Michael Oreskes was hired to lead NPR's news and editorial operations in March 2015. Chuck Zoeller/AP hide caption
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The Los Angeles Dodgers pour onto the field after beating the Houston Astros in Game 6 of the World Series. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images hide caption
Many aging Angelenos, who lived through the violent confrontations over the land upon which Dodgers Stadium was built, remain embittered toward the team. Tim Donnelly/AP hide caption
Memorials for murder victims have become common sights in some parts of Baltimore. Martin Kaste/NPR hide caption
Ex-CIA Official: Attempts To Leverage Trump Campaign Are Textbook Russian Recruitment
A pumpkin sits perched atop a bell tower on Cornell's campus, where a prankster placed it in Oct. 1997. Frank DiMeo/Cornell University hide caption
Diane Brown, executive director of the Arizona Public Interest Research Group, talks to college students about the benefits of buying health coverage on the exchanges. Will Stone/KJZZ hide caption
Police secure the area in Lower Manhattan near where a vehicle drove onto a bicycle path Tuesday afternoon, killing "several people," according to New York City police. Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, who helped expose the Flint water crisis, speaks during a House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 10, 2016. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Jennifer Appel (left) and Tasha Fuiava are interviewed aboard the USS Ashland in the South Pacific on Oct. 25. They were rescued after reportedly drifting for months while trying to sail from Hawaii to Tahiti. Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay/AP hide caption
Evangelical Christian writer and pastor Johnathan Martin says he has been banned from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. Taber Andrew Bain/Flickr hide caption
Donald Trump holds up a mask of himself during a rally in Florida in November 2016. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
White House Chief of Staff John Kelly listens as President Trump speaks at the White House on Oct. 19. Kevin Dietsch/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
George Papadopoulos is a personal finance adviser — not a Trump foreign policy adviser who admitted to trying to form an alliance with Russian interests. Courtesy of George Papadopoulos hide caption