Attorney General William Barr speaks as he stands with President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross during an event about the census in the Rose Garden at the White House earlier this month. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
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Massachusetts prosecutors dropped criminal charges against actor Kevin Spacey on Wednesday. The Oscar-winner was accused of groping an 18-year-old man at a restaurant in 2016. Spacey is seen outside the courthouse in January. Steven Senne/AP hide caption
Supporters of Planned Parenthood demonstrated at New York's City Hall against the Trump administration's Title X rule change in February. Planned Parenthood now says it clinics nationwide will stop using federal Title X family planning funds. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
In a May 19, 2015 file photo, R. Scott Turner, Professor of Neurology and Director of the Memory Disorder Center at Georgetown University Hospital, points to PET scan results that are part of a study on Alzheimer's disease at Georgetown University Hospital, in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
A razor wire fence surrounds the Adelanto immigration detention center, in Adelanto, Calif., April 13, 2017. Lucy Nicholson/Reuters hide caption
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The astronauts of Apollo 11 train in various simulations. NASA hide caption
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont speaks about his "Medicare for All" proposal on Wednesday at George Washington University. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., tweeted in support of President Trump's racist comments directed at four congresswomen earlier this week. Zach Gibson/Getty Images hide caption
At the June Democratic presidential debate, the matchup between former Vice President Joe Biden and California Sen. Kamala Harris on the second night changed the course of the campaign. Both will be in the next debate on July 30 and 31, but may not be on stage together. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Tupac Shakur, photographed in New York on Nov. 29, 1994. New York Daily News Archive/NY Daily News via Getty Images hide caption
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks about the Green New Deal in Washington, D.C., on May 13. She has shined a spotlight on a once-obscure brand of economics known as "Modern Monetary Theory." Cliff Owen/AP hide caption
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks about the Green New Deal in Washington, D.C., on May 13. She has shined a spotlight on a once-obscure brand of economics known as "Modern Monetary Theory." Cliff Owen/AP hide caption
Activists from Girl Up. Top row from left: Valeria Colunga, Eugenie Park, Angelica Almonte, Emily Lin. Bottom row from left: Lauren Woodhouse, Winter Ashley, Zulia Martinez, Paola Moreno-Roman. Olivia Falcigno/NPR hide caption
The World Health Organization says that more than 1,650 people have died from the current outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Al-hadji Kudra Maliro/AP hide caption
Giovani, with his son Jonathan (center), and twin daughters Catherine and Carla at a shelter in Ciudad Juárez. Giovani says that care has been hard for the family to get in Juárez. Paul Ratje for NPR hide caption
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The Trump administration has suggested buying a prescription drug is like buying a car — with plenty of room to negotiate down from the sticker price. But drug pricing analysts say the analogy doesn't work. tomeng/Getty Images hide caption
The 65-year-old man — unnamed by police — tried to smuggle a more than a pound of cocaine under his toupee. He was caught by Spain's National Police shortly after disembarking from a flight arriving in Barcelona from Bogota, Colombia, in June. Spanish National Police via Reuters hide caption
A U.S. court has sentenced drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to a life term in prison. Here, Guzman is seen arriving in New York in January of 2017, after his extradition from Mexico. Reuters hide caption
A menstrual cup — this one is made of silicone rubber — is designed to collect menstrual blood. The bell-shaped device is folded and inserted into the vagina. The tip helps with removal. Science Source hide caption
Students podcasts from the Steel City Academy in Gary, Indiana, Erin Addison (left), Evan Addison, and Andrew Arevalo (right), look over a planning map of the City of Gary. Courtesy of Bill Healy hide caption
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In this 2011 photo, Hu Jintao, then China's president, visits the Confucius Institute at the Walter Payton College Preparatory High School in Chicago. China established more than 100 Confucius Institutes, which provide language and culture programs, at U.S. schools. But at least 13 universities have dropped the program due to a law that raises concerns about Chinese spying. Chris Walker/AP hide caption
Los Angeles Sparks guard Riquna Williams (right) dribbles in a playoff game against the Washington Mystics last year. Nick Wass/AP hide caption
In the PBS program Molly of Denali, Alaska Native Molly Mabray helps her mom run a trading post in an Alaskan village. WGBH Educational Foundation hide caption
Residente performs during Austin City Limits Festival in October 2018. The Puerto Rican rapper's latest song is a response to the island's protests against Gov. Ricardo Rosselló. Erika Goldring/FilmMagic hide caption
Protesters gathered outside of Police Headquarters in Manhattan in May to protest during the police disciplinary hearing for Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who was accused of using a chokehold that led to Eric Garner's death in 2014. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
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