Taylor Swift poses with her trophies at the 50th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles in November, just days after the botched ticket presale. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Chelsea Banning watched in disbelief as authors like Neil Gaiman and Margaret Atwood told her of their experiences with low turnout at book signing events. Chelsea Banning hide caption
Facebook parent Meta appears to be more concerned with avoiding "provoking" VIPs than balancing tricky questions of free speech and safety, its oversight board said. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Workers work on equipment at the West End Substation in West End, N.C., on Monday, after an attack on critical infrastructure has caused a power outage to many around Southern Pines, N.C. Karl B DeBlaker/AP hide caption
Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner greets supporters as she leaves her home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Aug. 23. Rodrigo Abd/AP hide caption
A woman holds up a sign while taking part in a demonstration about the use of robots by the San Francisco Police Department outside of City Hall in San Francisco on Monday. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell pushed back against former President Trump's suggestion that the Constitution should be terminated. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
China's New Silk Road project is lending out billions to countries in Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa to build and upgrade railways, ports, pipelines, power grids and highways. Above: A Kenya Railways train pulls shipping containers as it departs from the Mombasa port station. Luis Tato/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
In this Nov. 2, 2010, file photo, then Florida Republican congressional candidate David Rivera speaks in Coral Gables, Fla. Federal authorities say Rivera broke the law in his dealings with Venezuela's state-run oil company. Alan Diaz/AP hide caption
Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, talks to reporters on Nov. 17, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Portugal forward Gonçalo Ramos celebrates scoring his team's fifth goal, his hat-trick, during the Qatar 2022 World Cup round of 16 football match between Portugal and Switzerland on December 6, 2022. Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Hilton Anatole on Aug. 06 in Dallas, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
Over a span of years, Hertz falsely accused more than 360 people of stealing rental cars, leading to arrests and jail time for innocent customers. Now, the company will pay $168 million in a settlement. Cindy Ord/Getty Images hide caption
Stax Records co-founder Jim Stewart (center) poses for a photo with friends and students of the Stax Music Academy on April 29, 2013, in Memphis, Tenn. Stewart died Monday at age 92. Adrian Sainz/AP hide caption
Mary O'Connor, pictured here addressing reporters during a news conference at Tampa Police headquarters in February, resigned after using her position to escape a ticket during a traffic stop. Dirk Shadd/Tampa Bay Times via AP hide caption
This 2021 photo combination released by the U.S. Marshals Service shows James Howard Jackson. The man who shot Lady Gaga's dogwalker and stole two of her French bulldogs in 2021 pleaded no contest to attempted murder Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, and was sentenced to 21 years in prison. U.S. Marshals Service/AP hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin Mikhail Metzel/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Mourners gather outside Club Q to visit a memorial, which has been moved from a sidewalk outside of police tape that was surrounding the club, on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, in Colorado Spring, Colo. Parker Seibold/AP hide caption
Boxer Legnis Cala, center, talks with fellow female boxers during a training session in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. Cuban officials announced on Monday that women boxers would be able to compete for the first time ever. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption
Oleh Mahlay, the artistic director of the Bandurist Choir, conducts members of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus of North America and Ukrainian Children's Choir at New York City's Carnegie Hall on Sunday. Fadi Kheir hide caption
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., applauds U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger, during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Capitol Police chief: Jan. 6 failures 'largely' fixed but extremism threat persists
Technicians from DTEK, Ukraine's largest private energy company, work to replace a cable at a substation in the Teremky neighborhood of Kyiv on Wednesday. Pete Kiehart for NPR hide caption