A man walks dogs through the snow in Brooklyn during a nor'easter in February 2021. Justin Heiman/Getty Images hide caption
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A worker hands a nasal swab to a motorist at a drive-up COVID-19 testing site in Denver on Jan. 13. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman arrives at Joe Biden's inauguration at the Capitol in January 2021. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
The expanded child tax credit briefly slashed child poverty. Here's what else it did
Gas stoves emit pollution into your house, and are connected to a production and supply system that leaks the powerful greenhouse gas methane during drilling, fracking, processing and transport. Meredith Miotke for NPR hide caption
This family photo shows D.J. Ferguson initially being treated at Milford, Mass., Regional Medical Center. Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston is defending itself after Ferguson's family claimed he was denied a new heart for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Tracey Ferguson file photo/via AP hide caption
Workers at Amazon's warehouse on Staten Island are expected to vote on whether to unionize in the coming months. Taylor Hanes/NPR hide caption
Britain's Prince Andrew appears at the Royal Chapel at Windsor following the death announcement of his father Prince Philip in April 2021. Steve Parsons/Pool Photo/ via AP, file hide caption
Congregation Beth Israel Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, facing the camera, hugs a man after a healing service on Jan. 17, two days after he and three others were taken hostage at his Colleyville, Texas, synagogue. Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram/via AP hide caption
Pedestrians cross a street as motorists drive through the snow on Jan. 16 in Greenville, S.C. Sean Rayford/Getty Images hide caption
Voice actor Peter Robbins and the character he voiced, Charlie Brown, attend a DVD release party in Hollywood, Calif., in 2008. Alberto E. Rodriguez/WireImage hide caption
Save the Redwoods League has donated more than 500 acres of redwood forestland to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council, a coalition of Native tribes that have been connected to the land for thousands of years. Max Forster/Save The Redwoods League hide caption
A prisoner looks out of his jail window as protesters gather outside the federal detention center in Miami on June 12, 2020, during a demonstration over the death of George Floyd. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Flaws plague a tool meant to help low-risk federal prisoners win early release
Elton John performs during his "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" tour on Jan. 19 in New Orleans. Despite being vaccinated and boosted, John has contracted COVID-19 and postponed two farewell concert dates in Dallas. John "is experiencing only mild symptoms," according to a statement. Derick Hingle/AP hide caption
Masked White Plains, N.Y., High School students walk between classes last year. A day after a judge overturned New York's mask mandate, an appellate judge temporarily restored it as the state prepares an appeal. Mark Lennihan/AP file photo hide caption
Rep. Terri Sewell, a Democrat from Alabama, represents the state's only Black-majority district in Congress. She's pictured here alongside Rep. Joyce Beatty, a Democrat from Ohio, and Martin Luther King III, in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 17, 2022. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
U.S. Coast Guard Captain Jo-Ann Burdian, speaking at a news conference on Wednesday in Miami Beach, Fla., details the search for dozens of missing people from a boat that capsized after leaving the Bahamas. Marta Lavandier/AP hide caption
Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, right, and his attorney Julian McPhillips, left, leave the courtroom in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday following jury selection. Moore and Leigh Corfman, who accused him of sexual assault, are suing each other for defamation. Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser/via AP hide caption