Authorities work the scene at the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere, Ill., after a severe storm hit during a heavy metal concert, killing one person and injuring 28. Matt Marton/AP hide caption
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A woman prays at a makeshift memorial for those killed in a mass shooting at the entrance of The Covenant School on March 29, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. Three students and three adults were killed by the 28-year-old shooter on Monday. Seth Herald/Getty Images hide caption
Pope Francis autographs the plaster cast of a child as he leaves the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome on Saturday. Gregorio Borgia/AP hide caption
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Utah Jazz guard Johnny Juzang (33) shoots against the Spurs during a game in San Antonio on Wednesday. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
LSU's Alexis Morris drives past Virginia Tech's Georgia Amoore during the first half of an NCAA Women's Final Four semifinals basketball game Friday in Dallas. Tony Gutierrez/AP hide caption
Iowa's Caitlin Clark reacts after a 3-pointer during the second half of an NCAA Women's Final Four semifinals basketball game against South Carolina on Friday in Dallas. Darron Cummings/AP hide caption
Kentucky state Sen. Karen Berg, who lost her transgender son to suicide in 2022, is consoled by former state legislator Patti Minter, left, and Rep. Tina Bojanowski after SB 150 passed the Senate on Feb. 16, 2023, in Frankfort, Ky. Ryan C. Hermens/Lexington Herald-Leader/TNS via Getty Images hide caption
Grief and tangled politics were at the heart of Kentucky's fight over new trans law
A sign touting the Inflation Reduction Act is seen at Glynwood Boat House in Cold Spring, N.Y., on Aug. 17, 2022. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
Mulikat Okanlawon of Nigeria contracted noma when she was a child. The gangrenous infection ate away at the flesh and bone in her face. She survived and has had surgery to repair scars left by the disease. Today she works at the Sokoto Noma Hospital, guiding noma patients on the road to recovery. Claire Jeantet and Fabrice Caterin hide caption
World Food Program chief David Beasley speaks to The Associated Press in the village of Wagalla in northern Kenya Aug. 19, 2022. Brian Inganga/AP hide caption
Young fans and media surround Andrew Tate as he leaves a police detention facility in Bucharest, Romania, after his release from prison on Friday. Alexandru Dobre/AP hide caption
Trucks line up to enter a Port of Oakland shipping terminal on Nov. 10, 2021, in Oakland, Calif. President Joe Biden's administration cleared the way for California's plan to phase out a wide range of diesel-powered trucks, a part of the state's efforts to drastically cut planet-warming emissions and improve air quality in heavy-traffic areas. Noah Berger/AP hide caption
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is pictured at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 14. Fetterman was discharged from Walter Reed hospital on Friday after being treated for depression, which is now in remission, his office said. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Joni Mitchell: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song premieres tonight on PBS. Shawn Miller/Shawn Miller hide caption
Supporters of former US President Donald Trump protest near the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on March 30, 2023. CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A computer screen shows the OpenAI website Friday in Manta, Italy. Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Barriers stand near Trump Tower in New York City on Friday. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Giancarlo Rosado of the Florida Atlantic Owls shoots over Ismael Massoud of the Kansas State Wildcats during the Elite Eight round of the 2023 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament held at Madison Square Garden on March 25. Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos via Getty Images hide caption
Smoke rises from a derailed cargo train in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 4, 2023. Dustin Franz/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People walk past the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday, where victims were taken after a shooting at the Covenant School. John Amis/AP hide caption
At a Nashville hospital, the agony of not being able to help school shooting victims
The Florida Atlantic Owls will face the San Diego State Aztecs in the Final Four on Saturday — the first time either program has gotten this far in the NCAA Tournament. The Owls practiced at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, on Friday. Gregory Shamus/Getty Images hide caption
A Social Security trust fund is expected to run short of cash by 2033, according to new estimates, which would potentially reduce benefits to millions of Americans who depend on the program. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
June Steenkamp, the mother of Reeva Steenkamp sits inside the correctional service car Thursday at the Atteridgeville Prison for the parole hearing of Oscar Pistorius in Pretoria, South Africa. Themba Hadebe/AP hide caption
Virginia Norwood sits at the Storm Detector Radar Set at the Army Signal Corps Laboratories in New Jersey in a photo displayed at the Institute for Radio Engineers Convention, Spring 1950. Virginia Norwood via NASA hide caption