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Workers use heavy machines to tear down a damaged bridge in the flood-hit town of Ahrweiler, Germany, on Friday, July 23, 2021. With the death toll and economic damage from last week's floods in Germany continuing to rise, questions have been raised about why systems designed to warn people of the impending disaster didn't work. (AP Photo/Frank Jordans)

Residents of flood-hit German towns tell of short lead time

With the death toll and economic damage from last week's floods in Germany continuing to rise, some residents are asking why systems designed to warn people of the impending disaster didn't work
Policemen guard behind barricades set up to control the traffic in Hanoi, Vietnam, Saturday, July 24, 2021. Vietnam announced a 15-day lockdown in the capital Hanoi starting Saturday as a coronavirus surge spread from the southern Mekong Delta region. (AP Photo/Hieu Dinh)

Vietnam locks down capital Hanoi for 15 days as cases rise

Vietnam has announced a 15-day lockdown in the capital Hanoi as a coronavirus surge spread from the southern Mekong Delta region
A protester, center, is arrested by police at a demonstration at Sydney Town Hall during a 'World Wide Rally For Freedom' anti-lockdown rally in Sydney, Saturday, July 24, 2021. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Thousands protest lockdown in Sydney, several arrested

Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Sydney and other Australian cities to protest lockdown restrictions amid another surge in cases
FILE - In this July 15, 2021 file photo, well-wishers and mourners gather at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the Champlain Towers South condo building collapse, for a multi-faith vigil near the site where the building once stood in Surfside, Fla. Firefighters have officially ended their search for bodies in the debris of the collapsed Surfside condo building, Friday, July 23. But police and forensic specialists continue working to identify human remains recovered from the disaster. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Search for bodies concludes at Florida condo collapse site

Firefighters on Friday declared the end of their search for bodies at the site of a collapsed Florida condo building, concluding a month of painstaking work removing layers of dangerous debris that were once piled several stories high.
Elevated metal levels found in water near Rockton's Chemtool
Officials have found elevated levels of harmful metals in groundwater monitoring wells at a Rockton Superfund toxic waste site
Lake Monroe beaches, fishing docks closed due to flooding
Public beaches along the Lake Monroe shoreline remain closed more than a week after multiple rounds of heavy rain passed through south-central Indiana
Stacey Grundy describes the Negro Motorist Green-Book exhibit feature inside the Route History museum and visitors center city in Springfield, Ill., Friday, July 9, 2021. The Negro Motorist Green-Book provided a list of hotels, guest houses, service stations, drug stores, taverns, barber shops and restaurants that were known to be safe ports for Black travelers during the Jim Crow-era of the United States. Route History highlights stories around the Black experience on historic Route 66 and is located on East Cook Street. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)
New outdoor exhibits display Springfield's Black history
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Colorful street signs with the names of Black men who left a lasting impact on the Springfield community and a mural featuring a roadmap of the area's history can now be seen from the sidewalk at the corner of Eighth and Cook streets. A couple dozen people gathered June 9th to celebrate the reopening of Route History and the new additions to the museum.
Indiana Lake Michigan port sees big jump in shipments
Indiana's Lake Michigan port has seen a big increase in shipments this year as the global economy rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic
The Olympic flame burns during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Tokyo Olympics begin with muted ceremony and empty stadium
Belated and beleaguered, the virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday night with cascading fireworks and made-for-TV choreography that unfolded in a near-empty stadium, a colorful but strangely subdued ceremony that set a striking tone to match a unique pandemic Games.
Nicholas Stella walks out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in March 2020.
Chicago cop sentenced for role in gambling ring
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a veteran Chicago police officer to 15 months in prison for his role in a large-scale, international gambling ring.
Tammy Wendt
Cook County Board of Review member accused of 'flagrant nepotism'
It's been a little more than seven months since Democrat Tammy Wendt joined the Cook County Board of Review, but she's already being accused of "flagrant nepotism" -- and firing back that her fellow commissioners are "territorial" bullies who haven't exactly rolled out the welcome wagon.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker poses for a photo with state Sen. Melinda Bush, left, and state Rep. Michelle Mussman after signing legislation Thursday allowing pharmacists to prescribe a 12-month supply of oral contraceptives.
Pritzker signs bill allowing over-the-counter birth control
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday signed a law allowing pharmacists to assess and prescribe hormonal birth control to patients, a move Pritzker and champions of the bill called a "common-sense approach" to helping women get contraceptives from trusted sources.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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