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A picture taken on Oct. 12, 2017 shows the logo of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris. Jacques Demarthon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
AFP journalist Khader Zaanoun poses for a picture in Gaza City on Tuesday. AFP journalists in the Gaza Strip say chronic food shortages are affecting their ability to cover Israel's conflict with Hamas militants. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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A General Motors logo is seen at the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant in Hamtramck, Mich. on Jan. 27, 2020. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
President Trump with Jerome Powell after nominating him as chair in 2017. Drew Angerer/Getty Images North America hide caption
President Trump meets with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the Oval Office at the White House on July 22. During a question-and-answer session with reporters while at the meeting, Trump railed against former President Barack Obama and other Democratic figures. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Sonya Sotinsky sits at Crane Cove Park in San Francisco on March 25. Sotinsky was diagnosed with Stage 4 tongue cancer and underwent surgery to remove her tongue, larynx and other structures. She then worked with researchers to create an AI-generated voice using past recordings of her speech. Beth LaBerge/KQED hide caption
Newborn babies lie in bassinets in the nursery of a postpartum recovery center in upstate New York in 2017. A new study examined births over decades to find tendencies toward having all girls or all boys. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
NPR's chief news executive and acting content chief, Edith Chapin, told colleagues Tuesday morning that she has decided to step down. Stephen Voss/NPR hide caption
NPR news chief announces she's leaving days after Congress kills federal funding
Coca-Cola Chairman and CEO James Quincey says the company will "expand our trademark Coca-Cola product range with U.S. cane sugar" to give Coke fans a new option. President Trump mentioned the plan last week, saying Coca-Cola had "agreed" to use real cane sugar, similar to its recipe for Mexican Coke. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
The US Department of Defense(DOD) seal is seen on the lectern in the media briefing room at the Pentagon on December 12, 2013, in Washington, DC. PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
Troops In Central Gaza, Military Detention Centers, Harvard Hearing
Rep. Ritchie Torres (right), D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill July 17, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty Images North America hide caption
Rep. Ritchie Torres says Democrats should pursue redistricting to counter Texas GOP
Marc Schindler, former assistant secretary and chief of staff of Maryland's Department of Juvenile Services, left, and Maryland state Sen. William Smith look at a sunken gravestone at the Cheltenham Youth Detention Center in a wooded area. Caroline Gutman/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
Maryland state senator aims to change how juvenile offenders are treated in the state
Tiny variations in the weather, tides and even the liquid inside the Earth's core can affect the length of the day. NASA hide caption
In Montana, one man says Medicaid and the drug coverage he gets through it are what allow him to work. But a raise he has gotten could mean he loses Medicaid, so he says he decided to "fudge the numbers." Oona Zenda/KFF Health News hide caption
There is an ongoing staffing crunch at the Social Security Administration. Here is one of the agency's field offices, on Staten Island, N.Y. Olga Ginzburg for NPR hide caption
It was 35 years ago this month that the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. Across the U.S., it's being marked with festivals and parades — and concern due to recent Medicaid cuts. Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Elaine and Karl Yoneda in March 1933. The couple would later be incarcerated with their son at the Manzanar concentration camp during World War II. The Karl G. Yoneda Papers, UCLA Special Library Collections. hide caption
‘Together in Manzanar’ exposes the realities of life in Japanese internment camp
In this undated image provided by the CPSC, a child uses the compression strap to stand on above-ground pool. (CPSC via AP) CPSC/AP hide caption
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks on the telephone after encountering a white mob protesting against the Freedom Riders in Montgomery, Ala., on May 26, 1961. On Monday, the Trump administration released a trove of records about King's assassination. Express Newspapers/Getty Images/Hulton Archive hide caption
The seal of the Department of Defense at the Pentagon. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
Emil Bove last year during President Donald Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan. Bove represented Trump in the case. Earlier this year, Trump nominated Bove to the U.S. Court of Appeals. Pool/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump, accompanied by Tulsi Gabbard, speaks after Gabbard is sworn in as director of national intelligence on February 12. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
As efforts to reform the cash bail system increase, the backlash against them does too. On Monday, President Trump disparaged bail reform on social media, calling it a "complete disaster."
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