Former Vice president Joe Biden speaks at the International Association of Fire Fighters legislative conference in March. He got into the Democratic presidential nomination fight Thursday. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
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Who's Running For President? The 2020 Democrats
Biden Launches 2020 Campaign As Rescue Mission For America's 'Soul'
In this courtroom sketch, Maria Butina, left, is shown next to her attorney Robert Driscoll, before U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, during a hearing in December. Dana Verkouteren/AP hide caption
Shoppers wait in line at a Target store in Newport, Ky., on Nov. 29, 2018. Strong consumer spending boosted analysts' economic growth forecasts for the first quarter of 2019. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
According to a researcher hired by the Boy Scouts of America to review internal files, more than 12,000 children have been sexually assaulted while participating in its programs. Tony Gutierrez/AP hide caption
A student enters Boelter Hall at University of California, Los Angeles on Thursday. Hundreds of students and staff at two Los Angeles universities, including UCLA, have been placed under quarantine because they may have been exposed to measles and either have not been vaccinated or cannot verify that they are immune, officials said Thursday. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
Former Ohio State basketball player John Havlicek talks about his career during a National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame induction event Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, in Kansas City, Mo. Colin E. Braley/AP hide caption
Greg McDonald Jr. (left) with his fiance Jon Jost. McDonald's parents considered sending him to counseling when they were concerned he was gay. Now they support a ban on conversion therapy. Leila Fadel/NPR hide caption
Activists And Suicide Prevention Groups Seek Bans On Conversion Therapy For Minors
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Thanos' spaceship looms in Avengers: Endgame, only the latest blockbuster to break banks and burst bladders, with a run time of 3 hours, 2 minutes. Marvel Studios hide caption
Mourning Has Broken Them: 'Avengers: Endgame'
'Avengers: Endgame' Is A Satisfying Super-Wrap
The comedian Brian Regan, pictured here in his Netflix special Nunchucks and Flamethrowers, has earned a reputation as a comic's comic. Jeffery Garland/Netflix hide caption
Lisa Bouler Daniels (right) and her adoptive mother, Ethel Marie Allen Bouler. Courtesy of Lisa Bouler Daniels hide caption
'Part Of My DNA': An Adopted Woman Learns Of Her Birth Mother's Resilience
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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
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
After Pentagon Ends Contract, Top-Secret Scientists Group Vows To Carry On
In advance of her new album release, Taylor Swift surprises fans at the new Kelsey Montague "What Lifts You Up" Mural on April 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. Leah Puttkammer/Getty Images hide caption
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
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson speaks at a Feb. 25 news conference in Seattle announcing a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's Title X "gag rule." Elaine Thompson/AP 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
Kristen Stewart plays a real-life literary fraud in JT LeRoy. Allen Fraser/Universal Pictures hide caption
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
SOAK's Grim Town is on our short list of the best new albums out on April 26. Ellius Grace/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
"Hello Sunshine" is the first single from Bruce Springsteen's upcoming album, Western Stars. Kalle Gustafsson / trunkarchive. hide caption
Bruce Springsteen Announces New Album 'Western Stars'
Be Natural:The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché tells the story of the first female film auteur. Kino Lorber hide caption