A person attending a vigil for the four University of Idaho students who were killed on Nov. 13, 2022, cries as she listens to family members talk about the victims, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, in Moscow, Idaho. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption
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Andrew Ross Sorkin speaks with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried during the New York Times DealBook Summit in the Appel Room at the Jazz At Lincoln Center on November 30, 2022 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
Sam Bankman-Fried strikes apologetic pose as he describes being shocked by FTX's fall
New York City Mayor Eric Adams visits the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 17. This week, he announced that officials will begin hospitalizing more homeless people by involuntarily providing care to those deemed to be in "psychiatric crisis." Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
Nic Grzecka, owner of Club Q, stands outside the business after a news conference in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Thomas Peipert/AP hide caption
Top left: Governor-elect Maura Healey speaks on Nov. 8 in Mass. Bottom left: Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tina Kotek speaks with members of the media on Nov. 2 in Portland, Ore. Top left: Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives a victory speech on Nov. 8 in Tampa, Fla. Bottom right: Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks at a campaign rally on Nov. 16 in McDonough, Ga. Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images; Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images; Octavio Jones/Getty Images; Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
Can Newly Elected LGBTQ Lawmakers Shift The Landscape For LGBTQ Rights?
Protesters at a Jewish solidarity march in New York City on January 5, 2020. The Anti-Defamation League reports that antisemitic incidents, including violence, have been rising for the past five years. Jeenah Moon/Getty Images hide caption
Blinken calls for more support for Ukraine and a united front against China
A far-right extremism expert on the conviction of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes
Congress votes in favor of a measure that forces rail unions to accept a contract
The man who stopped the Colorado Springs shooting suspect hosts a fundraiser
Dr. Caitlin Bernard, a reproductive health care provider, speaks during an abortion rights rally on June 25, 2022, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. Jenna Watson/AP hide caption
Friends and family pray outside a damaged mobile home on Wednesday in Flatwood, Ala., the day after a severe storm swept through the area. Two people were killed in the Flatwood community just north of the city of Montgomery. Butch Dill/AP hide caption
Maine is the largest lobster-producing state in the U.S. Some of the gear used to catch the crustaceans poses an entanglement risk to the endangered North American right whale population. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption