President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on Thursday. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
A woman reacts as she leaves the Illinois Department of Employment Security WorkNet center in Arlington Heights, Ill., on Thursday. The state has reported a spike of nearly 10,000 new coronavirus cases. It also reports biggest spike in unemployment claims of all states due to the pandemic. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption
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A women holds a sign saying "We Need Our Jobs" during a protest by workers in the cruise ship industry in Miami on Oct. 21, 2020. Employers added fewer jobs as pandemic cases start to surge again across the country. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption
The flawed coronavirus test kits went out to public laboratories in February. An internal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention review obtained by NPR says the wrong quality control protocols were used. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP hide caption
CDC Report: Officials Knew Coronavirus Test Was Flawed But Released It Anyway
Supporters of President Trump gather to protest the election results at the Maricopa County Elections Department office on Wednesday in Phoenix. Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images hide caption
Sarah McBride of Delaware, Jenifer Rajkumar of New York and Mondaire Jones of New York. McBride: Jason Minto/AP Rajkumar: Patrick McMullan via Getty Image Mondaire Jones: Kathy Willens/AP hide caption
A voter casts a ballot on Tuesday at Jennings Senior High School in Jennings, Mo., a St. Louis suburb. Voters passed an amendment to Missouri's constitution that opens the door to redrawing state legislative districts that don't take into account children, noncitizens and other residents who are not eligible to vote. Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images hide caption
Anya Taylor-Joy plays Beth in the Netflix series The Queen's Gambit. Phil Bray/Netflix hide caption
Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis vies for a rebound with Miami Heat forward Jae Crowder during Game 5 of the NBA Finals Friday last month in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Mark J. Terrill/AP hide caption
Rear Adm. Alvin Holsey (left) speaks with Ensign Dimitri Foster in the pilothouse aboard guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain in 2018. Petty Officer 2nd Class Craig Rodarte/U.S. Navy hide caption
Why Does The Navy Have So Few Black Admirals? Some Blame A Culture Of Discrimination
Medical staff members treat a patient seriously ill with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit of United Memorial Medical Center on Oct. 31 in Houston. Experts say immunizing health workers first, once a COVID-19 vaccine's available, is best to curb deaths and stop transmission. Go Nakamura/Getty Images hide caption
First COVID-19 Vaccine Doses To Go To Health Workers, Say CDC Advisers
Flowers, stuffed animals and photographs of victims of the renewed fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh have piled up outside the Azerbaijani Embassy in Moscow. Lucian Kim/NPR hide caption
Berlin's Tegel Airport opened in 1948 and is closing Sunday as a new international hub opens after a series of delays. Although COVID-19 has hampered travel, Germans are flocking to Tegel to relive memories. Bildagentur-online/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption
Ellaraino, right, spoke about her late great-grandmother with her friend Baki AnNur at StoryCorps in Los Angeles, in 2011. StoryCorps hide caption
Members of a mariachi band look on as Joe Biden discusses the disproportionate ways coronavirus has impacted Latinos in Nevada during a campaign stop at the East Las Vegas Community Center in Las Vegas on Oct. 9. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters hide caption
A woman walks by the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 5. Stock markets are rallying at the prospect this week's elections will result in a divided government. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
From left, Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. A Minnesota judge decided Thursday to try all four men together in the case of the killing of George Floyd. Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP hide caption
Bree Runway. Her debut mixtape, 2000AND4EVA, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on Nov. 6. Lucero Glow/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A mink is photographed on a farm in October in Hjoerring, in North Jutland, Denmark. Denmark will cull its population of mink after discovering coronavirus outbreaks. Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Ima hide caption
Heather Wilcox-Nicholls lost her job with Mattress Firm during the pandemic. She had been with the company for about five years and was about to take on a new store as a manager. Krista Rossow for NPR hide caption
