Blaine Gabbert of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers warms up prior to their game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium in 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Grant Halverson/Getty Images hide caption
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Saturday
A person holds a Mega Millions lottery ticket in Tempe, Ariz., Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. The jackpot for the Tuesday drawing is $785 million. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption
An asylum-seeking migrant woman from Peru in a wheelchair is escorted through the border wall to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States in El Paso, Texas, on Dec. 21. Jim Urquhart for NPR hide caption
Jackson, Mississippi's O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Facility's sedimentation basins in Ridgeland, Miss., shown in September. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
Ed Byrne, Homeland Security investigations agent, left, and Lt. Ken Impellizeri of the San Diego Police leave the scene of a fatal fentanyl overdose by a 39-year-old woman in San Diego, Calif., on Nov. 10. Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
Friday
An unoccupied recovery area, left, and an abortion procedure room are seen at a Planned Parenthood Arizona facility in Tempe, Ariz., on June 30, 2022. On Friday, Dec. 30, the Arizona Court of Appeals concluded that doctors who provide abortions can't be prosecuted under a pre-statehood law that criminalizes nearly all abortions. Matt York/AP hide caption
Barbara Walters, pictured here in New York City in 2004, has died at 93. Evan Agostini/Getty Images hide caption
The first nacelles onboard a sea energy "jack-up ship," ready for lifting into place on the Kentish Flats Offshore Wind Farm, off Whitstable, Kent, England. Chris Laurens/Construction Photography/ Avalon / Getty Images hide caption
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich speaks at a news conference in Phoenix, on Jan. 7, 2020. Bob Christie/AP hide caption
Hershey's chocolate is shown in Overland Park, Kan., on July 25, 2011. The Hershey Co. is being sued for allegedly failing to disclose the presence of heavy metals in its dark chocolate bars. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
A great egret flies above a great blue heron in a wetland inside the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge in Trenton, Mich., on Oct. 7. The Biden administration has announced a finalized rule for federal protection of hundreds of thousands of small streams, wetlands and other waterways. Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption
Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate are escorted by police officers outside the headquarters of the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism in Bucharest, Romania, on Thursday. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea/Reuters hide caption
Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks in Monongahela, Pa. on Sept. 23, 2022. McCarthy unveiled a campaign proposal titled "Commitment to America," which includes Republicans' climate change and energy policy proposals. Barry Reeger/AP hide caption
Republicans get a louder voice on climate change as they take over the House
Geese fly over frozen homes in the waterfront community of Crystal Beach in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada. Cole Burston/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Four University of Idaho students — Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin — were stabbed to death on Nov. 13. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption