Waterfowl and the raptors that dine on them, like this bald eagle and snow goose, have both been killed by the new bird flu virus. Jeff Goulden/Getty Images hide caption
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Capitol Hill police officers and an officer with the Humane Rescue Alliance's animal control division attempt to trap a fox on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. The fox was ultimately captured, euthanized and confirmed positive for rabies. The fox's kits were also humanely euthanized after it was determined they could have been exposed and could no longer be safely rehabilitated. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
Rep. Madison Cawthorn has said so many inflammatory things that even some fellow Republicans in western North Carolina's 11th Congressional District are tiring of him. Cawthorn appears with former President Donald Trump on Saturday. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
Mark Riddell arrives at federal court in Boston on April 12, 2019. The former Florida prep school administrator took college entrance exams for students in exchange for cash to help wealthy parents get their kids into elite universities. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption
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A burnt car is seen on the road between Myla and Mriia on Saturday in the Kyiv region. After weeks of war, Russian forces around the capital have been pushed back by Ukrainian counterattacks. Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, on Wednesday. Mikhail Klimentyev/AP hide caption
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Jestine Carter's husband, Naeschylus Carter-Vinzant, was shot and killed by an Aurora, Colo., police officer in 2015. The city paid $2.6 million to settle the case. Michael de Yoanna hide caption
WBEZ reporter Anna Savchenko, wearing a "vyshyvanka" or a traditional Ukrainian blouse, is in constant contact with relatives in Ukraine and Europe as she covers the response in Chicago to the war. Justine Tobiasz/WBEZ hide caption
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A detainee talks on a pay phone in a residential pod during a media tour of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center on Dec. 16, 2019, in Tacoma, Wash. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption
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Immigrant rights groups say ICE's no-visitation policy is a taking toll on detainees' mental health
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Proud Boys members Zachary Rehl, left, and Ethan Nordean, left, walk toward the U.S. Capitol in support of President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. They are two of six Proud Boys leaders charged with with conspiring to obstruct Congress' certification of Joe Biden's election victory. One of those leaders, Charles Donohoe, has pled guilty. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
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James Howard Jackson was in custody on charges of attempted murder in connection with the shooting of Lady Gaga's dog walker and the theft of two of her French Bulldogs in February 2021. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy hide caption
Travelers move through Salt Lake City International Airport on Aug. 17, 2021. The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that it's seeking record civil fines against two passengers who assaulted other people on flights last summer. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption
The Idaho Supreme Court building in Boise. A regional Planned Parenthood organization is suing Idaho over a new law that bans nearly all abortions by allowing potential family members of the embryo to sue abortion providers. Rebecca Boone/AP hide caption
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Idaho's top court blocks the state's new Texas-style abortion ban for now
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Former Goldman Sachs executive Roger Ng (center) leaves Brooklyn federal court with attorney Marc Agnifilo on May 6, 2019, in New York. On Friday, Ng was convicted of bribery and other corruption charges accusing him of participating in a $4.5 billion scheme to ransack the Malaysian state investment fund. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption
K'Aun Green is suing the city of San Jose after he was shot by a police officer after disarming a restaurant patron who was brandishing a gun, a lawsuit says. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a joint news conference with Afghan president at the Presidential Palace in Kabul in 2020. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
