Don McGahn left his position as White House counsel Wednesday, a move that had been announced in August. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
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White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have reportedly forged close ties focused on the Middle East peace process. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post; Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Lance Erwin works with a neighbor in Mexico Beach, Fla., to repair parts of his roof after it was blown off by Hurricane Michael. Rules are looser in the Pandhandle, allowing construction that couldn't stand up to the storm's 155 mph winds. Greg Allen/NPR hide caption
After Hurricane Michael, A Call For Stricter Building Codes In Florida's Panhandle
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Caroll Spinney and Oscar the Grouch at the Daytime Emmy Awards in 2007. After some 50 years on Sesame Street, Spinney is retiring. Noel Vasquez/Getty Images hide caption
Schoolchildren are led through a dance routine at a U.S. government-supported childcare center in Raqqa. Greg Dixon/NPR hide caption
Seth Frotman, former student loan ombudsman at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, poses at NPR headquarters in September. Frotman and his team reviewed thousands of complaints about the questionable practices of student loan companies. Cameron Pollack/NPR hide caption
Democratic leaders including Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York faulted the White House on Wednesday for what they called "irresponsible" lumping of dissimilar Chinese and Russian influence schemes. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
A British advertising watchdog group ruled on Wednesday that the Spotify horror ad is "likely to cause undue distress to children." Chester Bennington Original Source/Screenshot by NPR/Chester Bennington hide caption
Derrick Slaughter attends a July 14, 2017, march through the streets of Norwalk, Ohio, against the epidemic of heroin, with his grandmother (not shown). Both of Derrick's parents are heroin addicts and he is now being raised by his grandparents. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Black men are twice as likely as whites to die from prostate cancer, one of the deadliest cancers that affect males. Tetra Images/Getty Images/Tetra images RF hide caption
Gunfire and an explosion rocked a technical school in Crimea on Wednesday. At least 17 people were killed and 40 others were wounded in the attack, reports said. TASS via Getty Images hide caption
A worker heads out to hand-feed fish at a Scottish salmon farm, a method that is unusual among fish farms. Eileen Guo for NPR hide caption
The authors of a new study on veterinarians and mental health say vet school should include more training on how to cope with the moral distress vets face when asked by pet owners to do things that are against their medical judgement. Anya Semenoff/Denver Post via Getty Images hide caption
Employees work on the assembly line of the Tiguan model at the Volkswagen car plant in Puebla, central Mexico, in March. The auto sector is a key focus of the newly revised North American Free Trade Agreement. Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu before their official talks in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday. Leah Millis/AP hide caption
Mohammed Amin shows a picture of his 7-year-old daughter, Zainab Ansari in January. B.K. Bangash/AP hide caption
Gaston County Elections Director Adam Ragan tests equipment. Alexandra Olgin/WFAE hide caption
Early Voting Changes In North Carolina Spark Bipartisan Controversy
A view of New York City from the Empire State Building on Tuesday. The city just had its first weekend without a single shooting in at least 25 years. Theo Wargo/Getty Images hide caption
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Tuesday with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the capital Riyadh. They discussed the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who vanished two weeks ago during a visit to the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Leah Mills/AP hide caption
Demonstrators hold signs as Democratic leaders speak with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol June 26, 2018, in Washington, D.C. Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images hide caption
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks in 2017. The mayor signed a provision into a law on Tuesday that allows people born in New York City who do not identify as male or female to change their birth certificate sex to a third-category of X. Gary Gershoff/Getty Images for Housing Works hide caption
A courtroom sketch shows the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments on Oct. 9. Dana Verkouteren/AP hide caption
A planter trims medicinal marijuana plants in Ontario in 2016. After months of preparation, Canada legalized recreational use of the drug on Wednesday. Lars Hagberg/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
USA Gymnastics hired Mary Bono as interim president and chief executive officer on Friday. But after intense criticism from many of the sport's biggest stars, Bono tendered her resignation on Tuesday. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption