Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and his wife Nadine Arslanian, pose for a photo on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 20, 2022. The couple has been indicted on charges of bribery. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
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Darryl George, a 17-year-old junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, has been suspended for not cutting his hair. Michael Wyke/AP hide caption
Anti-abortion demonstrators gather outside Planned Parenthood's Water Street Health Center in Milwaukee on Monday, Sept. 2023. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin began offering abortions at the clinic that day after not doing so for more than a year. Margaret Faust/ WPR hide caption
Abortions resume in Wisconsin after 15 months of legal uncertainty
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Judge Pauline Newman, a 96-year-old U.S. federal appeals court judge, has been barred from hearing cases for a year after a panel said she refused to undergo medical testing over concerns she's no longer mentally fit to serve on the bench. Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP file photo hide caption
Eric Simmons (left) and Demetrius Smith, who were found innocent after spending years in prison for crimes they did not commit in Maryland, testify before state lawmakers for legislation to address how the wrongly incarcerated should be compensated by the state during a hearing on Feb. 26, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. Brian Witte/AP hide caption
Activists protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on May 3, 2022, in response to a leaked draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
President Biden's son Hunter Biden leaves after a court appearance on July 26, in Wilmington, Del. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption
Orange County Superior Court Presiding Judge Maria Hernandez says CARE Court will resemble the county's other collaborative courts, like her young adult diversion court, where compassion and science drive her decisions. April Dembosky/KQED hide caption
Attorney General Merrick Garland appears before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
West Point graduating cadets are seen during commencement ceremonies at Plain Parade Field at the United States Military Academy on June 13, 2020, in West Point, N.Y. John Minchillo/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Group sues West Point, seeking to ban affirmative action in admissions
An image from a Drug Enforcement Administration affidavit shows a block of fentanyl and a "kilo press" that authorities say they found at a day care where four young children were apparently poisoned — one fatally. Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Johnny Mims, 39, says he is still recovering physically after he was tased by police in Birmingham, Ala. He said he continues to be haunted by the incident. Juandalynn Givan hide caption
Joe Armstrong, the owner of WJBE, is shown outside the station. A Federal Communications Commission judge rejected an effort by the agency to strip the license of WJBE 99.7 FM/1040 AM — whose call letters pay tribute to the original WJBE's owner, the Godfather of Soul, James Brown — Knoxville's only Black-owned radio station. Institute for Justice hide caption
Hunter Biden, President Biden's son, is alleging the release of his tax records is a violation of IRS rules. Earlier this year, Biden agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor offenses related to his filing of federal income taxes. Mark Makela/Getty Images hide caption
In this aerial picture taken on Aug. 21, a vehicle drives through floodwaters following heavy rains from Tropical Storm Hilary in Thousand Palms, Calif. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
California's lawsuit says oil giants downplayed climate change. Here's what to know
Ken Paxton listens to closing arguments Friday in his impeachment trial in the Texas Senate Chamber in Austin. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Texas Senate acquits state Attorney General Ken Paxton in impeachment trial
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Texas Senate acquits state Attorney General Ken Paxton in impeachment trial
This frame grab from video, provided by the Mexican government, shows Ovidio Guzman Lopez being detained in Culiacan, Mexico, on Oct. 17, 2019. CEPROPIE via AP File hide caption
Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. Federal prosecutors in the case charging Trump with scheming to overturn the 2020 election are seeking an order that would restrict the former president from "inflammatory" and "intimidating" comments about witnesses, lawyers and the judge. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Infowars founder Alex Jones appears in court to testify during the Sandy Hook defamation damages trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Waterbury, Conn., on Sept. 22, 2022. Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool, File hide caption
President Biden's son Hunter Biden leaves after a court appearance on July 26 in Wilmington, Del. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption
Kim Davis, the former clerk in Rowan County, Ky., was ordered to pay damages to a couple whom she denied a marriage license. Davis is seen here in 2015. Timothy D. Easley/AP hide caption
Convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante was "subdued" by a police dog as he tried to crawl away from tactical teams — but by then, he was surrounded, officials said on Wednesday. Chester County District Attorney's Office hide caption