North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a celebration for scientists and engineers who contributed to the nation's latest nuclear test. KCNA /Reuters hide caption
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Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., speaking during the 2016 Democratic National Convention, said Tuesday he will hold hearings next year in response to an NPR and Frontline probe that revealed government regulators failed to identify and prevent dangerous conditions. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Trump adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner, who has made overhauling the criminal justice system one of his top projects in the White House, attended the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the Capitol last month. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Chief Justice John Roberts administers the Constitutional Oath to Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh as his wife Ashley Kavanaugh holds the Bible. They're joined by their daughters Margaret and Liza. Handout from the U.S. Supreme Court via Getty Images hide caption
Migrant children walk outside the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Fla. Shelters for migrant children are almost at capacity and the federal government says it will now speed the release of thousands before Christmas. Brynn Anderson/AP hide caption
Several Thousand Migrant Children In U.S. Custody Could Be Released Before Christmas
Almost 15,000 Migrant Children Now Held At Nearly Full Shelters
Migrants, one carrying a child, who plan to turn themselves over to U.S. border agents, walk up the embankment after climbing over a U.S. border wall from Playas de Tijuana, Mexico, last week. On Tuesday, members of the Hispanic Caucus called for improved medical facilities and trained personnel at ports of entry. Moises Castillo/AP hide caption
7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody
President Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn arrives at federal court in Washington. D.C., Tuesday. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
Donald Trump during a January 2016 campaign event awarding a $100,000 check to a veterans charity in Sioux City, Iowa. Trump's use of his personal foundation during the campaign raised legal questions about the foundation's activities. Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Director Penny Marshall speaks at the ceremony honoring her and actress Cindy Williams with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 12, 2004 in Hollywood, California. Vince Bucci/Getty Images hide caption
Penny Marshall, Filmmaker And 'Laverne & Shirley' Star, Dies At 75
The meatless Impossible Burger is pictured at Little Donkey in Cambridge, Mass. Boston Globe/Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
Big Beef Prepares For Battle, As Interest Grows In Plant-Based And Lab-Grown Meats
The author's collection of aqua-memorabilia. (Not pictured: The author's many, many Aquaman t-shirts. And the Aquaman tattoo on the authorial left deltoid.) Glen Weldon/Private Collection (literally!) hide caption
Aquaman, From Super Friend To Surfer Dude: The Bro-Ification Of A Hero
NPR Music has compiled a list of great headphones at different price points — covering everything from casual listening to professional mixing and mastering. Deborah Lee/NPR hide caption
Peter Brown was detained by Immigration Customs Enforcement because the agency erroneously identified him as a Jamaican who was here illegally and flagged him for deportation. In fact, Brown was born in Philadelphia, raised in New Jersey and has seen Jamaica only once, briefly on a cruise. Greg Allen/NPR hide caption
Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie (center) speaks to media in February in Parkland, Fla., the day after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He is flanked by Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel (left) and Florida Gov. Rick Scott (right). Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
A woman walks down the main road in the village of Luvungi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 2010, Hutu rebels and local militias raped more than 280 women and children as punishment for the villagers' alleged support of the Congolese Defense Forces. Marc Hoffer/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Journalists light candles in Siliguri, India, on May 3, during a vigil for Afghan journalists who were killed in a targeted suicide bombing in Kabul on April 30. Diptendu Dutta/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Jennifer Lopez says women are increasingly realizing: "We have worth, and value, and that we deserve everything that we want." Above, Lopez performs during the 2018 American Music Awards on Oct. 9, 2018, in Los Angeles, Calif. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images hide caption
Anti-Brexit activists protest outside Parliament Dec. 11. Sam Mellish/In Pictures via Getty Images hide caption
This winter, think pink (and red and green and white). Morgan Noelle Smith & Kaylee Domzalski/NPR hide caption
Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt) is back in service at the Banks' home in Mary Poppins Returns, a sequel to the 1964 classic. Courtesy of Disney hide caption