Former President Donald Trump (center) appears in court Monday in New York. Brendan McDermid/AP hide caption
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Many familiar hot-button issues are back at the U.S. Supreme Court, which begins its new term Monday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Trees and other plants help keep cities cooler. In New York City, scientists are working to understand how to maximize the benefits of urban green spaces. Here, residents gather in Brooklyn Bridge Park on a hot summer night. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
Climate solutions are necessary. So we're dedicating a week to highlight them
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba (center left) and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell visit a monument to fallen defenders of Ukraine in Kyiv, Monday. Borrell and EU foreign ministers have gathered in Kyiv in a display of support for Ukraine's fight against Russia's invasion. Press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine via AP hide caption
Sprinter Lalit Kumar ran next to empty lanes in the men's final 100-meter race at the Delhi State Annual Athletics Championships. The no-shows cited cramps and other issues, but their withdrawals also came after anti-doping officials showed up. Andrew Amsan via Twitter / Screengrab by NPR hide caption
U.S Marine Corps Col. Thomas M. Bedell, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, poses for a photo at the station's Energy and Water Operations Center on MCAS Miramar. Lance Cpl. Jose S. GuerreroDeLeon/U.S. Marines/DVIDS hide caption
Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams and David Zucker (left to right), the writers and directors of "Airplane!" Lee Reynolds/Courtesy of the authors hide caption
Secretary-General of the Nobel Assembly Thomas Perlmann speaks in front of a picture of Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on Monday. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Hospitals are some of the biggest carbon polluters almost no one thinks about. The American health care system accounts for an estimated 8.5% of the country's carbon footprint. Reid Frazier/The Allegheny Front hide caption
Alan Palomo is in his element at L.A.'s Vintage Synthesizer Museum. Christopher Intagliata/NPR hide caption
Sam Bankman-Fried's parents face legal trouble of their own as FTX looks to claw back millions of dollars in compensation and benefits from the couple. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images; Drew Angerer/Getty Images; David Dee Delgado/Getty Images hide caption
New research probes the relationship between certain genes and brain disorders like autism and schizophrenia. Jill George / NIH hide caption
Brain cells, interrupted: How some genes may cause autism, epilepsy and schizophrenia
In the middle of Poland's Bialowieza Forest, one of Europe's oldest remaining forests, stands Europe's newest border wall: a 15-foot-high metal fence topped with razor wire and security cameras. Poland finished building this fence a year ago to try to stem an influx of migrants assisted to the border by Belarusian soldiers, whose government is trying to destabilize Europe. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption
Picketers carry signs on the picket line outside Netflix on Sept. 27 in Los Angeles. Hollywood's writers strike has ended but the actors strike continues. Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption
The Hollywood writers strike is over, but the actors strike could drag on. Here's why
Rescue workers search for survivors amid debris after the roof of a church collapsed during a Sunday Mass in Ciudad Madero, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. Jose Luis Tapia/AP hide caption
Singer Taylor Swift and actor Ryan Reynolds are seen ahead of the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J. Elsa/Getty Images hide caption
A photo shows a general view of the Ecole Militaire and the Eiffel Tower in Paris, on Sept. 26. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Boston Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield works in the second inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta, June 27, 2009. Wakefield has died at age 57. John Bazemore/AP hide caption
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., listens to fellow speakers before President Biden speaks on the debt limit during an event at SUNY Westchester Community College on May 10, 2023, in Valhalla, N.Y. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
Connecticut's most wide-ranging gun control measure since the 2013 law enacted after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting takes effect on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. The new law bans the open carrying of firearms and prohibits the sale of more than three handguns within 30 days to any one person, with some exceptions for instructors and others. Jessica Hill/AP file photo hide caption
Teresa Butler visits Trish and Glen Johnston at their home in Christchurch, New Zealand, to support Trish, 79, who gave up smoking four years ago. Trish is Māori and Glen is pākehā — a white New Zealander. Jinki Cambronero for NPR hide caption
Rob Delaney says the words we use are less important than the meaning behind them. Leon Bennett/Getty Images hide caption
This comedian says words often fail during tragedy. And that's OK
Construction is afoot at Guédelon castle, in France's northern Burgundy region, where builders and crafts people are using tools and methods from the Middle Ages. Cristina Baussan for NPR hide caption