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Former President Donald Trump appears in court with attorneys Emil Bove (left) and Todd Blanche (right) for his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan criminal court on Tuesday in New York City. Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Located less than an hour outside Madison, Wis., Columbia County has both city commuters and people in more rural, small towns. Portage, with a population of around 10,000, is the largest town in the county. Jeongyoon Han/NPR hide caption
One voted Biden. One picked Trump. It's a tale of two counties in pivotal Wisconsin
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A protestor attends a Women's March rally in Phoenix, Arizona in 2022. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Author Jenny Erpenbeck's novel Kairos was named this year's winner of the International Booker Prize. Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images hide caption
The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is seen in this undated image from NASA. Areas of the glacier may be undergoing "vigorous melting" from warm ocean water caused by climate change, researchers say. NASA via Reuters hide caption
Father and son are now caregiver and care recipient. Robert Turner, Sr. was cheerful even though his day started with being discharged from the hospital. Ashley Milne-Tyte for NPR hide caption
Black men are a hidden segment of caregivers. It's stressful but rewarding, too
Elvis Presley pictured with then-girlfriend Yvonne Lime at his home Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee around 1957. AP hide caption
The International Criminal Court building in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 30. Anadolu/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
Biden decries ICC arrest warrant request for Israeli leaders; Target cuts prices
On the last full day of a Bahamas excursion, Vincent Wasney had three epileptic seizures. While being evacuated, he received a bill for expenses incurred during the cruise. Kristen Norman/KFF Health News hide caption
He fell ill on a cruise. Before he boarded the rescue boat, they handed him the bill
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Anti-abortion activists who describe themselves as "abolitionists" protest outside a fertility clinic in North Carolina in April 2024. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption
Republicans try to soften stance on abortion as 'abolitionists' go farther
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Iranians gather at Valiasr Square in central Tehran on May 20 to mourn the deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and several others in a helicopter crash the previous day. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People hold up posters of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a mourning ceremony for him on Monday at Vali-e-Asr square in downtown Tehran, Iran. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption
A screen shows an announcement of the AI Seoul Summit in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption
FDIC chairman Martin Gruenberg — widely criticized for a toxic workplace at the agency — said Monday that he's willing to step down once a successor is confirmed by the Senate. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
When OpenAI announced its latest ChatGPT last week, the AI voice it used in its demo was quickly compared to Scarlett Johansson's voice in the 2013 sci-fi film "Her," but now the company says it is pulling the voice. Leon Bennett/Getty Images hide caption
Men prepare to hang a huge portrait of Ebrahim Raisi outside the Islamic republic's embassy in Baghdad during a condolences service on Monday. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A Miami police officer talks with a homeless person, prior to a cleaning of the street in 2021. Starting October 1st, a new law will ban Florida's homeless from sleeping in public spaces. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption
Amid record homelessness, a Texas think tank tries to upend how states tackle it
The International Criminal Court building in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 30. Selman Aksunger/Anadolu/Getty Images hide caption
This Red Lobster in Maryland was among dozens of locations that closed abruptly ahead of the restaurant's bankruptcy filing. Alina Selyukh/NPR hide caption