The Animal Rescue League offered this demonstration last year in Boston, with a stuffed dog, on how hot the inside of a car can get. Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
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Hamza bin Laden, the son of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, is shown at his wedding in a video image released by the CIA in November 2017. AP hide caption
A U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet jet flies in Death Valley National Park, Calif. The crash occurred near the viewing area where park visitors watch pilots fly through a chasm known as Star Wars Canyon. Ben Margot/AP hide caption
Follow NPR's live analysis and fact checks of Night 2 of the Democratic presidential primary debate in Detroit. Angela Hsieh/NPR hide caption
Hawaii Gov. David Ige said Tuesday he had rescinded an emergency proclamation put in place to deal with telescope protesters who are blocking the access road to the summit of Mauna Kea. Audrey McAvoy/AP hide caption
Wanda Onafuwa says a house next door to her in Baltimore fell into disrepair after Bank of America foreclosed on the property. Courtesy of Wanda Onafuwa hide caption
A New Trump Rule Could Weaken A Civil Rights Era Housing Discrimination Law
Female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes like this one are responsible for transmitting dengue fever in Bangladesh and other countries. The fever's season is getting longer, experts say. James Gathany/CDC Handout via Reuters hide caption
Michael Lang – who helped organize the original Woodstock in 1969 and was working on this year's 50th anniversary event – photographed announcing the Woodstock 50 lineup at Electric Lady Studio on March 19, 2019 in New York. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Woodstock 50 hide caption
Protesters fend off tear gas and riot police in Hong Kong on Sunday. Pro-democracy demonstrations in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory have been going on for several weeks. Vincent Yu/AP hide caption
Cattle graze in pasture formed by cleared rainforest land in Pará, Brazil. A new online tool makes it easier for food companies to detect this kind of land-clearing by their suppliers. Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell has been under pressure from President Trump to cut interest rates. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
Puerto Rico's disgraced Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced Wednesday he plans to nominate former Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi, pictured in 2016, to succeed him when he steps down on Friday. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Democratic presidential candidate South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg (center), speaks while Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Bernie Sanders listen during the Democratic presidential debate in Detroit on Tuesday. All three agree on the need to ban assault-style weapons and for a universal background check for gun buyers. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Harold Prince poses with his Tony Award for best direction of a musical in 1980. He earned the honor for his work on Evita. Associated Press hide caption
Hal Prince, Transformational Broadway Producer And Director, Has Died
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (left) looks on as U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks with and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in Shanghai on Wednesday. Ng Han Guan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption