A woman walks past a Google sign in San Francisco. The Justice Department is launching an antitrust review of major online companies. The DOJ did not name the firms, but there have been increasing calls to regulate companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
Sept. 11 first responder John Feal, left, and Jon Stewart, former host of The Daily Show, hug after the Senate passed a bill for extending the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund in Washington on Tuesday. Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call,Inc. hide caption
Yelena Grigoryeva was found near her home in St. Petersburg on Sunday, with multiple stab wounds and signs of strangulation, activists said on social media. Anton Vaganov/Reuters hide caption
Griselda , 11, a domestic long-haired cat, already declawed when she was surrendered by her owner for adoption, plays inside her enclosure at the Animal Haven pet shelter in New York. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption
The Fort Stage during the Newport Folk Festival, 2018 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island. Douglas Mason/Getty Images hide caption
A Beyond Meat burger is displayed at a Carl's Jr. restaurant in San Francisco. The rise of meat alternatives made from plants, as well as meat grown from animal cells in labs, has sparked new laws on food labeling. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Jason Carney examines the work of students from Whites Creek High School, in the Nashville school system. Andrea Hsu/NPR hide caption
Different parts of the brain aren't always in the same stage of sleep at the same time, notes neurologist and author Guy Leschziner. When this happens, an individual might order a pizza or go out for a drive — while technically still being fast asleep. Frederic Cirou/PhotoAlto/Getty Images hide caption
A gender neutral sign is posted outside a bathrooms at Oval Park Grill in Durham, N.C. Many North Carolina businesses put gender neutral signs on toilets after the "bathroom bill" was passed. Sara D. Davis/Getty Images hide caption
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A grocery store in New York City advertises that it accepts food stamps. A Trump administration proposal could result in 3 million people losing their food assistance. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Ahead of a September tour date in Winston-Salem, N.C., social media commenters are leveling violent, racist attacks against the Tuareg musicians known as Tinariwen. Marie Planeille/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
President Trump shakes hands with Boris Johnson, then Britain's foreign affairs minister, during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday in 2017. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Former Chinese Premier Li Peng, shown here at the United Nations in 2000, has died at 90. Doug Kanter /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Damiao Justino Macamo, right, helped produce this batch of gelato during his first day at Carpigiani Gelato University in Bologna, Italy, with the help of instructor Luca Cappelletti. Vicky Hallett for NPR hide caption