Most people with COVID-19 get over it relatively quickly. Marjorie Roberts has been living with COVID-19 for months. Marjorie Roberts hide caption
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, center, is arrested by police officers at his home in Hong Kong on Monday. Hong Kong police arrested Lai and raided the publisher's headquarters in the highest-profile use yet of the new national security law Beijing imposed on the city after protests last year. AP hide caption
"You won't be safe in Joe Biden's America," one of President Trump's campaign ads argued. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
President Trump signs executive actions regarding coronavirus economic relief during a news conference in Bedminster, N.J., on Saturday. A number of lawmakers are criticizing the measures' substance and constitutionality. Jim Watson /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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A makeshift memorial at the All Black Lives Matter Solidarity March on June 14, in Los Angeles. Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images hide caption
CBP is testing autonomous surveillance towers like this one, parked at the Border Security Expo in San Antonio, to improve the tracking of illegal crossers. Critics of the border wall say the government should favor virtual technology over steel and concrete. John Burnett/NPR hide caption
World leaders pledged $298 million to assist Lebanon in the aftermath of last week's catastrophic blast during a virtual summit on Sunday. French President Emmanuel Macron organized the virtual summit. Christophe Simon/AP hide caption
Police Fire Tear Gas As Thousands Express Outrage Over Beirut Explosion
Parasites play crucial roles in keeping ecosystems healthy, as does this larval trypanorhynch tapeworm, which infects fish. Chelsea Wood hide caption
The Youngstown Vindicator published its last paper last August after 150 years in circulation. A new site, Mahoning Matters, has launched in its wake and hopes to be a home for local watchdog journalism. The Washington Post/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
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Every now and again, a young jazz musician turns up out of nowhere to take the whole scene by surprise, and then by storm. That's exactly what we're seeing right now from Micah Thomas. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Young People's Chorus of New York City, performing back in better times. Alexey Konkov/Courtesy of the artists hide caption
A man wearing a protective mask walks next to travelers as they line up to board a boat in Stockholm, Sweden. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari visits "Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street" at Fox Business Network Studios on October 11, 2019. Kashkari is calling for a return to mandated lockdowns in every state for up to six weeks in an effort to save both lives and the economy in response to COVID-19. Roy Rochlin/Getty Images hide caption
Dean Black is the GOP Duval county chair, which includes Jacksonville, Fla. American History teacher Monique Sampson recently decided to vote for Joe Biden. Duval county hasn't voted for a Democratic president since Jimmy Carter in 1976. But in recent presidential elections, it's begun tilting more toward the Democratic party. Asma Khalid/NPR hide caption
How This Conservative Florida County Became A Surprise 2020 Battleground
After she contracted COVID-19, Linda Harrison, right, was able to cast an emergency ballot in Texas' primary with the help of an intern and a doctor's note. Her husband, Vernon Webb, was also sick and wasn't able to vote. Courtesy Linda Harrison and Vernon Webb hide caption
Geraldine Ferraro joined Democrat Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign when he was trailing President Reagan badly in the polls. Sonia Moskowitz/Images/Getty Images hide caption
The woodsy cover image of Taylor Swift's new album Folklore evokes cottagecore. Republic Records via AP hide caption