People take part in a protest against U.S. immigration policies outside the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City on June 21, 2018. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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It took two years for Joyce McMillan to be reunited with her children after they were removed from her care nearly 25 years ago. The experience propelled her advocacy for child welfare system reforms. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption
'Deluged' child welfare systems struggle to protect kids amid calls for reform
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, shown here in 2008, was born on May 27, 1923. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
People walk past the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Supreme Court conservatives seem likely to axe SEC enforcement powers
Actor Jonathan Majors arrives at court for jury selection in a domestic violence case. Yuki Iwamura/AP hide caption
Martha Durr, seen at her home in Lincoln, Nebraska, left her job earlier this month as the state's principal communicator of climate information. "It gets draining over time," she said. Elizabeth Rembert/Harvest Public Media hide caption
Weather experts in Midwest say climate change reporting brings burnout and threats
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This photo provided by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, from a remote camera set by biologist Chris Stermer, shows a wolverine in the Tahoe National Forest near Truckee, Calif., on Feb. 27, 2016, a rare sighting of the elusive species in the state. Scientists estimate that only about 300 wolverines survive in the contiguous U.S. Chris Stermer/California Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP, File hide caption
Ryan Fournier, pictured here speaking at a rally in Sugar Hill, Georgia in 2021, has been charged with assaulting a woman with a firearm. David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire/Getty Images hide caption
When the Life at Sea cruise line failed to purchase the German cruise ship AIDAaura, seen here in 2020, its plans for a worldwide cruise embarking in November began to unravel. Marit Hommedal/NTB Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Police in Bellevue, Wash., arrest a man accused of stealing a pair of white Nike shoes. The cops were on a stakeout outside the local mall, texting back and forth with store security to identify and apprehend suspected thieves. Martin Kaste/NPR hide caption
It's peak shopping — and shoplifting — season. Cops are stepping up antitheft tactics
David and Sarah Lubarsky in Sept. 2023. David Lubarsky hide caption
Annette Vega. Nellie Gilles/Radio Diaries hide caption
With just a photo and a name, she spent decades looking for her biological dad
In this Dec. 4, 2008 file photo, Aretha Franklin performs during the 85th annual Christmas tree lighting at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter in Washington, D.C. Jan. 29, 1979. Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
An Armed Forces body bear teams moves the casket for former first lady Rosalynn Carter into Glenn Memorial Church at Emory University for a tribute service on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Atlanta. Brynn Anderson/AP hide caption
Alex Murdaugh, right, talks with his attorneys Dick Harpootlian, left, and Jim Griffin during his sentencing for stealing from 18 clients on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, at the Beaufort County Courthouse in Beaufort, S.C. Andrew J. Whitaker/The Post And Courier/Pool via AP hide caption
John Cale says hip-hop is the avant-garde of today. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sean "Diddy" Combs has stepped down as chairman of Revolt, following multiple allegations against him of sexual assault. Here, Combs accepts the global icon award during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP hide caption
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Peter Antonacci to lead a new elections fraud office in July 2022, just a few months before Antonacci died inside the Capitol building. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images hide caption