Kathleen Kraninger is director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency that was thwarted by the U.S. Department of Education from examining problems with a troubled student loan forgiveness program. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Twelve Democratic candidates are facing off in the fourth primary debate of the 2020 campaign on Tuesday in Westerville, Ohio. Angela Hsieh/NPR hide caption
Former White House adviser on Russia Fiona Hill (center) leaves the Capitol on Monday after testifying before lawmakers as part of the House impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
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Parts of Great Abaco Island are eerily empty after Hurricane Dorian. Russell Lewis/NPR hide caption
Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James, shown here during a game on Monday, has weighed in on comments made by Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey. Mark J. Terrill/AP hide caption
Cars line up to head into the United States (left) and into Canada (right) adjacent to Boundary Bay at a border crossing at Blaine, Wash., in 2009. A British couple who say they accidentally crossed the U.S.-Canada border were arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents on Oct. 3. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption
A photo taken from Turkey's Sanliurfa province shows smoke rising after Turkish Armed Forces hit targets in Rasulayn, a town east of the Euphrates River in northern Syria, on Monday. Arif Hudaverdi Yaman/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
The overprescription of opioid pain medications such as these oxycodone pills has been blamed for an addiction epidemic in the U.S. — and has spurred a flurry of activity in American courts. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
Bouquets of flowers and stuffed animals are piling up outside the Fort Worth, Texas, home of 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson, who was shot to death early Saturday morning by a police officer. Jake Bleiberg/AP hide caption
Whitney Houston was nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Tuesday. Getty Images hide caption
A vineyard in Tarija, Bolivia, the center of the country's wine industry. A growing number of wineries here are improving their techniques, ramping up production and starting to export, as global interest in Bolivia's award-winning wines grows. Insights/Universal Images Group/Getty Images hide caption
We all want our kids to reach their full potential, but that doesn't mean running math drills. Author Kathy Hirsh-Pasek explains the "six C's" that kids need to succeed and why raising brilliant kids starts with redefining brilliant. LA Johnson /NPR hide caption
President Trump talked to seniors about health care in central Florida in early October. "We eliminated Obamacare's horrible, horrible, very expensive and very unfair, unpopular individual mandate," Trump told the crowd. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Literary critic and author Harold Bloom addresses an audience in New York on March 9, 2003. Mark Mainz/Getty Images hide caption
A man uses a shovel to scoop mud Tuesday in a neighborhood devastated by Typhoon Hagibis in Nagano, Japan. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
President Trump frequently criticizes the media at his campaign rallies like this one in Louisiana on Friday. His spokeswoman condemned a video that used a fake image of the president attacking opponents and the media. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Former Vice President Joe Biden unveiled an ethics plan that also assails practices in the Trump administration. It comes as his son Hunter is making new pledges to curtail overseas business dealings to quell criticism over his role in Ukraine's energy sector while his father was managing policy with the nation. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
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Justice Williams with gym goers and kettlebells at CORE in Brookline, Mass. Robin Lubbock/WBUR hide caption