Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani reacts after hitting his 50th home run of the season during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins on Sept. 19, 2024, in Miami. Marta Lavandier/AP hide caption
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a press conference after he was subpoenaed by the federal grand jury at New York City Hall on August 16, 2024 in New York. YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming is seen in 2022. A 60-year-old woman sustained severe burns to her leg after walking off the trail near the geyser this week. Matthew Brown/AP hide caption
Katherine G. Johnson at Work at NASA's Langley Research Center in 1980. Bob Nye/NASA hide caption
A Delta Air Lines plane is seen at Los Angeles International Airport on Jan. 11, 2023. Earlier this week, a cabin pressurization issue aboard a Delta flight caused a number of passengers to bleed from the nose and ears. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Uncommitted delegates hold a press conference outside the United Center before the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 22 in Chicago. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
A photo provided by the FBI in October 2023 shows former CIA officer Brian Jeffrey Raymond, who pleaded guilty that year to drugging, filming and sexually assaulting dozens of women across multiple countries over a 14-year period. AP/FBI hide caption
The sun rises over the city of Springfield, Ohio, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. Jessie Wardarski/AP hide caption
Haitians consider leaving Springfield, Ohio, after they're accused of eating pets
TikToks by passengers on the Ultimate World Cruise — screenshot by NPR — capture the highs and lows of the nine-month journey, which ended last week. @drjennytravels/@anthonyantoine1021/@brooklyntravelstheworld hide caption
Surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents, the Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, dances his way offstage. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Black girls had the highest rates of so-called "exclusionary discipline," such as suspensions and expulsions, according to a new report from the GAO. Above, school busses sit at a service yard last year in Chicago. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a formal request this summer for more research on the impact of paying renters directly. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption
The Metropolitan Detention Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York is shown Tuesday, July 14, 2020. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
The cover of a U.S. Passport is displayed in Tigard, Ore., Dec. 11, 2021. Americans can now renew their passports online, bypassing a cumbersome mail-in paper application process that often caused delays. The State Department announced Wednesday that its online passport renewal system is now fully operational. Jenny Kane/AP hide caption
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at a campaign event in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday. At the event, he continued to criticize migrants from Haiti, saying those with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) or other authorized immigration status are "illegal aliens" who should be deported. Karl B DeBlaker/AP hide caption
Harvey Weinstein (center) appears in criminal court in New York on Wednesday. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
A tug boat travels toward the Port of Baltimore as salvage crews continue to clean up wreckage from the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Patapsco River on June 11 in Baltimore. The city's Fort McHenry Federal Channel opened for shipping traffic months after the cargo ship Dali collided with the bridge, causing it to collapse. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
Colorful Tupperware products are displayed at a selling party in California. Garrett Cheen/AP hide caption
Lael Wilcox arrived at the finish of her around-the-world bike ride in Chicago on Sept. 11. She rode more than 18,000 miles. Rugile Kaladyte hide caption
Kevin Donaldson uses fentanyl and xylazine in Burlington, Vermont. He says more people like himself are finding ways to survive the U.S. overdose crisis. Data shows overdose deaths nationwide are falling for the first time in decades. Carol Guzy for NPR hide caption
A hazmat crew from the National Guard's Civilian Support Team investigates after a suspicious package was delivered to election officials at the Missouri secretary of state's Jefferson City, Mo., office on Tuesday. Summer Ballentine/AP hide caption
Emmitt Martin III, a former Memphis police officer (second from left) walks into federal court on Aug. 23 in Memphis, Tenn. Martin testified Tuesday that he punched a “helpless” Tyre Nichols. George Walker IV/AP hide caption
The scene outside the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach after the arrest of a man accused of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Sept. 15, 2024. Carlos Escalona/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
A general view of Cinderella's Castle at Walt Disney World Resort in March 2022 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for Disney Dreamers hide caption