The Jasons have developed technologies such as a laser that can help reduce atmospheric distortion. The Air Force uses it to better photograph passing spy satellites. R. Fugate/Air Force Research Laboratory hide caption
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Prosecutors say these are some of the drugs found in Christopher Hasson's Silver Spring, Md., apartment. He was arrested on weapon and drug charges and is accused of plotting to kill prominent Americans. U.S. Attorney's Office/Getty Images hide caption
A 2015 photo of the interior of the Statehouse dome in Lansing, Mich. A federal court has ruled that the state's congressional map and some state legislative districts were unfairly gerrymandered to benefit Republicans. Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption
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Kanye West performs Sunday Service during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California. Rich Fury/Getty Images for Coachella hide caption
The offshore oil drilling platform 'Gail,' operated by Venoco, Inc., is shown off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif. in 2009. A Trump administration plan to greatly expand offshore drilling is on hold after a setback in court. Chris Carlson/AP hide caption
Anthony Burgess poses for a photograph in 1973, two years after the release of the film adaptation of A Clockwork Orange -- and right around the time he was working on the recently unearthed manuscript. AP hide caption
Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan was cleared by the Pentagon's Inspector General of allegations of ethics violations. Shanahan is seen here testifying at a House Armed Services Committee hearing last month. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
In February, Justin Kelley was among the workers at about 1,000 Walmarts who learned that their jobs as people greeters would be eliminated. Like Kelley, many of them were workers with disabilities who found themselves in limbo. Alina Selyukh/NPR hide caption
Kristen Stewart plays a real-life literary fraud in JT LeRoy. Allen Fraser/Universal Pictures hide caption
On Thursday, U.S. Attorney for District of Massachusetts Andrew Lelling revealed federal charges against a Massachusetts judge and a former court officer for preventing an immigration official from taking custody of an undocumented immigrant defendant. Steven Senne/AP hide caption
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An Boeing employee works on the fuselage of a 737 Max 9 test plane at the company's factory in Renton, Wash., on March 14. Orders for durable goods jumped 2.7% last month, fueled in part by strong demand for commercial aircraft. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images hide caption
Water from the Flint River flows through the Hamilton Dam. In 2014, the city switched from Detroit's water system to the Flint River, setting the stage for a crisis that sickened residents and cost the mayor and other officials their jobs. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
Health workers marched in Butembo on Wednesday to protest the violence they're facing. The demonstration comes in the wake of an attack last Friday in which an epidemiologist from Cameroon was shot and killed. Al-hadji Kudra Maliro/AP hide caption
A new study pinpoints which part of a mosquito's body is repulsed by the taste of DEET. Philippe Hugen /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
On Dec. 6, 1992, Hindu attackers hit the wall of the 16th-century Babri Masjid with iron rods, part of a mob that tore down the mosque. Thousands were killed in rioting that followed the mosque's destruction. Douglas E. Curran/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, under investigation for lucrative sales of her children's book, was the subject of a federal raid Thursday morning. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
A man uses heroin in a park in New York City in 2017. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Majority Of Americans Say Drug Companies Should Be Held Responsible For Opioid Crisis
Former Vice President Joe Biden hasn't hidden his presidential aspirations since leaving office in 2017, and didn't appear deterred by accusations of inappropriate contact over the past several weeks either. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
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Parkland school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz speaks to public defender Diane Cuddihy, right, during a hearing in March. Taimy Alvarez/AP hide caption
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