided by WBFO, a Buffalo police officer appears to shove a man who walked up to police Thursday, June 4, 2020, in Buffalo, N.Y. Video from WBFO shows the man appearing to hit his head on the pavement, with blood leaking out as officers walk past to clear Niagara Square. Buffalo police initially said in a statement that a person 'was injured when he tripped & fell,' WIVB-TV reported, but Capt. Jeff Rinaldo later told the TV station that an internal affairs investigation was opened. Police Commissioner Byron Lockwood suspended two officers late Thursday, the mayor's statement said. (Mike Desmond/WBFO via AP)
Prosecutor: 2 Buffalo police charged with assault in shoving
Prosecutors say two Buffalo police officers have been charged with assault after a video showed them shoving a 75-year-old protester
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Several suburban Black Lives Matter protests Thursday
The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment # 71,836, Dave Tonge photo: On the very last day of Arlington High School on June 8, 1984, Athletic Director Russ Attis presides over the last bell and last flag lowering ceremony. In 1985 Christian Liberty Academy of Prospect Heights purchased the school and continues to operate from that location.
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Sidewalks were crowded with shoppers on Geneva’s Third Street Friday afternoon. Most were not wearing masks.
Illinois moves to Phase 3, businesses open
World War II Army Air Corps veteran Ed Mampre, 96 of Elk Grove Village, waves as a Memorial Day drive-by parade passes by Monday to honor him and two other veterans.
Memorial Day events in the suburbs and around the country
Naperville resident and World War II veteran Bob Piper points back at someone yelling out congratulations to him during a drive-by parade celebrating his 98th birthday Friday.
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