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Assistant State Attorney Mike Satz, checks into evidence the weapon used in the MSD shooting during the penalty phase of shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, July 25, 2022. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Carline Jean/ Florida Sun Sentinel via AP, Pool)

Parkland shooter's prosecutor had bloody facts on his side

The prosecutor seeking to sentence Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz to death let the facts speak for themselves as he presented his  case over the last three weeks
FILE - This photo combo shows, from left to right, Travis McMichael, William "Roddie" Bryan, and Gregory McMichael during their trial at at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. Months after they were sentenced to life in prison for murder, the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood faced a second round of criminal penalties Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, for federal hate crimes committed in the deadly pursuit of the 25-year-old Black man. (Pool via AP, File)

Men face sentencing for hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery's death

Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood are returning to court to be sentenced for their federal hate crime convictions
George, right, and Carolyn Spaulding hold an old family photo showing their son, Brian, in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Five years after Brian's parents found him fatally shot in the home he shared with roommates, his slaying remains a mystery that seems increasingly unlikely to be solved as Portland police confront a spike in killings and more than 100 officer vacancies. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)

'We're triaging': Cops combat violent crime as ranks dwindle

In Portland, Oregon, the police chief recently pulled detectives from cold case and assault units to backfill the homicide unit, which is overwhelmed by a spike in gun violence
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives at Lanseria International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Blinken is on a ten day trip to Cambodia, Philippines, South Africa, Congo, and Rwanda. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

US Secretary of State Blinken in South Africa on Africa tour

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began his three-nation tour of Africa with his arrival in South Africa on Sunday
Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, left, gestures while speaking with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she prepares to leave Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 3. Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of Schaumburg is second from right.
'Backing out was not an option': Krishnamoorthi discusses Taiwan visit
Democratic U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Schaumburg on Monday spoke about the reasons for last week's U.S. diplomatic visit to Taiwan on which he accompanied House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and why it was important not to cancel it in the face of the increased military exercises that characterized China's response.
President Gustavo Petro raises his fist at the end of his inauguration speech in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Ex-rebel takes oath as Colombian president in historic shift
Colombia's first leftist president has been sworn into office, promising to fight inequality and bring peace to a country long haunted by bloody feuds between the government, drug traffickers and rebel groups
David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on subjects ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge to Presidents John Adams and Harry Truman made him among the most popular and influential historians of his time, died Sunday in Hingham, Massachusetts. He was 89.
David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 89
David McCullough, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose lovingly crafted narratives on subjects ranging from the Brooklyn Bridge to Presidents John Adams and Harry Truman made him among the most popular and influential historians of his time, has died. He was 89.
In a statement from Delaware, President Joe Biden praised Sunday’s Senate vote on the economic package, saying “Democrats sided with American families over special interests.”
Senate Democrats approve Biden economic package with climate, drug price, corporate tax measures
The Senate has approved Democrats' big election-year economic package, legislation that is less ambitious than President Joe Biden's original domestic goals but that embodies deep-rooted party dreams of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing big corporations.
Palestinians search Sunday through the rubble of a building in which Khaled Mansour, a top Islamic Jihad militant, was killed after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza strip.
Cease-fire between Palestinians, Israel takes effect in Gaza
A cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants took effect late Sunday in a bid to end nearly three days of violence that killed dozens of Palestinians and disrupted the lives of hundreds of thousands of Israelis.
Senate Democrats’ $740 billion economic bill would allow the Medicare program to negotiate prescription drug prices with pharmaceutical companies, and it caps the price of insulin for Medicare patients.
What's in Democrats' big economic bill? Climate, health care, savings
Not as robust as the proposal President Joe Biden once envisioned to rebuild America's public infrastructure and family support systems, the Democrats' compromise of health care, climate change and deficit-reduction strategies is still a substantial undertaking.
First time skiers take a lesson at the Afriski ski resort near Butha-Buthe, Lesotho, Saturday July 30, 2022. While millions across Europe sweat through a summer of record-breaking heat, Afriski in the Maluti Mountains is Africa's only operating ski resort south of the equator. It draws people from neighboring South Africa and further afield by offering a unique experience to go skiing in southern Africa. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Tiny African kingdom has skiing as Europe sweats summer heat
While millions across Europe sweat through a summer of record-breaking heat, other people are skiing in Africa
Today in History: August 7, allies land at Guadalcanal
Today in History Today is Sunday, Aug. 7, the 219th day of 2022. There are 146 days left in the year.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Jose Rodriguez and Margarita Malgon, both of Elgin dance to the music of a mariachi band during one of five Elgin Police Department-organized National Night Out events Tuesday.
The Week in Pictures photo gallery for the first week of August, 2022.
Officiant and dog nannie Stacie Stubbendick gets a kiss from the groom, Toby, as Emilia Edelstein, 6, buttons his tuxedo prior to the start of a backyard dog wedding in Glenview.
The Week in Pictures photo gallery for the last week of July, 2022.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.comMasters class racers bunch up in West Dundee during the opening-day race for the 10-day Intelligentsia Cup bicycle road race series on Friday, July 22, 2022.
Get over here for a look at The Week in Pictures photo gallery for July 18-24, 2022 in the Chicago suburbs.
A couple find a quiet spot to rest under a tree on the first day of the Kane County Fair in St. Charles on Wednesday, July 13, 2022.
Find a comfortable place to relax and look at The Week in Pictures photo gallery for July 11-17, 2022
This image provided by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, shows Stephan’s Quintet, a visual grouping of five galaxies, as observed from the Webb Telescope. This mosaic was constructed from almost 1,000 separate image files, according to NASA.
See newly released NASA images from the James Webb Space Telescope
Evelyn Tabaszewski, 2, gets a lift from her dad Greg as they walk through the Wheaton Field of Honor Sunday. 2,000 American flags were on display in Seven Gables Park as a tribute to individuals serving in active-duty military, fallen servicemen & servicewomen, first responders, veterans and hometown heroes.
IMAGES: The Week in Pictures photo gallery for June 27-July 3, 2022.
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