Special needs teacher's aide Belva Perry holds up a sign on Wednesday at West Virginia's Capitol that reads "no deal." John Raby/AP hide caption
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The main entrance to Dalton High School in Georgia. Police say a teacher who barricaded himself in a classroom and fired a shot has been taken into custody. Jeff Martin/AP hide caption
Army troops from The Old Guard at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. Three people were hospitalized after a letter was opened on the Marine Corps side of the base. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat, now says that the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will be determined by the upcoming midterm elections. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
President Trump speaks, watched by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, during a bipartisan meeting with members of Congress on school and community safety at the White House on Wednesday. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Daniel Ek, CEO of Swedish music streaming service Spotify, in Tokyo in 2016. The company is expected to go public late next month or early April. Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A new study suggests Risso's dolphins, which are common along the U.S. Pacific Coast, use past experiences to plan their dives for food. Elizabeth Haslam/Flickr hide caption
Risso's Dolphin Group
Pedestrians cross the street as traffic moves along 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan on Jan. 25. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Russia's ban from the Olympic movement was lifted on Wednesday despite two failed doping tests by its athletes at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Pavel Golovkin/AP hide caption
White House communications director Hope Hicks is resigning, the White House announced on Wednesday. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Hope Hicks To Resign As White House Communications Director
Visitors walk toward Sleeping Beauty's Castle at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
President Trump touches the casket of the Rev. Billy Graham, who died last week at age 99, during a ceremony in the Capitol rotunda on Wednesday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Therese Gachnauer, center, an 18-year-old senior from Chiles High School and Kwane Gatlin, right, a 19-year-old senior from Lincoln High School, both in Tallahassee, join fellow students protesting gun violence on the steps of the old Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. Mark Wallheiser/AP hide caption
Onlookers offer support Wednesday at a crosswalk as students arrive for their first classes at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School since a massacre there two weeks ago killed 17 people. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson in September. A former HUD employee says she was demoted after refusing to comply with a request from the acting agency head that she "find money" to bankroll costly remodeling for Carson's office. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption