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Left to right: Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite and U.S. President Donald Trump, hold a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House Tuesday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman speaks at a news conference after a DACA hearing at a Brooklyn court on Jan. 30. New York state is leading a group of 17 states in a lawsuit to try to remove a new citizenship question from the 2020 census questionnaire. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
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Amazon relies on the U.S. Postal Service for about 40 percent of its package deliveries. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Medicinal leech feeds. KQED hide caption
A tray of gluten-free pastries. For people with celiac disease, incidental ingestion of gluten can lead to painful symptoms and lasting intestinal damage. Two new studies suggest such exposure may be greater than many realize, even for those following gluten-free diets. JPM/Getty Images/Image Source hide caption
SenseTime's technology is able to identify specific attributes of vehicles and people. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption
Facial Recognition In China Is Big Business As Local Governments Boost Surveillance
A video from the sports website Deadspin shows local TV news anchors reciting, in unison, a script from Sinclair Broadcast Group denouncing "fake stories." Deadspin/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Andrea Constand leaves the courtroom after closing arguments on June 12, 2017. The judge declared a mistrial when the jury couldn't reach a verdict after more than 50 hours of deliberation. David Maialetti/AP hide caption
Money deposited in a health savings account is tax-deductible, grows tax-free and can be used to pay for medical expenses. The annual maximum allowable contribution to an HSA is slightly lower for some people this year. Fanatic Studio/Getty Images/Collection Mix: Subjects RF hide caption
A photo illustration of the Grindr app is displayed on a smartphone in Berlin, Germany, in February. Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images hide caption
A metal fence runs along the U.S.-Mexico border east of San Luis, Ariz. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption
A variety of Australian wines with metal screwcaps are seen in a 2007 photo. Larry Crowe/AP hide caption
Donte DiVincenzo of the Villanova Wildcats drives to the basket Monday night against Isaiah Livers of the Michigan Wolverines in the first half during the 2018 NCAA Men's Final Four National Championship game at the Alamodome in San Antonio. DiVincenzo came off the bench to score 18 points in the half and 31 in the game. Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks at a civics event in January in Seattle. Sotomayor wrote a scathing dissent about police shootings Monday. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption
On the night of Nov. 18, Sheriff Oscar Carrillo responded to a report of a Border Patrol agent down in this culvert. John Burnett/NPR hide caption
A Border Patrol Agent Dies Mysteriously. The Sheriff Has A Simple Theory
The President Trump that might meet soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin is in a very different political position than the one who last talked with him face-to-face. Mikhail Klimentyev/Getty Images hide caption
Gas is pumped into vehicles at a BP gas station in Hoboken, N.J. in 2016.The Obama administration moved to nearly double fuel-economy standards by 2025, but the EPA now is moving to weaken them. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption
Mick Mulvaney, interim director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, wants to give Congress prior approval of any major new rules created by the bureau. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Ethan Couch is surrounded by reporters after he was released from the Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth, Texas, today. Nick Oxford/Reuters hide caption
Former FBI Director Andrew McCabe's legal defense fund has raised $537,000 since his firing, triple the goal. Pete Marovich/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump delivers remarks from the Truman Balcony with first lady Melania Trump and someone dressed as a bunny during last year's Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption