Jose Ortiz atop Early Voting wins the 147th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday in Baltimore. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption
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Multiple varieties of Jif peanut butter are being recalled after The J.M. Smucker Co. announced a voluntary recall on Friday. The Food and Drug Administration hide caption
Enrique Owens, a cousin of Roberta Drury, wears a T-shirt with her photograph on it before her funeral service on Saturday in Syracuse, N.Y. Drury was one of 10 killed during a mass shooting at a supermarket last week in Buffalo. Lauren Petracca/AP hide caption
Flowers are left at a makeshift memorial outside of the Tops market on May 15 in Buffalo, N.Y. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Resident Stephanie Kerwin, center, holds her baby Octavius in one arm and dog Pixie in the other as she and her family carry what they could salvage from her home in Nottingham Forest Mobile Home Park on Saturday in Gaylord, Mich., following a tornado the day before. Jake May/MLive.com/The Flint Journal via AP hide caption
Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the PGA Championship for the first time in his professional career. Christian Petersen/Getty Images hide caption
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. The conservative Catholic archbishop of San Francisco said Friday that he would no longer allow Pelosi to receive Communion because of her support for abortion rights. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
The funeral procession for the late Heyward Patterson prepares to depart Lincoln Memorial United Methodist Church on Friday, May 20, 2022 in Buffalo, NY. The Patterson was one of 10 people who were killed in the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market at Jefferson Avenue and Riley Street in a historically Black neighborhood of Buffalo by a young white gunman is being investigated as a hate crime. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption
The Buffalo, N.Y., community holds funerals this week for shooting victims
Eva relaxes in a puddle in 2020. Erin Wilson hide caption
A row of rifles for sale is on display at a gun shop in Aurora, Colo., on July 20, 2012. The mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., has prompted questions about the effectiveness of "red flag laws" passed in 19 states and the District of Columbia. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Should 18-year-olds be allowed to buy semi-automatic rifles? State and courts debate
Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidates David McCormick, left, and Mehmet Oz are seen during campaign appearances in May 2022 in Pennsylvania. AP hide caption
This satellite image shows the active fire lines of the Hermits Peak wildfire, in Las Vegas on May 11, 2022. Maxar Technologies/AP hide caption
Roger Angell, a renown baseball writer, has died at 101. Brigitte Lacombe/Doubleday hide caption
Photos of people killed in the mass shooting at Tops grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y., are part of a memorial near the store. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
This undated photo provided by Trapp Family Lodge shows Rosmarie Trapp. Trapp Family Lodge/AP hide caption
Migrants and asylum seekers protest outside the United States Consulate against the public health order known as Title 42, in Tijuana, Mexico, on May 19. Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Los Angeles city workers working to remove the unauthorized crosswalks painted at the intersection of Romaine Street and N. Serrano Avenue. Crosswalk Collective LA hide caption
Marcus Kuilan-Nazario's "Macho Stereo" is an homage to his late father, an audiophile. He says his father used to record on this reel-to-reel player. Mandalit del Barco/NPR News hide caption
Spoken word and sonic rituals: East LA exhibit features Latinx artists using sound
A poster advertising the anniversary collector's edition of the movie Jaws is posted on a lifeguard tower in 2000 on Zuma Beach in Malibu, Calif. Dan Callister/Getty Images hide caption
After a report alleged SpaceX paid a flight attendant to settle a sexual misconduct case against Elon Musk, the tech billionaire called it a politically motivated attack. Musk is seen here in March, at a new Tesla factory in Germany. Christian Marquardt/Getty Images hide caption
People gather at the scene of a mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market at Jefferson Avenue and Riley Street on Monday, May 16, 2022 in Buffalo, NY. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption
A Ford logo is seen on a sign at Country Ford in Graham, N.C. The auto manufacturer has issued a recall that affects about 39,000 SUVs. Gerry Broome/AP hide caption
A wandering delivery robot found its way into the woods of Northampton in the United Kingdom. Matthew McCormack, Twitter hide caption