Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., right, and former Vice President Joe Biden, left, speak, as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., looks on during a Democratic presidential debate June 27 in Miami. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
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A woman cools off in the fountain at Washington Square Park in New York. Temperatures at or close to 100 degrees are expected in the city this weekend. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
The small bird was believed to have gone extinct but after a bumper crop of beech seeds this year, conservationists estimate the orange-fronted parakeet population has likely doubled. Department of Conservation hide caption
Tania and her husband, Joseph, initially had to stay just across the border in Mexico under a Trump administration program that requires thousands of people to wait in northern Mexico cities while their immigration cases are heard in U.S. courts. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Donald Trump, left, directed then-lawyer Michael Cohen, center, to help arrange payments to Stormy Daniels, right, and another woman, to silence them about alleged sexual relationships with Trump. AP hide caption
Eugene Scalia, left, talking with Missouri Sen. Kit Bond before Scalia's confirmation hearing to be Solicitor of Labor in 2001. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call,Inc. hide caption
Nationally, drug overdose deaths reached record levels in 2017, when a group protested in New York City on Overdose Awareness Day on August 31. Deaths appear to have declined slightly in 2018, based on provisional numbers, but nearly 68,000 people still died. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
The only surviving photo of Vivian Buck, here with her adoptive mother in 1924. This is the moment Vivian is determined by a eugenics researcher to be "feeble-minded" for not looking at a coin held in front of her face. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University at Albany, SUNY hide caption
Mark Morgan is the acting Chief of Customs and Border Protection. Shuran Huang/NPR hide caption
Acting Head Of Customs and Border Protection Says New Asylum Rule In 'Pilot' Phase
In this courtroom artist's sketch, defendant Jeffrey Epstein (left) and his attorney Martin Weinberg listen during a bail hearing Monday in federal court in New York. On Thursday, a judge said Epstein should remain in detention. Elizabeth Williams/AP hide caption
The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), seen here in a 2016 U.S. Navy photo, shot down an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, President Trump said. Getty Images hide caption
Iran Says Its Revolutionary Guard Seized Foreign Oil Tanker In Strait Of Hormuz
A federally funded study is testing aerobic exercise as a way to prevent the development of Alzheimer's disease. Stewart Cohen/Getty Images hide caption
Former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli must remain in prison for securities fraud, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. Shkreli is seen here in 2017, speaking after the jury reached a verdict in his case at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
An Indian youth scouts for mud crabs and snakehead fish on the parched bed of Chembarambakkam Lake on the outskirts of Chennai. Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A sophisticated mix of digital imagery and virtual-reality techniques give Disney's Lion King remake the feel of a live action film. The result plays like a Hollywood blockbuster disguised as a National Geographic documentary. Disney Enterprises, Inc. hide caption
'The Lion King' Had The Perfect Villain Song. This Time, 'Be Prepared' For Less
Stream 'The Lion King' Soundtrack, Featuring Beyonce And Donald Glover
Hayley Kiyoko's latest single and music video, "I Wish," is out now. Amanda Charchian/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
'Winning' Is La Santa Cecilia's Cheeky Response To The World Of Social Media
Miranda Lambert Shares Two (Really Fun) New Songs
The single art for the latest "Old Town Road" remix, which features Young Thug and Mason Ramsey alongside Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Thousands of Iranians chanting "Death to America," participate in a mass funeral for 76 people killed when the USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655, in Tehran, Iran, July 7, 1988. They hold aloft a drawing depicting the incident. 290 people were killed in the July 3, 1988 incident. Mohammad Sayyad/CP/AP hide caption
In less than a hundred years, thousands upon thousands of Diamondback Terrapins had succumbed to the American appetite, depleting the species. Jesse D. Eriksen/Getty Images hide caption
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, pictured here in 2014, has announced this year's class of Kennedy Center Honors recipients. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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