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A general view of the area as Palestinians, who left their homes to survive due to Israeli attacks, took shelter in a U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Rafah on Jan. 16. Abed Zagou/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption

This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows an aircraft launching from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during flight operations in the Red Sea on Monday. Kaitlin Watt/U.S. Navy via AP hide caption

Former U.N. ambassador and 2024 Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley takes a selfie with voters at Mary Anne's Diner in Amherst, N.H. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

In this frame grab from video provided by WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago, authorities work a scene in Joliet, Ill., on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, after discovering eight people shot and killed at three locations since Sunday in the Chicago suburbs. WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago/via AP hide caption

This undated photo provided by Alabama Department of Corrections shows inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher's wife. Alabama plans to put him to death by nitrogen hypoxia, an execution method that is authorized in three states but has never been used, later this week. Alabama Department of Corrections via AP/AP hide caption

Alabama To Use Untested Execution Method This Week

TikTok is the latest technology company to cut staff, as firms reorganize and re-allocate resources, just as the video-sharing app reports strong growth. Matt Slocum/AP hide caption

Dexter King, son of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., listens to arguments in the State Court of Criminal Appeals in Jackson, Tenn., Friday, Aug. 29, 1997, to determine whether two Memphis judges overstepped their authority surrounding the investigation of the King assassination. The King Center in Atlanta said the 62-year-old died Monday at his California home. Helen Comer/The Jackson Sun via AP hide caption

Malikiah Guillory, 19, stacks yard signs in Hooksett, N.H., on Wednesday, urging voters to write in President Biden's name on the Democratic primary ballot. Biden is skipping the New Hampshire primary because it didn't comply with party rules. Will Weissert/AP hide caption

Dr. Uché Blackstock is the author of Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons With Racism In Medicine. Diane Zhao/Penguin Random House hide caption

Following in her mom's footsteps, a doctor fights to make medicine more inclusive

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs rituals during the opening of a temple dedicated to Hinduism's Lord Ram in Ayodhya, India, Monday. Press Information Bureau/AP hide caption

India's Modi inaugurates a long-promised but controversial Hindu temple in Ayodhya

A United Airlines Boeing 737-900ER arrives at Los Angeles International Airport in 2019. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shut down its moon lander days after its historic arrival due to power concerns. Here, JAXA's leaders brief the media about the successful moon mission, and a problem with the lander's solar cell Friday. JIJI PRESS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Travis Kelce of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrates after scoring a 22-yard touchdown against the Buffalo Bills during the second quarter in the AFC Divisional Playoff game at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Sunday. Al Bello/Getty Images hide caption

Vashti Harrison's Big and Dave Eggers' The Eyes and the Impossible took top honors from the American Library Assocation. Alfred A. Knopf/McSweeney's and Little, Brown and Co. hide caption

Dave Eggers wins Newbery, Vashti Harrison wins Caldecott in 2024 kids' lit prizes

Mifepristone is a medication typically used in combination with misoprostol to bring about a medical abortion. Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption

Aya McMillan says a gentle touch at the right moment was exactly what she needed. Aya McMillan hide caption

She began to panic during a double biopsy. Then she felt a comforting touch

People walk next to a cracked panel apartment building in the eastern Siberian city of Yakutsk in 2018. Climate change is causing permafrost, or permanently frozen ground, to thaw across the Arctic. When the earth thaws, it can destabilize building foundations, roads, pipelines and other infrastructure. Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Why the war in Ukraine is bad for climate science

A few flurries fall at the stadium mostly-cleared of snow in Orchard Park, N.Y, ahead of the NFL football game between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. John Wawrow/AP hide caption

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a campaign stop at Pub 52 on Jan. 15 in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

Up First briefing: DeSantis ends presidential bid; tent shortage in Gaza

Anthropologist Carla Handley, center, meets with Wario Bala, right, to present the results of a DNA study she conducted seven years ago in his community in northern Kenya. Rebecca Siford hide caption

Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, has introduced legislation with Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, to put guardrails around the use of billions of opioid settlement funds. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag hide caption

Republican presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign event at Exeter High School in Exeter, N.H., on Sunday. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption

New Hampshire may be Nikki Haley's last chance to keep presidential hopes alive

Vice President Harris speaks about reproductive rights on Jan. 22, 2024 in Big Bend, Wis. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

Why Vice President Harris went to Wisconsin today to talk about abortion

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