Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves a House GOP conference meeting on Capitol Hill on Jan. 25, 2023. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
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The legal team for Alex Murdaugh, center, is presenting their closing argument in his double murder trial on Thursday. He's seen here listening to prosecutor Creighton Waters make his closing arguments at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro, S.C. Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool hide caption
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Max, 33, a Ukrainian sniper, poses in the backyard of the reconnaissance team's safe house in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. He's holding a "trophy" — an antitank missile taken off Russian soldiers. Frank Langfitt/NPR hide caption
A Louisville, Ky., classroom sits empty in January 2022, during a COVID surge driven by the omicron variant. Students lost the routine of going to school during the pandemic, and now many are struggling to get back in the habit. Jon Cherry/Getty Images hide caption
Zandra Flemister, the first Black woman in the Secret Service, left the agency after four years because of discrimination. She is seen here escorting Prime Minister of Jamaica Michael Manley during his 1977 visit to Washington. John Collinge/The Foreign Service Journal hide caption
Defendant Alex Murdaugh is at the center of this trial. Joshua Boucher/The State via AP, Pool hide caption
In the first few episodes of The Mandalorian Season 3, there is way too much tell and not enough show — but it's too early to abandon the series. Above, Grogu and Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin. Lucasfilm Ltd. hide caption
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Chico Kaonohi, left, prays with Priscilla Hoʻopiʻi, center, and Lana Vierra, right, in November 2022 outside U.S. District Court in Honolulu, after his Native Hawaiian son was found guilty of a hate crime in the 2014 beating of a white man. Jennifer Sinco Kelleher/AP hide caption
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FBI: A man tried to get an bomb hidden in a suitcase onto a passenger plane in Pennsylvania
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Consumer advocates want the DOJ to move against JetBlue-Spirit merger
Jennifer Mitchell thumbs through her husband's medical records from his time at the Montana State Hospital. Records show doctors took Mitchell's husband off some of his congestive heart failure medications. Mitchell says she was never consulted. Aaron Bolton/Montana Public Radio hide caption
Not only does Paramore speak to the apathy of the times without sweeping grief under the rug, but This Is Why finds a new equilibrium among its members. Zachary Gray/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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A farmer shows the damages done to his cocoa plantation by an elephant in West Africa. New research says climate change is putting wildlife and humans in conflict more often. SIA KAMBOU/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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A new report finds that last year China permitted the equivalent of two coal plants per week. China's renewable sector is also booming. VCG/VCG via Getty Images hide caption
China is building six times more new coal plants than other countries, report finds
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Dr. Firdausi Qadri has been engaged in a decades-long battle against a microbial foe — the bacterium that causes cholera. Fatima Tuj Johora for NPR hide caption
A car drives past the U.S. Embassy in Havana in 2019. Americans working at the embassy began reporting unexplained illnesses in 2016. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption
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President Jimmy Carter signs a proclamation designating March 2-8, 1980, as the first national Women's History Week. National Archives hide caption
Georgia defensive lineman Jalen Carter speaks during media day ahead of the national championship NCAA College Football Playoff game on Jan. 7 in Los Angeles. He has been charged with reckless driving and racing in conjunction with the crash that killed offensive lineman Devin Willock and a recruiting staff member. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption
A Delta Air Lines plane takes off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Nov. 22, 2022. Pilots at Delta Air Lines have a new contract with hefty pay increases. The Air Line Pilots Association said Wednesday, March 1, 2023 that 78% of Delta pilots who voted supported the contract. Brynn Anderson/AP hide caption
Mourners sit at The Rock on the grounds of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Alexandria Verner, Brian Fraser and Arielle Anderson were killed and several other students remain in critical condition after a gunman opened fire on the campus of Michigan State University Monday night. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
Daniel Roher attends the Navalny New York premiere at Walter Reade Theater on April 6, 2022 in New York City. Rob Kim/Getty Images hide caption
'Navalny' director says Russian opposition leader's spirit is unbroken
BBoy B, Flash, 38 Slugs and Skol's 'Frankie Knuckles' tribute mural is displayed in the Fulton Market neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois on July 6, 2019. Raymond Boyd/Getty Images hide caption
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is pictured as he attends the start of production at Tesla's "Gigafactory" in Gruenheide, southeast of Berlin in Germany. on March 22, 2022. Tesla held an investor day on Wednesday. It did not reveal a new vehicle, but it unveiled some of its big-picture ideas on climate change. Patrick Pleul/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Ed and Priscilla married in December, 2022, at the Hagerstown, Md. church where they first met. Ed Sneckenberger hide caption
Jen Coghlan outside the home where she grew up in Perry, Iowa. Her father, Henry Ruhl, plans to leave the house to her, but Coghlan expects she'll have to sell it after he dies to settle a $226,611 from Medicaid for the care of her mother, who died in 2022. Coghlan says the family didn't realize that her mother was on Medicaid. KC McGinnis for KHN hide caption
Antonio Sánchez (right) performs a Tiny Desk concert with Bad Hombre band members BIGYUKI (from left), Lex Sadler and Thana Alexa Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, at NPRâs headquarters in Washington, D.C. Michael Zamora/NPR/Michael Zamora/NPR hide caption