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Public health professor Arline Geronimus says marginalized people suffer nearly constant stress, which leads to increasingly serious health problems over time. Jon Cherry/Getty Images hide caption
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Martha Casamayor, center, says Joe Biden "stabbed Cuban Americans in the back" and regrets voting for him. South Florida Latinos like her are key to Republicans expanding their political reach in future elections. Claudia Grisales/NPR hide caption
An image taken from a video shows ambulances and rescue team staffers outside an immigration center in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Tuesday. AP hide caption
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael S. Barr appears before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C., on March 28, 2023. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has sparked scrutiny from lawmakers who want to know what went wrong and whether regulators did enough to oversee the lender. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
The South Carolina Gamecocks celebrate after their Monday night win over Maryland. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images hide caption
Vice President Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff listen to a guide as they tour Ghana's Cape Coast slave castle, a prison and embarkation point for slaves en route to the Americas. Misper Apawu/AP hide caption
Committee ranking member Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., with Sen. Margaret Wood Hassan, D-N.H., at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Feb. 28, 2023. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
From left, lawyer Kevin Spellacy, defendant Chase Cominsky, lawyer Gregory Gentile and defendant Jacob Runyan (left to right) appeared in court Monday in Ohio, where the defendants pleaded guilty to one felony and one misdemeanor charge each for cheating during a 2022 fishing tournament. Matthew Richmond/Ideastream Public Media hide caption
The fishermen caught cheating during a walleye tournament plead guilty
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A security guard looks out a door as customers line up at Silicon Valley Bank headquarters in Santa Clara, California on March 13, 2023. Noah Berger/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A billing mistake by an in-network Florida emergency room landed Sara McLin's then-4-year-old son in collections. Zack Wittman/KHN hide caption
Former Fox producer Abby Grossberg is alleging the network's attorneys pressured her to portray the network in a favorable light in testimony about what happened after the 2020 election. Here, a display outside the Fox News headquarters in New York in July 2020. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
One parent complained about the nudity in the Renaissance sculpture, comparing it to pornographic material. Franco Origlia/Getty Images hide caption
Richard Lonsinger at his home in Lawrence, Kansas, holding a photo of himself as a child shortly after he was adopted. Sam Yellowhorse Kesler/NPR hide caption
The tension between private thoughts and public personae, in a culture that forces consent to being constantly watched, feels like the guiding narrative of Yves Tumor's sonic and visual world. Isabella Corderas hide caption
Six months after Hurricane Ian stormed across Southwest Florida, people in many areas are still struggling to rebuild. Fort Myers Beach was particularly hit hard by the 15-foot storm surge. Greg Allen/NPR hide caption
After Hurricane Ian, Fort Myers Beach struggles to become 'a functional paradise'
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert attends a demonstration against the Israeli government's controversial judicial overhaul bill in Tel Aviv on March 1. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Israel's former leader says Netanyahu should either reform his coalition or resign
The issue before the Supreme Court on Monday: whether a federal law that prohibits inducing unlawful immigration for financial gain violates the First Amendment. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Imag hide caption
Immigration fraud case brings tough First Amendment questions to the Supreme Court
Kennise Nevers holds her son, AJ, in her arms at home. Nevers' mother, Nancy Josey, looks on. Jesse Costa/WBUR hide caption
Taliban fighters stand guard in Kabul, Afghanistan earlier this year. Taliban forces allegedly detained an activist for girls' education on Monday. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP hide caption
Protesters march with flares during a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, on Tuesday. France's government is unfurling massively ramped-up security measures for a fresh blast of marches and strikes against unpopular pension reforms. Daniel Cole/AP hide caption
Honda is recalling 330,000 Odysseys, Passports, Pilots and Ridgelines due to an issue with side-view mirrors. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is welcomed by Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo in Accra, Ghana, on Monday. Harris is on a seven-day African visit that will also take her to Tanzania and Zambia. Misper Apawu/AP hide caption
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The exact link between tornadoes and climate change is hard to draw. Here's why
Starbucks workers strike outside a Starbucks coffee shop on Nov. 17, 2022, in Brooklyn, protesting the company's anti-union activities. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The signature quilt hanging in a museum display. The pattern is made of blue and white fabric with 20 X-shaped blocks. There are embroidered names, telephone numbers and addresses in each, done in red and blue thread. Sophia Saliby hide caption
Transgender youth in Idaho are one step away from being unable to obtain cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers or gender-confirmation surgery. James Dawson/Boise State Public Radio hide caption
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Homes are destroyed after a deadly landslide that buried dozens of homes in Alausi, Ecuador, pictured on Monday. Dolores Ochoa/AP hide caption
Raphael Mechoulam delivers a speech at a cannabis conference in Tel Aviv in 2016. JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Jupiter, the brightest spot near the middle of this image, will be a standout this week. Mariana Suarez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Beths perform a Tiny Desk concert Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. Michael Zamora/NPR/NPR hide caption