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Dave Benscoter rediscovered the Iowa Flat and other apples by finding watercolor paintings like this commissioned by the USDA. U.S. Department of Agriculture hide caption
President Biden meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of the G-7 summit. A White House official said Biden did a lot of "diplomatic speed-dating" with world leaders. Official Photo/Getty Images hide caption
Tom Hanks recently wrote an essay in The New York Times urging more widespread teaching of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The Oscar winner has built a career on movies about American white men doing the right thing. Steve Granitz/WireImage hide caption
A humpback whale jumps in the surface of the Pacific Ocean at the Uramba Bahia Malaga National Natural Park in Colombia in 2018. Michael Packard says he was nearly swallowed by one such whale on Friday as he dove for lobsters off the coast of Provincetown Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A March 21 attack by the Assad regime forces and Iran-backed terrorist groups targeted a hospital in Aleppo, killing six civilians and injuring 15. Above: A view of the damaged site. Kasim Rammah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
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Austin Police Department Chief Joseph Chacon says gunfire erupted in a busy entertainment district downtown early Saturday, injuring several people. Austin Police Department via AP hide caption
U.S. and Chinese flags before the opening session of 2019 trade negotiations between U.S. and Chinese trade representatives in Beijing. On Thursday, China passed a sweeping new law designed to counter numerous sanctions the United States and the European Union have imposed on Chinese officials and major Chinese companies. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
China's New Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law Sends A Chill Through The Business Community
Clippings from the Great Falls Tribune were part of the Cascade County Sheriff's Office investigative file into the 1956 murders of Patricia Kalitzke and Lloyd Duane Bogle. Traci Rosenbaum/USA Today Network via Reuters Co. hide caption
The Afzaal family members who were killed in the London, Ontario, truck attack. Not shown is the youngest son, who survived. Sana Yasir hide caption
A man holds a portrait of Amanda Alvear at a vigil for the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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As ransomware cases surge, the cyber criminals almost almost always demand, and receive, payment in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. The world's largest meat supplier, JBS, announced paid $11 million in Bitcoin to hackers in a recent ransomware attack. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett hide caption
How A New Team Of Feds Hacked The Hackers And Got Colonial Pipeline's Ransom Back
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Flynn, a bichon frise, won the Best in Show competition in 2018. Here, Flynn competes. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption
Apple announced this week at its Worldwide Developer Conference a new feature in its forthcoming operating system, iOS 15, that will digitize state-issued licensees and ID cards. Apple hide caption
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Participants sit a Blue Origin space simulator during a conference on robotics and artificial intelligence in Las Vegas on June 5, 2019. On Saturday, Blue Origin announced that an unidentified bidder will pay $28 million for a suborbital flight on the company's New Shepard vehicle. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Jeff Bezos Is Going To Space (For A Few Minutes)
As COVID-19 rates go down and vaccination rates go up, New York City voters increasingly say that crime and public safety are their biggest concerns in the upcoming mayoral election. Scott Roth/AP hide caption
An East Texas bakery initially faced backlash over its Pride Month-themed cookies, but is now selling out of its goods and gaining fans across the country. It's also receiving donations and passing them along to local charities. Jens Kalaene/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption
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Demonstrators wave the Palestinian flag and chant "Black Lives Matter," among other slogans, during a march ahead of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in 2016. Adrees Latif/Reuters hide caption
The Complicated History Behind BLM's Solidarity With The Pro-Palestinian Movement
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How The Gaza Violence Marked A Shift In The American Political Debate Over Israel
Handy Kennedy, founder of AgriUnity cooperative, feeds his cows on HK Farms earlier this year in Cobbtown, Ga. The AgriUnity cooperative is a group of Black farmers formed to better their chances of economic success. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
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Just 10% Of Popular Movies Had A Muslim Character. Riz Ahmed Wants To Change That
Asha Gond (center right) rides her skateboard. When she first began skateboarding, neighbors would catcall that skateboarding is for boys and urge her parents to marry her off. Vicky Roy hide caption
How many oceans are there? It's National Geographic official now: There are five. Alexander Gerst/ESA via Getty Images hide caption
Jennifer Gibaldi's daughter Alyssa, 17, began experiencing severe anxiety which left her catatonic during the pandemic last year. But finding help for Alyssa, who has Down syndrome, was challenging, as most health care providers wouldn't take kids with disabilities or they wouldn't take her insurance. Heather Walsh for NPR hide caption
How A Hospital And A School District Teamed Up To Help Kids In Emotional Crisis
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Pilgrims walk around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca on July 31, 2020. Saudi Arabia says this year's hajj pilgrimage will be limited to no more than 60,000 people, all of them from within the kingdom. Ministry of Media/AP hide caption
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