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FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 18, 2020, file photo, actor Danny Masterson appears at his arraignment in Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles. On Tuesday, May 18, 2021, prosecutors are set to begin presenting evidence to a judge as they attempt to show 'That '70s Show' actor Masterson should stand trial for the rapes of three women. (Lucy Nicholson/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Judge to hear evidence on actor Danny Masterson rape charges

Prosecutors are set to begin presenting evidence to a judge as they attempt to show 'That '70s Show' actor Danny Masterson should stand trial in the rapes of three women
People queueto receive COVID-19 vaccinations at the ESSA academy in Bolton, England, Tuesday May 18, 2021. For the first time in months, people across England are meeting indoors at pubs, restaurants, cinemas, gyms and elsewhere as coronavirus rules were relaxed across the country on Monday. But Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Britons to be cautious and some of the scientists advising him say restrictions might need to be reimposed quickly because of a worrying variant first detected in India. (Danny Lawson/PA via AP)

EXPLAINER: How worrying is the variant first seen in India?

For the first time in months, people across England are meeting indoors at pubs, restaurants, cinemas, gyms and elsewhere as coronavirus rules were relaxed across the country on Monday
FILE - In this March 10, 2020, file photo, real estate heir Robert Durst looks over during his murder trial in Los Angeles. Fourteen months after the murder trial of New York real estate heir Durst was put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, jurors are returning to court to see if they can finish the assignment they were given. A Los Angeles judge will question jurors Monday, May 17, 2021, to find out if they can continue to serve in the case that is expected to last four to five months. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo, Pool, File)

Durst jurors to get refresher in deaths tied to millionaire

Jurors in the murder trial of Robert Durst are getting a refresher in the deaths that have dogged the multimillionaire
Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip to Israel, Monday, May 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

EXPLAINER: Are Israel, Hamas committing war crimes in Gaza?

Israel and the Hamas militant group already face allegations of possible war crimes in Gaza, more than a week into their fourth war
This Aug. 17, 2018, photo provided by Justice 360 shows death row inmate Richard Moore at Kirkland Reception and Evaluation Center in Columbia, S.C. Moore was sentenced to death in the 1999 fatal shooting of James Mahoney, a convenience store clerk in Spartanburg County, S.C. ( Blossom Street Films/Justice 360 via AP)
Former jailer seeks clemency for one death row inmate
A lack of drugs used in lethal injections has stalled three executions in South Carolina over the past six months
Stephen Chow Sau-yan gestures during a press conference in Hong Kong Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Pope Francis on Monday named a new bishop for Hong Kong, tapping the head of his own Jesuit order in the region, the Rev. P. Stephen Chow Sau-Yan, for the politically sensitive position that has been vacant for two years. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Hong Kong's new bishop wants differing views respected
Hong Kong's incoming Roman Catholic bishop Stephen Chow has called for respect for different views as he prepares to lead a diocese that has been polarized by the city's deteriorating political situation
Spanish Guardia Civil officers try to stop people from Morocco swimming and entering into the Spanish territory at the border of Morocco and Spain, at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Monday, May 17, 2021. Authorities in Spain say that around 1,000 Moroccan migrants have crossed into Spanish territory (Antonio Sempere/Europa Press via AP)
Spain, Morocco square off after 6,000 migrants arrive by sea
Spain is facing a humanitarian and diplomatic crisis after thousands of Moroccans took advantage of relaxed border controls in their nation to swim or paddle in inflatable boats onto European soil
Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas, Thursday, May 6, 2021 at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. The audit, ordered by the Arizona Senate, has the U.S. Department of Justice saying it is concerned about ballot security and potential voter intimidation arising from the unprecedented private recount of the 2020 presidential election results. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool)
Arizona Republicans fight back against election fraud claims
The top Republicans in Arizona's largest county gave an impassioned defense of their handling of the 2020 election
This photograph provided by Indian navy shows, one of the men rescued by the navy from the Arabian sea being brought for medical attention at naval air station INS Shikra in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. The Indian navy is working to rescue crew members from a sunken barge and a second cargo vessel that was adrift Tuesday off the coast of Mumbai after Cyclone Tauktae, struck the western coast. (Indian Navy via AP)
India scours sea after barge sinks, 2nd adrift after cyclone
The Indian navy is working to rescue crew members from a sunken barge and a second cargo vessel that was adrift off the coast of Mumbai after a deadly cyclone struck the western coast
Bangladeshi journalist Rozina Islam, center, is escorted by police to a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Police in Bangladesh's capital have arrested the prominent journalist on charges of stealing and photographing sensitive state information. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Bangladesh arrests journalist known for unearthing graft
Police in Bangladesh's capital have arrested a prominent journalist on charges of stealing and photographing sensitive state information
Germany: 5th suspect arrested over Dresden jewelry theft
German investigators say they have arrested a fifth suspect in connection with the spectacular theft of 18th-century jewels from a Dresden museum in 2019
More than 50 migrants reported drowned off Tunisia; 33 saved
Tunisian authorities say more than 50 migrants have drowned  or disappeared off the coast of the North African country, while 33 others were rescued by workers from an oil platform
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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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.
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Meet the newest graduates from Harvest Christian Academy in Elgin.
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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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