Lawrence Ray, an ex-convict convicted of sex trafficking and extortion for forcing young women into prostitution or forced labor after winning trust by posing as a father-figure. Ray, who moved into his daughter's college dorm after getting out of prison, charmed her schoolmates before turning on the close-knit group and using threats and violence to force them to work for him. U.S. Attorney's office via AP hide caption
Then-White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino delivers a recorded address for the Republican National Convention on Aug. 26, 2020, in the empty Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Remy Martin reacts as Kansas Jayhawks players and coaches hold up the National Championship trophy after defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels in the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament National Championship on Monday in New Orleans. Tom Pennington/Getty Images hide caption
Candles and flowers make up a memorial at a memorial for those killed and injured in a mass shooting April 3 in Sacramento, Calif. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
Emily Wales, interim CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes, speaks to a group of abortion rights advocates outside the state Capitol in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. The Oklahoma House gave final legislative approval to a bill that would make performing an abortion a felony. Sean Murphy/AP hide caption
A bald eagle is shown in 2020 in Philadelphia. NextEra Energy subsidiary ESI Energy was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay more than $8 million in fines and restitution after at least 150 eagles were killed over the past decade at its wind farms in eight states. Chris Szagola/AP hide caption
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona delivers remarks in Washington, D.C., in January. The department has extended the freeze on federal student loan payments several times since the pandemic began in March 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Hundreds of workers at Howard University Hospital say they are planning a one-day strike on April 11 to protest low paying wages. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Pieter Van Ry, director of the South Platte Renew wastewater treatment facility in Englewood, Colo., stands surrounded by solid-waste separators. Hart Van Denburg/Colorado Public Radio hide caption
Suzanne and Jim Rybak, inside the craft room where their son, Jameson, would encourage Suzanne to make colorful beach bags, received a $4,928 medical bill months after it was supposedly resolved. By Gavin McIntyre/Kaiser Health News hide caption
The price of eggs has risen sharply since the start of a bird flu outbreak that has resulted in millions of birds being culled. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
A Red/Blue Workshop in La Grange, Texas, was put on by volunteers with the nonprofit Braver Angels, which stages encounters and debates all over the country as a way to reduce political polarization. John Burnett/NPR hide caption
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis displays the signed Parental Rights in Education flanked by elementary school students during a news conference on Monday, March 28, 2022, at Classical Preparatory school in Shady Hills. Douglas R. Clifford/AP hide caption
Abortion rights advocates gather outside the Oklahoma Capitol on Tuesday in Oklahoma City to protest several anti-abortion bills being considered by the GOP-led Legislature. Sean Murphy/AP hide caption
Admiral Linda Fagan has been nominated to serve as the next commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. If confirmed, she would be the first woman to lead a branch of the U.S. military. U.S. Coast Guard hide caption
A family enters a U.S. Air Force plane in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 24, 2021. The evacuation was part of a U.S. effort to relocate Afghans to safety in the wake of the Taliban siege. But many families were separated in the process — and reuniting them has proven to be a challenge. Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Forces Europe-Africa via Getty Images hide caption
The Colorado State Capitol in Denver is pictured here in January. This week, Gov. Jared Polis signed a law enshrining the right to abortion in state law. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
A Sacramento city police officer stands near a field of evidence markers after a mass shooting that left six people dead over the weekend. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
Elon Musk speaks during a news conference at SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on Feb. 10. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People attend a candlelight vigil to mourn for the death of mass shooting victims at a park on Sunday in Sacramento, Calif. Liu Guanguan/China News Service/Getty Images hide caption