President Trump's remarks Thursday are a significant escalation of events in the Ukraine matter. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
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Brandt Jean, Botham Jean's younger brother, hugs former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger in court after saying he forgives her for killing his brother. Guyger received a 10-year prison sentence for murder. via REUTERS hide caption
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President Trump greets supporters after arriving at Florida's Ocala International Airport on Thursday to give a speech on health care at The Villages retirement community. In his speech, Trump gave seniors a pep talk about what he wants to do for Medicare, contrasting it with plans of his Democratic rivals. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Sports Illustrated was in chaos Thursday amid word of massive layoffs at the 65-year-old magazine. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
New Owners Of 'Sports Illustrated' Set Massive Layoffs, Journalists Rebel
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French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, center, and Paris police leader Didier Lallement, right, give a press conference outside the police headquarters in Paris. Kamil Zihnioglu/AP hide caption
Firearms and ammunition found at Christopher Hasson's residence. AP hide caption
Then-U.S. special envoy for Ukraine Kurt Volker speaks during a news conference in Kyiv on July 27. Volker is being deposed on Thursday as part of the House impeachment inquiry. Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Diplomat Kurt Volker Caught Up In Whirlwind Of Impeachment Inquiry
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi speaks at an Uber products launch in San Francisco on Sept. 26. The company is launching its Uber Works app in Chicago, aiming to make it easier for workers to find temporary shifts. Philip Pacheco /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
MGM Resorts International has agreed to pay up to $800 million to settle thousands of liability claims stemming from the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas. The shooter holed up in a room on the 32nd floor of the MGM-owned Mandalay Bay resort and casino. John Locher/AP hide caption
Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, speaks about the social media platform's anti-bullying efforts at the F8 developers conference in San Jose, Calif., on April 30. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
A 1,600-pound bull ventured on a short-lived quest for freedom Wednesday in West Baltimore, spending about three hours on the loose before finally succumbing to tranquilizers and being put back into the trailer whence he came. WUSA9/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Hong Kong's government is set to invoke emergency powers it hasn't used in more than 50 years, as it moves to ban face masks. Here, demonstrators stand in Hong Kong's Causeway Bay to protest the police shooting of a young demonstrator. Chan Long Hei/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
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Botham Jean's younger brother, Brandt Jean, hugs former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger after delivering his victim-impact statement. Guyger was convicted for Botham Jean's murder on Tuesday and was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday. Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool hide caption
Fertility treatments like in vitro fertilization led the twin birthrate to rise from the early '80s. Now the rate has started to decline among white women. JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images hide caption
Karen Bradley worked at St. Clare's Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y., for 24 years. Along with hundreds of others who worked at the Catholic hospital, she has learned that the pension she was counting on for retirement is gone. Craig Miller for NPR hide caption
'Why Is There Nothing Left?' Pension Funds Failing At Catholic Hospitals
A portrait of the Nizam of Hyderabad, Osman Ali Khan. The seventh and last nizam ruled Hyderabad between 1911 and 1948, until it was merged back into independent India. PA Images via Getty Images hide caption
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a news conference in Rome on Wednesday. Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Confirms He Was On Trump's Call With Zelenskiy
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., hold a news conference on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
President Trump greets Finnish President Sauli Niinistö on the South Portico of the White House on Wednesday. They are holding a joint press conference amid a building impeachment inquiry into Trump. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption