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Friday, September 30, 2022

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Despite an evacuation order, Debbie Waidanz and her husband decided to stay put at their winter home in Marco Island, Florida. They said Hurricane Ian brought the worst flooding they’ve seen, with about seven inches of water, but otherwise, “we’ll be fine.”

'We're very resilient,' say suburbanites in Florida just outside the worst of hurricane's impact

Some suburban Chicago residents who are visiting or retired in Florida hunkered down Wednesday to wait out Hurricane Ian, but so far they have avoided the worst of the dramatic events.
FILE - In this image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, and defendant, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, both on the right side of the courtroom, arrive for the verdict in Chauvin's trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Behind the front table at left is prosecutor Jerry Blackwell, left, and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. Behind the rear table at left is prosecutor Steve Schleicher, left, and Assistant Minnesota Attorney General Matthew Frank. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)

In Minnesota, abortion keys Keith Ellison's 2nd term hopes

Keith Ellison gave up a safe seat in Congress to run for Minnesota attorney general, saying it was his best chance to push back against the policies of Donald Trump
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Watch debate over the state referendum on Amendment 1, about union rights

Authorities on both sides of the Amendment 1 issue debate the implications of the referendum question in this joint Zoom interview hosted by the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors association and the Daily Herald.

3 Russian cosmonauts return safely from mission to International Space Station

3 Russian cosmonauts return safely from mission to International Space Station
Victims of heavy flooding from monsoon rains attend school at a flood relief camp in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Months of heavy monsoon rains and flooding have killed over a 1000 people and affected 3.3 million in this South Asian nation while half a million people have become homeless. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)
3 million children may miss a semester in flood-hit Pakistan
Pakistani officials say almost 3 million children in flood-hit areas may miss at least one semester because of damage the disaster has inflicted on schools
Des Plaines boy who was pushed in lake dies
A 3-year-old Des Plaines boy who authorities say was pushed into Lake Michigan in Chicago by his aunt last week has died, officials said.
Today in History: September 29, Pope John Paul I found dead
Today in History Today is Thursday, Sept. 29, the 272nd day of 2022. There are 93 days left in the year.
FILE - Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo of East Timor, sings along with participants at the National Catholic Gathering for Jubilee Justice held on the UCLA Campus in Los Angeles, on July 17, 1999. Belo has been accused in a Dutch magazine article of sexually abusing boys in East Timor in the 1990s, rocking the Catholic Church in the impoverished nation and forcing officials at the Vatican and his religious order to scramble to provide answers. (AP Photo/Neil Jacobs, File)
Vatican sanctions Nobel laureate after Timor accusations
The Vatican says it imposed disciplinary sanctions on Nobel Peace Prize-winning Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo following allegations that he sexually abused boys in East Timor in the 1990s
People make preparations for a concert at the Red Square, with constructions reading the words ''Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Russia'', and the St. Basil's Cathedral and Lenin Mausoleum on the background, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. The Kremlin said that Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of the four regions of Ukraine that held a referendum on joining Russia will attend a ceremony to sign documents on the regions' incorporation into Russia, which will be followed by a big concert on Red Square. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War
The U_N_ Security Council has scheduled a vote for Friday afternoon on a resolution that would condemn Russia for its 'illegal so-called referenda' in four Ukrainian regions and declare that they 'have no validity.'
Taliban spokesman for Kabul police chief says 19 killed, 27 wounded in suicide blast in Shiite area of Afghan capital
Taliban spokesman for Kabul police chief says 19 killed, 27 wounded in suicide blast in Shiite area of Afghan capital
From left, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, who is running for re-election, Padre Kelmon of the Brazilian Labour Party, Felipe D'Avila of the Novo Party, Soraya Thronicke of the Brasil Union Party, former president and now presidential candidate Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva of the Workers' Party, Simone Tebet of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, and Ciro Gomes of the Democratic Labour Party, arrive to participate in a presidential debate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Brazil will hold general elections on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Brazil's decisive debate on eve of presidential election
Tens of millions of Brazilians were glued to their TVs late Thursday for the final presidential debate before Sunday's elections
Damaged homes and businesses are seen in Fort Myers Beach, Fla., on Thursday, Sep 29, 2022, following Hurricane Ian. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Hurricane Ian heads for Carolinas after pounding Florida
A revived Hurricane Ian is bearing down on South Carolina's coast and the historic city of Charleston, with forecasters predicting a storm surge and floods
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Eleven-year-old Gage Paez was one of about 30 students from Glenside Middle School Builders Club that planted 2,977 American Flags Friday September 9, 2022 in front of the Glendale Heights Village Hall in remembrance of the victims lost on September 11, 2001. An additional 466 flags were planted in memory of military, police and firefighters. In total 3050 flags were planted.
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FILE - Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II looks on during a visit to officially open the new building at Thames Hospice, Maidenhead, England July 15, 2022. Buckingham Palace says Queen Elizabeth II is under medical supervision as doctors are “concerned for Her Majesty’s health.” The announcement comes a day after the 96-year-old monarch canceled a meeting of her Privy Council and was told to rest.
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