South Korean esports players compete in a match during the Esports Championships East Asia in Seoul in 2021. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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First responders who were clearing a crash on a Georgia highway witnessed a scary spectacle, when a motorist drove onto a tow truck's lowered ramp at speed. AP via YouTube / Screenshot by NPR hide caption
In this handout image supplied by the European Space Agency on July 16, 2008, the Echus Chasma, one of the largest water source regions on Mars, is pictured from ESA's Mars Express. ESA/Getty Images hide caption
Edith Kanakaʻole chants in the koa forest of Kīpukapuaulu in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park in 1977. She titled the photo "The Growth of Love is the Essence Within the Soul." Franco Salmoiraghi/Hawaii hide caption
Marie C. Bolden made national headlines when she turned in a flawless performance at a spelling bee in Cleveland. Her competitors included white students from segregated school districts in the South. Courtesy the Brown Family hide caption
Johnny Carson's Tonight Show set. Heritage Auctions hide caption
From left: a dad of four, a spy, an author. HBO, Rich German, Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Foot soldier Paulette Roby stands in Birmingham's Kelly Ingram Park, one of the sites where students peacefully marched in the Spring of 1963 demanding equal rights. Debbie Elliot/NPR hide caption
60 years since 'The Children's Crusade' changed Birmingham and the nation
Dev Shah, 14, from Largo, Fla., reacts as he wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals, Thursday, June 1, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md. Nick Wass/AP hide caption
In this handout photo provided by NASA, an Atlas V rocket with Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral, Fla. on on May 19, 2022. This was the Starliner's second uncrewed flight test which later docked with the International Space Station. NASA via Getty Images hide caption
In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, the Central Arizona Project canal runs through rural desert near Phoenix. The canal diverts Colorado River water down a 336-mile long system of aqueducts, tunnels, pumping plants and pipelines to the state of Arizona. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption
Floodwater surrounds a house on Sept. 1, 2021, in Jean Lafitte, La. Hurricane Ida made landfall as a powerful Category 4 causing flooding and wind damage along the Gulf Coast. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
By an 8-to-1 vote, the high court ruled against unionized truck drivers who walked off the job, but it preserved the rights of workers to time their strikes for maximum effect. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A significant portion of the sales from Adidas's "Yeezy" brand shoes will be donated to anti-hate groups, the company said. Adidas hide caption
Tupperware is now selling some products at Target, but it still makes most of its money through individual sellers. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
This house in Atlanta's Edgewood neighborhood is where police on Wednesday arrested three key organizers who have been aiding protesters against the city's proposed public safety training center. The three are officers of the group that runs the Atlanta Solidarity Fund, which has bailed out people arrested during protests against the project. Kate Brumback/AP hide caption
Christina Lusk, a transgender woman and inmate at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Moose Lake, poses for a portrait on Sept. 7, 2022. Lusk and the Minnesota Department of Corrections have settled her lawsuit, and she is set to move to a women's prison. Caroline Yang for NPR hide caption
Clifford Walters, a Hawaii man, pleaded guilty to disturbing wildlife after he tried to help a stranded bison calf reunite with its herd. Hellen Jack/National Park Service hide caption
While it's not unusual for candidates to go through several rounds of job interviews, more companies appear to be stretching that process out. Getty Images hide caption
Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Bharat Ramamurti, pictured at a White House briefing last August, spoke to Morning Edition after the House passed its debt ceiling bill. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Hurricane Ian walloped Southwest Florida in September 2022. The Category 4 storm raked Fort Myers Beach with devastating winds and a 15-foot storm surge. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption