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Catherine Berthet of France, whose daughter Camille was killed in the 2019 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, speaks Wednesday alongside other family members of victims after meeting with Justice Department officials. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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After two Boeing 737 Max crashes, families are still seeing answers from DOJ

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From left, Nile Rodgers, Chappell Roan and Diplo are among the more than 280 musicians who signed a letter to senators in support of concert ticketing reforms. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images; Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images; Leon Bennett/Getty Images for MBJx David Yurman hide caption

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A poster depicting Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin is displayed in Re'im, southern Israel at the Gaza border in February 2024 at a memorial site for the Nova music festival site where he was kidnapped to Gaza by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. Maya Alleruzzo/AP hide caption

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A Long March rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-18 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China on Thursday. Andy Wong/AP hide caption

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Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference after his defamation trial Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption

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Arizona indicts Trump allies in 'fake elector' scheme; bird flu remnants found in milk

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Pamela Hill-Veal says that while she and her family were flying first class on Feb. 10 from Chicago to Phoenix, an American Airlines flight attendant stopped her as she returned to her seat and accused her of slamming the restroom door. Pamela Hill-Veal hide caption

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President Biden visited Syracuse on Oct. 27, 2022, with Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and other elected officials. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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University of Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams is expected to be the number one pick in Thursday's NFL draft. His stellar on-field performances can be traced to one play as a nine-year-old. Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images hide caption

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Ed Dwight poses for a portrait in February to promote the National Geographic documentary film The Space Race during the Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption

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A coyote at the Fort Worth Zoo is photographed in the hours leading up to the April 8 total solar eclipse. The Hartstone-Rose Research Lab, NC State hide caption

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Animals get stressed during eclipses. But not for the reason you think

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The Conemaugh Generating Station in New Florence, Pa., is among the nation's coal-fired power plants that face tough new regulations to limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption

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Coal and new gas power plants will have to meet climate pollution targets

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Top row, from left: Palestinian Saifeddin "Safi" Issam Ayad Abutaha; Lalzawmi "Zomi" Frankcom of Australia; Damian Sobol of Poland; Jacob Flickinger of the U.S. and Canada; Bottom row, from left: Britain's John Chapman, James Kirby and James Henderson. World Central Kitchen hide caption

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Texas State Troopers on horseback work to disperse pro-Palestinian students protesting the Israel-Hamas war on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin on Wednesday. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Jim Hoft, owner of the Gateway Pundit, at the White House in 2019. The website has been hit with defamation lawsuits related to 2020 election fraud conspiracy theories it is accused of spreading. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case examining a federal-state conflict over emergency abortions. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption

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Heated arguments at the Supreme Court in newest abortion case

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Manuel Vazquez, owner of Coya's artisan ice cream, poses for a photo as he carries a tray of ice pops in the kitchen of his shop in Fort Myers, Fla. Marco Bello for NPR hide caption

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In Florida, an exodus of people fleeing rising anti-immigrant sentiment

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