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President Trump's personal attorney Jay Sekulow (center) stands with his son, Jordan Sekulow (left), and White House counsel Pat Cipollone in the Capitol on Saturday. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption
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Protesters gather on the Paso del Norte International Bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on Saturday to demand justice for artist and activist Isabel Cabanillas, 26, who was killed in the streets of Juarez, Mexico. Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Rare, Selena Gomez's first new album in over four years, is out now. "When you take that long of a break, it is pretty nerve-wracking," she says. Rich Fury/Getty Images hide caption
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Left to right: Fafa Ruffino, Mamani Keita, Niariu and Kandy Guira are members of the collective Les Amazones d'Afrique. Their new album, Amazones Power, is out now. Karen Paulina Biswell/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
West African Supergroup Les Amazones D'Afrique Returns With 'Amazones Power'
Nong's Khao Man Gai, a popular Thai chicken and rice restaurant, uses Ota Tofu in their vegetarian option, Khao Man Gai Jay. Will Matsuda for NPR hide caption
Demonstrators protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act near Jamia Millia Islamia on Dec. 15 in New Delhi. Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images hide caption
'Our Democracy Is In Danger': Muslims In India Say Police Target Them With Violence
Volunteer medics clear the ruins of a medical tent near Tahrir Square in Baghdad on Saturday after security forces stormed the area. They said security forces set the tent on fire burning everything in it, including medical supplies. Jane Arraf/NPR hide caption
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Neil McLeod, owner of Neil's Bigleaf Maple Syrup farm, keeps a close eye on his reducing sap for out of control foaming. Anna King/Northwest News Network hide caption
Bigleaf Maple Syrup Flows As Profits Drip From Once-Maligned Northwest Tree
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Greg Ettl, a forest ecologist for the University of Washington, shows off the tubing that will carry bigleaf maple sap down the hill using gravity at UW's Pack Forest. Anna King/Northwest News Network hide caption
Bigleaf Maple Syrup Flows As Profits Drip From Once-Maligned Northwest Tree
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Looking up at massive bigleaf maple trees towering over a tapping system to extract their sap for syrup in Acme, Wash. Anna King/Northwest News Network hide caption