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U.S. gangster Al Capone has his photo taken while in custody in Philadelphia, May 18, 1929. -/AP hide caption

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ESSAY 5-25-2024

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Saturday

People in both New York and Dublin, Ireland, wave and signal at each other while looking at a livestream view of one another as part of an art installation on the street in New York, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption

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Opinion: A tale of two cities' 'Portal' pandemonium

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Friday

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People cycle along the street in Afuá, a city in northern Brazil's Pará state, in January. Since 2002, this city on the banks of the Amazon River has been famously off limits to motor vehicles. Stefan Kolumban hide caption

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Saturday

Demonstrators hold up lights from their phones during a rally organized by Hong Kong mothers in support of extradition law protesters, in Hong Kong on July 5, 2019. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: 'Glory be to thee, Hong Kong!'

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Friday

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People visit exhibits inside the Smithsonian Hall of Human Origins, Thursday, July 20, 2023, at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

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Opinion: Ancient gastronomy from mammoths to muesli

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Saturday

Scott Simon's daughter Elise and his wife, Caroline, on Elise's first birthday. Scott Simon hide caption

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Opinion: We do anything to make our kids smile

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Saturday

New York Yankees radio broadcaster John Sterling speaks during the teams 63rd Old Timers Day before the game against the Detroit Tigers on July 19, 2009, at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. Jim McIsaac/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: The voice of Yankees legends bids farewell

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Wednesday

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Preview visitors attend the Neo Rauch exhibition "Begleiter" at Pinakothek der Moderne art museum in Munich, Germany, on April 19, 2010. Johannes Simon/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Open Wall nights could lead to the next artistic visionary

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Saturday

US President Joe Biden disembarks from Air Force One at Minneapolis-Sait Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 1, 2022. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Air Force One and the great pillowcase plunder

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Saturday

Judge Alla Nazarova attends a hearing in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in Moscow on Nov. 25, 2021. Dmitry Serebryakov/AP hide caption

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Opinion: Russian Jehovah's Witnesses remain devout despite facing bans

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