People visit a makeshift memorial for the victims of the building collapse, near the site of the accident in Surfside, Fla., on Sunday. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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People set off consumer aerial fireworks in the City of Reading, Pa., on Saturday night July 4, 2020 in celebration of the Fourth of July. MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle vi/MediaNews Group via Getty Images hide caption
President Joe Biden is walking back comments he made on Thursday that threatened an infrastructure deal the White House struck with a bipartisan group of senators. Pete Marovich/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
The draft defines ecocide as "unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts." Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
Temperatures in the Pacific Northwest will skyrocket in the coming days as a heatwave sets in from Southern California to Northern Washington. The high-pressure system is expected to break record temperatures. National Weather Service hide caption
Over the last few days, it's been said a lot on Twitter: "Chris Crocker was right." But as Crocker explained during a recent interview with NPR, they don't want to be right, and it's not about them at all. Chris Crocker hide caption
Students work on a classroom exercise at a school in Kibera, a poor neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Karen Marmai and her twenty-year-old-son Jackson sit in the backyard whith their dog Maybelline. Jesse Costa/WBUR hide caption
Lulu Merle Johnson, a professor and historian, was the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in Iowa. Johnson County, Iowa, is naming itself after her. John I. Jackson hide caption
Community health worker Teresa Johnson greets Pastor Shon Neyland before Sunday church services. Highland Christian Church estimates about half of its congregation is still not vaccinated. Jay Fram hide caption
Supporters cheer as former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at the Lorain County Fairgrounds, on Saturday, in Wellington, Ohio. Tony Dejak/AP hide caption
Former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel, who read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record and confronted Barack Obama about nuclear weapons during a later presidential run, has died. He was 91. Charles Dharapak/AP hide caption
Terence Crowster, a social worker who has been an avid reader since he was young, solicited donations to start the Hot-Spot Library in Scottsville, Cape Town, so kids would have a safe place to connect with books. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption
Albuquerque Fire Rescue crews work on victims of the fatal balloon crash at Unser and Central SW in Albuquerque, N.M., on Saturday, June 26, 2021. Adolphe Pierre-Louis/AP hide caption
"Last summer my mom ran into my girlfriend and me. I was quite worried. Then later that night my mom popped into my room and out of nowhere, told me that she accepts me for who I am, as long as I'm happy and healthy." — Kai Nguyen (queer nonbinary) Kai Nguyen hide caption
Blackout, by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon Quill Tree Books hide caption
Elon Musk has named his expanding rocket factory and launch complex in South Texas "Starbase," and expects it to grow by several thousand more workers. John Burnett/NPR hide caption
Tens Of Thousands Sign Petition To Stop Jeff Bezos From Returning To Earth
The New York attorney general says Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $230 million to settle claims that the it helped fuel the opioid crisis. Steven Senne/AP hide caption
Overdose Deaths Rose During The War On Drugs, But Efforts To Reduce Them Face Backlash
In this image taken from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin addresses the court at his sentencing hearing on Friday. Court TV via AP hide caption
Patrick Doherty volunteered for a new medical intervention of gene-editor infusions for the treatment of genetically-based diseases. Patrick Doherty hide caption
In an image from video footage from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at center as it soars among the clouds, traveling against the wind. "There's a whole fleet of them," a naval aviator tells another, though only one indistinct object is shown. Department of Defense via AP hide caption
UFO Report: No Sign Of Aliens, But 143 Mystery Objects Defy Explanation
A sign urges people to get tested for a COVID-19 variant in Blackburn, England. The U.K. is experiencing a surge in the delta variant, which was first identified in India. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock speaks during a coronavirus media briefing on in London on May 27. He resigned in a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson that was released Saturday. Matt Dunham/AP hide caption
Washington Latin's class of 2021 chose Amaya Tatum to be this year's graduation speaker. She said her speech revolves around one message: "We survived a pandemic. We are survivors, and if we're able to survive a pandemic, then we shouldn't let the smaller things get to us." Tyrone Turner/WAMU hide caption
People line up in their cars to get tested for COVID-19 in Sydney. The latest outbreak is being blamed on a Sydney airport limousine driver. Dean Lewins/AP hide caption
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division speaks during a news conference Friday announcing a lawsuit against the state of Georgia for its new voting law. Attorney General Merrick Garland is at right. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Biden pauses while speaking before signing the National Pulse Memorial bill into law. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
California is the top nut grower in the U.S. The booming industry that has attracted organized agricultural crime rings. (AP Photo/Justin Kase Conder) Justin Kase Conder/ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption
Rte. 42 in Twist, Ark., is one of many towns that comprise the Arkansas Delta. Photographer Eugene Richards noticed a migration from the area. "It's not the massive migration that we all know, huge numbers of people leaving the Delta for Chicago and the cities," he said. "Mainly, the farm work was gone. And to this day, the manufacturing is gone." Eugene Richards hide caption
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