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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks in February during a news conference at a COVID-19 vaccination site in Brooklyn. New York’s attorney general said she’s moving forward with an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo after receiving a letter from his office Monday authorizing her to take charge of the probe.

Critics: Cuomo apology 'tone-deaf,' ignores power imbalance

When Yuh-Line Niou first arrived in Albany to work as a legislative aide in 2013, lawmakers grabbed her buttocks, suggested she and her boss were "a hot duo" who should have sex, and peered into her office to check her out for a "hot or not" list.
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.

FBI chief calls Jan. 6 'domestic terrorism,' defends handling of intelligence

FBI Director Chris Wray condemned the January riot at the U.S. Capitol as "domestic terrorism" Tuesday as he defended the bureau's handling of intelligence indicating the prospect for violence. He told lawmakers the information was properly shared with other law enforcement agencies even though it was raw and unverified.
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden promised to make a pariah out of Saudi Arabia over the 2018 murder of dissident Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. But when it came time to actually penalize Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, America’s strategic interests prevailed.

Analysis: Biden retreats from vow to make pariah of Saudis

As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden promised to make a pariah out of Saudi Arabia over the 2018 killing of dissident Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. But when it came time to actually punish Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Biden's perception of America's strategic interests prevailed.
FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021 file photo, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures as he stands behind a grass of the cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia. Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was transported to a prison 100km away from Moscow. Navalny was taken to a prison in Pokrov city after Moscow city court rejected appeal against his prison sentence on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

US sets sanctions over Russia opposition leader's poisoning

The Biden administration has announced sanctions of Russian officials and businesses related to the poisoning and jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny
FILE - In this Nov. 21, 2019 file photo, Israel's Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit reads a statement for media, in Jerusalem. In an official letter to the national security adviser released Monday, March 2, 2021, Mandelblit slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's announcement that he would share surplus vaccines with far-flung allies in Africa, Europe and Latin America. Mandelblit argues that the prime minister cannot make such a decision without consulting the Cabinet. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
Israeli attorney general slams Netanyahu's vaccine diplomacy
Israel's attorney general has warned Benjamin Netanyahu that he cannot single-handedly share the country's surplus vaccines with far-flung allies in Africa, Europe and Latin America
Albin Kurti leader of Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) reacts during an interview with The Associated Press in capital Pristina, Kosovo on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. Kosovo's main opposition Self-Determination Movement party or Vetevendosje! has won a clear victory in an early election held amid the coronavirus pandemic, an economic downturn and stalled negotiations with wartime foe Serbia. (AP Photo/ Visar Kryeziu)
EU envoy urges Kosovo to resume talks with Serbia
The European Union's special envoy has called on Kosovo and Serbia to resume talks on normalizing their ties
Polish LGBT rights activists gather outside a court which acquitted three women who faced trial on accusations of desecration, in Plock, Poland, Tuesday March 2, 2021. A Polish court has acquitted three activists who had been accused of desecration for adding the LGBT rainbow to images of a revered Roman Catholic icon. In posters that they put up in protest in their city of Plock, the activists used the rainbow in place of halos on a revered image of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Polish court acquits activists who put LGBT rainbow on icon
A Polish court has acquitted three activists who had been accused of desecration for adding the LGBT rainbow to images of a revered Roman Catholic icon
5 hurt in Chicago high-rise carbon monoxide leak, fire
Five people have been hurt in a carbon monoxide leak and fire in a Chicago apartment building
FILE - This combination file photo shows CNN news anchor Chris Cuomo at the WarnerMedia Upfront in New York on May 15, 2019, left, and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaking during a news conference in New York on March 23, 2020. CNN host Chris Cuomo told viewers on Monday, March 1, 2021, that he '˜obviously' could not cover the charges against his older brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. New York's leader has been accused of sexual harassment by two women who work in state government. But Chris Cuomo said he understands CNN has to cover it, and said he cares profoundly about the issues brought up by the women who have accused his brother. (AP Photo/File)
CNN's Chris Cuomo says he 'obviously' can't cover brother
CNN host Chris Cuomo told viewers on Monday that he '˜obviously' could not cover the accusations against his older brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo
FILE - This Aug. 25, 2013 file photo shows black columns of smoke rising from heavy shelling in the Jobar neighborhood in East of Damascus, Syria. A group of Syrian chemical attack survivors and Syrian rights groups said Tuesday they have filed a criminal complaint in France over two August 2013 attacks outside Damascus, pointing to the alleged responsibility of the Syrian government in what would constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
Groups ask France to probe 2013 Syria chemical attacks
A group of Syrian chemical attack survivors and Syrian rights groups have filed a criminal complaint in France over two August 2013 attacks outside Damascus
Tasha Arevalo, right, laughs with Joseph Butler while eating at Mo's Irish Pub, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Houston. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that he is lifting business capacity limits and the state's mask mandate starting next week. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Texas and other states ease COVID-19 rules despite warnings
Texas has become the biggest state to lift its mask rule, joining a rapidly growing movement by governors and other leaders across the U.S. to loosen COVID-19 restrictions despite alarmed pleas from health officials not to let down their guard yet
This undated photo provided by Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows Iniki Vike Kapu. Kapu, a hunter from Colorado Springs, has been permanently banned from hunting in 48 states, including Colorado, after he pleaded guilty to several poaching charges across the state, KMGH-TV reported. (Colorado Parks and Wildlife via AP)
Colorado hunter banned from 48 states after poaching spree
A hunter from Colorado Springs has been permanently banned from hunting in 48 states, including Colorado, after he pleaded guilty to several poaching charges across the state
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Cook County Forest Preserves’ Jonny Brann, center, helps people learn basic cross-country skiing techniques and test out some skis while exploring the trails around Camp Reinberg Saturday, February 20, 2021 in Palatine.
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The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 553, Don Vickery photo: Plotting the downfall of one another are these chess club members at Arlington High School in March of 1965. Clockwise from above left are Ferdunand Korndorf, Robert Jenkins, John Simmons and Allan Swaby.
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A pedestrian takes small steps in the slippery snow to cross S. Vail Ave. in Arlington Heights Monday night.
It was a busy and unpredictable couple of weeks and Daily Herald photographers present it in The Week in Pictures for February 6-19, 2021.
A jet crosses the path of a sun pillar seen from the parking lot of Glenbrook North High School Saturday. Sun pillars happen when a strong light source, in this case it is the setting sun, reflects off tiny ice crystals suspended in the air. The bitter cold and bright sun were the perfect conditions that day. This sun pillar lasted less than 10 minutes and got stronger as the sun went lower.
Spectacular sunset in Northbrook
Brian Kotowski, of Palatine uses his snowblower to dig out from an overnight snowstorm that once again hit the suburbs, “The first couple of times were all right, now I don’t like it,” Kotowski mentioned as he took a break during his snow removal duties on Tuesday morning.
Suburbanites were digging out of more snow Tuesday and Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a disaster proclamation for the entire state.
In this Oct. 8, 1964 file photo, The Supremes, from left, Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson and Diana Ross, perform during a reception for them in a hotel, in London. Wilson, the longest-reigning original Supreme, has died at 76 years old. Publicist Jay Schwartz says Wilson died Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at her home in Las Vegas and that the cause was not immediately clear.
Mary Wilson of The Supremes has died at 76
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