Demonstrators listen to speeches during a rally in support of abortion rights on Thursday in Miami. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption
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Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the ranking member, and Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to address health care issues such as surprise medical bills and high drug costs. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Tanisha Cortez waits on a table at a restaurant in Ames, Iowa. When the previous restaurant she worked for closed, Cortez applied to others and had job offers right away. Jobs are plentiful in Ames, a small city of more than 65,000 residents tucked amid farm fields north of Des Moines. Olivia Sun for NPR hide caption
Shining? Sure. Shimmering? Yep. Splendid? Um ....: Aladdin (Mena Massoud) and Jasmine (Naomi Scott) in the latest live-action adaptation of the 1992 animated Disney film. Daniel Smith/Disney hide caption
Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina on Sept. 14, 2018. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasts that two to four major hurricanes will form in the Atlantic during the 2019 hurricane season, which begins June 1. Getty Images hide caption
The 2019 Hurricane Season Will Be 'Near Normal.' But Normal Can Still Be Devastating
A Sapp Bros. gas station in Percival, Iowa, stands in floodwaters from the Missouri River on May 10. Lawmakers have reached a deal on disaster aid that they say President Trump will sign. Nati Harnik/AP hide caption
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is taken from court, where he appeared on charges of jumping British bail seven years ago, in London on May 1. Matt Dunham/AP hide caption
Nigel Farage (left, with megaphone), leader of the new Brexit Party, which went into Thursday's European elections ahead in the opinion polls, addresses crowds in Clacton-on-Sea, England, last month. Farage routinely excoriates the European Union in his stump speeches. Frank Langfitt/NPR hide caption
U.K. Votes For European Parliament, Even As Many Long For The Day Outside The EU
Confusion over whether a food is still safe to eat after its "sell by" or "use before" date accounts for about one-fifth of food waste in U.S. homes, the FDA says. To clear that up, the agency is urging the food industry to adopt "Best If Used By" wording on food packaging. zoranm/Getty Images hide caption
The family of the woman who was raped and then gave birth last December has filed new documents alleging she may have been impregnated before. They are seeking $45 million in damages. Matt York/AP hide caption
Lizzo performs onstage at Coachella on April 21 in Indio, Calif. The flute-playing singer and rapper celebrates self-acceptance on her latest album, Cuz I Love You. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Coachella hide caption
Richard Ashcroft, frontman of The Verve, posing with his Ivors prize on Wednesday in London. Tristan Fewings/Getty Images hide caption
Elephants eat foliage at Botswana's Mashatu game reserve in 2010. Cameron Spencer/Getty Images hide caption
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, pictured earlier this month in France, told reporters on Thursday, the tech giant is making great strides in fighting hate speech and crime online. Francois Mori/AP hide caption
Woody Harrelson and Marisa Tomei starred as Archie and Edith Bunker in ABC's re-creation of All in the Family and The Jeffersons, a live event staged in front of a studio audience and broadcast in TV's prime time. Eric McCandless/ABC hide caption
Women sit on the floor as they wait in a clinic at the al-Hol detention camp. Jane Arraf/NPR hide caption
Union members gather in front of a Paris courthouse on May 6, as several former senior employees of the then-named company France Télécom go on trial for alleged "moral harassment," a decade after a series of suicides occurred at the firm between 2008 and 2009. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A Decade Ago, Suicides Rocked A French Telecom Firm. Now Its Execs Stand Trial
Linda Taylor, 40, walks with her attorney T. Lee Boyd as they leave the Chicago Civic Center on March 8, 1977, during a recess in her trial. Dubbed the "Welfare Queen," Taylor was charged with bilking the State of Illinois out of $30,000 in bogus welfare payments from 1969 to 1974. Charles Knoblock/AP hide caption
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is adorned with a garland of flowers by members of his political party at their headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday, following a victory in the country's national elections. Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images hide caption