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Andrew Brown Jr. was shot in the back of his head, his family's attorneys said on Tuesday, citing an independent autopsy. Here, Glenda Brown Thomas displays a photo of Brown, her nephew, on her cell phone at her home in Elizabeth City, N.C. Allen G. Breed/AP hide caption
Demonstrators in Minneapolis ahead of the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who has since been convicted of murdering George Floyd. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Resettled villagers sun themselves outside Qixingguan. Many older residents have had a difficult time adjusting to life away from their fields. Emily Feng/NPR hide caption
Non-college-educated and Black millennials are still lagging way behind. About 80 percent of Black millennials with at least a bachelor's degree still have student loan debt, compared to about half of white millennials. Stretch Photography/Getty Images hide caption
Stephen Colbert says working without a live audience has been challenging during the pandemic: "There's some vital performance adrenaline spark that's missing." Scott Kowalchyk/CBS hide caption
Prancer, the 13-pound Chihuahua-slash-"vessel for a traumatized Victorian child that now haunts our home." Second Chance Pet Adoption League hide caption
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Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, a lifelong resident of Houston, is President Biden's nominee for director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Harris County Sheriff's Department hide caption
Supporters of former President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. A New York man who was not at the riot is on trial for allegedly threatening to kill members of Congress in media posts supportive of the assault. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
The Penn Museum is home to the The Morton Cranial Collection, which includes nearly 900 human skulls obtained during the early 19th century by Philadelphia scientist Dr. Samuel Morton. His research was used to lend scientific support to white supremacy. R. Perez/Penn Museum hide caption
More health workers will be able to prescribe buprenorphine under new guidelines from the Biden administration. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Clayton County, Ga., Sheriff Victor Hill is accused of violating the civil rights of several people in his agency's custody by ordering that they be unnecessarily strapped into a restraint chair and left there for hours, according to a federal indictment. Hill is seen here in 2005. Gene Blythe/AP hide caption
Israeli security forces on a street during clashes with Palestinian youth in Hebron on April 25. HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In this file photo taken May 4, 2011, Tuscaloosa Fire Lt. Brian Phillips climbs a pile of rubble in search of survivors or bodies at an apartment building in Tuscaloosa, Ala. On April 27, 2011, a series of tornadoes killed hundreds of people, injured thousands and reduced countless buildings to rubble across a swath of the U.S. Dave Martin/AP hide caption
'Day You'll Never Forget': Decade After Deadly Tuscaloosa Tornado, Recovery Is Uneven
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is seen as a possible Supreme Court justice should a vacancy arise in the Biden years. U.S. District Court, District of Columbia hide caption
Digital food magazine Epicurious has announced it will stop publishing new recipes featuring beef in an effort to promote more sustainable cooking. Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group via Getty Images hide caption
Periodical Cicadas spend 17 years underground feeding on tree sap. Now, billions of cicada nymphs are once again preparing to emerge from the earth and take to the treetops of 15 states across the East Coast and Midwest. Ed Reschke/Getty Images hide caption
Nearly 100 days into office, President Biden is lagging his predecessors in the number of bills he has signed, but he is far outpacing them on executive orders. Here, Biden speaks about Russia in the East Room of the White House on April 15. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
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News headlines on the impeachment trial of Donald Trump are displayed outside of the Fox headquarters in February in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
John McCain attends a rally in the park on Jan. 31, 2000 in Keene, NH, with his family (from left to right) daughter Bridget (8), wife Cindy, sons Jack (13) and Jimmy (10), and daughter Meghan (15). David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images hide caption
A general view of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul in 2013. The State Department announced Tuesday "the departure from U.S. Embassy Kabul of U.S. government employees whose functions can be performed elsewhere." Ahmad Nazar/AP hide caption
President Biden plans to sign an executive order on Tuesday that will kick off the rulemaking process for a higher minimum wage for employees of federal contractors. Anna Moneymaker/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Democrats Outline 'Care Infrastructure' Plan, With Paid Leave And Child Care
A closed sign is displayed in the window of a business in a nearly deserted lower Manhattan on April 17, 2020, in New York. Many small businesses benefitted from a government emergency loan program during the pandemic, but its effectiveness is still in doubt. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
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