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President Biden delivers a speech on Saturday in Warsaw, Poland, about the Russian war in Ukraine. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The first COVID-19 mass vaccination on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii is held on Feb. 9, 2021. The Army says it will "immediately begin separating Soldiers from the service" who refuse to be vaccinated. Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson/Department of Defense via AP hide caption
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, pictured here in July, is not experiencing any symptoms, his office said Tuesday. Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images hide caption
A man looks at a memorial Tuesday with pictures of some of the missing from the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
As South Florida Grieves Condo Victims, Miami Beach Cancels Its July 4th Celebrations
Moises Soffer, a volunteer member of Cadena International's search-and-rescue team working at the site of the condo building collapse, holds a trained search dog named Oreo in Surfside, Fla., on Sunday. Gianrigo Marletta/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Participants sit a Blue Origin space simulator during a conference on robotics and artificial intelligence in Las Vegas on June 5, 2019. On Saturday, Blue Origin announced that an unidentified bidder will pay $28 million for a suborbital flight on the company's New Shepard vehicle. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies before a House panel on Sept. 25, 2019. In an NPR interview, she says the nation has more work to do to get ready for a future pandemic. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
The CDC's No. 2 Official Says The U.S. Isn't Ready For Another Pandemic
A Nordstrom store is looking for employees last month in Coral Gables, Fla. Citing a severe shortage of workers, half of the nation's governors have decided to end extra federal jobless benefits months early. Marta Lavandier/AP hide caption
Half Of States Are Ending Pandemic Jobless Aid Early, And The Economy Could Suffer
A laboratory on the campus of the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province in May 2020. Focus has turned back to the facility as a possible origin of the coronavirus pandemic. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Why The U.S. Thinks A Lab In Wuhan Needs A Closer Look As A Possible Pandemic Source
As people get back to in-person work, it may be a difficult transition for dogs and their owners. One tip from a veterinarian: Don't make a big deal about leaving and coming back home. Photo Illustration by Becky Harlan/NPR hide caption
A gas pump is marked "out of service" as cars line up May 11 at a Circle K in Charlotte, N.C., following a ransomware attack that shut down Colonial Pipeline. Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Pipeline Companies Will Have To Report Cyberattacks To The Government
Bees are seen on a honeycomb cell at the BEE Lab hives at the University of Sydney on May 18, 2021. The U.N. has designated May 20 as World Bee Day. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images hide caption
Young Palestinians inspect the damage an Israeli attack inflicted on houses in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City. A man who lives in the middle of the Gaza Strip says his family is traumatized by the violence. Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
Families Say The Gaza Violence Is Taking An Immense Mental Toll On Their Kids
Speaking to reporters on April 27 in Elizabeth City, N.C., Wayne Kendall, one of the lawyers representing the family of Andrew Brown Jr., points to an autopsy chart showing where Brown was shot. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Andrew Brown Jr. Did Not Use Vehicle As A Weapon Against Deputies, Attorney Says
Israeli artillery fires toward the Gaza Strip from a position at the Israeli-Gaza border near Sderot on Wednesday. Ilia Yefimovich/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption