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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

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A health worker gives a polio vaccine to a child at a school in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. Pakistan government launched an anti-polio vaccination campaign in an effort to eradicate the crippling disease affected children. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Bomb kills Pakistani policeman assigned to anti-polio team

A roadside bombing has targeted a police vehicle in northwestern Pakistan, killing a policeman and wounding three others
FILE - In this file photo dated Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves at the media as he leaves 10 Downing Street in London. Johnson has come under pressure to dismiss adviser Andrew Sabisky, who wrote offensive comments about race and intelligence in 2014, it has been revealed Monday Feb. 17, 2020, while a Downing Street spokesman sought to distance the government from the views expressed by advisor Sabisky. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, FILE)

UK PM Johnson and estranged wife reach financial settlement

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his estranged wife, Marina Wheeler, have reached a financial agreement for their divorce

Turkey seeks 695 arrests over links to U.S.-based cleric

State media in Turkey say prosecutors have issued detention warrants against 695 people suspected of links to the U.S.-based Muslim cleric blamed by Turkey for a failed coup attempt in 2016
FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2020, file photo, a security guard stands near the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama, near Tokyo. After 14 days, an extraordinary quarantine of the Diamond Princess cruise ship ends Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, with thousands of passengers and crew set to disembark over the next several days in the port of Yokohama. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Quarantine on cruise ship in Japan comes under question

When the Diamond Princess cruise ship was quarantined in Yokohama earlier this month, Japanese health officials said the extraordinary measure was needed to stop the spread of a worrying new virus that emerged in China
People offer funeral prayers for a victim of a toxic gas leak, during his funeral prayer, in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. The toxic gas leak killed several people and sickened dozens of others in a coastal residential area in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, police said Monday. The source of the leak, which occurred on Sunday night, and the type of gas that had leaked were not immediately known. There was no suspicion of sabotage. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Toxic gas leak kills 4 more people in coastal Karachi area
Pakistani officials say a toxic gas leak killed four more people in the southern port city of Karachi, bringing the death toll so far to nine in the incident that has mystified authorities
In this image from a video taken on Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, U.S. passengers who evacuated off the quarantined cruise ship the Diamond Princess and officials wait for the takeoff of a Kalitta Air airplane bound for the U.S., at Haneda airport in Tokyo. (Cheryl and Paul Molesky via AP)
American cruise passengers quarantined at US military bases
More than 300 American cruise ship passengers, including 14 who tested positive for coronavirus, were being quarantined at military bases in California and Texas on Monday after arriving from Japan on charter flights overnight.
Jackson, Miss., homeowners use shovels to work their way through Pearl River floodwater in this Jackson, Miss., neighborhood Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. Residents of Jackson braced Sunday for the possibility of catastrophic flooding in and around the Mississippi capital as the Pearl River rose precipitously after days of torrential rain. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Floods put Mississippi capital in 'precarious situation'
People in and around the Mississippi capital of Jackson are bracing for more flooding as the rain-swollen Pearl River continues to rise
In this Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, photo, a statue stands outside the Boys Scouts of America headquarters in Irving, Texas. The Boy Scouts of America has filed for bankruptcy protection as it faces a barrage of new sex-abuse lawsuits. The filing Tuesday, Feb. 18, in Wilmington, Delaware, is an attempt to work out a potentially mammoth compensation plan for abuse victims that will allow the 110-year-old organization to carry on. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Boy Scouts' future uncertain after bankruptcy filing
The Boy Scouts of America is hoping its operations across the U.S. can continue intact even after it has filed for bankruptcy protection
In this Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020, photo, Rabbi Jacqueline Mates-Muchin removes a Torah scroll from the ark, a cabinet that houses scrolls of the Hebrew Bible, while preparing for Shabbat morning service at Temple Sinai in Oakland, Calif. In September 2017, on the first day of Rosh Hoshana, the Jewish new year, a security guard found an anti-Semitic message scrawled on an outdoor wall of Temple Sinai. 'Since 2017, the congregation has been looking to try to feel safe,' she said. 'It's another layer that we always have to be conscious of.' (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Stresses multiply for many US clergy: 'We need help too'
These are daunting times for U.S. clergy of many faiths as the age-old challenges of their ministries are compounded by newly evolving stresses
Vatican police perform new raids in London real estate case
Vatican police have conducted new raids as part of a corruption investigation involving a London real estate venture
A man travels by boat through floodwater in Monmouth, Wales, Tuesday Feb. 18, 2020. Britain's Environment Agency issued severe flood warnings Monday, advising of life-threatening danger after Storm Dennis dumped weeks' worth of rain in some places. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
Storm-swollen rivers surge in UK, severe flood alerts issued
Residents in central England and Wales are piling up sandbags as rivers peaked after a weekend storm brought up to 6 inches (150 mm) of rain to an already waterlogged region
Henry Hashemi, 18, of Buffalo Grove
Buffalo Grove man, 18, faces drug charges after search
Buffalo Grove say officers recovered small amounts of illegal drugs and a large sum of money after serving a search warrant Thursday at a home that had been the subject of numerous calls for service and anonymous complaints.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Pedestrians and motorists traveling through the heart of the Wheaton’s downtown district on Saturday, Feb. 9 encountered the Ice Art Walk and Cocoa Crawl, an event presented by the Downtown Wheaton Association. Ice sculptures fashioned by ice artists from Chicago Ice Works were on display throughout the day.
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The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 2,836, Mike Seeling photo: After they saw other kids on their block in Elk Grove Village building snow forts, the Janos kids, John, right, Philip, left and Cindy decided they needed to build one too. They added a snow bench to sit on as well. The fort was constructed in January of 1966.
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Fox Meadow Elementary School 4th-grader Aiden Langlean makes sure to get every last kernel of popcorn out of his sample bag as he listens to Chris Sumner, owner of Mama Lee’s Gourmet Popcorn in Elgin, talk to students in South Elgin Monday about his popcorn-themed children’s book.
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Lola Jarzemsky of St. Edwards High School (small team) shows off their 3rd place trophy at state finals in Bloomington on Saturday.
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