Special needs teacher's aide Belva Perry holds up a sign on Wednesday at West Virginia's Capitol that reads "no deal." John Raby/AP hide caption
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The main entrance to Dalton High School in Georgia. Police say a teacher who barricaded himself in a classroom and fired a shot has been taken into custody. Jeff Martin/AP hide caption
Army troops from The Old Guard at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. Three people were hospitalized after a letter was opened on the Marine Corps side of the base. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the Senate's No. 2 Democrat, now says that the fate of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will be determined by the upcoming midterm elections. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
President Trump speaks, watched by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, during a bipartisan meeting with members of Congress on school and community safety at the White House on Wednesday. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Pedestrians cross the street as traffic moves along 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan on Jan. 25. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Scott Blackmun, in 2007. He announced Wednesday that he is stepping down as CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee. On the same day, the USOC announced steps it is taking to protect abuse victims. Lee Jin-man/AP hide caption
Crime scene tape runs outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 18., a few days after the shooting that left 17 people dead. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
President Trump touches the casket of the Rev. Billy Graham, who died last week at age 99, during a ceremony in the Capitol rotunda on Wednesday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Therese Gachnauer, center, an 18-year-old senior from Chiles High School and Kwane Gatlin, right, a 19-year-old senior from Lincoln High School, both in Tallahassee, join fellow students protesting gun violence on the steps of the old Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. Mark Wallheiser/AP hide caption
Getting health care to rural areas may involve tough decisions about the role of hospitals. hmproudlove/Getty Images hide caption
Onlookers offer support Wednesday at a crosswalk as students arrive for their first classes at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School since a massacre there two weeks ago killed 17 people. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson in September. A former HUD employee says she was demoted after refusing to comply with a request from the acting agency head that she "find money" to bankroll costly remodeling for Carson's office. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
A study in mice suggests that our brains tell us when to start and stop drinking long before our bodies are fully hydrated. Guido Mieth/Getty Images hide caption
The shroud that had obscured the Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Va.'s, Emancipation Park since August was removed Wednesday morning. A judge ruled the shroud, as well as one over a Stonewall Jackson monument in a second park, was obstructing the right of the public to view the memorials. Hawes Spencer/WCVE hide caption