FBI Director Christopher Wray, seen here speaking at a news conference in November, accused Beijing of stealing American ideas and innovation and launching massive hacking operations. Andrew Harnik/AP file photo hide caption
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Supporters of single-payer health care march to the California capitol in 2017. On Monday, the author of a universal health care bill in the legislature didn't bring the measure up for a vote on the final day it couldn't be considered because he didn't think it would pass. Rich Pedroncelli/AP file photo hide caption
Sandra Castro vaccinates first-grader Kristen Cruz, 6, at KIPP Believe Charter School in New Orleans last week ahead of Tuesday's deadline for all students in the city's school system to be vaccinated. Ted Jackson/AP hide caption
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Conroe, Texas, on Saturday. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins waves at the audience during the astronaut graduation ceremony at Johnson Space Center in Houston Texas, on January 10, 2020. Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins will be the first Black woman to spend months in space
Howard University in Washington, D.C., is one of at least six historically Black colleges and universities that received bomb threats on Monday. It received a second threat on Tuesday. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim apologized to the family and friends of the victims and to "all who care about the human decency that should be shown in these situations." Jessica Hill/AP hide caption
Heavy rain and storm surge from Hurricane Ida caused flooding from Louisiana to New England in September 2021. Homes in the town of French Settlement, La., were still underwater four days after the storm made landfall. Climate change is driving more flood risk in the U.S. Bill Feig/AP hide caption
Climate-driven floods will disproportionately affect Black communities, study finds
Online sales of Art Spiegelman's graphic novel "Maus" are skyrocketing, and multiple bookstores are giving away free copies to students after a Tennessee school district banned it. Maro Siranosian/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Christopher Glenn of Melrose, Ore., installed a home standby generator after a 2019 snowstorm knocked out power to his house and business for a week. Christopher Glenn hide caption
Home generator sales are booming with mass outages, climate change and COVID
Wanda Cooper-Jones, Ahmaud Arbery's mother, is surrounded by supporters after Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley sentenced Greg McMichael, his son, Travis McMichael, and a neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan to life in prison in Brunswick, Ga., on Jan. 7. Stephen B. Morton/AP file photo hide caption
Neil Young (left) in 2016 and podcaster Joe Rogan in 2012. Spotify said Sunday that it will add content advisories before podcasts discussing the coronavirus. The move follows protests of the music-streaming service that were kicked off by Young over the spread of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation. AP hide caption
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Spotify says it will add a content advisory to podcasts that discuss COVID-19. Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption