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Thursday

Presiding Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, fourth from right, reads the ruling. The panel said Myanmar must take steps to protect the Muslim minority, who "remain extremely vulnerable" after a brutal 2017 crackdown by the military. Peter Dejong/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

Members of the Illinois Network of Centers for Independent Living (INCIL) demonstrate in front of the Bloomington-Normal Amtrak station in Illinois to demand the suspension of an Amtrak policy that led to exorbitant fees for removing train seats to accommodate riders in wheelchairs. Later on Wednesday, Amtrak announced it would suspend the policy. Courtesy of Bridget Hayman hide caption

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Amtrak Reverses Course On $25,000 Bill

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Alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (far left) consults with his defense attorneys in the U.S. military courtroom in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, as a man who waterboarded him, retired Air Force psychologist James Mitchell, takes the stand. Janet Hamlin Illustration hide caption

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Friday

A member of the station staff pushes a portable wheelchair lift along the platform at an Amtrak station in DeLand, Fla. The company says its policies for having to adjust or remove seats has changed. Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption

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Amtrak Asks 2 People Who Use Wheelchairs To Pay $25,000 For A Ride

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Thursday

A view of Jeffrey Epstein's mansion on Little St. James Island. Prosecutors filed a civil lawsuit that accuses Epstein of human trafficking that victimized young women and children as young as 11. Gabriel Lopez Albarran/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

Tuesday

Vacant rowhouses line a portion of Franklin Square, a formerly redlined neighborhood in Baltimore. New research shows many communities subjected to discriminatory housing practices in the 1930s are hotter today. Ian Morton for NPR hide caption

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Racist Housing Practices From The 1930s Linked To Hotter Neighborhoods Today

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Sunday

An Air Force team moves a transfer case containing the remains of one of the young sailors killed after a Saudi military student opened fire at Naval Air Station Pensacola last month. Officials are expected to soon announce that about 20 Saudi military students will be expelled from the U.S. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption

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U.S. Officials: More Than 20 Saudi Students To Be Expelled In Wake Of Fla. Shooting

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Thursday

Quartz countertops are increasingly popular because they don't chip or stain like marble or granite. John Keeble/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

This house in Beirut is referred to in court documents as belonging to former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan where he faced criminal charges and ended up in Lebanon. Joseph Eid/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

Ramapo police officers escort Grafton E. Thomas from Ramapo Town Hall to a police vehicle on Sunday. Thomas is accused of stabbing multiple people as they gathered to celebrate Hanukkah at a rabbi's home in the Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City. Julius Constantine Motal/AP hide caption

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Monday

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, right, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wait on stage together at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center before Schumer's scheduled speech last year. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, seen departing a press conference following the House vote Wednesday, said she was ready to send the articles of impeachment once she has more information about the contours of a Senate trial. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption

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Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., attends a meeting of the House Committee on Rules to consider the resolution to impeach President Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday. Erin Schaff/AP hide caption

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Tuesday

Chuck Coma in his mother's kitchen. Since his return from a federal prison in Butner, N.C., he experiences flashbacks from war and his time in jail. Peter van Agtmael/Magnum Photos hide caption

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When A Prisoner Returns Home With A Brain Injury, Freedom Isn't So Free

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