Jeep vehicles are parked outside the Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit on Feb. 26, 2019. Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption
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Irving Burgie at his home in Queens in 2017. Burgie, who rewrote the lyrics to the traditional Jamaican song "Day-O," died Friday at the age of 95. Susan Watts/NY Daily News via Getty Images hide caption
Irving Burgie, Songwriter Who Helped Bring Calypso To America, Dies At 95
Clergymen carry a wooden relic believed to be from Jesus' manger outside the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on Saturday. Majdi Mohammed/AP hide caption
Parts of California are blanketed in snow after a powerful Thanksgiving storm, with more snow expected in parts of the state over the weekend. Lee Stockwell/AP hide caption
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (second from right), Home Secretary Priti Patel (front center) and Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick (far left) attend the scene in central London on Saturday. Steve Parsons/AP hide caption
Marie Andrews holds a pyx, the vessel she uses to transport the consecrated Communion wafer to homebound parishioners. Andrews is an officially sanctioned Eucharistic minister in the Roman Catholic Church. Shahla Farzan/St. Louis Public Radio hide caption
Possibility Of Female Deacons Gives Some Catholics Hope
Peter Melnik, a fourth-generation dairy farmer, owns Bar-Way Farm, Inc. in Deerfield, Mass. He has an anaerobic digester on his farm that converts food waste into renewable energy. Allison Aubrey/NPR hide caption
Chew On This: Farmers Are Using Food Waste To Make Electricity
Tourists walk across flooded St. Mark's Square two days after Venice suffered its highest tide in 50 years. Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A growing number of public libraries across the country are revising their policies to eliminate overdue fines. Connie Hanzhang Jin/NPR hide caption
Waits for inpatient beds are an important factor in ER overcrowding. UpperCut Images/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
When Teens Abuse Parents, Shame and Secrecy Make It Hard to Seek Help
Neodosha, Kan., has a population of 2,300. A wealthy donor has promised to pay college tuition for students who live in the town. Celia Llopis-Jepsen/KCUR/Kansas News Service hide caption
Wealthy Donor Promises College Tuition To Help Spur Growth In Hometown
Based on actual events, the graphic novel Grand Theft Horse tells the story of a trainer who rescues a horse from its villainous owner. Journalist Taylor Haney set out to learn how much of the story is true. Above, a scene from the novel. Courtesy of Greg Neri and Corban Wilkin hide caption
He Was A Horse That Never Won A Race. So Why Would Someone Steal Him?
NPR wants to hear about someone special you lost in 2019. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption