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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said concerns were raised with the information released by AstraZeneca on initial clinical trial data. Matthias Schrader/AP hide caption
Shoppers who were trapped inside the store during a mass shooting are escorted out. Hart W. Van Denburg/Colorado Public Radio hide caption
A Census Bureau survey found that the number of households that said they were homeschooling doubled last year. Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Military personnel prepare for the opening of a mass COVID-19 vaccination site in the Queens, N.Y.,on Feb. 24. Seth Wenig/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Coronavirus Cases Are Surging In Europe. Why The U.S. Is In Better Shape — For Now
Lina Khan, here at her home in Larchmont, N.Y., in 2017, has been nominated to the Federal Trade Commission. An Rong Xu/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
Opening arguments are slated to begin in former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's murder trial on March 29. Here, people march near the Minnesota state Capitol to honor George Floyd on Friday in St. Paul, Minn. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption
A record low number of homes for sale is pushing up prices and making it harder for first-time buyers to afford homeownership. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
Roberta Jacobson, the White House coordinator for the southern border, addresses migration issues during a daily press briefing this month. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
The U.S. Supreme Court will review a lower court's decision from last summer that vacated the six death sentences imposed on Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Here, artist Jane Flavell Collins pulls down her courtroom sketches outside the Moakley U.S. Courthouse in Boston after Tsarnaev was sentenced. John Blanding/Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
Voters enter a polling station at the Zion Baptist Church on Jan. 5 in Marietta, Ga. Black churches have often played a role in mobilizing their congregants to vote. Sandy Huffaker/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Black Church Leaders In Georgia On The Importance Of 'Souls To The Polls'
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas addresses a press briefing this month. Mayorkas has tried to discourage migrants from coming north and blamed the Trump administration for dismantling the system that processes and cares for them. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Despite 'Ample Warning,' U.S. Was Unprepared For Latest Surge Of Migrant Children
California reported a significant surge in unemployment claims this year for independent contractors, accounting for more than a quarter of all such claims nationally and raising concerns about widespread fraud. Above, a runner passes the office of California's Employment Development Department in Sacramento in December. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
Residents of the District of Columbia rally for statehood Monday near the U.S. Capitol ahead of a House committee hearing on the effort. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
With Stronger Democratic Support, D.C. Statehood Fight Returns To Capitol Hill
U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., has announced he would not run for public office again following sexual misconduct allegations. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images hide caption
Results from late-stage testing show the Oxford- AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can be 79% effective at preventing symptoms of COVID-19. Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images hide caption
A makeshift memorial is seen on Friday in Atlanta, following the mass shooting of eight people, six of whom were of Asian descent, at three different massage parlors. Candice Choi/AP hide caption
Atlanta Killings: Sex Worker Advocate Sees Deadly Consequences Of Overlapping Hatreds
A lifeguard calls to swimmers at a beach in Miami on March 5. Amid fears of crowds fueling a new surge in coronavirus cases, Miami Beach on Saturday announced an abrupt curfew to curb swelling crowds of spring breaker visitors. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Gloria Anderson receives her second COVID-19 vaccination. David Anderson /Gloria Anderson hide caption
A thin strip of sand is all that stands between multimillion-dollar homes on the Southern California coast and a rising Pacific Ocean. A state bill aims to buy, then rent out such properties until they're no longer habitable. Axel Koester/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption