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President Biden signs into law the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act gun safety bill, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Saturday as first lady Jill Biden looks on. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption
President Biden waves as he walks past Bavarian mountain riflemen and traditional costumers after his arrival in Germany on Saturday ahead of the G-7 summit. Daniel Karmann/AP hide caption
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Firefighters work at the scene of a residential building following explosions in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 26, 2022. Nariman El-Mofty/AP hide caption
Fredrika Newton stands next the bust of her late husband, Black Panther co-founder Huey P. Newton. NPS is considering a Black Panther Party National Historical Park. Marisa Penaloza/NPR hide caption
The Marathon Anacortes Refinery. David Ryder/Getty Images hide caption
The Peanuts characters reminded readers of the importance of Title IX at a moment when many schools and athletic programs were resistant to it. Peanuts © 1979 Peanuts Worldwide LLC hide caption
'Peanuts,' one of the world's most popular cartoons, pushed for Title IX in the 1970s
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Protesters rally to show their support for the recent protests and national strike against the government of President Guillermo Lasso in Quito, Ecuador, on June 25, 2022. Dolores Ochoa/AP hide caption
President Biden addresses the nation Friday following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic in Chester, Pa., on Dec. 15, 2021. Pfizer says tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and boosts protection. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
People with disabilities worry about how they will be disproportionately affected by the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v. Wade. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Investigators search for evidences outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 25, 2022. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
Marine Corps Lt. Col. Oliver North, accompanied by his lawyer Brendan Sullivan, was a central figure in the Iran-Contra hearings. Chris Wilkins/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People line up outside of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on June 23, as the city makes vaccines available to residents possibly exposed to monkeypox. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
Monkeypox outbreak in U.S. is bigger than the CDC reports. Testing is 'abysmal'
Whole Woman's Health of Minnesota, a clinic that opened to patients in February, is one of only eight that provide abortions in the state and is located just a few minutes from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Christina Saint Louis/KHN hide caption
Riot police officers cordon off the area after migrants arrive on Spanish soil and crossing the fences separating the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco in Melilla, Spain, Friday, June 24, 2022. Javier Bernardo/AP hide caption
Police stand guard outside a bar in central Oslo, early Saturday. Norwegian police say two people have been killed and several injured in a mass shooting. Javad Parsa/AP hide caption
A woman exhales while vaping from a Juul pen e-cigarette in 2019. A federal court has temporarily put on hold an FDA ban against the company's vaping products. Craig Mitchelldyer/AP hide caption
American fast-food hamburger restaurant Carl's Jr, in the center of St. Petersburg. OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Abortion rights demonstrators hold signs outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Friday. Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption