The special counsel investigating Hunter Biden charged him on nine counts related to his failure to pay federal taxes on millions of dollars of income. Mark Makela/Getty Images hide caption
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Joseph David Emerson appears in Multnomah County Circuit Court for an indictment hearing in Portland, Ore., on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. An Oregon judge says the ex-Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to cut the engines of a passenger flight can be released from jail pending trial. Dave Killen/The Oregonian via AP hide caption
A child lights candles during Washington Hebrew Congregation's Hanukkah celebration. Ori Hoffer hide caption
An influential color consultancy has already set the tone for the year ahead: Pantone's Color of the Year for 2024 is Peach Fuzz. Pantone hide caption
A menorah stands outside the entrance to Temple Israel, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in Albany, N.Y. A 28-year-old suspect was in police custody for allegedly firing two rounds from a shotgun outside the Jewish temple on Thursday, just hours before the start of Hanukkah. Officials said no one was injured. Maysoon Khan/AP hide caption
This year's Hanukkah celebrations are tempered by Israel's war with Hamas
Sen. Bernie Sanders, pictured at a committee hearing last month, joined Republican senators in blocking aid to Israel and Ukraine. He tells NPR why he thinks support for Israel's military should have strings attached. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
Sen. Bernie Sanders says aid to Israel should be conditional, citing the toll on Gaza
Pearl Harbor survivors, from left, Harry Chandler, Ken Stevens, Herb Elfring and Ira "Ike" Schab salute while the national anthem is played during the 82nd Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. Mengshin Lin/AP hide caption
CosMc's offers a large variety of drinks — and no hamburgers. The first store testing the new McDonald's concept is opening in Bolingbrook, Illinois, near Chicago. Courtesy McDonald's / Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Jerrald Gallion's mother, Carrol Gibbs, left, reflects on her son's life during a Dec. 5 news conference. Gallion, 29, was one of three victims in the Dollar General shooting in Jacksonville in August 2023. The families filed suit against Dollar General, Interface Security Systems and the family of the shooter in Florida's 4th Judicial Circuit in December 2023. Will Brown/Jacksonville Today hide caption
Darryl George, 18, will spend the remainder of the year in in-school suspension, extending a punishment that was first imposed in August over his hairstyle that district officials maintain violates their dress code policy. Michael Wyke/AP hide caption
A 2017 meeting of a rotating savings club formed in a village near Lake Victoria soon after every adult there was chosen to receive a monthly through GiveDirectly's experiment. The clubs have enabled recipients to convert their grants into lump sum payments: Each month the members put $10 into the communual pot — for a total of $100 — and a different person takes it home. Nichole Sobecki for NPR hide caption
It's one of the biggest experiments in fighting global poverty. Now the results are in
A counselor, right, navigates a client through the Medicare signup process at the Aging and Disability Resource Center of Broward County in Sunrise, Florida. Medicare open enrollment season ends Dec. 7. Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel/TNS via Getty Images hide caption
Kate Cox and her husband were expecting their third child when they got a devastating fetal diagnosis last week. She is also having problems threatening her own health. A judge said Thursday she has permission to end her pregnancy. Cox family hide caption
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Republican presidential candidates from left, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NewsNation on Wednesday at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
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Jerrald Gallion's mother, Carrol Gibbs (left), reflects on her son's life during a Dec. 5 news conference. Gallion, 29, was one of three victims in the Dollar General shooting in Jacksonville's Grand Park neighborhood in August. The families filed suit against Dollar General, Interface Security Systems and the family of the shooter in Florida's 4th Judicial Circuit in December. Will Brown/Jacksonville Today hide caption
In the U.S., firearms are the No. 1 cause of death for children and teens, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. To prevent kids from accessing guns, the AAP recommends storing guns outside the home. If that's not an option, lock the ammunition and the unloaded firearm in separate gun safes. Photo Illustration by Becky Harlan/NPR hide caption
Activists protest the prices of prescription drug outside the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., in October 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
More than 20% of those surveyed describe themselves as "spiritual but not religious." The study finds a wide variety of religious experiences and expressions among those who consider themselves "spiritual." Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption
Picking a color palette is an important part of decorating for the holidays, says interior designer Elaine Griffin. So experiment with colors outside of the traditional red and green scheme. Photo Illustration by Becky Harlan/NPR hide caption
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Supporters hold up a banner displaying the Haudenosaunee Confederacy as they cheer for the Haudenosaunee Nationals during a July 23, 2023 match against England in San Diego, Calif. Alan Nakkash For NPR hide caption
Decades after he died during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Stanley Galaszewski's remains returned home to Steubenville, Ohio. He was buried near family there in November. Erin Gottsacker/The Ohio Newsroom hide caption
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Juanita Castro, sister of Fidel Castro, talks to a reporter, Oct. 27, 2009, in Miami. Juanita Castro, the anti-communist sister of Cuban rulers Fidel and Raul Castro who worked with the CIA against their government, has died in Miami at age 90. Alan Diaz/AP hide caption
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Former President Donald Trump speaks at campaign campaign event in Ankeny, Iowa. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Nevada Republican Party Chair Michael McDonald announces then-President Donald Trump before he speaks at the party's convention on June 23, 2018, in Las Vegas. L.E. Baskow/AP hide caption
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori sits between his children Kenji (left) and Keiko upon his release from the Barbadillo prison in the eastern outskirts of Lima, on Wednesday. Renato Pajuelo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Peru braces for protests after former President Fujimori's release from prison
Then presidential candidate Joe Biden waves to supporters as he finishes speaking during a drive-in campaign rally in Georgia in 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
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The Sycamore Gap tree drew visitors and fame to a section of Hadrian's Wall near Hexham, in northern England. It's seen here in June and, at bottom, after it was felled in September. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The 1808 Érard piano that Napoleon gifted to his second wife, Marie-Louise, is on long-term loan from the Museum of Music History to the Cobbe Collection of historic instruments outside London. Museum of Music History hide caption
Demonstrators at a rally in London wave Israeli flags and hold posters of Israeli hostages on Sunday during a protest over the United Nations' response to allegations of rape and other sexual crimes committed by Hamas militants during the Oct. 7 attacks. Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Israel presses U.N. to investigate charges of sexual violence by Hamas fighters
A Kemp's ridley sea turtle is treated at the New England Aquarium's Sea Turtle Hospital in Quincy, Mass. Craig LeMoult/GBH News hide caption
Ed Peasley sits on a bench in Old Town Clovis in Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy's California district. Peasley is among voters disappointed after McCarthy announced he was leaving Congress. Esther Quintanilla/KVPR hide caption
