A person attending a vigil for the four University of Idaho students who were killed on Nov. 13, 2022, cries as she listens to family members talk about the victims, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, in Moscow, Idaho. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption
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Andrew Ross Sorkin speaks with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried during the New York Times DealBook Summit in the Appel Room at the Jazz At Lincoln Center on November 30, 2022 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
Sam Bankman-Fried strikes apologetic pose as he describes being shocked by FTX's fall
New York City Mayor Eric Adams visits the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 17. This week, he announced that officials will begin hospitalizing more homeless people by involuntarily providing care to those deemed to be in "psychiatric crisis." Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
Nic Grzecka, owner of Club Q, stands outside the business after a news conference in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Thomas Peipert/AP hide caption
Top left: Governor-elect Maura Healey speaks on Nov. 8 in Mass. Bottom left: Democratic gubernatorial nominee Tina Kotek speaks with members of the media on Nov. 2 in Portland, Ore. Top left: Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gives a victory speech on Nov. 8 in Tampa, Fla. Bottom right: Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks at a campaign rally on Nov. 16 in McDonough, Ga. Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images; Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/Getty Images; Octavio Jones/Getty Images; Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
Can Newly Elected LGBTQ Lawmakers Shift The Landscape For LGBTQ Rights?
Protesters at a Jewish solidarity march in New York City on January 5, 2020. The Anti-Defamation League reports that antisemitic incidents, including violence, have been rising for the past five years. Jeenah Moon/Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Caitlin Bernard, a reproductive health care provider, speaks during an abortion rights rally on June 25, 2022, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. Jenna Watson/AP hide caption
Friends and family pray outside a damaged mobile home on Wednesday in Flatwood, Ala., the day after a severe storm swept through the area. Two people were killed in the Flatwood community just north of the city of Montgomery. Butch Dill/AP hide caption
Maine is the largest lobster-producing state in the U.S. Some of the gear used to catch the crustaceans poses an entanglement risk to the endangered North American right whale population. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Jake Flint performs in January of 2020 at Mercury Lounge in Tulsa, Okla. Melissa Payne Photography hide caption
Tuesday
Weather forecasters are warning of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes across parts of the South. National Weather Service hide caption
Nick Fuentes (center) greets supporters before speaking at a pro-Trump march on Nov. 14, 2020, in Washington. Fuentes, who has been labeled a white supremacist and antisemite by the Anti-Defamation League, sat down for dinner with former President Trump and Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, last week. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Christian Pulisic of the United States (right) shoots to score his side's first goal past Iran's goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand during their teams' World Cup match. Manu Fernandez/AP hide caption
Community members, including Walmart employees, gather for a candlelight vigil at Chesapeake City Park in Chesapeake, Va., on Monday for the six people killed at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Va. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
Actor Will Smith's success at the 94th Oscars was largely overshadowed by his behavior earlier in the ceremony, when he slapped comedian Chris Rock over a joke about Smith's wife's hair. In a new interview, Smith says that bottled up rage led to that moment. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption