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In this September 2021 photo provided by NYU Langone Health, a surgical team at the hospital in New York examines a pig kidney attached to the body of a deceased recipient for any signs of rejection. The test was a step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants. Joe Carrotta/AP hide caption
Hospitals around the U.S., including large academic medical centers like Vanderbilt University's in Nashville, Tenn., have been forced to rely on traveling nurses to keep their intensive care units fully staffed. The demand for travel nurses has driven up their hourly rates, which then motivates more staff nurses to leave in pursuit of a traveling gig. Blake Farmer/WPLN hide caption
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A construction worker works on the roof of an apartment home in May 2020 in Uniondale, N.Y. Al Bello/Getty Images hide caption
A girl waits with other earthquake victims for the start of a food distribution in Les Cayes, Haiti, in August, a week after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the area. Matias Delacroix/AP hide caption
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., led opposition among Republicans to a voting rights bill that centrist Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia hoped to corrall GOP votes for. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a Syrian firefighter extinguishes a burned bus at the site of a deadly explosion, in Damascus, Syria. Two roadside bombs exploded near a bus carrying troops during the morning rush hour in the Syrian capital early Wednesday, killing more than a dozen people, state TV reported. AP hide caption
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Netflix employees are staging a walkout today as a fired organizer speaks out
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Southwest Airlines will let unvaccinated employees keep working past early December instead of putting them on unpaid leave if they apply for an exemption on medical or religious grounds. Morry Gash/AP hide caption
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro waits for the arrival of Colombia's President Ivan Duque to Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday. Duque is on a two-day visit to Brazil. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is seen on Aug. 20, 2020. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Rachel Levine testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on Capitol Hill in Washington in February. Levine was appointed to lead the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, becoming the nation's first openly transgender four-star officer. Caroline Brehman/AP hide caption
A dog lies on the ash-covered earth surrounded by volcanic lava following an eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano, in the area of Todoque on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain in this undated screen grab taken from a handout video. Handout via Reuters hide caption
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Boston Modern Orchestra Project is honored for championing overlooked American music
Billy Porter attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. "Fabulous and serious can go hand in hand. I am proof positive of that," he says. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption
Billy Porter makes peace with himself: 'I set myself free, honey. No more secrets'
A firefighter outside the Congress building in Guatemala City douses a vehicle set on fire by a group of veterans demanding compensation for their service in the country's civil war. Moises Castillo/AP hide caption
The FDA is moving to approve OTC hearing aids, in a change that lawmakers and advocates have long called for. Here, a man displays his hearing aid before taking part in a meeting. Keith Bedford/Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., is seen on July 26. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call Inc. via Getty Images hide caption
Federal agents stand in front of a home of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
Armed forces secure the area where Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry placed a bouquet of flowers in front of a memorial to independence hero Jean-Jacques Dessalines in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Sunday. Haitian police are working with U.S. officials and are in contact with the kidnappers who abducted a group of American-based missionaries on Saturday. Odelyn Joseph/AP hide caption
Haiti's kidnapping crisis is plunging the country even further into turmoil
A mural of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky. Prosecutors have reached an agreement with Jamarcus Glover, the ex-boyfriend police arrested the night they killed Taylor. Darron Cummings/AP hide caption
A Navy report has concluded there were sweeping failures in the July 2020 arson fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard, and the blaze was preventable and unacceptable. Denis Poroy/AP hide caption
Chris Magnus testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on his nomination to be the next U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner, Tuesday, Oct. 19, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Rod Lamkey/AP hide caption
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