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Thursday, November 14, 2019

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Snow covers trees at Nay Aug Park after the first snowfall of the season, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, in Scranton, Pa. (Sean McKeag/The Citizens' Voice via AP)

Arctic blast spreads shivers from Maine to Deep South

An arctic blast that sent shivers across the Midwest spread across the eastern US, with bitter weather establishing new cold-temperature records from Mississippi to Maine
Illinois Democrat Rep. Mike Quigley questions top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, William Taylor, and career Foreign Service officer George Kent, at the House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday.

Local congressional Democrats go on offensive in impeachment inquiry

Two congressmen representing the suburbs pressed witnesses to clarify the record Wednesday in a fiercely partisan impeachment hearing into whether President Donald Trump withheld funds from Ukraine for political gain.
In this Oct. 29, 2019 photo, Yousuf, who fled with his family from his home in eastern Afghanistan eight years ago to escape the war, sits with children while his wife burns plastic as she makes tea, in Kabul, Afghanistan. In the capital, Kabul, five of his children died, not from violence or bombings, but from air pollution, worsened by bitter cold and poverty. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan capital's air pollution may be even deadlier than war

Afghan authorities trying to tackle pollution in country's capital, which may be even deadlier than 18-year-old war
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales speaks upon his arrival in Mexico City, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. Mexico granted asylum to Morales, who resigned on Nov. 10 under mounting pressure from the military and the public after his re-election victory triggered weeks of fraud allegations and deadly protests. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

AP Explains: The extraordinary rise and fall of Evo Morales

AP Explains: The surprise resignation of Evo Morales as Bolivia's president can perhaps be matched only by his equally extraordinary rise to power
People magazine has named John Legend as the sexiest man alive in their special double issue on newsstands nationwide on Nov. 15.
John Legend is People's Sexiest Man Alive and no one is having more fun than Chrissy Teigen
"The sexiest man alive just made me a sandwich," the model wrote after the world learned that her singer-husband had earned People magazine's annual honor.
In this Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 photo, defendant Khalil Wheeler-Weaver listens to opening arguments during his triple murder trial in Newark, N.J. Wheeler-Weaver is charged with strangling and asphyxiating three women in the fall of 2016. He’s also accused in the attempted murder of a fourth woman.
'You're not a serial killer, right?' she texted before she died. Prosecutors say that's exactly what he was.
Khalil Wheeler-Weaver, who has been charged with murdering three women and attempting to kill a fourth, was brought down by a sting operation conducted by one of the victims' families.
Chicago records second cold-related death of season
Officials say the death of an 80-year-old Chicago man whose body was found on the floor of the garage is the second cold-related death of the season
Chicago rated the most welcoming U.S. city for immigrants
Immigrants choosing to set roots in Chicago have the best opportunities available to them compared to any other city in the country, according to a report released Wednesday.
Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg waves from the 48-foot (15-meter) catamaran La Vagabonde as it departs Salt Ponds in Hampton, Va., on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. Thunberg left North America on a return trip across the Atlantic hitching a renewable-energy ride with an Australian family aboard their catamaran. (Rob Ostermaier/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)
Greta Thunberg hitches low-carbon ride across Atlantic
Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has hitched a renewable-energy ride aboard a catamaran that will take her across the Atlantic for a climate-change meeting in Europe
FILE - In this July 8, 2019, file photo, U.S. Attorney General William Barr speaks during a tour of a federal prison in Edgefield, S.C. Barr plans to promote a crime-fighting initiative Tuesday, Nov. 12 in New Mexico as the state struggles to curb some of the highest property and violent crimes rates in the nation. Barr is joining U.S. Marshal Service Director Donald Washington and other federal authorities in Albuquerque to announce the arrests of 300 fugitives suspected of violent crimes, according to the Justice Department. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Justice Dept. rolls out new program to combat gun violence
Attorney General William Barr is announcing a new law enforcement initiative to reduce gun violence across the U.S.
FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Researchers reported Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, in the journal Nature that they were unable to confirm a highly publicized 2014 study that suggested banking culture can promote dishonesty. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
Maybe banking culture doesn't always make people dishonest
Scientists say they were unable to confirm a highly publicized 2014 study that suggested banking culture can promote dishonesty
FILE - In this June 30, 2019, file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump prepare to shake hands at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. On Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, North Korea's supreme decision-making institution has lashed out at planned U.S.-South Korean drills and warned that the United States will face 'bigger threat and harsh suffering' if it ignores North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's end-of-year deadline to salvage the nuclear diplomacy. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
North Korea issues warning over US-South Korea drills
North Korea's supreme decision-making body has lashed out at planned U.S.-South Korean military drills and warned the U.S. not to ignore a year-end deadline to salvage nuclear talks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Parents, grandparents and community members who are veterans attended an all-school assembly at Frederick School in Grayslake. The Frederick Band played the Armed Forces Medley, arranged by former Frederick band director and veteran Aaron Mulder. Each serviceman or woman stood while their branch of the military’s anthem was played.
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Leslie Meredith of Arlington Heights reacts after her name is called as the Daily Herald Cook of the Week Challenge Finale winner at the Westin in Itasca on Monday evening. From left are finalists Lulu Chapa of Volo, Lisa Eberhahn of Mount Prospect, Meredith, and Ann Wayne of Barrington.
Leslie Meredith wins Daily Herald Cook of the Week Challenge Finale
Bob Huber of South Elgin and VFW Post 5036 salutes as Taps is played during the Veterans Day service on Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at the St. Charles Police Department.
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People wander through Naperville’s Healing Field of Honor Monday.
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Images from the Historic Downtown Long Grove Business Association’s second annual Halloween Hound Parade on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019.
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A Ballet Folklorico Erandi dancer performs at Mundelein School District 75’s cultural event Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Life on Friday, Nov. 1 at Carl Sandburg Middle School.
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