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MON, 3/18/2019

Monday, March 18, 2019

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A survivor of sexual assault meditates in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Thursday, March 14, 2019. “Most people will say, ‘What were you wearing or what were you doing? Why were you out so late?’" the young woman said. She found refuge in two trusted teachers, who sent her to “Sisters in Strength,” run by the nonprofit Girls for Gender Equity. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

R. Kelly case spotlights abuse of girls in the era of #MeToo

The arrest of R&B singer R. Kelly on charges of sexually abusing girls as young as 13 has focused the lens of the #MeToo movement on underage victims and girls of color
A barricade burns on the Champs Elysees avenue Saturday, March 16, 2019 in Paris. French yellow vest protesters clashed Saturday with riot police near the Arc de Triomphe as they kicked off their 18th straight weekend of demonstrations against President Emmanuel Macron. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

France seeks answers after police failed to stop Paris riots

French President Emmanuel Macron has summoned top security officials after police failed to contain resurgent rioting during yellow vest protests that transformed a luxurious Paris avenue into a battle scene
This photo provided by Aya Al-Umari shows Hussein Al-Umari and his sister, Aya Al-Umari, in early 2018. Hussein, left, 35, was killed in the Al Noor mosque attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday, March 15, 2019. (Aya Al-Umari via AP)

Brother's teasing proved prophetic before NZ mosque shooting

Aya Al-Umari never got the chance to say goodbye to her brother Hussein before he was killed in a mass shooting at Al Noor mosque
FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2017, file photo, Uighur security personnel patrol near the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar in western China's Xinjiang region. China says on Monday, March 18, 2019 it has arrested nearly 13,000 people it describes as terrorists in the traditionally Islamic region of Xinjiang since 2014 and broken up hundreds of "terrorist gangs." The figures were included in a government report on the situation in the restive northwestern territory that seeks to respond to growing criticism over the internment of an estimated 1 million members of the Uighur and other predominantly Muslim ethnic groups. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

China says 13,000 Xinjiang 'terrorists' arrested since 2014

China has arrested nearly 13,000 people it describes as terrorists in Xinjiang since 2014, the government said in a report issued to counter criticism of internment camps and other oppressive security in the traditionally Islamic region
People clean the debris from a house in Sentani, Papua Province, Indonesia, Monday, March 18, 2019. Flash flood and mudslides triggered by days of torrential downpours tore through mountainside villages in Indonesia's easternmost province.(AP Photo/Djefri Pattiradjawane)
Flash floods, earthquake in Indonesia kill at least 80
Flash floods and mudslides triggered by days of torrential downpours tore through mountainside villages in Indonesia's easternmost province, killing at least 77 people and leaving dozens missing
French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, right, arrives for a press conference in Lyon, central France, Thursday, March 7, 2019. Barbarin offers his resignation to the Pope after a court on Thursday found him guilty of failing to report to authorities allegations of sexual abuse of minors by a priest. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
French cardinal convicted in sex abuse scandal to meet pope
France's senior Catholic cleric, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, was meeting with the pope after having been convicted by a French court of failing to report a known pedophilia priest to police
La Scala theater general manager Alexander Pereira, right, and La Scala conductor Riccardo Chailly attend a press conference, in Milan, Italy, Monday, March 11, 2019. Italy's premier opera house, La Scala in Milan, is under fire over a proposal to grant a board seat to Saudi Arabia's culture minister with the promise of 15 million euros ($16.8 million) in new funding. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
La Scala board to decide on controversial Saudi funding
Directors of Italy's premier opera house, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, were meeting to decide whether to accept controversial funding from Saudi Arabia
A currency trader walks by the screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 18, 2019. Asian shares were mixed Monday as investors continued to watch for signs the U.S. and China could be making progress on critical negotiations aimed at resolving a trade war between the world's two biggest economies. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Global shares rise as investors watch US-China trade talks
Global shares gained as investors awaited signs of progress in negotiations on resolving a trade war between the two biggest economies
Chris Kazmar, left, and Gary Goldsand, both of Arlington Heights, perform St. Patrick's Day selections with the Pulmonairs in Northwest Community Hospital's Oasis cafeteria. The choir, made up of pulmonary patients, exercises their lungs through singing.
Hospital choir breathes new life into pulmonary patients
They call themselves the Pulmonairs, and for pulmonary patients at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, this singing group is more than just a hobby, it's a means of feeling better.
Early voting begins Monday, March 18, in the municipal and school board elections on the April 2 ballot
A summary of Daily Herald endorsements in April 2 elections
Here is a summary of Daily Herald endorsements in municipal, school board and community college races of local interest on the April 2 ballot.
This image made available by International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on Monday March 18, 2019, shows an aerial view from a helicopter of flooding in Beira, Mozambique. The Red Cross says that as much as 90 percent of Mozambique's central port city of Beira has been damaged or destroyed by tropical Cyclone Idai. (Caroline Haga/International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) via AP)
Mozambique's president says cyclone death toll may be 1,000
Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi says that as many as 1,000 could have by killed by Cyclone Idai
Court orders new trial in Chicago police torture case
A prison inmate convicted of murder has been granted a new trial after an appellate court determined that Chicago police tortured him into implicating himself in the 1989 slayings of two men
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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