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People inspect the the rubble of the Yazegi residential building that was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike, in Gaza City, Sunday, May 16, 2021. The 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation held an emergency virtual meeting Sunday over the situation in Gaza calling for an end to Israel's military attacks on the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel says Gaza tunnels destroyed in heavy airstrikes

The Israeli military has unleashed a wave of heavy airstrikes on the Gaza Strip
In this September 2016 photo provided by Kim Calderwood, Mollie Tibbetts poses for a picture during homecoming festivities at BGM High School in her hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa. Cristhian Bahena Rivera, the man charged with killing Tibbetts while she was out for a run in July 2018, will stand trial for first-degree murder on Monday, May 17, 2021, in Davenport, Iowa. (Kim Calderwood via AP)

Fairness issues loom over trial in Iowa student's slaying

Legal experts say that it will be difficult to ensure a fair trial for the farmhand charged with murder in the 2018 stabbing death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts
FILE - This file booking photo provided by the Hennepin County, Minn., Sheriff shows Kim Potter, a former Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer. Potter faces a pretrial hearing Monday, May 17, 2021, for charges of manslaughter in Daunte Wright's death during a traffic stop April 11 in Brooklyn Center. (Hennepin County Sheriff via AP, File)

Officer charged in death of Daunte Wright to appear in court

A former suburban Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree manslaughter in Daunte Wright's death is scheduled to appear in court via videoconference
Fishermen try to move a fishing boat to a safer ground on the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai, India, Monday, May 17, 2021. Cyclone Tauktae, roaring in the Arabian Sea was moving toward India's western coast on Monday as authorities tried to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people and suspended COVID-19 vaccinations in one state. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

India braces for powerful cyclone amid deadly virus surge

A powerful cyclone in the Arabian Sea is moving toward India's western coast, prompting authorities to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people and suspend COVID-19 vaccinations in one state
Shannon Keeler poses for a portrait in the United States on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. A series of online messages from a long-ago schoolmate has Keeler, a Gettysburg College graduate, trying again to get authorities to make an arrest in her 2013 sexual assault. (AP Photo)
'So I raped you.' Facebook message renews fight for justice
A series of online messages from a long-ago schoolmate has a Gettysburg College graduate trying again to get authorities to make an arrest in her 2013 sexual assault
Libby Jones, right, with her colleague Shannon Maiden, both nurses from Great Ormond Street hospital who have just finished an overnight shift, have a pint of cider at the Shakespeare's Head pub, which will be reopening for the first time to serve indoor customers since the end of the latest coronavirus lockdown, in London, Monday, May 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Joy for UK pubs and hugs tempered by rise in virus variant
Pubs and restaurants across much of the U.K. are opening for indoor service for the first time since early January even as the prime minister urged people to be cautious amid the spread of a more contagious COVID-19 variant
Germany nears accord with Namibia on colonial-era killings
Germany says it is close to an agreement with Namibia on the killings of tens of thousands of people when Germany was the southern African country's colonial ruler over a century ago
Members of the police department salute the two wounded officers after they were discharged from Mt. Sinai, in Chicago, May 16, 2021. |(Tom Schuba/Sun-Times/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
2 Chicago police officers wounded in shooting, suspect shot
Two Chicago police officers who were shot and wounded after responding to reports of gunfire have been released from the hospital
Pro-secession parties in Catalonia agree on new coalition
Two Catalan separatist parties say they have reached an agreement to form a regional coalition government in northeastern Spain
Indiana casino's next owner expects to retain 700 employees
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians plans to retain all 700-plus employees at a southern Indiana casino if state regulators approve its ownership of the casino later this year
An off-duty Chicago police officer was killed early Monday after this SUV struck a pole on northbound Wilke Road in Arlington Heights than crashed into a backyard. Police said speed and possible driver impairment are to blame for the fatal crash.
Police: Off-duty Chicago cop fled traffic stop before fatal Arlington Heights crash
An off-duty Chicago police officer was killed early Monday morning when a speeding SUV he was driving struck a utility pole then plowed into the backyard of an Arlington Heights home, throwing him and a passenger from the vehicle, police said.
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky has requested $4.5 million in federal cash to help fund improvements where Rand Road, Kensington Road and Route 83 meet in Mount Prospect.
Suburban projects on the list as Illinois lawmakers embrace return of earmarks
Congressional representatives serving northeastern Illinois have requested hundreds of millions of dollars in federal cash for community and transportation projects.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Gianna Saverino, 18, of Bloomingdale gives two thumbs up during Saint Viator’s graduation ceremony at Arlington Park on Sunday, May 16 in Arlington Heights.
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The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 3,165, Larry Cameron photo: Chicago Blackhawks hockey legend Bobby Hull greeted fans at the Novak and Parker store in Mount Prospect in February of 1966.
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12-year-old Geneva Dadabo, of Elgin holds her mom’s hand as she receives the Pfizer vaccine from pediatric NICU nurse Yesi Velazquez at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin Thursday. She was the first 12-year-old to be vaccinated at the hospital, which had 101 appointments Thursday for kids aged 12-15 who can now get the Pfizer vaccine.
More people got vaccinations and several deserving teachers received awards in The Week in Pictures photo gallery for May 8-14, 2021.
Glenbrook North setter Louie Batang leaps for the ball during Friday’s home game against Vernon Hills.
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Meet the newest graduates from Harvest Christian Academy in Elgin.
Harvest Christian Academy graduation
Lu Semenzin and Sharon Hower, both from Itasca jump the fence to scour the woods behind the Itasca Public Library for trash, both ladies are environmentalists who want to pick up garbage to keep their town clean one scrap piece of paper at a time.
People showed their concern for the environment and their lost classmates in The Week in Pictures photo gallery for May 1-7, 2021.
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