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A slew of nations moved to stop air travel from southern Africa on Friday, and stocks plunged in Asia and Europe in reaction to news of a new, potentially more transmissible COVID-19 variant.

World scurries to contain new COVID-19 variant omicron

With each passing hour, new restrictions were being slapped on travel from countries in southern Africa as the world scurried Saturday to contain a new variant of the coronavirus that has the potential to be more resistant to the protection offered by vaccines.
People line up to get on the Air France flight to Paris at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday Nov. 26, 2021. A slew of nations moved to stop air travel from southern Africa on Friday in reaction to news of a new, potentially more transmissible COVID-19 variant that has been detected in South Africa. Scientists say it is a concern because of its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people in Gauteng, the country's most populous province. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South African scientists brace for wave propelled by omicron

As the world grapples with the emergence of the new highly transmissible variant of COVID-19, worried scientists in South Africa - where omicron was first identified - are scrambling to combat its lightning spread across the country
Travelers wearing protective face masks arrive at the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021. Israel on Sunday approved barring entry to foreign nationals and the use of controversial technology for contact tracing as part of its efforts to clamp down on a new coronavirus variant. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel tightens travel restrictions over new COVID variant

Israel has approved barring entry to foreign nationals and the use of controversial technology for contact tracing as part of its efforts to clamp down on a new coronavirus variant

Historic Illinois home serves as counseling, events center

PEKIN, Ill. (AP) - Built in 1862, a historic home in Pekin currently serves as both the Crossroads Programs Inc. counseling center and as The Mansion on Walnut events center. Life coach Bonnie Harken bought the property in 2012 and rented it for a year to the previous owner, Henderson Funeral Home, before opening Crossroads in 2013. Because she and her Crossroads partner, licensed clinical social worker Kellie Branch-Dircks, only offered counseling services a few days a week, Harken decided to also rent the property for weddings, showers, birthday parties, family dinners, teas and other events. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, she has been happy to have the events center to fall back on, the Pekin Daily Times reports.
Chicago police warn businesses of smash-and-grab thefts
Police are alerting businesses in Chicago to recent thefts of purses at retail shops
State enforces parking for disabled people during holidays
The Illinois Secretary of State's office has begun stepped-up enforcement during the holiday season of parking spaces reserved for people with disabilities
In this grab taken from video a view of debris on a street after an earthquake, in Bagua, Peru, Sunday, Nov, 28, 2021. The U.S. Geological Survey says a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 has struck in northern Peru. (AP)
USGS: Magnitude-7.5 earthquake strikes northern Peru
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 struck northern Peru early Sunday, damaging some buildings and blocking several roads with rubble
More Black infant deaths push up Indiana newborn death rate
An increased infant mortality rate among Black newborn children contributed to what Indiana health officials found was a slightly higher overall infant mortality rate in the state during 2020
Cahokia Heights hopes for federal help with flooding woes
Metro East community leaders hope the federal infrastructure deal will help address decades of flooding and sewage problems
FILE - Performer Josephine Baker strikes a pose during her Ziegfeld Follies performance of "The Conga" on the Winter Garden Theater stage in New York, Feb. 11, 1936. France is inducting Josephine Baker '“ Missouri-born cabaret dancer, French Resistance fighter and civil rights leader '“ into its Pantheon, the first Black woman honored in the final resting place of France's most revered luminaries. (AP Photo, File)
In French Pantheon, Josephine Baker makes history yet again
France is inducting Missouri-born cabaret dancer Josephine Baker who was also a French World War II spy and civil rights activist into its Pantheon
Six people were injured, including a police officer, after fire broke out early Saturday morning in this home on the 0-100 block of Jackson Street in Aurora. Authorities say Aurora police officer rescued five people trapped inside the burning building.
Aurora police rescue five from burning home; officer among six injured
Aurora police officers rescued five people who were trapped inside a burning home early Saturday morning on the city's east side, authorities said.
“Uniting for the Holidays” is a program of United Way of Metro Chicago that provides holiday meals and more in a drive-through style event across the suburbs. One of the events took place last week outside the nonprofit Partners for Our Communities in Palatine.
Good News Sunday: United Way's 'Uniting for the Holidays' expects to help about 4,000 suburban families
Thousands of holiday dinners and gifts for children are being distributed through mid-December by the nonprofit program "Uniting for the Holidays," which expects to reach about 4,000 families this season.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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