Shown above are rapid at-home COVID-19 test kits ready to be distributed by the GreenRoots environmental protection organization and Chelsea Community Connections in Chelsea, Massachusetts. JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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A judge in Oklahoma City took a year off the 22-year prison sentence of Joe Exotic, seen here in 2013, who was convicted in a murder-for-hire plot against his rival Carole Baskin. Sue Ogrocki/AP hide caption
Text messages obtained by The Associated Press show Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, seen here at a new conference in June 2021, was informed within hours of the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene. Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate file photo via AP hide caption
Planes that remain subject to flight restrictions around 5G cell phone towers are disproportionately smaller jets flown by regional airlines. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Karla Chavez, of the social activist group Chiactivists, puts up a sign at a memorial for 8-year-old Melissa Ortega in Chicago on Jan, 24. Ortega was walking with her mother in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on Jan. 22 when she was struck by stray bullets after an unknown offender shot multiple times in their direction. PAUL BEATY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A woman inspects a snow shovel at Woodside Ace Hardware in Winthrop, Mass., on Friday as people prepare for the oncoming nor'easter. The storm is expected to bring blizzard conditions and 18-24 inches of snow to the region as well as some flooding. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Ten people were injured and at least three hospitalized after a bridge collapsed early Friday in Pittsburgh's East End. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
Willow, photographed in the White House on Wednesday, is the Biden family's new cat. Erin Scott/White House hide caption
As of Thursday, neither the NFL nor Washington Football Team have reacted to the reports or confirmed or denied whether the team will be named the Commanders. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
A sign in a hallway at a Chicago elementary school reinforces the mantra of social distancing. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Jordan Humpreys seen riding his horse Winter at the Urban Saddles stables, in South Gate, Los Angeles. Ghuan Featherstone hide caption
Bucking stereotypes, a Black cowboy leads the way in South Central LA
Kyle Rittenhouse looks back as attorneys discuss items in the motion for mistrial presented by his defense at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. Sean Krajacic/AP hide caption
A man fishes near docked oil drilling platforms in 2020 in Port Aransas, Texas. A federal judge has revoked oil and gas leases sold in the Gulf of Mexico in November, saying the Interior Department did not take into account its impact on climate change. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
A federal judge canceled major oil and gas leases over climate change
The sun sets behind Holman Prison in Atmore, Ala., on Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the execution of Matthew Reeves, convicted of killing a man during a robbery in 1996. Jay Reeves/AP hide caption
Dozens of prospective Central Michigan University students who were mistakenly told they had won full-ride scholarships that include room and board have received an apology from the school — and offers of the equivalent of full-tuition scholarships. Al Goldis/AP file photo hide caption
The American flag flies at half-staff on Dec. 2, 2021, outside of Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich. Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, File hide caption
Comic book artist Art Spiegelman said this week that the McMinn County School Board seemed to have a "myopic" focus on the potentially offensive words and limited nudity in Maus. Bertrand Langlois/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Mayra Guillén, second from left, and Lupe Guillén, second from right, have been vocal advocates for changes to military justice, after their sister Vanessa was murdered at 20 years old. The Guillén family says Vanessa endured sexual harassment — which is now a crime in the military. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Ibis' searches for people missing from a capsized boat off the coast of Florida on Tuesday. U.S. Coast Guard via AP hide caption
Shantell Fields, Lauren Smith-Fields' mother, stands with family members during a protest rally in front of the Morton Government Center, in Bridgeport, Conn. Jan. 23, 2022. Smith-Fields was found dead in her Bridgeport apartment in December and her family and friends marched in her memory on Sunday, which would have been her 24th birthday. Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut Media hide caption
David Rush set out to break 52 Guinness World Records in 2021. So far, the organization has verified 43 of them. Jennifer Rush hide caption
A man walks dogs through the snow in Brooklyn during a nor'easter in February 2021. Justin Heiman/Getty Images hide caption
A worker hands a nasal swab to a motorist at a drive-up COVID-19 testing site in Denver on Jan. 13. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption