A full-scale mockup of a high-speed train on display at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., in 2015. The Trump administration is planning to cancel a $929 million federal grant for the project. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
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Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said criminal charges will be filed "against whoever is appropriate" on his department, following a drug bust that resulted in the deaths of two suspects. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Alex Honnold's ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park — without ropes or safety equipment — was the subject of the documentary film Free Solo. Jimmy Chin/National Geographic hide caption
A new interim report from the House Oversight committee details Trump administration officials efforts to transfer nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, pictured here, visited the U.S. in March 2017 to discuss U.S. investments in energy and infrastructure projects. Andrew Cabellero-Reynolds/AP hide caption
In 1949, Ku Klux Klan members ride down the street in Gadsden, Ala., as part of an 18-car parade. AP hide caption
A Burberry model wearing a hoodie with a cord tied like a noose at the Autumn/Winter 2019 fashion week runway show in London. Company leaders have apologized for the garment. Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP hide caption
On Tuesday, USA Gymnastics appointed Li Li Leung as its new president and CEO. Wendy Barrows /USA Gymnastics hide caption
West Virginia teachers went on strike Tuesday to pressure the state legislature to reject funding for private schools. John Raby/AP hide caption
Jay Jordan, 33, is the director of the #TimeDone/Second Chances project for the nonprofit Californians for Safety and Justice. The clinic involves public defenders who volunteer to help people get their criminal charges or records reduced or expunged. Philip Cheung for NPR hide caption
Scrubbing The Past To Give Those With A Criminal Record A Second Chance
The title of Greg Ward's latest album, Stomping Off From Greenwood, refers to a street where Ward lived on Chicago's South Side. Diana Quiñones Rivera/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Greg Ward's New Album 'Feels Like A Walk Home' And A Tribute To Chicago
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks about his new book, 'Where We Go From Here: Two Years in the Resistance', at a George Washington University/Politics and Prose event in November 2018. He announced a second presidential campaign on Tuesday. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
'Does It Have To Be Him?': N.H. Progressives Split By Another Sanders Bid
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Supporters cheer on leaders of the right-wing Vox party in Madrid's Plaza de Colón on Dec. 1. Paul White/AP hide caption
Yang Fenglan, shown here in November 2016, has been found guilty of smuggling hundreds of elephant tusks. Said Khalfan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Roger Stone has been ordered to appear in court on Thursday following an Instagram post that criticized the judge in his case. The judge may reconsider her gag order or Stone's bail. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption
The Air Force is in charge of some military space activities, such as an X-37B experimental robotic space plane, shown here as it was launched by a rocket. John Raoux/AP hide caption
German designer Karl Lagerfeld died in Paris, according to fashion house LVMH, owner of Fendi. He is seen here at the end of Chanel's 2019 women's ready-to-wear show in Paris, where a beach was created to show off Lagerfeld's collection. Stephane Mahe/Reuters hide caption
A satire of women's social discourse in the Queen Anne period depicts six women taking tea in a parlor, with figures on the left signifying hidden emotions and power struggles behind a genteel facade. Circa 1710. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Michelle Salvaggio, medical director of the Infectious Diseases Institute at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, points to drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS. Medical advancements since the epidemic surfaced in the 1980s have helped many of her HIV-positive patients lead healthy lives. Jackie Fortier/StateImpact Oklahoma hide caption
16 States Sue Over Trump's National Emergency Declaration
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sketched here with the rest of the Supreme Court last year, worked from home on the cases the court heard in January. On Tuesday, she returns to the bench. Dana Verkouteren/AP hide caption
A sailor and a woman kiss in New York's Times Square to celebrate the end of WWII, taken by a U.S. Navy photographer. The sailor, identified later as George Mendonsa, has died at 95. Victor Jorgensen/AP hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Aldous Harding, Ellis, Westkust, Palehound Courtesy of the artists hide caption