Safeway pharmacist Ashley McGee fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccination at a vaccination booster shot clinic on Oct. 1, in San Rafael, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
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Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty to 17 counts of murder in the Parkland school shootings on Wednesday. He's seen here sitting at the defense table in the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Oct. 6. Amy Beth Bennett /Sun Sentinel/ TNS/ Getty Images hide caption
Members of a team at the Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines lab in Cape Town, South Africa. The World Health Organization has enlisted the company to replicate Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption
In this September 2021 photo provided by NYU Langone Health, a surgical team at the hospital in New York examines a pig kidney attached to the body of a deceased recipient for any signs of rejection. The test was a step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants. Joe Carrotta/AP hide caption
Savannah, left, holds her daughter Chanel, as she sits with her sister Telia, as they listen to their mother Krystal Archie talking Sept. 23 during an interview with the Associated Press in Chicago. Archie's three children were present when police, on two occasions 11 weeks apart, kicked open her front door and tore apart the cabinets and dressers as they executed a search warrant. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption
New graduates line up before the start of a community college commencement in East Rutherford, N.J., on May 17, 2018. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
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China's DF-17 missile is a medium-range hypersonic weapon capable of travelling over five times the speed of sound. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
Microsoft's new Xbox mini fridge allows gamers to keep their drinks and snacks cool. The product sold out minutes after going up for preorder in the U.S., but is set to return in December. dpa/Reuters hide caption
Examples of some of the two blood pressure medications that Lupin is recalling. It's recalling various dosages of irbesartan tablets and irbesartan and hydrochlorothiazide tablets. FDA hide caption
In this July 29, 2020 file photo, a view of a pump jack operating in an oil field in Midland, Texas. Tony Gutierrez/AP hide caption
A campaign sign for a slate of candidates challenging three incumbent board members in Centerville, Ohio. If they win, they would control the five member board. It is a non-partisan position, but national political hot buttons have infused the race. Tamara Keith/NPR hide caption
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Zahra Nealy (left) and Victoria Chamberlin both stand to benefit from recent changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Roxanne Turpen and Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for NPR hide caption
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., led opposition among Republicans to a voting rights bill that centrist Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia hoped to corrall GOP votes for. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A girl waits with other earthquake victims for the start of a food distribution in Les Cayes, Haiti, in August, a week after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the area. Matias Delacroix/AP hide caption
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, left, greet guests at a reception at Windsor Castle, Windsor, England, Oct. 19, 2021. Alastair Grant/AP hide caption
The Netflix headquarters in Los Angeles, where a rally in support of the employees walking out is set to happen today. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
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