Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the opening of a monoclonal antibody site last month in Pembroke Pines, Fla. DeSantis has sought to block schools from requiring masks for students. Marta Lavandier/AP hide caption
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Iceland's soccer federation is in turmoil, after a scandal over sexual assault allegations against players prompted a mass resignation. Here, the country's flag is seen in the stands during an international match. TF-Images/Getty Images hide caption
The Texas State Capitol in Austin is seen on the first day of the 87th Legislature's special session on July 8. Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images hide caption
The spike in hate crimes in 2020 follows a recent upward trend in bias incidents, and it was a 6% increase over the 7,287 bias-related offenses reported in 2019. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A nearly 70-year-old newspaper clipping about infamous "Martinsville Seven" rape case shows the seven Black men convicted of raping a white woman. They were executed in 1951 after exhausting their appeals. Dan H./Flickr hide caption
Nia DaCosta attends a screening of Little Woods during the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival at SVA Theatre on April 21, 2018 in New York City. Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Fe hide caption
With a federal judge poised to approve the Purdue Pharma's controversial Chapter 11 plan, the company is working behind the scenes to preempt a legal challenge by the Department of Justice. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
OxyContin-Maker Purdue Pharma Launched A Stealth Campaign To Sway U.S. Officials
"I was not going to extend this forever war," President Biden said Tuesday, "and I was not extending a forever exit." Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Customers in LaPlace, La., learn that a station is out of gas after waiting in line for more than an hour on Monday. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
American jazzman Louis Armstrong plays trumpet in his dressing room before a show in 1947 in a New York jazz cabaret. Hurricane Ida destroyed the Karnofsky Shop in New Orleans, which was a formative influence on Armstrong's musical life. Eric Schwab/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Hossain Rasouli of Team Afghanistan waves after competing in the Men's Long Jump-T47 Final at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium on Tuesday. He and teammate Zakia Khudadadi managed to get to Tokyo despite the turmoil in their home country. Carl Court/Getty Images hide caption
Naomi Osaka celebrates against Marie Bouzkova during their Women's Singles first round match on Day 1 of the 2021 U.S. Open at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, N.Y., on Monday. Sarah Stier/Getty Images hide caption
This photo provided by New York's Bronx Zoo shows an 11-month-old cougar that was removed from an apartment, in the Bronx borough of New York. The Bronx Zoo via AP hide caption