Lynda Trang Dai sits inside her restaurant, Lynda Sandwich, in Orange County, Calif. Lisa Morehouse/For NPR hide caption
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Saturday
The Barbershop View: School Law Enforcement, Black Lives Matter And Hillary Clinton
A still image from Guillermo del Toro's new movie, Crimson Peak. Twenty-two percent of audiences on any given weekend are Latino. But when it comes to horror films, that proportion jumps to as much as half the box office. Universal Pictures hide caption
Same great political coverage, new place. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Oliver Elementary School in Birgmingham, Ala., where Ann Marie Corgill taught until Friday. The recent Alabama Teacher of the Year says she quit her job after being told she wasn't highly qualified to teach fifth grade. Google Maps hide caption
Without a school athletic field, the Power Center Academy rugby team practices in a city park nearby, changing clothes in the dugout next to a baseball backstop. Christopher Blank/WKNO hide caption
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to guests at the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner on October 24, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
President Barack Obama greets a young child dressed as the Pope and riding in a "Popemobile" as he hands out treats to children trick-or-treating for Halloween on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Rob Poirier sits next to John Boehner most days at Pete's Diner. Courtesy Rob Poirier hide caption
Friday
NFL wide receiver Pierre Garcon has filed a class-action lawsuit against the daily fantasy company FanDuel, for misusing players' names and likenesses without proper licensing or permission. Getty Images hide caption
Founded in 2011, ESPN's popular sports and culture website, Grantland, was suddenly shut down on Friday. Jun Tsuboike/NPR hide caption
Women operate a gum-wrapping machine, circa 1923. It was a pivotal decade in the rise of America's retail candy business. Underwood & Underwood/Corbis hide caption
Members of the St. Louis Fire Department inspect the outside of the New Life Missionary Baptist Church in north St. Louis on Oct. 20, three days after a fire was intentionally set. On Oct. 30, a man was charged in connection with setting the fire. Bill Greenblatt/UPI /Landov hide caption