Palestinians inspect their destroyed houses following overnight Israeli airstrikes in the town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, on Friday. Khalil Hamra/AP hide caption
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Tennessee State University could be due for a half-billion-dollar payout, according to recent findings that show the HBCU has been historically underfunded. Raymond Boyd/Getty Images hide caption
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Karissa Hill, daughter of Andre Hill, raises hands with Benjamin Crump, the civil rights attorney representing Hill's family, at a news conference in February after former Columbus police officer Adam Coy was charged with murder in Hill's death. Jay LaPrete/AP hide caption
A Walmart store in Derry, N.H., seen in November 2020. The company says fully vaccinated customers need not wear masks, and vaccinated workers won't need to wear them starting Tuesday. The company won't require proof of status. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption
Then-Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg talks to the Orlando Sentinel in September 2019 during an interview at his office in Lake Mary, Florida. Joe Burbank/TNS/ABACA via Reuters Connect hide caption
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Left: A drawing of a human with a cow head holding a needle menacingly toward a young child as he administers a tainted smallpox vaccination is meant to sow distrust of smallpox vaccines. Right: Protesters against mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations at a rally in Sydney on Feb. 20, 2021. Bettman/Getty Images; Brook Mitchell/Getty Images hide caption
Then-President Donald Trump holds up a Bible outside St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., last June after days of anti-racism protests against police brutality. President Biden has rescinded several orders Trump made during his last year in office, including moves to protect Confederate statues being dismantled by protesters. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The New York Yankees, including manager Aaron Boone, are back to wearing masks after the team reported eight "breakthrough" COVID-19 infections this week. Julio Aguilar/Getty Images hide caption
Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
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Barry Jenkins served as showrunner, executive producer, writer and director to the 10-part Amazon series, The Underground Railroad. Atsushi Nishijima/Amazon Studios hide caption
Amy Adams stars as Anna Fox in the Netflix film The Woman In The Window. Melinda Sue Gordon/Netflix hide caption
Mario Gotoh performs for a single listener in a One-To-One Concert hosted by the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Ed Lefkowicz/Brooklyn Academy of Music hide caption
One-To-One Concerts Bring Listeners Back To Live Music, One At A Time
A bartender wearing a protective mask mixes a drink inside a bar in San Francisco on May 6. The latest retail sales data out on Friday showed an increase in sales at restaurants at bars as more people are venturing out amid the continued reopening of the U.S. economy. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
The numerals in the illustration show the main mutation sites of the B.1.1.7 variant first detected in the U.K., which is more transmissible than other variants. Here, the virus's spike protein (red) is bound to a human cell (blue). Juan Gaertner/Science Source hide caption
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The majority of anti-vaccine claims on social media trace back to a small number of influential figures, according to researchers. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Customers wait in line to fill their vehicles with gas at a Costco gas station on Tuesday in Nashville. It will take several days for the supply chain of fuel to return to normal even after Colonial said late on Thursday it had brought its entire pipeline system back into operation. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images hide caption
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Tia Cunningham participated in one of "guaranteed income" programs in Jackson, Mississippi, and she was able to get out subsidized housing and use the money as down payment to buy a new house. Imani Khayyam for NPR hide caption
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Susan Stamberg and Alice Neel
Scientists believe some heavy elements are forged when a massive star goes through its death throes and explodes as a supernova. Here, the supernova Cassiopeia A was captured in a false-color image from NASA. NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI/CXC/SAO, Animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Ariz./STScI/CXC/SAO/NASA hide caption
Daddy's Home (out May 14), Annie Clark's sixth album as St. Vincent, takes the sounds and sleaze of early-1970s New York as its aesthetic backdrop. Zackery Michael/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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