President Trump spoke to reporters before his Cabinet meeting Wednesday. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption
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Trump Walks Back Controversial Comments On Russian Election Interference
Young people who drink heavily may be at risk of fatal liver disease. South_agency/Getty Images hide caption
Harssh Poddar, a senior police official, addresses a village meeting at a rural school near Malegaon, in northern Maharashtra state. He warns families to be skeptical of what they read online. Earlier this month, Poddar helped rescue five people from being killed by a mob in his constituency. Lauren Frayer/NPR hide caption
"I think Sarah has done a great job of making sure that she understands what the president wants," says Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer says in an interview at NPR with Mary Louise Kelly on Wednesday. Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption
The U.S. Census Bureau holds a public meeting of the National Advisory Committee at the agency's headquarters in Suitland, Md. Hansi Lo Wang/NPR hide caption
Writer and director Bo Burnham talks with Elsie Fisher on the set of Eighth Grade. Burnham says the anxiety he felt as a young performer helped him understand the social pressure teenage girls can experi Linda Kallerus/Courtesy of A24 hide caption
A stretch of of Highway 1 crushed by a massive mudslide in 2017 near Big Sur, Calif., reopened for traffic Wednesday morning. AP via Caltrans hide caption
DigiLens is working on a new kind of head-up display for cars that would turn a driver's windshield into a screen. The idea is to make the images appear as if they're in the real world. Continental AG hide caption
An immigrant wears an ankle monitor as he sits at a shelter in McAllen, Texas after he was released after processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
'Alternatives To Detention' Are Cheaper Than Jails, But Cases Take Far Longer
Migrants Allege They Were Subjected To Dirty Detention Facilities, Bad Food And Water
Prosecutors said on Wednesday the FBI has information that Maria Butina has been in contact with Russia's FSB spy agency for as long as she has been in the United States. AP hide caption
An autonomous tank is demonstrated in France last month. Leading researchers in artificial intelligence are calling for laws against lethal autonomous weapons. They also pledge not to work on such weapons. Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images hide caption
An early prototype of the silicon-chip-sized particle accelerator that physicists at Stanford are working on. Eventually, miniature accelerators might have a role in radiating tumors, the scientists say, though that's likely a decade or so away. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory hide caption
Fernando Cardona, a real-life construction worker and Mexican immigrant, was cast in the lead role in En el Séptimo Día. His character Jose is a restaurant delivery worker and the star of his amateur soccer team. Courtesy of Cinema Guild hide caption
Guns N' Roses' "November Rain" has more than a billion views on YouTube. YouTube hide caption
Saima Farooqui, if elected, would be the first Muslim to serve in Florida's state House of Representatives. Courtesy Saima Farooqui hide caption
Marriott International became the latest company to announce it will stop using plastic straws, saying it would remove them from its more than 6,500 properties by next July. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Sure, the patron saints of roséwave might be Kacey Musgraves and Haim. But roséwave contains multitudes — and now, it's time to hear it for the boys. Samantha Clark & Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption
Passengers pose for a selfie picture inside an Ethiopian Airlines plane that departed from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and flew to Eritrea's capital, Asmara, on Wednesday. It was the first commercial flight between the two African countries in two decades. Maheder Haileselassie Tadese/AFP/Getty Images hide caption