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Keila Garcia, 6, of Chicago had her face painted at the Frida Kahlo 2020 exhibition held at the McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019.

The Week in Pictures: Come as you are and enjoy

Daily Herald photographers find people jogging, praying, climbing and dressing up last week in the Chicago suburbs.

System slow to resolve complaints of Chicago police torture

Justice system struggles to resolve complaints of torture, coercion by Chicago police detectives
FILE - This Feb. 1, 2010 file photo, shows Gregory B. Jarvis Junior/Senior High School in Mohawk, NY. At the beginning of the 2019-2020 academic year, New York became the first state that empowers schools to petition courts for temporary removal of firearms from people believed to be a danger to themselves or others. (AP Photo/Heather Ainsworth, File)

NY schools first to have 'red flag' petition power on guns

Schools across New York began the academic year last week with a new tool intended to prevent student suicides or violence
In this Aug. 29, 2019 photo, artist Monte de Gallo's animal sculptures are crafted from salvaged steel, often from discarded steel drums, that is riveted and welded over a steel frame seen in Peoria, Ill. The texture and pattern of the animal's skin is created by grinding marks into the metal. (Matt Dayhoff/Journal Star via AP)

EXCHANGE: Massive animal sculptures pop up around Peoria

ILLINOIS EXCHANGE: Massive animal sculptures stampede into Peoria
A man in the stands holds a banner with the face of former president Robert Mugabe, as members of the public queue up to view his body at the Rufaro stadium in the capital Harare, Zimbabwe Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. The ongoing uncertainty of the burial of Mugabe, who died last week in Singapore at the age of 95, has eclipsed the elaborate plans for Zimbabweans to pay their respects to the former guerrilla leader at several historic sites. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Zimbabwe's Mugabe to be honored at state funeral
African heads of state and envoys are gathering to attend a state funeral for Zimbabwe's founding president, Robert Mugabe, whose burial has been delayed for at least a month until a special mausoleum can be built for his remains
FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2019, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate author Marianne Williamson speaks at the Democratic National Committee's summer meeting in San Francisco. Although she was frozen out of the third Democratic presidential debate, Williamson isn’t giving up yet. The best-selling author and spiritual adviser made a big impression in the second debate but still failed to garner enough support in the polls to qualify for the third debate.(AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
Far from debate spotlight, Williamson keeps campaigning
Although she was frozen out of the third Democratic debate, Marianne Williamson isn't giving up yet
Study: Few schools to deal with teen dating violence
'HE WAS TOO POSSESSIVE': New Ball State study finds that few schools have protocols for dealing with teen dating violence
In-home nursing shortage leaves Indiana families struggling
'IT'S LIFE AND DEATH': Big shortage of in-home nurses leaves Indiana families with ailing or incapacitated loved ones struggling
In this Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019 photo, Jordy Curtis poses on the road where she was in a car accident in Tolono, Ill. As the saying goes, knowledge is power. The way Jordy Curtis sees it, knowledge is life. She was 16 years old when she nearly lost hers. Although her death would have been marked as the result of an accident, knowledge could have saved her life.(Rick Danzl/The News-Gazette via AP)
EXCHANGE: Fate inspires new branch of driver's education
ILLINOIS EXCHANGE: Brush with powerful fate inspires new branch of driver's education
FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019 file photo, made from a video broadcast on the Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya satellite news channel, smoke from a fire at the Abqaiq oil processing facility fills the skyline, in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. The weekend drone attack on one of the world’s largest crude oil processing plants that dramatically cut into global oil supplies is the most visible sign yet of how Aramco’s stability and security is directly linked to that of its owner -- the Saudi government and its ruling family. (Al-Arabiya via AP, File)
Aramco attacks show company entanglement in Saudi politics
Attacks on key Aramco oil sites show how vulnerable company is to Saudi Arabia's conflicts abroad
Satellite images examined by AP appear to show damage at heart of attacked Saudi oil processing facility
Satellite images examined by AP appear to show damage at heart of attacked Saudi oil processing facility
FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, a worker gets ready to pass out instructions in how fill out the 2020 census during a town hall meeting in Lithonia, Ga. Democrats are quick to blame President Donald Trump’s single-minded efforts to overturn the Affordable Care Act for the increase in the nation’s uninsured rate. But census numbers suggest other explanations as well, from the administration’s immigration crackdown to the strong job market (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
Rise in health uninsured may be linked to immigrants' fears
Rise in number of people without health insurance in the United States may be linked to immigrants' fears of Trump administration's immigration crackdown
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Keila Garcia, 6, of Chicago had her face painted at the Frida Kahlo 2020 exhibition held at the McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019.
The Week in Pictures: Come as you are and enjoy
Highland Park’s Jared Grossmann watches his tee shot Friday at the Des Plaines Golf Center during the first IHSA boys golf match to be played under the lights.
First IHSA golf under the lights
Richard Moen of Elgin bows his head in prayer during Elgin’s annual Patriots’ Day Ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at the Civic Center Plaza. Moen is a member of American Legion Post 57.
Suburban Sept. 11 Remembrance Ceremonies
Folk singer Pop Wagner, of St. Paul Minnesota waits his turn to go on stage at the Fox Valley Folk Music and Story Telling Festival in Geneva on Monday.
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Kids from various Schaumburg youth sports programs toss candy to children during Monday’s Labor Day parade in Schaumburg.
Labor Day celebrations in the suburbs
Senior Vice Cmdr. Ben Keefe unveils the namesake card, as Tom McCormack of McHenry cheers at back left, at the conclusion of the Queen of Hearts drawing at McHenry VFW Post 4600 Tuesday. The winner, known publicly only as Fred K., selected card 16, which turned out to be the coveted queen, and will take home at least $2.74 million.
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