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![A man wears a Dominican Republic flag in front of the Bean in Chicago. A group gathered in front of the bean on the Dominican Republics independence day, the group was protesting what they consider unfair elections in their home country.](https://depauliaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_9898-1-900x600.jpg)
Dominican Republic election suspension prompts protests
Hillary Flores and Maria Guerrero
• March 1, 2020
![Democratic presidential candidate and former South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg walks to speaks with members of the media, Sunday, March 1, 2020, in Plains, Ga.](https://depauliaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/AP20061526376628-900x600.jpg)
Pete Buttigieg ending his presidential campaign
Associated Press
• March 1, 2020
![Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey, left, joins Livingston County Sheriff Tony Childress, right, at the state Capitol Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020, in Springfield, Ill., protesting the end of a practice by the Illinois Department of Corrections to transfer released inmates who have warrants or immigration detainers to Pontiac Correctional Center, where the Kankakee Sheriff's Department picked them up and detained them for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation hearings. Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration says it halted the policy because it violates the state's Trust Act which limits local police agencies' cooperation with federal immigration officials.](https://depauliaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/AP20056818075828-900x600.jpg)
Sheriffs: Illinois halts transfer of some facing deportation
Associated Press
• February 25, 2020
![FILE-Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse as jury deliberations continue in his rape trial, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, in New York.](https://depauliaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/AP20055525858552-900x600.jpg)
Harvey Weinstein found guilty in landmark #MeToo moment
Associated Press
• February 24, 2020
![In this Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, photo, a woman using a trolley bag to collect foods distributed by volunteers outside her home in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province.](https://depauliaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/AP20054293903999-900x600.jpg)
Xi says epidemic ‘grim,’ calls for action on China economy
Associated Press
• February 23, 2020
![This Aug. 15, 2017 file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen, also known as Percocet, in New York. Dozens of Ohio local government leaders gathered privately Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, to discuss how to divide millions of dollars from a prospective opioid settlement. The goal is to position themselves to enter settlement talks with drugmakers as a united front with the state, which would be a first nationally.](https://depauliaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/AP20042827998688-900x600.jpg)
Proposed $18 billion opioid settlement falls short
Cailey Gleeson, News Editor
• February 23, 2020
![In this July 8, 2019, file photo, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer looks on during an operation in Escondido, Calif.](https://depauliaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/NW-900x600.jpg)
Trump under fire for sanctuary cities crackdown
Abbas Dahodwala
• February 23, 2020
![Visitors wearing face masks walk near the Gwanghwamun, the main gate of the 14th-century Gyeongbok Palace, and one of South Korea's well-known landmarks, in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020. South Korea's Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip says the outbreak has entered a serious new phase but expressed cautious optimism that it can be contained to the region surrounding Daegu, where the first case was reported on Tuesday.](https://depauliaonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/AP20053195006520-900x607.jpg)
Infections climb in South Korea as world fights coronavirus
Associated Press
• February 22, 2020
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