Nereida locks up after finishing a Wednesday shift at the Los Angeles optometry shop where she works full time. Despite her job, Nereida and her two kids are unable to find a home in LA and are living with friends. David Wagner/KPCC hide caption
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The Peregrine Fund recently released four California condors over high cliffs in Northern Arizona. In 1982, there were only 22 of these giant birds left in the wild. George Andrejko/Courtesy, Arizona Game and Fish Department hide caption
Molly Ringwald starred in iconic '80s films like Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club. She now views the films very differently. Mychal Watts/Getty Images hide caption
Matt Damon played Brett Kavanaugh on the 44th season opener of Saturday Night Live. Saturday Night Live via YouTube/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Saturday
Justice Department attorneys are trying to stop Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and DOJ official John Gore from having to testify under oath for the lawsuits over the citizenship question Ross added to the 2020 census. Education Images/UIG via Getty Images hide caption
State herpetologist J.D. Kleopfer says the discovery of a two-headed copperhead snake in Northern Virginia earlier this month is an "extraordinarily rare" sighting that few of his colleagues have seen. J.D. Kleopfer/Virginia Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries hide caption
WATCH: 'Extremely Rare' 2-Headed Snake Stuns Social Media, Charms Scientists
At Shiru Cafe in Providence, R.I., students "pay" for coffee, but not with money. Chaiel Schaffel/Rhode Island Public Radio hide caption
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein departs the U.S. Capitol through a basement corridor after House and Senate lawmakers from both parties met in a secure room for a classified briefing about the federal investigation into President Trump's 2016 campaign, in May. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Friday
Federal officials are withholding $4 million in grant money from Chicago Public Schools, after reports of serious and pervasive problems that left students vulnerable to sexual violence. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. (right) and Elizabeth Wydra, congressional Democrats' attorney in a case accusing President Trump of violating the Constitution's Foreign Emoluments Clause, speak to reporters in June. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Workers at Newark Liberty International Airport are getting a wage boost starting Nov. 1, the Port Authority Board of Commissioners announced Thursday. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption
Christine Blasey Ford is sworn in ahead of testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
From left: Kenyan director Wanuri Kahiu and actors Samantha Mugatsia and Sheila Munyiva at the Cannes Film Festival. Loic Venance/AFP/Getty Images hide caption