Passengers line up at London's Gatwick Airport amid a global IT outage on Friday. Jack Taylor/Getty Images hide caption
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At least two people have died and more than a dozen have been hospitalized in connection with a listeria outbreak linked to meat sold at deli counters, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. AJ Watt/iStockphoto/Getty Images hide caption
A hairdresser straightens a woman's hair by applying a hair product. A delayed proposal by the Food and Drug Administration would ban the use of formaldehyde as an ingredient in hair relaxers and hair straighteners. Getty Images hide caption
Former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally in Butler, Pa., after an assassination attempt on his life. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
A group of novachky, female campers ages 6-11, stand at attention for a photograph, along with their two sestrichky, or "sisters" who serve as female counselors. Marching drills are a daily activity at camp. Andrea Wenglowskyj hide caption
Rep. Shelia Jackson Lee, D-Texas, speaks during a House Judiciary Committee meeting on Dec. 13, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Patrick Semansky/AP Pool hide caption
Simone Biles competes on the balance beam during the Senior Women's competition of the 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships. Jamie Squire/Getty Images hide caption
USA Gymnastics made a miraculous comeback — but is it actually safer for Olympians?
A photo of the floor of the Republican National Convention. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption
Southwest Airlines says it's taking steps to keep its onboard beverages cooler. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP hide caption
Steven Johnson escaped from Mill Creek Correctional Facility in Salem, Ore., during a prison work detail in 1994. He was arrested on Tuesday in Macon, Ga., where had had assumed the identity of a dead child. Oregon Department of Corrections/Bibb County Sheriff's Office hide caption
Microsoft, which hosts cloud services with businesses and governments, said it was grappling with service outages after a glitch triggered by software distributed by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. Haven Daley/AP hide caption
Balloons drop as the final day of the Republican National Convention ends. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption
An ACT Assessment preparation book is seen in 2014 in Springfield, Ill. Seth Perlman/AP hide caption
President Biden speaks about student loan debt, April 8, 2024, in Madison, Wis. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after officially accepting the Republican presidential nomination on stage on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption
Linda McMahon, former administrator of the Small Business Administration, during the Republican National Convention. Hannah Beier/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption
FILE - Fox Business News host Lou Dobbs speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), on Feb. 24, 2017, in Oxon Hill, Md. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Republican vice presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, speaks on stage on the third day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Michail Chkhikvishvili, alleged leader of a Neo-Nazi organization, was indicted at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse on Wednesday morning for soliciting violent hate crimes. If convicted on four counts, he faces 50 years in U.S. prison. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance speaks during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday. Vance spent a portion of his address speaking about the influence of his late grandmother, who he called his "guardian angel." Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption
So Seong-wook (left) and Kim Yong Min leave the Supreme Court building in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday. Suh Dae-yeon/Yonhap/AP hide caption
Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at the 2024 Republican National Convention on Wednesday in Milwaukee as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump watches. There are more than a dozen so-called "fake electors" from several states serving as delegates at this year's convention. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
Royal Ramey, co-founder and CEO of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program. Ed Kashi/Talking Eyes Media hide caption