House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (left) pauses while speaking during a press event with Republican leaders to discuss their tax plans on Sept. 27 in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
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San Francisco Jury Finds Man Accused Of Killing Kate Steinle Not Guilty Of Murder
Jose Ines Garcia Zarate in a police booking photo. San Francisco jurors have returned a verdict in his trial for the fatal shooting of Kate Steinle, whose death played into the national debate on immigration. AP hide caption
Whitney Duncan was given the choice of sending her daughter, Deklyn, 3, to stay with her grandmother in Jasper, Ga., while she entered rehab or lose her to foster care. David Goldman/AP hide caption
The new Tesla Model 3 is displayed at the 2017 LA Auto Show. The company has struggled to meet its goal of producing thousands of the vehicles per week. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Tesla Going At 'Warp Speed,' But Lags In Race To Produce Mass Market Electric Cars
Sens. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Ron Johnson, R-Wis., seen at a hearing earlier this month, held up floor action on Thursday evening over concerns about how to control the deficit if the GOP tax bill doesn't result in strong economic growth. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption
If the White House approves a proposal to change the way the government collects race and ethnicity data, white people in the U.S. may be asked to check off boxes about their ethnic background. On this 2010 census form, answering "white" was enough to respond to the race question. blackwaterimages/Getty Images hide caption
"I think we're all realizing that sexual harassment in America is absolutely pervasive and it's got to go and we need to end it," says House Speaker Paul Ryan. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Speaker Ryan On Sexual Harassment: 'We Are Having A Watershed Moment In This Country'
Bosnian viewers watch as Slobodan Praljak brings a small glass of liquid to his lips at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on Wednesday. Praljak, who had just had his 20-year sentence for war crimes upheld, ingested the liquid and declared "I have just drunk poison." He died just hours later. Amel Emric/AP hide caption
President Donald Trump speaks during a rally on Wednesday in St. Charles, Mo. Whitney Curtis/Getty Images hide caption
Chalfonte LeNee Queen of San Diego grappled with violent vomiting episodes for 17 years until she found out her illness was related to her marijuana use. Pauline Bartolone/California Healthline hide caption
Rare And Mysterious Vomiting Illness Linked To Heavy Marijuana Use
Irma Rivera Aviles and her husband Ivan Martínez live in a tight-knit working-class community called El Pueblito in Cataño. Their community flooded during Hurricane Maria leaving their house damaged with a hole in the roof. Greg Allen/NPR hide caption
'We Don't Feel Safe Here': Building A Post-Hurricane Life In Puerto Rico
British Prime Minister Theresa May said Thursday that President Trump's retweets of the extremist group Britain First "was the wrong thing to do." Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption
Artist's rendition of a family of pterosaurs, which had massive wingspans of up to 13 feet and likely ate fish with their large teeth-filled jaws. Illustrated by Zhao Chuang hide caption