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French former soccer great and former UEFA head Michel Platini has been detained for questioning related to the inquiry into FIFA's awarding of the 2020 World Cup to Qatar. Platini is seen here in 2018. Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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A MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter takes off from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Red Sea. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group was recently deployed to U.S. Central Command area of responsibility as tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalate. On Monday, the State Department ordered additional troops to the Middle East. Spc. Amber Smalley/U.S. Navy via Getty Images hide caption
Nizar Zakka (C), a Lebanese national and US resident arrested in Iran in 2015 and sentenced to 10 years in jail on espionage charges, gives a press conference in Beirut after he was freed in early June. ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
In California's Mojave Desert sits First Solar Inc.'s Desert Sunlight Solar Farm. California is among the states leading the decarbonization charge. Tim Rue/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
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Authentic Brands Group, which bought Sports Illustrated in May, has now licensed its print and digital publishing rights to another company. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
A new Texas law aims to protect patients like Drew Calver, pictured here with his wife, Erin, and daughters, Eleanor (left) and Emory, in their Austin, Texas, home. After being treated for a heart attack in April 2017, Calver, a high school history teacher, got a surprise medical bill for $108,951. Callie Richmond for KHN hide caption
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After struggling with addiction to both heroin and meth for decades, Kim got care at a residential treatment program for women — Epiphany Center, in San Francisco. She's now working and plans to go back to college in the fall. April Dembosky/KQED hide caption
Geriatrics is a specialty that should adapt and change with each patient, says physician and author Louise Aronson. "I need to be a different sort of doctor for people at different ages and phases of old age." Robert Lang Photography/Getty Images hide caption
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"Everything's new to me, with purity and innocence," Carlos Santana says. "It's all in how your heart perceives things." Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption
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Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, shown here in 2012, has died, according to Egyptian state television. Maya Alleruzzo/AP hide caption
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet in Beijing in January. The two leaders plan to meet this week in North Korea, according to state news agencies of both countries. Li Xueren/AP hide caption
Since her spinal surgery, Liv Cannon has been able to work in the garden and play with her energetic dogs without having to worry about pain. Julia Robinson for Kaiser Health News hide caption
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