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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in her Capitol Hill office. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in her Capitol Hill office. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Whistleblowers have been reporting wrongdoing in government institutions since the late 1770s. But it has always been risky. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
'Whistleblowing Is Really In Our DNA': A History Of Reporting Wrongdoing
Plácido Domingo on stage in July. Domingo was scheduled to perform at New York's Metropolitan Opera on Wednesday but withdrew following accusations of harassment. Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Plácido Domingo Out At Metropolitan Opera Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Fire Hero In Philadelphia Calls Out Eagles' Receiver Nelson Agholor
Audrey Hepburn appears as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. In a letter to director George Cukor, she raved about the script. AP hide caption
In Golden Age Hollywood, Film Stars Slid Into Each Others' Telegrams
Salmon swim upstream in Seattle in 2017. A mass of abnormally warm water off the west coast of the U.S. that year contributed to a federal fishery disaster. Warming oceans and rising sea levels are threatening coastal economies as the world's climate changes. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption
Earth's Oceans Are Getting Hotter And Higher, And It's Accelerating
Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., and other members of Congress are appealing a decision by the Department of Veterans Affairs to evict them from office spaces at VA hospitals. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption