SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk awarded Kristine Fishell with a $1 million check on Oct. 20. The legality of these cash prizes has been called into question. Michael Swensen/Getty Images North America hide caption
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A ballot drop box in in Vancouver, Wash., was set ablaze early Monday morning, destroying hundreds of ballots. Erik Neumann/OPB hide caption
Dustin Kjersem, 35, was found dead in his tent at a Montana campsite earlier this month. Authorities are investigating his death as a homicide and asking the public for help. Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office hide caption
Donald Kabara (left) and his son Tim. Donald Kabara hide caption
Members of the class of 2016 are presented with their degrees during the commencement ceremony at Howard University in May, 2016. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Boeing workers wave picket signs to passing drivers as they strike in Everett, Wash.. The machinists walked off the job more than six weeks ago as they bargain for higher pay and a return of their pension plan. Lindsey Wasson/AP hide caption
Braddock, Pa., on Oct. 16, 2024. Nate Smallwood for NPR hide caption
People gather at a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center at A.C. Reynolds High School in Asheville, N.C.,, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. Makiya Seminera/AP hide caption
Sikh activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun stands for a photograph in New York City, U.S., October 25, 2024. Jeenah Moon for NPR hide caption
American activist talks about how having a target on his back has changed his life
Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, arrives on stage during a town hall campaign event at the Lancaster County Convention Center on Oct. 20 in Lancaster, Pa. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Lil Durk poses in the press room with the award for best melodic rap performance for "All My Life" by Lil Durk featuring J. Cole during the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 4 in Los Angeles. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP hide caption
Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at in Traverse City, Mich., on Friday. Trump recorded the Joe Rogan Experience podcast earlier Friday and delayed his Michigan appearance by three hours. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
University of Chicago student Rudra Patel happily shows off the work of famed artist Ando Hiroshige that he'll get to display in his dorm room for one year. Hiroshige was a master of Japanese woodblock printing whose work focused on landscapes and everyday life in Edo-period Japan. Alison Cuddy for NPR hide caption
University of Chicago students can borrow a real Picasso or Miro for their dorm room
Dr. Emily Boevers, an OBGYN based in Waverly, Iowa, poses for a portrait at her family's farm in nearby Tripoli. She says the state's rape exception requirements threaten the privacy, trust and intimacy of the patient-doctor relationship. Geoff Stellfox for NPR hide caption
Many state abortion bans include exceptions for rape. How often are exceptions grant?
Josh Abate and Micah Coomer inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Ahead of the 2024 election results, civil society groups are working to prevent future violence. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
A person leaves an early voting site after casting a ballot on Oct. 21 in Deland, Fla. Florida is one of three states that recently sued the Biden administration over citizenship checks of voters. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 19: Rudy Giuliani stands next to a map during a press conference about various lawsuits related to the 2020 election, inside the Republican National Committee headquarters on November 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Election battles are being waged at the ballot box and in the courtroom.
Former President Donald Trump stands alongside appears at a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on August 26. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Army releases report on Trump campaign incident at Arlington Cemetery
A Jackson, Miss., precinct worker reaches for more "I Voted" sticker on Nov. 7, 2023. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
In this photo illustration, a McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburger meal is seen at a McDonald's on Oct. 23 in the Flatbush neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
A rural polling location is seen in Lancaster County, Pa., on Nov. 8, 2022. Branden Eastwood/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Former model Stacey Williams at Woodstock Film Festival - 'Beyond The Gaze: Jule Campbell’s Swimsuit Issue' World Premiere At The Woodstock Playhouse. Marion Curtis/Starpix/INSTARimages/Reuters hide caption
Publisher and CEO Will Lewis says the Washington Post' is "returning to our roots of not endorsing presidential candidates," although 1988 was the last time it abstained in a general election. Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption