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A West Point archeologist and museum curator take part in the opening of a lead box placed in the base of a monument by cadets almost two centuries ago. Michael Hill/AP hide caption

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Opinion: Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, and digits to nothing

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This booking photo, provided by Fulton County Sheriff's Office, shows former President Donald Trump after he surrendered and was booked at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta this week. Trump is accused by District Attorney Fani Willis of scheming to subvert the will of Georgia voters. AP hide caption

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Opinion: Trump's mug shot may become his best-known portrait

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Fans and spectators walk to the entrance of Chicago's Comiskey Park on April 9, 1990, for the opening day of the final Major League Baseball season there. Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Corporate ballpark names just don't have that special ring

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In 2022, a man in Kabul covered his face to protect his identity, as he showed his harmonium musical instrument. The Taliban have begun to burn these instruments, and others. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption

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Opinion: The Taliban is cracking down on music, and joy

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Vice President Mike Pence speaks alongside President Donald Trump in 2020. As Trump was being arraigned in Washington on yet another round of criminal charges this week, his former runningmate-turned-rival Mike Pence unveiled merchandise that quotes "Too Honest," a reference to Trump's response when Pence rebuffed his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption

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Opinion: Trump said Pence is 'too honest'

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A sign warning of extreme heat danger in Death Valley National Park on July 15, 2023 David McNew/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: It's too hot in here

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Singer Tony Bennet performs at the Royal Albert Hall in London on April 29, 2007. Jo Hale/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Remembering Tony Bennett

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People look at a lowland gorillas at the Bronx Zoo's Congo Gorilla Forest exhibit on July 8, 2003, in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: A movie theater for gorillas

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A woman holds a picture of Victoria Amelina, as pallbearers carry the writer's coffin at the end of her funeral ceremony in Mykhaylo Gold Domes in Kyiv on July 4, 2023. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Remembering Ukrainian poet Victoria Amelina

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In patients with Alzheimer's disease, a substance called beta-amyloid can form toxic clumps in between neurons. Drugs like lecanemab are designed to remove amyloid-beta from the brain. National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health. hide caption

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An Alzheimer's drug is on the way, but getting it may still be tough. Here's why

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Wade Goodwyn reported on his home state of Texas and the Southwest for NPR since 1993. Kate Mackley Media/NPR hide caption

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Opinion: Wade Goodwyn brought Texas spirit to NPR

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Mountaineers make their way to the summit of Mount Everest, as they ascend on the south face from Nepal on May 17, 2018. Phunjo Lama/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: A lifesaving moment at Mount Everest

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Tina Turner sings during her performance at the Macy's Passport '97 fundraiser and fashion show in San Francisco. Monica Davey/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Life lessons from Tina Turner

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Chonkasaurus the snapping turtle rests on a pile of rusty chains along the Chicago River. Joey Santore hide caption

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Opinion: Progress can be a turtle

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These books have been banned in several public schools and libraries across the U.S. amid a wave of book censorship and restrictions. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption

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Opinion: Books are not land mines

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Royal fans wearing masks picturing Britain's King Charles III and Britain's Camilla, Queen Consort are pictured on The Mall, near to Buckingham Palace in central London, on May 5, 2023, ahead of the coronation weekend. ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Long live royal humor

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Calypso singer and actor Harry Belafonte performs in concert at London's Kilburn National Ballroom on Aug. 10 1958. Alan Meek/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Harry Belafonte's voice will live on

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Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza stands in a cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court. AP hide caption

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Opinion: The highest duty of a citizen

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The snow-covered soya fields at the Belfontaine Holstein farm are pictured in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, on Dec. 9, 2021. Canadian Super Pigs were bred to survive the winter. Andrej Ivanov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Watch out for Super Pigs!

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Pictures of the victims killed in a mass shooting on Monday at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tenn., are fixed to a memorial by Noah Reich (left) and David Maldonado, from the nonprofit Classroom of Compassion, near the school on Wednesday. Seth Herald/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: America's shameful obsession with guns

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Pro-democracy activists tear a placard of Winnie-the-pooh that represents Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest against a proposed new security law outside the Chinese Liaison Office in Hong Kong on May 24, 2020. ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: The autocrat threatened by Winnie the Pooh

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