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Forged in 1879 and sanctioned by the General Conference on Weights and Measures at its first meeting, Le Grand K, the international prototype of the kilogram, has been kept under lock and key in a vault outside Paris. BIPM hide caption
U.S. Bishops Delay Response To Sexual Abuse Crisis At Vatican's Insistence
Stan Lee, American comic book writer, editor, publisher and former President of Marvel Comics, attends the premiere of Doctor Strange in 2016. Lee died Monday at the age of 95. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption
Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon perform in 1982 at Paris' Auteuil Hippodrome. Joel Robine/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Uighur security personnel patrol near the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar, a city in northwestern China's Xinjiang region, in 2017. Xinjiang authorities have detained members of the Uighur ethnic minority, who are largely Muslim, and held them in camps the authorities call "education and training centers." Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption
The Disappeared: China's Draconian Imprisonment Of A People
Ex-Detainee Describes Torture In China's Xinjiang Re-Education Camp
Ex-Detainee Describes Torture In China's Xinjiang Re-Education Camp
Matthew Whitaker is pictured at an event in Washington in August. President Trump this month appointed Whitaker as acting attorney general. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Maryland Says Matthew Whitaker Appointment As Acting Attorney General Is Unlawful
Forged in 1879 and sanctioned by the General Conference on Weights and Measures at its first meeting, Le Grand K, the international prototype of the kilogram, has been kept under lock and key in a vault outside Paris. BIPM hide caption
Say Au Revoir To That Hunk Of Metal In France That Has Defined The Kilogram
Kim Schrier is one of a number of Democratic House candidates who backed stronger gun regulations and flipped Republican-controlled seats in last week's midterm elections. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption
A Third Rail No More: Incoming House Democrats Embrace Gun Control
Helping a spouse or parent who has dementia steer clear of hazards can include ridding the home of all guns. Nicole Xu for NPR hide caption