The setting sun illuminates the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 10. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
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He Jiankui announced nearly five years ago that he had created the first gene-edited babies. Aowen Cao/NPR hide caption
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General Motors CEO Mary Barra speaks during the opening of contract talks with the United Auto Workers on July 16, 2019, in Detroit. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
Gustavo Ajche snapped a selfie on the street while making his rounds on Wednesday. Gustavo Ajche hide caption
In 2022, about 34,000 people reported as actively missing were people of color. Getty Images hide caption
Missing White Woman Syndrome: The Media Bias Towards Missing People of Color
Andy Villagomez clears what remains of a large tree that overshadowed his front yard before falling to Typhoon Mawar, Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Mongmong-Toto-Maite, Guam. Grace Garces Bordallo/AP hide caption
Guam is still recovering from Typhoon Mawar, but residents are taking it in stride
RSV is a seasonal virus that lands tens of thousands of young children in the hospital every year. On Thursday, advisors to the FDA voted in favor of approving a long-acting antibody that protects infants from RSV. Christoph Soeder/Picture Alliance via Getty Images hide caption
A recent video from Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis includes an image with three fake photos of former President Donald Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci hugging. These three images appear to be AI-generated. DeSantis War Room/Screenshot and annotation by NPR hide caption
Harold Varner III (left) is doused by teammate Talor Gooch after Varner won the LIV Golf Invitational - DC at Trump National Golf Club on May 28, in Sterling, Va. The upstart tour will be united along with the PGA Tour, in a blockbuster merger. Rob Carr/Getty Images hide caption
Early morning hikers rest before walking down Piestewa Peak, a city park in Phoenix, Ariz. El Niño drives even hotter, drier weather in the Southwest United States, on top of growing heat risk from human-caused climate change. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
A person cycles past the skyline in Philadelphia shrouded in haze on Thursday. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
The remains of the Kakhovka Dam as seen by satellite on June 7, 2023. Seismologists claim to have seen an explosive signal around the time of the dam's collapse. Maxar Technologies hide caption
Mountain goats roamed the streets of LLandudno, Wales in March of 2020, as the COVID-19 lockdown kept people and tourists away. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images hide caption
Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg speaks during an anti-gun violence rally in Boston on March 25, 2023. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A lesson Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg learned: Find the joy
The California two-spot octopus can edit the RNA in its brain on a massive scale, likely allowing it to keep a clear head in both warm and cool waters. Tom Kleindinst/Marine Biological Laboratory hide caption
Octopuses tweak the RNA in their brains to adjust to warmer and cooler waters
Security forces gather in a playground at the scene of knife attack in Annecy, a town in the French Alps, on Thursday. Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP hide caption
Wade Goodwyn reported for NPR for three decades and was known for his deep Texas bass and keen reporting observations and sharp writing. He's pictured here at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 2018. Allison Shelley/NPR hide caption
Attendees at a health fair at the Balaji Temple, in Aurora, Ill., learn about the SAHELI diabetes prevention program. Teresa Crawford/Northwestern University hide caption
Pat Robertson speaks during a forum at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va., in 2015. Robertson was a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America through his Christian Coalition. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appeared as a guest at a Washington Nationals baseball game on Wednesday. Kevin LaMarque/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In his 1st White House visit, Rishi Sunak talks Ukraine, AI — and how to say his name
