Willie McCovey stretches for a throw during the 1962 World Series between the San Francisco Giants and New York Yankees. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images hide caption
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Soldiers from the 541st Sapper Company headed to the southern U.S. border prepare to board an air transport plane on Tuesday in Ft. Knox, Ky. Airman 1st Class Daniel Hernande/U.S. Department of Defense hide caption
Eleven people were killed in a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood on Oct. 27. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images hide caption
Cancer of the cervix is one of the most common cancers affecting women and can be fatal. Here, cervical cancer cells are dividing, as seen through a colored scanning electron micrograph. Steve Gschmeissner/Getty Images/Science Photo Library hide caption
For Cervical Cancer Patients, Less Invasive Surgery Is Worse For Survival
Robert Bowers was charged with 44 federal counts, including hate crimes, prosecutors announced on Wednesday. He is accused of killing 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue on Oct. 27. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A Year Later, Americans Are Deeply Divided Over The #MeToo Movement
Open enrollment for 2019 health plans begins Nov. 1 on HealthCare.gov and on most state insurance exchanges. Healthcare.gov via Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Canada legalized recreational marijuana in this month, but Canadians can find themselves barred from entering the U.S. if they say they've used it. A Canadian flag flies in Windsor, Ontario, in June, with the Detroit skyline visible behind it. Brittany Greeson/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption
People protest the arrival of President Trump as he visits the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Many Americans fear more violence in U.S. political life. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Another 'Civil War'? Pessimism About Political Violence Deepens In A Divided Nation
Stars of David memorialize Jewish congregants killed at a synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Kyodo News via Getty Images hide caption
Josh Davis tends to his hog herd on his farm in Pocahontas, Ill. Once a popular breed, there are now only a few hundred American mulefoot hogs left. David Kovaluk/St. Louis Public Radio hide caption
Illinois Farmers Put Rare Pig Back On Dinner Table To Save It From Extinction
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Rev. William Barber spoke earlier this month at a get-out-the-vote rally at Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C.. Tom Gjelten/NPR hide caption
Preaching Gospel Of Love And Justice, William Barber Mobilizes Progressive Christians
President Trump arrives to speak at an election rally in Murphysboro, Ill., on Oct. 27. He is doing a slew of events leading up to Election Day. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A Yemeni man walks through the rubble of a building after a Saudi-led coalition airstrike last month in the capital, Sanaa. "The time is now for the cessation of hostilities," U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday. Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Getting people of different ethnicities and cultural backgrounds into clinical trials is not only a question of equity, doctors say. It's also a scientific imperative to make sure candidate drugs work and are safe in a broad cross-section of people. Richard Bailey/Getty Images hide caption