NYPD canceled its contract with Boston Dynamics last week after its test run of the company's Spot robot sparked concerns of misuse of city funds and potential police abuse. Josh Reynolds/AP hide caption
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Protestors take to the streets on Saturday calling for the release of bodycam footage of the police killing of Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City, N.C. Logan Cyrus/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Pasquotank County Sheriff: Public Should See Andrew Brown Jr. Video
Thembi Ngubane was willing to speak out at a time when few South Africans were willing to say, "I have AIDS." She carried a tape recorder from 2004 to 2005 to document her life. She died in 2009. Sue Jaye Johnson hide caption
Radio Diaries: 25 Years Of Telling Complex Stories Through Everyday Moments
A worker passes a Dominion Voting Systems ballot scanner during Georgia's runoff Senate elections in January in Gwinnett County outside Atlanta. Former President Donald Trump and his allies spread falsehoods about the company's role in the 2020 election, leading to a slew of defamation lawsuits. Ben Gray/AP hide caption
Commuters watch a TV with images of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Biden at a Seoul, South Korea, rail station in March. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption
Funeral pyres burn in a disused granite quarry repurposed to cremate the dead due to COVID-19 on Friday in Bengaluru, India. The U.S. is set to impose new travel restrictions against travelers from the country. Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images hide caption
In this image from surveillance video, Minneapolis police officers (from left) Tou Thao, Derek Chauvin, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane are seen during the incident that killed George Floyd in Minneapolis last May. Court TV/AP hide caption
Members of the Morehouse College speech and debate team at the 2019 Pi Kappa Delta National Championship at Hofstra University. Coach Kenneth Newby is seen at the center, and student debater Daniel Edwards is at front left. Morehouse College Speech and Debate Program hide caption
Around a third of the U.S. population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 after several months of a concerted push to immunize the country. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Vaccinations May Be Reaching A Tipping Point In Fight Against Virus, Experts Say
Disneyland's Sleeping Beauty Castle is lit up this week as the theme park prepares to reopen on Friday. California health restrictions allow the resort to operate at 25% capacity. Christian Thompson/Disneyland Resort via Getty Images hide caption
Amy Donofrio stands in front of Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, Fla. She was suspended from teaching duties after she refused to take down a Black Lives Matter flag from outside her classroom. Amy Donofrio hide caption
Can A Teacher Fly A Black Lives Matter Flag At School? A Florida Court Will Consider
Rich Jean; his daughter, Abigail Jean; and librarian Hasina Islam at StoryCorps in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 2016. Jhaleh Akhavan for StoryCorps hide caption
A Joy Of Reading, Sparked By A Special Librarian Determined To 'Make A Difference'
Ms. A.B. had been allowed to stay in the U.S. for years while her case is pending. She requested that NPR identify her only by her initials because she is afraid her ex-husband might find her. Kevin D. Liles for NPR hide caption
Domestic Abuse Survivors Fear Deportation Under Trump Policy Biden Has Yet To Reverse
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, here addressing the media in early April, signed his state's new voting measure into law live on Fox News on Thursday. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
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The pandemic has once again felled Burning Man. Some burners still plan to gather for informal events on the dusty Black Rock Desert Playa this summer. Bernard Friel/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption