A man cleans an area next to a pile of shoes and sandals of victims outside a wedding hall after a deadly bomb blast in Kabul. Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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President Donald Trump speaks while on a tour of Shell's soon-to-be completed Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex in Beaver County, Pa. on Tuesday. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky walks off the House floor in April. In his chamber, McConnell can decide virtually by himself what the Senate will do — and even what it will consider doing. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
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Antonio Basco hugs a boy at the memorial service for his wife, Margie Reckard, at La Paz Faith Memorial and Spiritual Center in El Paso, Texas. Basco, who doesn't have many local friends and family, invited the public to attend. Jonathan Levinson/OPB hide caption
U.S. Attorney William McSwain criticized Philadelphia's district attorney for fostering what he called a "new culture of disrespect for law enforcement" after a gunman shot six officers during an hours-long standoff with authorities. Jacqueline Larma/AP hide caption
Brett Gray (left) as Jamal Turner, and Peggy Blow as Abuela, a lovable, pot-smoking grandma, in the first season of the Netflix teen drama On My Block. Netflix/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Netflix Curbs Tobacco Use Onscreen, But Not Pot. What's Up With That?
Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide, the New York City chief medical examiner ruled Friday. New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP hide caption
Greenland, a Danish territory, has strategic value in terms of military activity and natural resources, said a member of Denmark's parliament. AP hide caption
Peter Fonda poses in 2009 atop a Harley-Davidson motorcycle based on the one he rode in the 1969 film Easy Rider. Chris Pizzello/AP hide caption
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., speaks to constituents in Wixom, Mich., on Thursday. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
A Colombian worker checks the plastic protection cover over a banana bunch on a plantation in Aracataca, Colombia. A dreaded fungus that has destroyed banana plantations in Asia has now spread to Latin America. Jan Sochor/LatinContent via Getty Images hide caption
Devastating Banana Fungus Arrives In Colombia, Threatening The Fruit's Future
A screenshot from video recently released by the Colorado Springs Police Department, which captured the moments before De'Von Bailey ran from police and was shot in the back on Aug. 3. He later died from his injuries. Photo by Colorado Springs Police Department. hide caption
A Court of Appeals ruled that "the odor of marijuana coupled with possession of what is clearly less than ten grams ... does not grant officers probable cause" to search and arrest a person. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
Vaping has been linked to a cluster of hospitalizations in Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota. sestovic/Getty Images hide caption
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in during the Inter-Korean Summit in April of last year in Panmunjom, South Korea. NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
We all struggle with healthy habits — including experts. They just have science-tested tips to get them back on track. Michael Driver for NPR hide caption
A South African patient with drug-resistant tuberculosis waits to be seen by a doctor at a Johannesburg hospital. Michele Spatari /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
John Coltrane, photographed in his backyard in Queens, New York in 1963. JB/© Jim Marshall Photography LLC hide caption
The Shawnee Forest towboat steers down the Ohio River near American Commercial Barge Line's office outside Cairo, Ill. As of June 12, more than 600 barges were waiting to go upstream once water levels dropped.. Madelyn Beck/Illinois Newsroom hide caption
Cathay Pacific Airways CEO Rupert Hogg's resignation comes after Beijing exerted pressure on the carrier. AFP Contributor/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Detained immigrant children line up at a temporary home for immigrant women and children in Karnes City, Texas. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Boeing will delay release of its 777X long-haul jet, complicating Qantas Airways' plans to introduce the world's longest commercial flight — from Sydney to London — in 2023. Richard Drew/AP hide caption