Flowers are placed at the memorial to the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings on April 20. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images hide caption
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Voters a polling station for a special election in Santa Clarita, California on May 12. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Slow Mail, Misinformation, And The Pandemic: What Could Go Wrong On Election Day 2020
San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks to a group protesting police racism outside City Hall on June 1. On Friday she announced plans to divert $120 million from the city's police to efforts that address inequities in the Black community. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption
Hurricane Isaias will maintain its hurricane status for several days as it passes along Florida's central Atlantic coast, the National Hurricane Center says. The storm's forecast cone predicts it will hug the southeastern U.S. coastline. National Weather Service hide caption
TikTok has been under fire in Washington. The Trump administration and some Democrats in Congress have been raising national security concerns about the Chinese-owned app. Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
Melissa Hickson says no one asked her husband, Michael, shown here with stepdaughter Mia, if he wanted to keep getting treatment. "He would say: 'I want to live. I love my family and my children ... that's the reason for the three years I have fought to survive,'" she says. Melissa Hickson hide caption
One Man's COVID-19 Death Raises The Worst Fears Of Many People With Disabilities
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during a House subcommittee hearing on Friday. Kevin Dietsch/AP hide caption
People relax on the beach in Miami Beach on Tuesday. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
National Guard soldiers take part in desert training at Fort Irwin, Calif. Tom Bowman hide caption
People wave thin blue line flags while they attend a Back the Blue rally in support of police departments on Quincy Shore Drive in Quincy, Mass. on June 20. Boston Globe/Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
Antonia Casteñeda, left, spoke with her friend Tomás Ybarra-Frausto at their StoryCorps interview in San Antonio, Texas. Anaid Reyes for StoryCorps hide caption
Remembering His Mexican American Heritage, Rooted In Language — And Under A Tree
Scott Hobgood and Jason Niupulusū grew up in Webster County, Ky., and joined NPR's David Greene for a roundtable discussion about race and social justice. Scott Hobgood, Jason Niupulusū hide caption
Dr. Joseph Varon leans on a medical cart inside the coronavirus unit at United Memorial Medical Center on July 6 in Houston. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption
Minnie Forbes (right) took over as owner of the Detroit Stars from her uncle Ted Raspberry (center) in 1956. Forbes, now 88, is the last living Negro Leagues team owner. Courtesy of Minnie Forbes hide caption
British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend, is pictured in 1991. She now faces multiple counts related to sex trafficking of minors and perjury. She has pleaded not guilty. Jim James/AP hide caption