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Placards are gathered together at the close of a picket by members of The Writers Guild of America outside Walt Disney Studios, Tuesday, May 2, 2023, in Burbank, Calif. Chris Pizzello/AP hide caption
Customers at SolDias ice cream shops in Texas are encouraged to pay with cash instead of credit cards. Owner Victor Garcia is backing a legislative effort that aims to lower credit card processing fees through increased competition. Victor Garcia/Courtesy of Victor Garcia hide caption
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to block enforcement of an Alabama voting rights decision. Al Drago/Getty Images hide caption
A woman marks her ballot at a polling center in Albuquerque, N.M., on Nov. 8, 2022. Republicans in the state are challenging the congressional map that was used for that election. Andres Leighton/AP hide caption
A government shutdown is looming even though House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and President Biden made an agreement earlier this year that was supposed to prevent this exact outcome. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Staten Island residents protest outside a closed Catholic school-turned-migrant shelter on Staten Island, N.Y., on Aug. 28. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
On N.Y.'s Staten Island, anti-immigration protests intensify as migrants stream in
An International Energy Agency report says countries are setting records building solar power projects like this one in Mona, Utah in 2022. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption
People use protective glasses to watch solar eclipse in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, April 20, 2023. Tatan Syuflana/AP hide caption
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They were wrongfully imprisoned 9 years ago. For Yeganeh, the pain is still fresh
Olivia Rodrigo's second album, the follow-up to her 2021 breakthrough Sour, is called Guts. Photo by Nick Walker/Courtesy of the artist/Illustration by Jackie Lay/NPR hide caption
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an interview in Sacramento, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Newsom signed a bill on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, to ban school boards from rejecting textbooks based on their teachings about the contributions of people from different racial backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities, calling the measure "long overdue." Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
California is first state to levy a tax on guns and ammo to fund safety programs
President Joe Biden joins striking United Auto Workers on the picket line on Tuesday in Michigan. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
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A screen in a Moscow courtroom shows jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny as he arrives to listen to a hearing via video on Tuesday. An appeals court has upheld his 19-year prison sentence. Tatyana Makeyeva/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Barry Manilow looks on at his concert in Las Vegas on September 21. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption
Former Baltimore Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson speaks during a ceremony to unveil a statue of him in Baltimore on Sept. 29, 2012. Robinson, whose deft glovework and folksy manner made him one of the most beloved and accomplished athletes in Baltimore history, has died. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
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"Obviously, it's very disheartening to be accused of cheating," chess grandmaster Hans Niemann said. Asked about a bizarre idea that vibrating anal beads could signal players about the best moves, he replied, "That is not a serious theory." Tim Vizer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption