Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the Justice's chambers in Washington, D.C in 2016. Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg To Lie In Repose At Supreme Court This Week For Public Viewing
In this image taken from video, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a statement to MPs in the House of Commons on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic. House of Commons/AP hide caption
Poet and activist Christopher Coles addresses a crowd in Rochester, N.Y. Brian Mann/NPR hide caption
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In this May 28, 1957, photo, Rev. Robert S. Graetz, center, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, left, talk outside the witness room during a bombing trial in Montgomery, Ala. Graetz, the only white minister to support the Montgomery Bus Boycott, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. He was 92. AP hide caption
The CDC briefly posted new guidance to its website stating that the coronavirus can commonly be transmitted through aerosol particles, which can be produced by activities like singing. Here, choristers wear face masks during a music festival in southwestern France in July. Bob Edme/AP hide caption
Protesters — on one side, Black Lives Matter and on the other, Trump backers — face off in Prineville, Ore., after a Black woman and the police chief posted contradicting videos about their meeting. Emily Cureton/Oregon Public Broadcasting hide caption
In Rural Oregon, Threats And Backlash Follow Racial Justice Protests
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The site of James Scurlock's shooting death in Omaha, Neb., is still being preserved as a memorial in mid-September. Last Tuesday, a grand jury indicted Jake Gardner in the killing, handing down four criminal counts, including manslaughter. Nati Harnik/AP hide caption
Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation, by Anne Helen Petersen Houghton Mifflin Harcourt hide caption
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., made the case on the Senate floor that voters elected a GOP majority to confirm judicial nominees. This comes after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg opened up a vacancy on the Supreme Court. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Trump Says He Plans To Announce Supreme Court Pick 'Probably Saturday'
Ren Zhiqiang seen at a business conference in Beijing in 2008. Ren was sentenced to 18 years in prison Tuesday for corruption, following his public criticism of Chinese president Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
A voter stands by for her ballot as people wait more than four hours for early voting Friday in Fairfax, Va. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Step Aside Election 2000: This Year's Election May Be The Most Litigated Yet
More than 65% of the nation's small, rural hospitals took out loans from Medicare when the pandemic hit. Many now face repayment at a time when they are under great financial strain. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Joseph Varon notifies the family of a patient who died inside the coronavirus unit at Houston's United Memorial Medical Center on July 6. Varon tells NPR he's "living on adrenaline." David J. Phillip/AP hide caption
A shopper enters a DSW store in New York City. DSW is partnering with Hy-Vee, a Midwest supermarket chain, to offer shoes in grocery stores. Nina Westervelt/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Outgoing U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster was in attendance for the joint press conference of U.S. President Donald Trump and Baltic Heads of State in the East Room of the White House, on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
REVIEW: Latest Tell-All, By Former National Security Adviser McMaster, Is Not All About Trump
Doug Carn, left, with his wife, Jean Carn, in a detail from the cover of their album Spirit of the New Land, released on Black Jazz Records in 1972. Courtesy of Real Gone Records hide caption
Yusuf Cat Stevens' Tea For The Tillerman 2 reimagines the original album he first released 50 years ago. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
NPR's Nina Totenberg with the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2018. Rebecca Gibian/AP hide caption
Microsoft announced Monday that it will acquire ZeniMax Media, the parent company of popular video game publisher Bethesda, for $7.5 billion. Here, a Microsoft store is shown in March in New York City. Jeenah Moon/Getty Images hide caption
Pre-school teacher Mikki Laugier guides students in a lesson as they participate in an outdoor learning demonstration to display methods schools can use to continue on-site education during the coronavirus pandemic, Sept. 2, 2020, at P.S. 15 in the Red Hook neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
Niticia Mpanga, a registered respiratory therapist, checks on an ICU patient at Oakbend Medical Center in Richmond, Texas. The mortality rates from COVID-19 in ICUs have been decreasing worldwide, doctors say, at least partly because of recent advances in treatment. Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
"I'm a comedian. I'm not here to be agreed with," says Colin Quinn. "In fact, if you came up to me and said, 'You're not funny, but I agree with you,' I'd be offended because I'm here to make people laugh. ... It's much more powerful than somebody agreeing with you." Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Audible hide caption
In A 'Coast-To-Coast Roast,' Colin Quinn Finds Humor In The State We're In
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