President Trump speaks during a meeting with Democratic congressional leaders the Oval Office of the White House Tuesday. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
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During a memorial vigil on Thursday, candles mark the scene of the Strasbourg, France, Christmas market shooting. Sebastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Scientist He Jiankui was criticized by colleagues after his claim to have created gene-edited babies became public. Three leading scientific organizations are calling for more controls. Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Bruce Springsteen Springsteen on Broadway, which will have its final date on Dec. 15, 2018. The show has been documented in a new film, to be released just after that final performance. Danny Clinch/Shore Fire Media hide caption
Russian gun rights activist Maria Butina pleaded guilty to serving as an unregistered foreign agent. She sought to build back-channel links to the Russian government with the Trump campaign. AP hide caption
What You Need To Know About Another Wild Week In The Russia Investigation
In these images, E coli bacteria harbor proteins from a bacteria-killing virus that can eavesdrop on bacterial communication. At left, one protein from the virus has been tagged with a red marker. At right, the virus has overheard bacterial communication indicating the bacteria have achieved a quorum; it sends its protein to the poles of the cell (yellow dots). Bonnie Bassler and Justin Silpe, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University hide caption
U by Kotex "Sleek" tampons, regular absorbency, have been recalled because of a quality defect. Courtesy of Kimberly-Clark hide caption
More States Move To End 'Tampon Tax' That's Seen As Discriminating Against Women
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President R. Albert Mohler, Jr. speaks at the school's convocation ceremony in 2013. Mohler, who has led the seminary for 25 years, commissioned a report on the role racism and support for slavery played in its origin and growth. Bruce Schreiner/AP hide caption
"[M]y former boss used this photograph on Twitter and quoted Nelson Mandela to comment on the awful events today in Charlottesville. 'No one is born hating another person because of the color of this skin or his background or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn hate, they can be taught to love. For love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.' " Pete Souza hide caption
Isela was denied life insurance because her medication list showed a prescription for the opioid-reversal drug naloxone. The Boston Medical Center nurse says she wants to have the drug on hand so she can save others. Jesse Costa/WBUR hide caption
Richard E. Grant plays Jack Hock, the sidekick to literary forger Lee Israel (Melissa McCarthy) in Can You Ever Forgive Me? Mary Cybulski/Twentieth Century Fox hide caption
A man walks toward the smoke rising from a fire at the Independent National Electoral Commission's warehouse in Kinshasa on Thursday, 10 days ahead of the presidential election. John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Joseph Kabila, the outgoing president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sits in a garden at his personal ranch on Monday. John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
'Congo Does Not Take Any Orders From Anybody': Interview With President Joseph Kabila
Thousands of public school teachers and their supporters protested against a pension reform bill at the Kentucky state Capitol in April. The state's Supreme Court has now struck down the law. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption
The DPAA is starting by bringing out eight sets of remains every two weeks. The digging takes place early on Sundays, before many visitors arrive at the cemetery. Elyse Butler for NPR hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Florence and the Machine, Janelle Monáe, Pusha-T, Father John Misty, Cardi B and John Prine. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Yemeni Foreign Minister Khaled al-Yamani (left) and head rebel negotiator Mohammed Abdelsalam (right) shake hands under the eyes of U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, during peace talks Thursday at Johannesberg Castle in Rimbo, Sweden. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Children and workers seen at a tent encampment in June near the Tornillo Port of Entry in Tornillo, Texas. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
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Kurt Vile On World Cafe
The Association of Legal Aid Attorneys along with dozens of unions, immigrant rights organizations, and community groups held a rally on December 7, 2017 at Brooklyn Borough Hall to call on the Office of Court Administration and Chief Judge Janet DiFiore to prohibit Immigration & Customs Enforcement agents from entering state courthouses, and to end coordination with ICE. Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
Ron Yovich opened a microbrewery in Frederick, Colo., where he uses the hops he grows to make his beer. Esther Honig/Harvest Public Media hide caption
Robert Smith of The Cure, photographed in July 1987. The Cure was among seven acts named as 2019 inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Icon and Image/Getty Images hide caption