Purdue Pharma, which makes OxyContin, defended its efforts to combat opioid abuse after it was named in the Ohio suit. Toby Talbot/AP hide caption
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Jury selection began Wednesday in a defamation case over ABC News' 2012 reports on a South Dakota meat producer's lean, finely textured beef product, which critics dubbed "pink slime." Nati Harnik/AP hide caption
'Pink Slime' Trial Begins, But It's The News Media Under The Microscope
NPR's Michel Martin talks with the audience at the live performance of "Going There" at Colorado State University May 24, 2016. Richard Haro/Richard Haro hide caption
An artist's rendering of the newly named Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory hide caption
Troizel Carr, "The Black Public," performed as part of EMERGENYC, New York City, 2017. Dexter Miranda/The Hemispheric Institute hide caption
President Trump greets EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, a Paris accord critic, in March prior to signing an order that reverses the Obama-era climate change policies. Ron Sachs/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Google published a map of most-searched-for spellings, by state. Screengrab by NPR/Google Trends via Twitter hide caption
Seedsheets are made of weed-blocking fabric, a thick layer of soil and dissolvable pods full of organic seeds. Courtesy of Seedsheet hide caption
A whistleblower lawsuit alleged that two Florida insurance plans inflated fees by making patients appear sicker than they were. Getty Images hide caption
A tweet by President Trump, which has been deleted, caused a stir with its mention of "negative press covfefe." @realDonaldTrump/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
English Learners Were Hurt The Most When Texas Limited Special Education
Mohammad Al Abdallah, the executive director of the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre, shows a video that was posted to YouTube of illegal cluster bombing in Syria. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption