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Friday, November 15, 2019

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Roger Stone with his wife, Nydia Stone, leaves federal court Friday in Washington. Stone, a longtime friend of President Donald Trump, was found guilty at his trial in federal court in Washington.

Roger Stone guilty of witness tampering, lying to Congress

Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump, has been found guilty at his trial in federal court in Washington.
People wait for students and updates Thursday outside of Saugus High School after reports of a shooting in Santa Clarita, California.

2 dead in California school attack; gunman shoots self

A student gunman opened fire Thursday at a Southern California high school, leaving one person dead and several others injured before he was captured, authorities said.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer talk Tuesday as they wait to speak at an event on Capitol Hill in Washington, regarding the earlier oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the case of President Trump’s decision to end the Obama-era, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), program.

Pelosi says Trump's Ukraine actions amount to 'bribery'

House Democrats are refining their impeachment case against the president to a simple allegation: Bribery.
A second official U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, center, arrives for an interview with the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Capitol Hill in Washington.

AP source: 2nd US official heard Trump call with Sondland

A second U.S. Embassy staffer in Kyiv overheard a key cellphone call between President Donald Trump and his ambassador to the European Union discussing the need for Ukrainian officials to pursue 'œinvestigations,' The Associated Press has learned.
President Donald Trump talks to the media before leaving the White House, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019, in Washington. Trump is attending the NCAA college football game between Louisiana State University and Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Conflicting White House accounts of 1st Trump-Zelenskiy call
President Donald Trump released the rough transcript Friday of a congratulatory phone call he had with the incoming president of Ukraine, holding it out as evidence that he did nothing wrong.
President Donald Trump leaves the Oval Office as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Bossier City, La., for a campaign rally. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Trump wants Supreme Court to block subpoena for his taxes
President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to block a subpoena for his tax returns
FILE - This undated photo made available by NASA on Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 shows, from left, Sunita Williams, Josh Cassada, Eric Boe, Nicole Mann, Christopher Ferguson, Douglas Hurley, Robert Behnken, Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover standing in front of mockups of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsules at the Johnson Space Center in Texas. On Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, NASA auditors warned the space agency faces 'significant safety and technical challenges' that need to be solved before astronauts fly in private capsules. (NASA via AP)
NASA warned of safety risks in delayed private crew launches
NASA faces safety risks in flying its astronauts on SpaceX and Boeing capsules
People use trestle bridges to walk in a flooded St. Mark's Square at Venice, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019.The high-water mark hit 187 centimeters (74 inches) late Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, meaning more than 85% of the city was flooded. The highest level ever recorded was 194 centimeters (76 inches) during infamous flooding in 1966. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Venice flooded again 3 days after near-record high tide
Waters are on the rise again on Friday in Venice, where the tide is reaching exceptional levels just three days after the Italian lagoon city experienced its worst flooding in more than 50 years
In this photo taken on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, a Belarus' Army serviceman walks to cast his ballot during an early election at a polling station in Minsk, Belarus, ahead of the parliamentary election to be held on Sunday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Belarus holds vote, ignores blatant ballot box stuffing
Belarus is holding a parliamentary election this weekend but with top opposition candidates kept off the ballot, only loyalists to the nation's authoritarian president will win
FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2019, file photo, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House impeachment panels are starting to release transcripts from their investigation. And in one of them, Yovanovitch says that Ukrainian officials warned her in advance that Rudy Giuliani and his allies were planning to "do things, including to me." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Diplomat built reputation as solid pro, but saw it sullied
Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine to get her turn to tell the public about the campaign to oust her
In this Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 photo, human rights lawyer Hoda Nasrallah poses for a portrait at her office in Cairo, Egypt. Since her father's death last year, Huda Nasrallah, a Christian, has stood before three different judges to demand an equal share of the property left to her two brothers by their father. Nasrallah is taking on Egypt's Islamic inheritance laws that mean female heirs inherit half that of men. A final verdict is expected to be handed down later this month. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Egyptian woman fights unequal Islamic inheritance laws
Egyptian woman takes on country's Islamic inheritance laws that stipulate female heirs inherit half that of men
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper attends a joint press conference with South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo, after the 51st Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) at the Defense Ministry in Seoul Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. U.S. Defense Secretary Esper says South Korea is wealthy enough to pay a bigger share of the cost of having U.S. troops on its soil. (Jung Yeon-je/Pool Photo via AP)
Esper says S Korea wealthy enough to pay more for US troops
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says South Korea is wealthy enough to pay a bigger share of the cost of having U.S. troops on its soil
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Parents, grandparents and community members who are veterans attended an all-school assembly at Frederick School in Grayslake. The Frederick Band played the Armed Forces Medley, arranged by former Frederick band director and veteran Aaron Mulder. Each serviceman or woman stood while their branch of the military’s anthem was played.
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Leslie Meredith of Arlington Heights reacts after her name is called as the Daily Herald Cook of the Week Challenge Finale winner at the Westin in Itasca on Monday evening. From left are finalists Lulu Chapa of Volo, Lisa Eberhahn of Mount Prospect, Meredith, and Ann Wayne of Barrington.
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Bob Huber of South Elgin and VFW Post 5036 salutes as Taps is played during the Veterans Day service on Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, at the St. Charles Police Department.
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