Queen Elizabeth II and royal family members watch from a balcony at Buckingham Palace during her annual birthday parade in June.
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Queen Elizabeth II today becomes Great Britain's longest-reigning royal, overtaking Victoria, who ruled for 63 years, seven months and two days. She's marking the occasion by opening a railway line.
Syrian refugees stand outside their tents during a sandstorm in a refugee camp in the town of Bar Elias, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley.
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A new report finds serious concerns about the federal defense system's ability to "ensure constitutionally required representation for litigants while preserving the independence essential to the defense function."
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The Tattered Cover Book Store has served the Denver, Colo., area for more than 40 years. Now, longtime owner Joyce Meskis is preparing to retire and plans to sell to two publishing industry veterans.
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Members of the Minneapolis Somali community waited in May to enter the U.S. Courthouse where a federal judge ordered four Minnesota men, accused of trying to travel to Syria to join ISIS, to be held pending trial.
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Queen Elizabeth II and royal family members watch from a balcony at Buckingham Palace during her annual birthday parade in June.
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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady holds up the game ball after a game against the Baltimore Ravens in Foxborough, Mass., in January. A judge erased Brady's four-game suspension for "deflategate" last week.
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Hungarian police guard hundreds of migrants and refugees sleeping in a cornfield near an overcrowded detention center on the Hungary-Serbia border.
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Vietnamese-Americans light candles at St. Helena, a Catholic church in Philadelphia, on April 4. Like many other once-struggling churches, St. Helena has been revitalized by immigrant parishioners. About 200 Vietnamese families worship at this church, along with others from Latin America, the Philippines and Africa.
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Serena Williams (left) hugs her older sister Venus Williams after defeating her Tuesday night at the U.S. Open, advancing to the semifinals.
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Stephen Colbert talks with Jeb Bush during Colbert's debut as Late Show host. The Republican presidential candidate and actor George Clooney were guests on the show.
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Professor Bharat Anand of Harvard Business School teaches students all over the world live from a television studio.
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