Protesters marched in Phoenix, Ariz., when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022. This week, the state Supreme Court will determine which of two abortion bans will be enforced in Ariz. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption
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Doug Layton, Jr. shows a trailer full of equipment he's acquired since being released from prison. He says he does painting and home repairs on the side, "trying to be productive in society." Debbie Elliott/NPR hide caption
Rick Rubin says he feels like there is some creative energy behind the universe. Frazer Harrison hide caption
Rick Rubin on taking communion with Johnny Cash and not rushing creativity
Hundreds of migrants gather along the border wall Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Lukeville, Ariz. The U.S. Border Patrol says it is overwhelmed by a shift in human smuggling routes. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption
John Whitmire gives his victory speech at his watch night party for the runoff election. Andrew Schneider/Houston Public Media hide caption
University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill listens during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill on Dec. 5. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
Chuck E. Cheese, the frontman for the animatronic Munch's Make Believe Band at the Chuck E. Cheese location in Northridge, Calif. This animatronic band is the last remaining one in the United States as locations remodel in favor of screens and interactive dance floors. Maggie Shannon for NPR hide caption
Kids are losing the Chuck E. Cheese animatronics. They were for the parents, anyway
Abortion rights demonstrators attend a rally at the Texas state Capitol in Austin, Texas, May 14, 2022. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the U.S. waited in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas, in June 2018. U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP hide caption
Ethan Crumbley stands with his attorneys Paulette Loftin (left) and Amy Hopp during his senencing hearing in Pontiac, Mich. Parents of students killed at Michigan's Oxford High School described the anguish of losing their children Friday as a judge considered whether Crumbley would serve a life sentence for the 2021 mass shooting. Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption
Lael Brainard speaks as President Joe Biden listens during an announcement in Nov. 2021. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
How a top economic adviser to Biden is thinking about inflation and the job market
Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek, left, discusses Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed 2020-21 revised state budget during a hearing the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., May 26, 2020. On Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, Petek said California is facing a $68 billion budget deficit. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
A Brightline train during its inaugural trip between Miami and West Palm Beach, Fla., in 2018. This week, the White House announced $3 billion in funding for Brightline West, a proposed high-speed rail line connecting Las Vegas and Southern California. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
A woman is facing charges after pouring what appears to be gasoline on the porch of the Queen Anne style house in Atlanta where Martin Luther King Jr. spent the first 12 years of his life. The home was not damaged. Historic American Buildings Survey/ Library of Congress hide caption
Skiers participate in last year's "Santa Sunday" event at the Sunday River resort in Newry, Maine. Marina French/Sunday River hide caption
Unique ways Americans celebrate the holidays, from skiing Santas to Festivus feats
Artwork from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, which were moved into the museum's underground safe to protect them from possible damage caused by rocket attacks, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, on Nov. 14. Tel Aviv museum director Tania Coen-Uzzielli poses in front of Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Friederike Maria Beer," 1916. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption
From left: rizz, Liz, zzzzz Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images, Bill Pugliano/Getty Images, Eitan Abramovich/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Gelt are chocolate coins traditionally given out during Hanukkah. NuRoots, the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles' young adult initiative, has baskets of gelt to hand out at its events. Jason DeRose/NPR hide caption
Hanukkah celebrations inspire Jewish joy despite war and increasing antisemitism
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
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
A Menorah stands partly lit outside Hackney Town Hall to mark the arrival of Hanukkah on Thursday in London. Carl Court/Getty Images 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, Ill., near Chicago. McDonald's/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
University of Nevada, Las Vegas professors Naoko Takemaru (left), Cha-Jan "Jerry" Chang and Patricia Navarro-Velez were killed during a shooting on campus on Wednesday. Takemaru oversaw UNLV's Japanese Studies program while Chang and Navarro-Velez were both professors in the business school. University of Nevada, Las Vegas hide caption