News

TUE, 10/15/2019

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Weather Conditions 53° Today's Forecast
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
Today's Forecast Today's e-Edition
e-Edition Paper
European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU General Affairs ministers, Article 50, at the European Convention Center in Luxembourg, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. European Union chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier is in Luxembourg on Tuesday to brief ministers on the state of play for Brexit. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU's Barnier says Brexit deal still possible this week

The European Union's Brexit negotiator says a divorce deal with the United Kingdom is still possible this week but that the British government needs to come forward with a legal text
FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump watches as Chinese Vice Premier Liu He speaks to U.S. Trade representative Robert Lighthizer, right, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. A truce in a U.S.-Chinese tariff war and Beijing's promises to open more of its state-dominated economy are raising hopes among investors. But China's own state media are trying to temper expectations, while companies express frustration about the halting pace of market opening. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

China tempers hopes about US tariff truce

China tries to temper hopes over US tariff truce, while companies look for more market-opening
Women walk by a China Post mailbox in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. On Tuesday, China says fees it pays to the United States and other countries to deliver packages will nearly triple through 2025 under an agreement following complaints by Washington. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China says postal fees to rise after US complaint

China says charges paid to US, other countries to deliver packages will nearly triple through 2025 after Washington complained
Syrians walk at the border crossing between Iraq and Syria in Semelka, northeast Syria, Monday Oct. 14, 2019. The border crossing between Iraq and Syria's Kurdish-held northeastern Syria was dreary on Monday. The truck lane of the usually bustling commercial gateway was empty_ only a single pick-up stood in the parking lot with sheep in the flatbed. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Foreigners exit northeastern Syria fearing government reach

Foreign aid workers and journalists pack the border crossing, looking to get out of northeast Syria and into Iraq, a sign of the sudden transformation sweeping the Kurdish-run region
This undated file photo shows Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States. (AP Photo/File)
A newspaper accused the president's family of profiting from a foreign deal. The president sued.
In 1909, the attorney general indicted members of the media for publishing claims that the families of the president and vice president benefited from the Panama Canal deal. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court.
Former White House advisor on Russia, Fiona Hill, leaves Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, after testifying before congressional lawmakers as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Former WH aide: John Bolton called Giuliani a 'hand grenade'
A former top White House adviser on Russia told House impeachment investigators on Monday that there were concerns at high levels of President Donald Trump's administration about Rudy Giuliani's activities in Ukraine
This stack of World War II love letters was found in a secondhand shop in Tennessee.
They found a stack of World War II love letters for sale. Then they began to unravel the mystery of who wrote them.
The letters were in the relic room of Smoky Mountain Knife Works in eastern Tennessee.
British vacationers who accidentally drove into U.S. spend days detained with infant
"We have been treated like criminals here, stripped of our rights, and lied to," Eileen Connors wrote in a sworn statement. "It is undoubtedly the worst experience we have ever lived through."
FILE - In this Monday Oct. 7, 2019 file photo, Turkish-backed forces from the Free Syrian Army, stand in formation during military maneuvers in preparation for a Turkish incursion targeting Syrian Kurdish fighters, near Azaz town, north Syria. The Turkish trained and funded Syrian forces present themselves as heirs to the uprising against President Bashar Assad. But while they include some Islamist and former rebel factions, a large number are Arab and Turkmen fighters from northern and eastern Syria with an ax to grind against the Kurds and a reputation for violence and looting. (AP Photo, File)
Money, hatred for the Kurds drives Turkey's Syrian fighters
A desire for power, money and hatred for the Kurds drives Turkey's Syrian allies
Charred trucks that belong to the Michoacan state police stand on the roadside after they were attacked in El Aguaje, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. At least 13 police officers were killed and nine others injured in the ambush. (AP Photo/Armando Solis)
Gunmen ambush police convoy in Mexico; kill 13 and wound 9
Mexican authorities say a band of heavily armed drug cartel gunmen ambushed a police convoy in violent Michoacan state, killing 13 officers and wounding nine in the worst attack on the country's law enforcers in years
Hydraulic issue leads Southwest to evacuate plane in Chicago
Southwest Airlines has evacuated a flight over a hydraulic issue that cropped up after landing in at Chicago's Midway International Airport
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to a journalist's question during a press conference at the government building in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. A homemade, remote-controlled bomb intended to "kill or to harm" riot control officers was detonated as they deployed against renewed violence in Hong Kong over the weekend, police said Monday, in a further escalation of destructive street battles gripping the business hub. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Hong Kong's leader: Territory not becoming a police state
Hong Kong's leader says "it's totally irresponsible and unfounded" to suggest the semi-autonomous Chinese territory is becoming a police state as her government grapples with protests now in their fifth month
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Latest News
Recommended for You
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Latest Sales Flyers view all
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 
Photo Galleries
The tail end of the sunset Saturday evening after a line of thunderstorms blew through the area on Oct. 5, 2019. This was photo was from Brundige Road south of Rt. 38 in St. Charles.
Enjoy a colorful Week in Pictures
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 33,229, Jim Frost photo: Winging the wind is what skysailing is all about for enthusiasts of the fast-growing sport. A beginner, Calvin Swaback of Elgin, takes a running start from the ski slope at Norge Ski Hill in Fox River Grove in September of 1974.
Through the Film Magnifier: Rocket launches, Farrah Faucett, Billards, Ron Santo and Skysailing
Josephine Slape, 3, visiting from Brisbane, Australia, stands in the wind at the DuPage Children’s Museum in Naperville.
You can breeze through The Week in Pictures gallery
Chris Bullock of North AuroraA sailboat returning to its mooring in Ellison Bay, Wisconsin at sunset. My wife and I sat in the town park watching a beautiful sunset when the sailboat came around the point and slowly glided into port like a shadow.
September photo contest winners
Circle of Friends queen and king Amy Sallas and Roger Petty gather with Assisted Living queen and king Nina Viehman and Mike Malloy during a homecoming celebration at the Belmont Village in Buffalo Grove on Wednesday.
The Week in Pictures has a balance of serious news and fun features
A lonely penguin appears in Antarctica during the southern hemisphere’s summer season. Experts say that global warming is affecting Antarctica and among other things is causing penguin colonies to dwindle in the areas closer to the sea as the birds are migrating toward the inland territories, where temperatures remain lower.
Our Beautiful Earth
School Graduations More Galleries
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 
Inside News
Trending News
    Top Jobs
    Today's Obituaries