Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will stand trial on Monday, after he was seen on video pinning George Floyd to the ground last May in a restraining technique that led to his death. Ramsey County Sheriff's Office/AP hide caption
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On Sunday, New York state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign amid sexual harassment allegations from multiple women. Office of the New York Governor via AP hide caption
Edith Arangoitia receives a COVID-19 vaccination in Chelsea, Mass., a heavily Hispanic community, on Feb. 16. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Misinformation And Mistrust Among The Obstacles Latinos Face In Getting Vaccinated
Kareem Hawari poses in a "Designate Little Arabia" face mask. Arab American Civic Council hide caption
A store in New York City stands closed on April 21, 2020. A year after the coronavirus pandemic was declared, millions of Americans are still unemployed. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Sled dogs of Thomas Waerner's team run in Willow, Alaska, last year, when he placed first. Lance King/Getty Images hide caption
Then 2nd Lt. Emil Kapaun, U.S. Army chaplain, circa 1943. U.S Army hide caption
Power lines are seen on Feb. 16 in Houston. The Public Utility Commission of Texas has declined to reverse $16 billion in charges from the worst of February's winter storm. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption
Former National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman arrives at the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden on the West Front of the US Capitol on Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C. Gorman says she was tailed Friday night by a security guard who said she looked "suspicious." Win McNamee/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Dilicia Mejia and her 16-year-old, Jorlene, from Honduras, showed up at a migrant shelter in Reynosa three weeks ago. They are part of the new surge of Central Americans hoping somehow they will be allowed into the U.S. under Biden's new immigration rules. John Burnett/NPR hide caption
Asylum-Seekers Are Entering The U.S. Again — But Many More Migrants Are Left Behind
Ifeoma Ozoma is the Founder and Principal of Earthseed. Adria Malcolm for NPR hide caption
'It Really Is A Gag Order': California May Limit Nondisclosure Agreements
New York lawmakers approved a bill Friday to strip Gov. Andrew Cuomo of the extraordinary authority to issue COVID-19 directives — a power it granted last year. But the measure allows existing orders to be extended. Cuomo is seen here during a news conference last month. Seth Wenig/POOL /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Former Minnesota police officer, Derek Chauvin, Ramsey County Sheriff's Office, May 29, 2020. Chauvin faces second and third-degree murder charges as well as one count of second-degree manslaughter. Brommerich/AP hide caption
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks during the daily press briefing on March 5. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
In 2015, the late Rep. John Lewis stands on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., where he was beaten by police on "Bloody Sunday." Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images hide caption
For The First Time In 56 Years, A 'Bloody Sunday' Without John Lewis
A photo provided by the Dallas County Sheriff's Office shows Bryan Riser. Authorities say Riser, a Dallas police officer, has been arrested on two counts of capital murder, more than a year and a half after a man told investigators that he kidnapped and killed two people at the officer's instruction in 2017. AP hide caption
Boxes containing vials of the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine sit in a container before being transported to a refrigeration unit at Louisville Metro Health and Wellness headquarters on March 4 in Louisville, Ky. The FDA approved the third COVID-19 vaccine on Feb. 27. Jon Cherry/Getty Images hide caption
Maia Chaka, shown here officiating an Alliance of American Football game in 2019, has been named the NFL's first Black female official. Denis Poroy/AAF/Getty Images hide caption
Signage requiring masks is on display outside of a H-E-B supermarket in Austin, Texas on March 3. Texas is one of the states lifting its mask mandate alongside other COVID-19 restrictions, against the warnings of public health experts. Montinique Monroe/Getty Images hide caption
Wisdom, a mōlī or Laysan albatross, and the world's oldest known banded wild bird, hatched a new chick at Midway Atoll on Feb. 1. Jon Brack/Friends of Midway Atoll hide caption