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Medical workers carry a patient infected with the coronavirus on a stretcher at the Syrian American Medical Society Hospital, in the city of Idlib, northwest Syria, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. Coronavirus cases are surging to the worst levels of the pandemic in Idlib province, a rebel stronghold in Syria - a particularly devastating development in a region where scores of hospitals have been bombed and that doctors and nurses have fled in droves during a decade of war. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Ravaged by war, Syrian rebel area struggles with virus surge

Coronavirus cases are surging to the worst levels of the pandemic in a rebel stronghold in Syria
Lava from a volcano eruption flows on the island of La Palma in the Canaries, Spain, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. The volcano on a small Spanish island in the Atlantic Ocean erupted on Sunday, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people. Experts say the volcanic eruption and its aftermath on a Spanish island could last for up to 84 days. The Canary Island Volcanology Institute said Wednesday it based its calculation on the length of previous eruptions on the archipelago. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

'My whole life in a van': Islanders flee Spanish volcano

A wall of lava up to 12 meters (40 feet) high is bearing down on a Spanish island village following a volcanic eruption
President Joe Biden speaks Wednesday during a virtual COVID-19 summit during the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

Biden doubles U.S. global donation of COVID-19 vaccine shots

President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the United States is doubling its purchase of Pfizer's COVID-19 shots to share with the world to 1 billion doses as he embraces the goal of vaccinating 70% of the global population within the next year.
Edith Blais, a 37-year-old Canadian who was captured with her Italian companion by jihadis in December 2018 in eastern Burkina Faso, poses for a portrait outside Montreal, Canada, Monday June 28, 2021. Nearly a year and a half after the abduction, Blais risked her life to escape, fearing she'd never be free. Blais spoke with the Associated Press by phone ahead of the publication of her book recounting the ordeal, "The Weight of Sand: My 450 Days Held Hostage in the Sahara." (Sara Maud/Sara Maud Photography via AP)

Canadian recounts her abduction by jihadis in Burkina Faso

Nearly a year and a half after being abducted by Islamic extremists in Burkina Faso, Edith Blais risked her life to escape, fearing she'd never be free
FILE - In this Monday Sept. 20, 2021 file photo, lava erupts from a volcano near El Paso on the island of La Palma in the Canaries, Spain. A long-dormant volcano on a small Spanish island in the Atlantic Ocean erupted on Sunday Sept. 19, 2021, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people. Huge plumes of black-and-white smoke shot out from a volcanic ridge where scientists had been monitoring the accumulation of molten lava below the surface. (Kike Rincon/Europa Press via AP, File)
EXPLAINER: Wide dangers ahead for Spanish volcanic island
The eruption of a long-dormant volcano on a small Spanish island in the Atlantic Ocean forced the evacuation of more than 6,000 people and scientists are warning that more dangers lie ahead
In this undated photo provided by HBO, actor Willie Garson appears as Stanford Blatch in "And Just Like That." Garson, who played Stanford Blatch, on TV's 'œSex and the City" and its movie sequels, has died, his son announced Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. He was 57. (HBO via AP)
Beloved 'Sex and the City' actor Willie Garson dies at 57
Willie Garson, who played Stanford Blatch on TV's 'œSex and the City' and its movie sequels, has died at the age of 57
This undated photo provided by the Croatian Police shows an unidentified woman who was found on the Adriatic island of Krk on Sept. 12, 2021. Croatian police said Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 they are still working to establish the identity of a woman found over a week ago at a northern Adriatic Sea island with no recollection of who she is or where she came from. Police told the Associated Press they are searching the terrain and conducting numerous interviews with residents and tourists or anyone who has information about the woman discovered on the island of Krk on Sept. 12. (Croatian Police via AP)
Croatian police identify woman found with memory loss
Croatian police say they have established the identity of a woman who was found in a remote area on a northern Adriatic island with no recollection of who she was or where she came from
FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo Wally Adeyemo testifies before the Senate Finance Committee during his confirmation hearing to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in Washington. The Biden administration took aim Tuesday, Sept. 21, at the financial marketplace for criminal ransomware gangs, announcing sanctions against a Russia-based virtual currency brokerage that officials say has processed illicit transactions for attackers. The goal of the action is to go after the 'financial enablers' of ransomware gangs, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told reporters in previewing the announcement. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP, File)
White House blacklists Russian ransomware payment 'enabler'
The Biden administration is trying to choke the finances of criminal ransomware gangs by sanctioning a Russia-based virtual currency brokerage it says has been used by at least eight ransomware gangs to launder criminal proceeds
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Michael Amadei is Des Plaines District 62's next superintendent
Des Plaines School District 62's next superintendent is no stranger to the community.
An Afghan man sells fruit on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Afghan Taliban's new UN envoy urges quick recognition
The Taliban's newly appointed envoy to the United Nations is urging quick world recognition of the Taliban government and Afghanistan's new rulers even as the World Health Organization raised the alarm warning of an impending humanitarian disaster in the war-wracked country
A rendering shows plans for Avere on Forest, a four-story apartment building with townhouse units fronting Duane Street.
Glen Ellyn board receptive to latest apartment project, but design 'too modern' for downtown
If it comes to fruition, a proposed four-story residential building would become the fourth large-scale apartment project to move ahead in downtown Glen Ellyn.
Migrants are released from United States Border Patrol custody at a humanitarian center, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Many migrants staying in US even as expulsion flights rise
U.S. officials say many of the thousands of Haitian migrants camped in the small Texas border town of Del Rio are being released in the United States with notices to appear in immigration court or to an immigration office
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Glenbrook North’s Maddie Konopka celebrates the Spartans’ victory over Glenbrook South during Tuesday’s volleyball match in Glenview.
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Katie Stack spends time in front of the portrait of her late husband Marine Lance Cpl. James B. Stack at the Portrait of a Soldier exhibit at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library Thursday September 9, 2021 in Arlington Heights. The exhibit features more than 300 hand-drawn graphite portraits of Illinois service members who gave the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries since 9/11. James grew up in Arlington Heights and was killed on November 10, 2010 during combat operations while on foot patrol.
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