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Friday, June 5, 2020

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Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, center, listens as Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey becomes emotional during a news conference in Minneapolis. George Floyd’s death and the protests it ignited nationwide over racial injustice and police brutality have raised questions about whether Arradondo — or any chief — can fix a department that’s now facing a civil rights investigation.

Chief struggles to change Minneapolis police culture

When Medaria Arradondo was tapped to lead the Minneapolis Police Department in 2017, he faced a public newly outraged by the fatal police shooting of a woman who had called 911 and still carrying deep mistrust from the killing of a black man two years earlier.
President Donald Trump speaks Friday during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.

Trump hails jobs report, but unemployment rate still high

President Donald Trump took a victory lap Friday morning after the government reported surprising job gains for last month, seizing on the data to predict that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic and its economic disruption was in the rear-view mirror.
A woman walks past a boutique with a sale sign Thursday in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Unemployment rate falls to 13.3%, U.S. adds 2.5 million jobs

The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 13.3% in May from 14.7%, and 2.5 million jobs were added -- a surprisingly positive reading in the midst of a recession that has paralyzed the economy in the wake of the viral pandemic.
World War II D-Day veteran and Penobscot Elder from Maine, Charles Norman Shay, sits on a bench next to his memorial stone Friday at Omaha Beach prior to a ceremony in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. Saturday’s anniversary of D-Day will be one of the loneliest remembrances ever, as the coronavirus pandemic is keeping almost everyone away, from government leaders to frail veterans who might not get another chance for a final farewell to their unlucky comrades.

On sad anniversary, few to mourn the D-Day dead in Normandy

Forgotten they will never be. Revered, yes. But Saturday's anniversary will be one of the loneliest remembrances ever, as the coronavirus pandemic is keeping almost everyone away -- from government leaders to frail veterans who might not get another chance for a final farewell to their unlucky comrades.
FILE - In this May 2, 2012 file photo, Kate and Gerry McCann pose for the media with a missing poster depicting an age progression computer generated image of their daughter Madeleine at nine years of age, to mark her birthday and the 5th anniversary of her disappearance during a family vacation in southern Portugal in May 2007, during a news conference in London. Madeleine McCann's family is hoping for closure in the case after a key suspect was identified in Germany and as authorities there say they believe the missing British girl is dead. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)
Germany investigating McCann suspect in another case
German prosecutors have opened an investigation into whether a 43-year-old who has emerged as a possible suspect in the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann in Portugal may have been involved in a similar crime in Germany
In this Aug. 8, 2012, photo provided by Meghan Boyd Carrier, her father, Cleon Boyd, left, and his twin brother Leon Boyd perform during her wedding in Readsboro, Vt. Cleon died from the coronavirus on April 3, 2020. Leon also died from the coronavirus less than a week later. (Courtesy of Meghan Boyd Carrier via AP)
Lives Lost: Twins were gentle giants in small Vermont town
The tiny Vermont town of Wilmington was largely spared from the impact of coronavirus until April, when Cleon Boyd, a lifelong resident who embodied the town's toughness and traditions, died
South Korean protesters shout slogans during a protest over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, near the U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 5, 2020. The signs read "The U.S. government should stop oppression and there is no peace without justice." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Police try to stop Floyd rally in Sydney due to virus fears
Police challenged whether a Black Lives Matter protest planned for Saturday in Australia's largest city is too much of a virus risk, as demonstrators in the capital reminded the country that racial inequality is not a U.S. issue alone
Police: Parents, 4 kids found dead in garage in San Antonio
Authorities in Texas say they found a family of six dead, including four children, in the back of an SUV in a garage
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
Raw feelings abound as Senate turns back to Russia probe
Two GOP-led Senate committees are launching election-year investigations into the Justice Department's Russia probe
A waiter wearing a face mask carries a tray at the Versailles restaurant and pastry shop in Lisbon, Monday, May 18, 2020. Some cafes and restaurants are reopening in Portugal on Monday. The government is gradually easing measures introduced to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Surgical or homemade, masks mark a major shift in thinking
Before the coronavirus outbreak abruptly disrupted the livelihoods of millions of people, the sight of masks worn in public spaces in the Western world conjured up images of malevolent clowns and terrifying fictional villains
FILE - In this Monday, June 1, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump returns to the White House in Washington. Trump is traveling to Maine on Friday, June 5, 2020, to visit a company that makes specialized swabs for coronavirus testing. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Trump heads to rural Maine but won't escape demonstrators
President Donald Trump is traveling to Maine to visit a company that makes specialized swabs for coronavirus testing
A view of flooded St. Mark square in Venice, Italy, Thursday night, June 4, 2020. Venice has been submerged by a near-record high tide that is rare for this time of year. The water level in the lagoon city reached 116 centimeters late Thursday, the third-highest mark for June. That level indicates around a quarter of Venice has been flooded. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini)
Venice flooded by unusual high tide, 3rd highest for June
A quarter of Venice has been submerged by a near-record June high tide
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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A woman holds a framed photograph of Coretta King, widow of Martin Luther King Jr. as hundreds listen to speakers at a Black Lives Matter protest at the Buffalo Grove Park District facility on McHenry Rd. Thursday.
Several suburban Black Lives Matter protests Thursday
The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment # 71,836, Dave Tonge photo: On the very last day of Arlington High School on June 8, 1984, Athletic Director Russ Attis presides over the last bell and last flag lowering ceremony. In 1985 Christian Liberty Academy of Prospect Heights purchased the school and continues to operate from that location.
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Sidewalks were crowded with shoppers on Geneva’s Third Street Friday afternoon. Most were not wearing masks.
Illinois moves to Phase 3, businesses open
World War II Army Air Corps veteran Ed Mampre, 96 of Elk Grove Village, waves as a Memorial Day drive-by parade passes by Monday to honor him and two other veterans.
Memorial Day events in the suburbs and around the country
Naperville resident and World War II veteran Bob Piper points back at someone yelling out congratulations to him during a drive-by parade celebrating his 98th birthday Friday.
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