A protester unleashes a smoke grenade in front of the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
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Alec Baldwin speaks on the phone in the parking lot outside the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office in Santa Fe, N.M., after he was questioned about a shooting on the set of the film "Rust" on the outskirts of Santa Fe on Thursday. Jim Weber/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP hide caption
Court observers suspect it is only a matter of time before a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, explicitly or implicitly, strikes down Roe v. Wade and other abortion precedents of the last half century. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Supreme Court keeps Texas abortion law in place, but agrees to review it
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Cars that are part of the Lyft ride-hailing fleet sit in a lot in Denver on April 30, 2020. The company says more than 1,800 sexual assaults were reported by riders in 2019, and the number of incidents has been rising sharply in recent years. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
A water main break Wednesday left most residents of Benton Harbor, Mich., without water as the city continues to deal with lead pipe water quality issues. Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP hide caption
Howard University students are entering their second week of protests demanding better housing on campus. Jeff Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty hide caption
Peter Scolari, pictured at the 2016 Emmy Awards, has died at age 66. He was a versatile character actor. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP hide caption
Walmart is recalling about 3,900 bottles of Better Homes and Gardens-branded Essential Oil Infused Aromatherapy Room Spray with Gemstones in six different scents due to the possibility of a rare and dangerous bacteria discovered. Consumer Product Safety Commission hide caption
Lockdowns have been eased in the United Kingdom, but now there's a new variant called delta plus emerging. Will it take off the way delta did? Justin Setterfield/Getty Images hide caption
People wonder if they should keep calm and carry on in the face of delta plus variant
Lev Parnas leaves federal court, in New York on Friday. A New York jury convicted Parnas, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani, of charges that he made illegal campaign contributions to influence U.S. politicians and advance his business interests. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
A 'Help Wanted' sign is posted beside Coronavirus safety guidelines in front of a restaurant in Los Angeles, California on May 28, 2021. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The Great Resignation: Why People Are Leaving Their Jobs In Growing Numbers
Tablets believed to be laced with fentanyl are displayed at a Drug Enforcement Administration lab in New York in 2019. The Biden administration is hoping to crack down on abuse of synthetic opioids in part by putting them in the most restricted category or "schedule" under the law. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A proposed Biden drug policy could widen racial disparities, civil rights groups warn
Halyna Hutchins at the SAGindie Sundance Filmmakers Reception in January 2019. Fred Hayes/Getty Images for SAGindie hide caption
Dame Sandra Mason is seen here after she was made a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in 2018 in London. Before her election as the first president of Barbados, she served as the governor general. She will serve both roles. WPA Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Workers remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from Market Street Park in Charlottesville, Va., in July. Initial plans to remove the statue four years ago sparked the infamous "Unite the Right" rally at which 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption