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Thursday, December 12, 2019

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This photo provided by Time magazine shows Greta Thunberg, who has been named Time’s youngest “person of the year” on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. The media franchise said Wednesday on its website that Thunberg is being honored for work that transcends backgrounds and borders.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time 'person of the year'

Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time's youngest "person of the year" on Wednesday. Thunberg, 16, has become the face of the youth climate movement, drawing large crowds with her appearances at protests and conferences over the past year and a half.
Security personnel arrive near the site of an attack near the Bagram Air Base In Parwan province of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019.A powerful suicide bombing Wednesday targeted an under-construction medical facility near the Bagram Air Base, the main American base north of the capital Kabul, the U.S. military said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan bomber hits medical facility near Bagram Air Base

The U.S. military says a powerful suicide bombing has targeted an under-construction medical facility near Bagram Air Base, the main American base north of the Afghan capital
In this Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019 photo, members of a theater troupe raise their hands to symbolize the five demands of pro-democracy protesters after a performance of Les Miserables in at an outdoor event space in Hong Kong. A Hong Kong theater troupe is making audiences weep by touring a stirring production of 'Les Miserables.' Based on Victor Hugo's tale of rebellion in 19th-century France, the rousing music and lyrics of struggle and resistance struck chords with audience members emotionally and physically drained after six months of protests that have convulsed the city. (AP Photo/John Leicester)

The people sing: 'Les Mis' soothes, breaks Hong Kong hearts

A Hong Kong theater troupe is making audiences weep by touring a stirring production of 'œLes Miserables
House Democrats on Tuesday announced two Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump.

Editorial: Impeachment and questions of truth

A Daily Herald editorial on Donald Trump and the case for impeachment: For the fourth time in the history of the republic, articles of impeachment have been introduced against the president of the United States.
Copy of the Articles of Impeachment, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019 in Washington. House Democrats announced they are pushing ahead with two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump - abuse of power and obstruction of Congress - charging he corrupted the U.S. election process and endangered national security in his dealings with Ukraine. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
READ: Articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump
The two articles of impeachment unveiled by House Democrats against President Donald Trump will serve as the basis for action by the House Judiciary Committee
FILE - In this Tuesday, April 12, 2016, file photo, Judith Giuliani, left, and former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, right, attend the premiere of "Sing Street" at Metrograph, in New York. Giuliani and his third wife, Judith, have reached a settlement in a yearslong court battle that exposed details about their luxurious lifestyle, The New York Times reported on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
Report: Giuliani settles long divorce from his third wife
The New York Times reports former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and his third wife have reached a settlement in a years-long divorce that exposed details about their luxurious lifestyle
FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2018 file photo Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing hearing at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. A Pennsylvania appeals court has rejected Cosby's bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction. The ruling Monday, Dec. 10, 2019, was being closely watched as Cosby was the first celebrity tried and convicted in the #MeToo era. Defense lawyers say the trial judge improperly allowed five other accusers to testify. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Bill Cosby loses appeal of sexual assault conviction
An appeals court has rejected Bill Cosby's bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction
Orthodox Jewish men carry Moshe Deutsch's casket outside a Brooklyn synagogue following his funeral, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019 in New York. Deutsch was killed Tuesday in a shooting inside a Jersey City, N.J. kosher food market. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Fears of anti-Semitisim hang over New Jersey attack probe
Investigators are looking to pinpoint what prompted a deadly attack on a Jewish market in Jersey City
In this image made from video, an injured tourist in the volcano eruption is carried to an Australian Air Force plane in Hamilton, New Zealand, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019. New Zealand officials say they'll begin Friday to recover eight victims' bodies believed to remain on a small island since a volcanic explosion there earlier this week. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)
New Zealand planning retrieval of bodies on volcanic island
New Zealand military specialists will land on a small volcanic island just after first light Friday to attempt to retrieve the bodies of eight victims of an eruption that claimed eight other lives and severely burned survivors
Doctors end protest to demand flu vaccines for migrants
A group of doctors say they have ended their three-day protest against the U.S. government's refusal to allow them into detention facilities to administer the flu vaccine to migrants
Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi waits to address judges of the International Court of Justice on the second day of three days of hearings in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. Aung San Suu Kyi will represent Myanmar in a case filed by Gambia at the ICJ, the United Nations' highest court, accusing Myanmar of genocide in its campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Nobel laureate Suu Kyi defends Myanmar army in genocide case
Nobel Peace Prize winner and former political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi has denied that Myanmar's armed forces committed genocide against Rohingya Muslims. The Myanmar leader appeared before the United Nation's top court to defend the army that kept her under house arrest for 15 years
Orthodox Jewish men carry the casket with Mindel Ferencz outside a Brooklyn synagogue, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, in New York. Her funeral will be in Jersey City. Ferencz was killed Tuesday in the shooting inside a Jersey City, N.J., food market. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Fears mount that New Jersey shooting was anti-Semitic attack
Fears that a deadly shooting at a Jewish market in Jersey City, New Jersey, was an anti-Semitic attack are mounting, as authorities describe how a man and woman deliberately pulled up to the place in a stolen rental van and got out firing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office, the DuPage County Fraternal Order of Police and participating agencies held its annual Shop with a Cop event on Saturday, Dec. 7 at the Meijer store in Bloomingdale. Area children were treated to breakfast and visits with Santa at the Glen Ellyn Park District’s Ackerman Sports and Fitness Center before their shopping trip. Each child was paired with an officer and given $125 to spend on family members and themselves.
DuPage County Sheriff's Shop with a Cop event
Luminaria lit the grounds and thousands of lights illuminated the trees throughout the Veterans Memorial during the Village of Streamwood’s 35th Anniversary Luminaria event on Friday, Dec. 6. 
Holiday celebrations in the suburbs
Thousands of Santa’s run in the annual Rotary Santa Run Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 in Arlington Heights.
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Fremd High School dancers dress in black and silver as they perform at the Bear Invitational high school dance competition at Lake Zurich High School Saturday.
Dance teams compete at Lake Zurich High School
George Dulian of Elk Grove Village dressed as Buddy the Elf waves as hundreds of runners and walkers dressed as everyone’s favorite jolly old elf took to the streets of downtown Arlington Heights on Saturday, Dec. 7, for the seventh annual Rotary Santa Run. The race featured a 5K race through a traffic-free course, as well as a 1-mile walk for those who prefer a slower pace and a four-block “Reindeer Run” for kids 10 and under. The event is hosted by the Rotary Club of Arlington Heights and raises money for its annual Community Grants Program. To date, the club has donated more than $250,000 to worthy causes throughout Arlington Heights and neighboring communities, directly as a result of the Santa Run.
seventh annual Arlington Heights Rotary Santa Run
Chicago Bears’ Allen Robinson (12) celebrates a touchdown reception during the first half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, in Chicago.
Chicago Bears over the Dallas Cowboys, 31-24
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