Mortgage rates have been surging, making home ownership a lot less affordable for many people. The higher rates have also made people reluctant to sell their current homes, since many would likely have to pay more in mortgages for their next house. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, is assisted by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, after the 81-year-old GOP leader froze at the microphones during a Capitol Hill news conference on July 26. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
(From left) executive producer Aaron Korsh sits with actors Meghan Markle, Patrick J. Adams, Gabriel Macht, Gina Torres, Rick Hoffman and Sarah Rafferty of the TV show Suits in 2014. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images hide caption
Former President Trump and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Smoke rises from the Head Fire in Klamath National Forest, Calif., on Tuesday Aug. 15, 2023. Roger Matthews/AP hide caption
Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska heads the country's mental health campaign, called How Are You? She says the country is still overcoming the legacy of the Soviet era, when the government sometimes said dissidents had 'psychiatric problems' and locked them in mental institutions. She's shown here meeting with students in Paris last December. Julien de Rosa/AP hide caption
John Hunt catches a fish during his extensive fun-filled summer. Courtesy: John Hunt hide caption
New York City banned TikTok on government-owned devices on Wednesday, officials said. Here, the TikTok app logo, shown in Tokyo, on Sept. 28, 2020. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption
Hannah Gross, Sophia Lillis and Michael Cera play grown siblings in The Adults. Variance Films hide caption
Scientists say the question-mark-shaped structure seen in a new photo from the James Webb Space Telescope is likely the merger of two or more galaxies. NASA, ESA, CSA, J. DePasquale hide caption
Wildfires outside of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories, as seen from space on Tuesday. As of Thursday the fires are less than 10 miles outside of the city. NASA/Michala Garrison hide caption
A stack of the latest edition of the weekly Marion County Record sits in the back of the newspaper's building in Marion, Kansas, on Wednesday. The newspaper's front page was dedicated to two stories about a raid by local police on its offices and the publisher's home on Aug. 11. John Hanna/AP hide caption
U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski watches during the Women's World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Sweden and the United States in Melbourne, Australia, Aug. 6, 2023. Andonovski stepped down, according to a statement from the U.S. Soccer Federation released Thursday, Aug. 17. The move comes less than two weeks after the Americans were knocked out of the Women's World Cup earlier than ever before. Scott Barbour/AP hide caption
The E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington on Aug. 5. Judge Tanya Chutkan received death threats on her chamber's phone line, a court affidavit says. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A screenshot from a video uploaded to TikTok by @big.ebk, which has since been removed, shows subway surfers in New York City. Four teens have died performing the dangerous stunt in the city this year. @big.ebk/TikTok/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
In this Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 photo, Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy, adoptive parents of Baltimore Ravens starting offensive lineman Michael Oher, take part in a television interview in New Orleans. They were depicted in the move "The Blind Side" and will be attending Sunday's NFL football Super Bowl between the Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
Hillsong church founder Brian Houston arrives Thursday at the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney. He was ruled not guilty of a charge of concealing his father's child sex crimes. Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via AP hide caption
New York City banned TikTok on government-owned devices on Wednesday, officials said. Here, the TikTok app logo, shown in Tokyo, on Sept. 28, 2020. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption
The circuitous journey by Chinese Muslims reflects the extraordinary means China is undertaking to surveil and stop its citizens from making the Hajj — as well as the equally resourceful ways believers circumvent them. Sally Chen for NPR hide caption
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The yellow-legged hornet is a prolific predator of honey bees and other pollinators. Now it's been spotted alive in the wild in the U.S. for the first time. Georgia Department of Agriculture hide caption
JCPS Superintendent Marty Pollio takes questions from reporters on Aug. 9, 2023. J. Tyler Franklin/LPM hide caption
Brian Kemp speaks at a campaign event in 2022. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images hide caption
Carelle Calvan in blue T-shirt, hugs Nora Bulosan as they gather near a checkpoint in hopes to get access to their home destroyed in recent wildfires in Lahaina, Hawaii, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
In this photo illuminated by an off-camera flash, a tarp covers a portion of a homeless person's tent in February on a bridge overlooking the 101 Freeway in Los Angeles. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
Supporters of new restrictions on transgender healthcare and sports participation gathered Wednesday outside the North Carolina House chamber in Raleigh, N.C., ahead of veto override votes. Colin Campbell/WUNC hide caption
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko speaks in April during a hearing of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee concerning the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Sopko says the U.S. also needs to keep an eye on the billions of dollars provided to Ukraine. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Nicholas Hartnett, owner of Pure Power Solar, carries a panel as he and Brian Hoeppner, right, install a solar array on the roof of a home in Frankfort, Ky., Monday, July 17, 2023. Tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act will reduce the cost of installing rooftop solar panels by 30%, which will in turn lower monthly electricity bills. Michael Conroy/AP hide caption
Jerry Moss, right, and Herb Alpert, co-founders of A&M Records, appear during their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in New York on March 13, 2006. Moss, a music industry giant who co-founded A&M Records, died Wednesday at his home in Bel Air, Calif. He was 88. Jeff Christensem/AP hide caption
A patient prepares to take mifepristone, for a medication abortion. A federal appeals court ruled to impose new restrictions on the drug Wednesday but the ruling will not take effect until the Supreme Court weighs in. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
Jazz Night in America celebrates the centennial of influential pianist Elmo Hope. Hear selections from his rare discography, pictured above. Collage by NPR hide caption
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OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, has in recent weeks been hit with lawsuits from comedian Sarah Silverman, U.S. novelists, and others alleging copyright infringement. Now, the New York Times is weighing possible legal action. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption
Be Your Own Pet has reunited and recorded Mommy, out Aug. 25, a nervy new album that's funkier, keener and muscular than any of BYOP's previous work. Kirsten Barnett hide caption
A Winn Dixie shopping cart is seen in the parking lot of the Palm Harbor, Fla., store on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. Chris Urso/AP hide caption
Rescue workers in Seaside Heights, New Jersey, walk past homes wrecked by Superstorm Sandy in 2012. Early reports suggested dozens of people died in the storm, but later assessments found the death toll to be at least 20 times higher. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
