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People take part in a protest against U.S. immigration policies outside the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City on June 21, 2018. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. government agrees to settlement with migrant families separated at the border
The USFS is proposing changing a rule that would allow the storage of carbon dioxide pollution under national forests and grasslands. It's controversial. Julia Simon/NPR hide caption
The U.S. has a controversial plan to store carbon dioxide under the nation's forests
Mikaela Shiffrin speeds down the course during the first run of an alpine ski World Cup women's slalom race, in Levi, Finland, on Nov. 12. Giovanni Auletta/AP hide caption
People shop ahead of Black Friday at a Walmart Supercenter on Tuesday in Burbank, Calif. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Pins are pictures are pictured at a display counter during a cultural meeting at the Comanche Nation fairgrounds in Lawton, Oklahoma on September 30, 2023. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Traditionally, Christians celebrate the season of Advent during the four weeks leading up to Christmas Day. But some are expanding the observance to seven weeks for practical and religious reasons. RaseL Shoubi/Getty hide caption
Sam Altman is shown at a panel discussion on artificial intelligence" at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, California, on Nov. 16, 2023. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Tourists walk around the base of the Washington Monument as smoke from wildfires in Canada casts a haze of the U.S. Capitol on the National Mall in June of this year. Air pollution alerts were issued across the United States due to the fires. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
A General Motors logo is displayed outside the General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant on Jan. 27, 2020, in Hamtramck, Mich. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
The FDA and the CDC are warning consumers not to eat certain whole and cut cantaloupes and pre-cut fruit products linked to a salmonella outbreak. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter looks at a birthday cake with her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, during his 90th birthday celebration held at Georgia Southwestern University, Oct. 4, 2014, in Americus, Ga. Branden Camp/AP hide caption
Rosalynn Carter, transformative former first lady and mental health advocate, dies
Fernando Alonso of Spain driving the (14) Aston Martin AMR23 Mercedes on track during the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on Saturday in Las Vegas. Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images hide caption
A long line of unsold 2019 Pilot SUVs sits at a Honda BMW dealership in Highlands Ranch, Colo. on Nov. 28, 2018. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
Louise Vincent has used street drugs since she was 13. She has emerged as a leading voice trying to humanize and help people who use drugs as they face the most devastating overdose crisis in U.S. history. April Laissle/NPR hide caption
One woman's controversial fight to make America accept drug users for who they are
This photo released by Memphis Police Department on Saturday Nov. 18, 2023, shows shooting suspect Mavis Christian Jr. AP hide caption
Duncan Trussell says there is value in transcendent experiences. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images hide caption
How do you make peace with your shortcomings? This man has an answer
Palestinian medics care for premature babies evacuated from Al-Shifa hospital to the Emirates hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday. Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Yaffa Rubinstein, 75, attended a recent pro-Israel rally in Washington, D.C. She supports President Biden but says she's disappointed with what she calls anti-Israel rhetoric from some Democrats. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption
As Democrats stay divided on Israel, Jewish voters face politically uncertain future
The sun sets behind pumpjacks on Sept. 15, 2021, in the oilfields of Penwell, Texas. Eli Hartman/AP hide caption
Valtteri Bottas of Finland drives the Alfa Romeo F1 C43 Ferrari on the track during a qualifying round ahead of the F1 Grand Prix in Las Vegas on Friday. Chris Graythen/Getty Images hide caption
Judge Sarah B. Wallace presides over closing arguments on Nov. 15, 2023 in Denver in a hearing for a lawsuit to keep former President Donald Trump off the state ballot. Jack Dempsey/AP hide caption
