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Simone Biles won the U.S. Olympic Team Trials by more than five points and secured her spot on the team in Paris. Jamie Squire/Getty Images hide caption

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French far right leader Marine Le Pen reacts as she meets supporters and journalists after the release of projections based on the actual vote count in select constituencies on Sunday in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption

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Police in Utica, N.Y., say an officer fatally shot a 13-year-old boy after a foot chase on Friday evening. Police say officers believed the boy brandished a handgun. Above, vehicles move along Genesee Street after a fresh snowfall, in Utica, N.Y., on Jan. 31, 2017. Hans Pennink/AP hide caption

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Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Greenbrier Farms on Friday in Chesapeake, Va., the day after the first presidential debate of the 2024 election. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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A copy of the Ten Commandments is seen along with other historical documents in a hallway of the Georgia Capitol on June 20 in Atlanta. Civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit on June 24 challenging Louisiana’s new law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom. John Bazemore/AP hide caption

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A sign saying “Register & vote!” is on display at the King County elections office in Renton, Wash., in 2020. Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The GOP is making Biden's voter registration executive order a partisan flash point

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Pedestrians walk past the Fabulosa Books store in San Francisco's Castro District on Thursday. The bookstore is sending LGBTQ+ books to parts of the country where they are censored to counter the rapidly growing effort by anti-LGBTQ+ activists and lawmakers to ban queer-friendly books from public schools and libraries. Haven Daley/AP hide caption

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A trained volunteer attempts to herd stranded dolphins into deeper waters on Friday in Wellfleet, Mass. As many as 125 Atlantic white-sided dolphins became stranded Friday on Cape Cod and at least 10 died, prompting an intensive rescue effort, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Stacey Hedman/International Fund for Animal Welfare/AP hide caption

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Saturday

India's players celebrate with the winners' trophy after winning against South Africa in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup final cricket match at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Saturday. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption

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A man walks past boarded up shop windows before the arrival of Hurricane Beryl in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Sunday. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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In Kentucky, abortions are banned in almost all circumstances except in cases when a pregnant women's life is in imminent danger of death or permanent injury. Timothy D. Easley/AP hide caption

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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., who continues to break with progressives within his party by backing Israel in the war with Hamas, visited the country this week and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption

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John Fetterman meets Netanyahu in Israel to show support for the war

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