Jason Carney designed and installed the solar array on the roof of his house in Nashville, Tenn. He wants to introduce more people in minority communities to the advantages of solar energy. Tamara Reynolds for NPR hide caption
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President Trump shakes hands with Boris Johnson, then Britain's foreign affairs minister, during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday in 2017. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
A grocery store in New York City advertises that it accepts food stamps. A Trump administration proposal could result in 3 million people losing their food assistance. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Former Chinese Premier Li Peng, shown here at the United Nations in 2000, has died at 90. Doug Kanter /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro says his party can't ignore racist statements from President Trump, but needs to offer their own positive vision of a multicultural America to draw out a big coalition to vote in 2020. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Julián Castro Says Trump Is 'The Biggest Identity Politician' In Recent History
Special counsel Robert Mueller arrives at the U.S. Capitol for closed meeting with lawmakers in June 2017. Mueller is back on Wednesday to testify before two House committees about his findings on election interference in 2016. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
In 2016, dozens of people associated with the U.S. Embassy in Havana began reporting symptoms of what became known as "Havana syndrome." Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters hide caption
J. Michael Straczynski attends the 30th annual Producers Guild Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 19, 2019 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption
The regal fritillary butterfly has largely disappeared from the eastern U.S. Doug Watson/WITF hide caption
More than 90 members of the House of Representatives publicly back an impeachment inquiry into President Trump. After former special counsel Robert Mueller testifies on Wednesday, that number could change. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Damiao Justino Macamo, right, helped produce this batch of gelato during his first day at Carpigiani Gelato University in Bologna, Italy, with the help of instructor Luca Cappelletti. Vicky Hallett for NPR hide caption
The same steep growth and use of big data that attracted venture capital cash to firms that administer Medicare Advantage plans have led to scrutiny of the firms by government officials. Federal audits estimate such plans nationwide have overcharged taxpayers nearly $10 billion annually. 123light/Getty Images hide caption
On Tuesday, coal miners Danny Smith (left) and Greg Kelly are expected on Capitol Hill, where they'll ask lawmakers to fully restore a tax that pays for medical care for miners diagnosed with black lung. Both have the worst stage of the disease after years of mining. Rich-Joseph Facun for NPR hide caption
An Epidemic Is Killing Thousands Of Coal Miners. Regulators Could Have Stopped It
Jason Dohring and Kristen Bell as Logan and Veronica in the new season of Veronica Mars on Hulu. Hulu hide caption
Gregory Day holds a placard covered in photos of his deceased daughter, Dawn. It's the one he carried in a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women's march last spring. Melodie Edwards/Wyoming Public Media hide caption
Art Neville in 2014. Erika Goldring/Getty Images hide caption
The Fort Stage during the Newport Folk Festival, 2018 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island. Douglas Mason/Getty Images hide caption
Anthony Comello displays writing on his hand that includes the letter "Q," used to signify the conspiracy theory QAnon during a March hearing in New Jersey. Comello is accused of killing the reputed boss of New York's Gambino crime family, Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
Congressional leaders have reached a agreement with the White House on a two-year budget deal. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The village of Stebbins on the Norton Sound coast in Western Alaska. Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News hide caption