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Friday, April 19, 2019

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Flowers and tributes are left outside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Thursday, April 18, 2019. Nearly $1 billion has already poured in from ordinary worshippers and high-powered magnates around the world to restore Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a massive fire. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

More yellow vest protests despite Notre Dame fire

For many yellow vest activists, the stinging sadness that came with the devastating fire at Notre Dame Cathedral has quickly made way for boiling anger ahead of another round of planned protests in Paris and across France this weekend.
This undated image made from video, shows a sign on dingo on Fraser Island, Australia. Rescue personnel said a father fought off several dingoes to save his 14-month-old son from one of the wild dogs that was dragging the boy from their campervan on an Australian island early Friday, April 19, 2019. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)

Rescuers: Dad saved toddler from dingo attack in Australia

Rescue personnel say a father fought off several dingoes to save his 14-month-old son from one that was dragging the boy from the family's campervan on an Australian island
The Naperville City Council this week rejected a proposal from the public works department to scale back its leaf pickup obligations.

Why Naperville won't reduce curbside leaf collection program

The Naperville City Council this week unanimously shot down a proposal to scale back the city's curbside leaf collection program from three cycles to two.
President Donald Trump gives a ‘thumbs-up’ as he prepares to board Air Force One, Thursday, April 18, 2019, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. President Trump is traveling to his Mar-a-lago estate to spend the Easter weekend in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump tried to seize control of Mueller probe, report says

Special counsel Robert Mueller's report revealed to a waiting nation Thursday that President Donald Trump tried to seize control of the Russia probe and force Mueller's removal to stop him from investigating potential obstruction of justice by the president. Trump was largely thwarted by those around him.
President Donald Trump gestures Thursday while speaking at a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride event in the East Room of the White House in Washington.
'A good day': Trump claims victory with Mueller report out
Before the world glimpsed the redacted version of the special counsel's report , President Donald Trump tried once more to frame the moment as a political victory.
President Donald Trump arrives for a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride event in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 18, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Read the full Mueller Report
Public at last, special counsel Robert Mueller's report revealed to a waiting nation Thursday that President Donald Trump had tried to seize control of the Russia probe and force Mueller's removal to stop him from investigating potential obstruction of justice by the president.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin
Durbin: Bring Mueller to Congress to testify on report
It's time to let Robert Mueller speak, Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin said, after the release of the special counsel's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election Thursday.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller walks past the White House after attending services at St. John’s Episcopal Church, in Washington.
Full text of Mueller's questions and Trump's answers
Robert Mueller's 448-page investigative report into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election includes 23 unredacted pages of Mueller's written questions and Donald Trump's written responses, the only direct exchange between the special counsel's office and the president.
FILE - In this April 4, 2019, file photo, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders talks with reporters outside the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Sanders claims she didn't lie, despite Mueller finding
President Donald Trump's spokeswoman Sarah Sanders pushed back Friday against allegations that special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report exposed a culture of lying at the White House
FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2018 file photo, a boat sits amidst debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Fla. Weather forecasters have posthumously upgraded last fall's Hurricane Michael from a Category 4 storm to a Category 5. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced the storm's upgraded status Friday, making Michael only the fourth storm on record to have hit the U.S. as a Category 5 hurricane. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Hurricane Michael gets an upgrade to rare Category 5 status
Hurricane Michael was actually stronger than initially measured when it devastated a swath of the Florida Panhandle last fall
FILE- In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference, in San Jose, Calif. Federal regulators are reportedly considering seeking some kind of oversight over Mark Zuckerberg's leadership of Facebook over the social network giant's mishandling of users' personal information. The Washington Post reported Friday, April 19, 2019 that discussions between Facebook and Federal Trade Commission officials about its data-handing lapses have touched on holding the CEO personally accountable. Zuckerberg controls a majority of Facebook's voting stock. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Report: FTC considering oversight of Facebook's Zuckerberg
Washington Post says discussions between Facebook and Federal Trade Commission officials about the company's data-handing lapses have touched on instituting some sort of oversight for company CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Cardi B rejects plea deal in strip club melee case
Cardi B has rejected a plea deal in a case stemming from a New York strip club melee last fall
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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The annual Easter egg hunt and pictures with the Easter Bunny at Viking Park in Gurnee. Participants also could find a special egg and win a prize.
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Smoke billows as flames destroy the roof of the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on April 15, 2019. - A major fire broke out at the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris sending flames and huge clouds of grey smoke billowing into the sky, the fire service said. The flames and smoke plumed from the spire and roof of the gothic cathedral, visited by millions of people a year, where renovations are currently underway. Getty Images)
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Stacy Kifer, of Carol Stream holds twins Kobe, left, and Kaleb, age 2-1/2, after they had their photo taken with the Easter Bunny and 18 other sets of twins at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg Thursday.
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