Conestoga Wood Specialties founder Anthony Hahn delivers a brief statement to the news media after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Sebelius v Hobby Lobby The court heard from lawyers on both sides of the case which may determine whether the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 allows forprofit corporations to deny their employees health coverage of contraceptives to which the employees are entitled by federal law based on the religious objections of the corporation s owners.


Demonstrators hold up banners during a rally outside the Maryland State House in Annapolis Md on Jan 14 2014 after Gov Martin OMalley proposed raising the state s minimum wage to 1010 per hour by 2018.


Law enforcement officials search a street near the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora NY.


Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes speaks at the CEO Summit of the Americas.


Keith Allen Harward center hugs a well wisher Rhonda Rowland of Farmville Va as he is released from Nottoway Correctional Center in Burkeville Va.


Jamison Crowder left who set a Redskins rookie receptions record with 59 last season shakes hands at practice on Wednesday with Jordan Reed who set team records for tight ends during his 87catch 11touchdown year.


Protesters march during a rally near the Chicago police headquarters.


Harvesting walnuts by shaking the trees.


In this Sept 25 2013 photo Sen Ted Cruz RTexas emerges from the Senate Chamber after his overnight crusade railing against the nation s new health care law at the Capitol in Washington Wednesday Sept 25 2013.


Mary Cassatt s Young Girl at a Window circa 18831884 oil on canvas.


Relatives and friends pay their last respects at the coffin of Nemtsov a charismatic Russian opposition leader and sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin.


The 6 musicians who have the most food endorsements.


Dylan Williams left looks at his friend.


Brooke gestures to Republican presidential hopeful Rep John B Anderson.


Journalists Roberta Baskin and Jim Trengove bought the property in 2014 CIA safe house was all we had to hear jokes Baskin Wondering about the artwork on the floor The lady on the floor has been with us for more than two decades writes Jim Her name is Ivy and she s made of epoxy resin Ivy is the creation of sculptor Frank Gallo who also has pieces at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and teaches at the University of Illinois at Urbana.


A journey from Earth to Proxima Centauri s planet.


The existing Tysons Galleria sign with a blend of fonts.


Asher Meerovich left and Joe Doyle of the Tomato Dodgers play Bardo in Washington DC in September Asher a senior at the University of Maryland is one of a number of young musicians who are earning their college degrees before embarking on a career seeking pop stardom.


Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach.


District Mayor Muriel Bowser waves as she takes the stage to deliver her first State of the District address at the Lincoln theater on March 31 2015 in Washington DC.


Two cities in the Washington area received props for their healthy habits in a recent issue of Self magazine According to the magazine s Best Cities for Women 2012 report Bethesda is the secondhealthiest city nationwide thanks in large part to its low crime rate The District which includes Arlington and Alexandria according to Self has one of the highest exercise rates in the country and more farmer s markets than most other cities However it also has one of the highest rates of binge drinking dragging down DC s ranking to 31st.


A medical bus escorted by German and US police leaves the US air base about a halfhour after a plane landed The bus drove toward the medical center in Landstuhl.


Main entrance to the Old Post Office Pavilion on Pennsylvania Ave NW in Washington.


Goats stand on rocks at the Platta viewpoint on the Aletsch Glacier in Fiesch Switzerland August 12 2015.


The Rev Ima Sherman Jackson delivers the invocation.


Taya Kyle prepares to enter the building for the trial She and her husband had an 8yearold son and a 6yearold daughter together at the time of his death.


UK Labor leader Miliband resigns after defeat.


Mikail Kalashnikov left talks to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Izhevsk.


This file photo taken on March 6 2014 shows Yulia Tymoshenko leader of Ukraine s Batkivshchyna Party addressing the media during a news conference at the European People s Party.


Syrian nationals living in Lebanon gesture as they arrive outside the Syrian Embassy in Yarze east of Beirut on May 28 before voting in the upcoming presidential elections.


A man holds an umbrella as he walks through debris in the village of Paslang.


Sondra Osterman the wife of Zimmerman s friend Mark Osterman listens to the 911 call that came in moments before Martin was shot On the witness stand Sondra Osterman testified that it was Zimmerman screaming for help on the call Martin s mother and brother had taken the stand the week before to say the voice belonged to the teenager.


Workers at a BP sugarcane plantation near the city of Itumbiara In the 1970s Brazil wanted to wean itself off imported oil and turned to ethanol Cars were built to run solely on the biofuel Gas stations selling ethanol popped up nationwide Generous subsidies went to sugarcane producers and mills But in recent years natural and manmade storms have buffeted the industry.


Forrest Allen 21 photographed at his home in Middleburg Va sports a bandana on his head with a stark drop at the cavity in front where the skull stops Within days of his 18th birthday in January 2011 he suffered a traumatic brain injury in a snowboarding accident He smashed into a fence splitting his head open.


Fisker Automotive s Karma at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles.


Theodore Roosevelt in The President s carriage.


Rusty is seen in his exhibit in Washington.


Biden on Trump I would take him behind the gym.


President Obama waves after speaking in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House April 30 2013.


Star Scientific chief executive Jonnie R Williams Sr left and Virginia first lady Maureen McDonnell at a 2011 reception for a NASCAR race at the Executive Mansion in Richmond Williams became especially close friends with the first lady Authorities alleged that for nearly two years the McDonnells hit up Williams again and again lodging nearconstant requests for large loans clothes trips golf accessories and private plane rides.


Dupont Down Under pictured in 1996 attracted national franchises including Schlotzsky s.


Lace and highwaist jeans from the Gucci springsummer 2016 menswear show.


The dilapidated space was formerly used by a metalworker to store supplies In this photo construction workers remove exterior doors which fetched 75 at a scrap metal place.


A rendering of the redesigned interior of Firefly Lounge in Dupont Circle The restaurant is expected to reopen on Sept 29.


Wings of all types at Gravely Point Feb 28 2016.


Kit Harington as Jon Snow in HBO s Game of Thrones.


The Justice Department has dispatched polling monitors to 28 jurisdictions to prevent discrimination during Tuesday s midterm elections.


Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally Sept 19 in Fort Myers Fla.


Klay Thompson is content with being the George Harrison of the Warriors.


Two thirdgraders push a cart with their used dishes into the kitchen at Umejima Elementary School.


A police helicopter and a quadcopter drone fly over a postmarch street celebration in West Baltimore.


Russia mourns after airliner crashes in Egypt None of the 224 people on board a Russian aircraft survived after it went down en route from an Egyptian resort area to St Petersburg.


What s the role of sports in recovery after Boston Marathon attack Post Sports Live.


President Obama speaks during the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol on Tuesday.


Health workers prepare disinfectant in containers to spray at a treatment center in Monrovia.


Cernan in an interview with The Washington Post after talking to students at Churchill Road Elementary School.


Jeb Bush shakes hands after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference.


Iraqi army officers and soldiers listen to intercepted Islamic State communications which they say have grown more desperate in recent weeks as the army has gained momentum in its fight to retake Ramadi.


Water is collected from the desalination system that runs on solar energy.


ProRussian activists cheer near a flag depicting Stalin holding a machine gun above the phrase Death to fascism during a rally marking May Day in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk Some 100000 workers paraded on Red Square on Thursday for the first time since the 1991 Soviet breakup as the takeover of Crimea triggered a surge of patriotism and boosted Russian President Vladimir Putin s standing.


Army Specialist Jameel T Freeman is shown with his wife Jennifer and his 2yearold daughter Jenessa.


Garbine Muguruza left serves against Serena Williams at Wimbledon.


The Baller yoga mat is pitched at athletes who have everything and desire nothing That tagline comes right after a large headline that blares Unrolling 1000 Yoga Mats.


Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally Tuesday in Cedar Falls Iowa Trump leads polls but is ranked 12th in the number of visits to the state.


The antiValentine s Day movement seeks to put a crack in those candy hearts.


A Free Syrian Army fighter watches over an enemy position as rebel fighters belonging to the Liwa Al Tawhid group carry out an operation at the Moaskar front line in Aleppo Syria.


A statue outside the Boy Scouts of America headquarters in Irving Texas.


Pascal Tessier receives his Eagle Scout badge at his weekly troop meeting at the All Saints Church in Chevy Chase on February 10 2014.


Khalia Smalley is hand in hand with BruceMonroe Elementary Principal Marta Palacios as they lead a parade against violence through the Northwest Washington s Park View neighborhood Saturday.


Mayor Vincent C Gray is questioned by reporters after a news conference May 23.


Kaitlyn Farrington of the United States is all smiles as she competes in the snowboard women s halfpipe finals Farrington won the gold medal.


The Baltimore City Detention Center is the site where officials allege scores of crimes were committed by a prison gang and correctional officers.


Men embrace at the funeral of security guard Dan Uzan in Copenhagen.


Bangladeshi Muslims burn a US flag and a coffin of US President Obama during a protest in Dhaka Bangladesh on Sept 21 2012.


People wait to board a train in the village of Ugolnaya.


Local residents build their new house in Sankhu on the outskirts of Kathmandu.


A woman holds a picture of lawyer Salwa Bugaighis who was killed last month during a demonstration against her death in Benghazi.


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Jersey No 5 Home town Overland Park Kan Age 27 Caps 17 Goals 0Amid heavy turnover on the back line Besler forged a starting role in early 2013 and became Klinsmann s most reliable central defender He was MLS s defender of the year in 2012 and anchored Kansas City s championship campaign last year.


On the campaign trail Cuccinelli has kept up his criticism of the federal Affordable Care Act and its bugfilled launch He said more Americans have lost their health insurance than have been able to buy new governmentsubsidized policies since its online insurance markets opened on Oct 1 If you think everything s peachy with Obamacare there s a candidate on the ballot for you and it s Terry McAuliffe Cuccinelli said mentioning his Democratic opponent.


Walks like an employee talks like an employee.


Atlanta police move in to arrest multiple protestors outside a Donald Trump rally at the Fox Theater Wednesday June 15 2016 in Atlanta.


Mie Prefecture Gov Eikei Suzuki left joins European Council President Donald Tusk left Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi German Chancellor Angela Merkel President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as they participate in a treeplanting ceremony during their visit to the Ise Jingu shrine.


The court guard watches the pool of prospective jurors while the judge talks with the defense attorneys and prosecutors in his chambers.


A proRussian rebel walks in a market damaged by shelling in Donetsk eastern Ukraine.


A model holds the Nexplanon hormonal implant for birth control.


Greenfield measures a new customer for a suit.


President Obama awards the Medal of Freedom to Bob Dylan in the East Room of the White House in Washington.


Smoke billows on the horizon as Iraqi military forces prepare Monday for an offensive to retake the city of Fallujah from Islamic State militants.


Stewart dedicated an entire show to the Zadroga bill meant to help first responders who developed health issues after the 911 attacks as the bill languished Stewart took to task Senate Republicans who filibustered the bill and the media for largely ignoring the subject A few days later the bill passed.


New research measures just how electable each of the candidates is.


In March Bostoncom and other outlets bought into a phony report that New York Times columnist Paul Krugman had slid into bankruptcy.


Pope Francis talks with the owner of an optical store.


Tilda Swinton in a scene from Only Lovers Left Alive.


File Maryland Live Casino blackjack table viewed through a surveillance camera Maryland lottery sales are down for the second year in a row likely because of increase of competition from casinos.


The Rev Al Sharpton arrives with Aisha J McShaw.


The kitchen has stainless steel appliances granite countertops maple cabinetry with glass fronts and pendant light fixtures.


View Photo Gallery Herman Cain campaigns amid controversy.


A delegate attends the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.


Skip Bayless cohosts First Take which airs daily on ESPN2 His insistent sometimes outlandish arguments are perfectly suited for the superheated highly lucrative world of sportstalk television.


Australian Aboriginal performers participate in a Corroboree showcasing traditional dance during National Reconciliation Week on Sydney s Coogee Beach in 2015.


A sign at the Farragut West station informs Metro riders about the closure of the entire Metrorail system.


A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage during the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna On July 14 foreign ministers of the United States Iran China Russia Britain Germany France and the European Union walked on stage to tell the world about a historic agreement As the ceremony ended and colleagues rushed to file their images and stories I decided to stay on A few seconds after the country representatives left the stage a staff member showed up to remove the countries flags The man took hold of the Iranian flag and walked past the US flag That was what I had been waiting for beyond the spotlight unscripted The lesson be the first to arrive and the last to leave.


Tens of thousands of Kenyans gather at a peace rally ahead of presidential elections in Nairobi The rally at which all of Kenya s presidential candidates were in attendance aimed to discourage violence during its March 4 elections.


Catherine Duchess of Cambridge visits SainteJustine University Hospital on July 2 2011 in Montreal Canada The newly married Royal Couple are on the third day of their first joint overseas tour.


Waves from Roanoke Sound pound the Virginia Dare Trail in Manteo NC.


Italian police patrol a street in Amatrice.


Dharun Ravi stands alone following a sentencing hearing for his conviction in using a webcam to invade the privacy of his roommate Tyler Clementi and another man in their college dorm room in New Brunswick NJ on May 21 2012 The former Rutgers University student was sentenced to 30 days in prison for bias crimes after he spied on his roommate s gay encounter in a case that drew national attention to bullying.


Familiar faces make a comeback in 2015 Emmy nominations.


Chinese soldiers in riot gear secure the area outside the Id Kah Mosque after Imam Jumwe Tahir was killed by assailants following morning prayers on July 30 Accounts range from about 20 to nearly 100 dead in violence in the area.


Edie Windsor left an activist for samesex marriage and Julie Milligan.


A police officer prevents an attendee from leaving the venue after it was reported that shots were fired outside.


Kim Bryden 26 voted against Bowser in the primary but will likely vote for her in November.


WDBJ7 General Manager Jeff Marks and News Director Kelly Zuber conduct a news conference with their staff in Roanoke.


Orecchiette With Brussels Sprouts and Bay Scallops.


A salad of grilled octopus with chick peas fresh parsley lemon and artisanal olive oil served chilled at Girasole in The Plains Va.


Kerry left and US Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt light candles and lay roses atop the Shrine of the Fallen in Kiev The shrine is near the site of the deadliest fighting of the three months of demonstrations against Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych At least 98 people died during the protests.


From left John Travolta as Robert Shapiro David Schwimmer as Robert Kardashian and Cuba Gooding Jr as OJ Simpson in the FX series The People v OJ Simpson American Crime Story.


Key lime tart with toasted coconut sorbet.


Ian Stehmeier with Boy Scout Troop 1407 from Chicago cool off in a fountain on the grounds of the Washington Monument during a hot summer day.


Clashes continue between antigovernment protesters and Interior Ministry members and riot police in central Kiev s Independence Square.


The first complete genome sequence for the bug could yield some strategies against it.


An GOP conventiongoer from Virginia prays during the call to order for the opening of the 2012 convention.


Yellen is nt the only economics expert in her family She is married to George Akerlof right the 2001 Nobel laureate in economics The two met while working at the Fed They have a son Robert who is an economics professor at Britain s University of Warwick.


Griffin leaves a news conference in December 2013 after it was announced that thencoach Mike Shanahan would keep him out of the final three games of the 2013 season Griffin had surgery during the offseason to fix the knee injury from 2012 and Shanahan claimed he was protecting Griffin from being reinjured.


Metro General Manager Richard Sarles and Robert Golden Jr assistant chief engineer of vehicles examine the engine compartment of a new hybrid bus in May 2011.


The Anthem restaurant in the new convention center hotel features nine original stools from Hot Shoppes the first Marriott family business in the Washington area.


The Most Interesting Man in the World says goodbye in final ad.


Green Bay Packers kick returner Desmond Howard.


Trump and Bill OReilly It s complicated.


Campaign workers David Conway left and Chris Naylor make calls and work on letters at the Johnson County Republican Party headquarters for Sen Pat Roberts and Gov Sam Brownback.


A team of rebels search for and remove mines using metal probes and one or two metal detectors from an olive grove outside of the town of Kikla in the western mountains of Liyba.


Migrants and refugees arrive on a dinghy after crossing from Turkey to Lesbos island Greece Tuesday Sept 8 2015.


Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen Charles E Grassley.


Mourners watch as a Kurdish man writes the name of Kurdish fighter Cundi Minaz who was killed in the fighting with the militants of the Islamic State group in Kobane Syria at her grave during the funeral of four female Kurdish fighters.


Matthew Carrano curator of dinosauria at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History shares a laugh with paleontologist John R Jack Horner at the Museum of the Rockies.


Kevin Rogers the president of Museum Square s board talks at a meeting July 25 at the apartment complex in Washington Rogers a 24year resident of the building says he feels a sense of obligation to preserve the community that came to define the city s Chinatown.


Demonstrators run away from tear gas as they remove a barrier from outside the Egyptian presidential palace s main gate during a demonstration in Cairo Tens of thousands of demonstrators encircled the presidential palace after riot police failed to keep them at bay with tear gas in a growing crisis over Morsi s decree widening his powers.


Actor Clint Eastwood talks to an empty chair while pretending to address President Obama during the Republican National Convention in Tampa.


Former secretary of state Colin Powell speaks at an meeting of America s Promise Alliance which he cofounded.


Afghan men right walk past a US soldier to attend a meeting in Washer district Helmand province in August 2011.


Three things the new Osama bin Laden docs reveal.


An image taken from the MUSE instrument on the European Southern Observatory s Very Large Telescope shows the active galaxy Markarian 1018 which has a supermassive black hole at its core.


Michael J Fox as Louis Canning in The Good Wife.


President Obama gestures towards the press after speaking at the Pentagon on Monday following a meeting with top military officials about the military campaign against the Islamic State.


Looking for America The art gallery owner with a global upbringing.


ThenOregon State head coach Mike Riley smiles before the start of an NCAA college football game against Brigham Young University in Provo Utah Nebraska hired Riley as its new football coach in December 2014.


A cherry tree in Cleveland Park on Monday April 6 2015.


Sandra Bullock as Jane in Our Brand is Crisis.


Dock workers pack crates of fish with ice and load them onto a truck at the harbor in Tanmen.


Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at a student conference for the Clinton Global Initiative University in Tempe Ariz.


Jermaine Jackson did nt like Donald Trump s comments about his late brother.


The photograph is cleverly shot to make it look like the gates of the federal government are literally closing Neat eh.


A British World War II veteran reacts as he visits a war cemetery in France on June 4 two days before the start of the DDay commemorations.


Former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee wonders how miserable it would be to give a speech at the Freedom Summit if he was Jeb Bush or Mitt Romney REUTERSJim Young.


A screenshot of a message posted on the website operated by Kenya s National Environment Trust Fund after it was hacked on July 21 2014.


An Egyptian woman tries to stop a military bulldozer from hurting a wounded youth during clashes near Rabaa alAdawiya mosque in eastern Cairo.


Ryan King 33 works at Safeway in Northwest Washington King who has intellectual disabilities and his parents want want him to be legally independent of them.


The Los Angeles Times focused on the commotion at Buckingham Palace where people were straining to see the royal proclamation of birth The abundance of puns continues with this headline The prince of wails has arrived.


Hurricane Sandy causes street flooding as it comes ashore in Dewey Beach Del.


A freshly painted mural on the side of Whole Woman s Health clinic.


During a snowball fight Ethan Katz smashes snow into his friend Jonathan Garza s face at Dupont Circle.


The Ukrainian president was deposed in February and fled the capital Kiev He has been reported in a suburb of Moscow The new leadership has issued a warrant for his arrest for the mass killing of demonstrators who protested his Russiabacked government.


Bernie Sanders and Christopher Pearson in 1998.


Ohio police are looking for the owner of a human heart that was found in a field This illustration shows the human vascular system.


Stolen cars are dumped at the hotel and the walls are scarred with bullet holes.


Jeh Johnson President Obama s choice for the next Homeland Security Secretary in the Rose Garden at the White House.


How this robot is helping to explain the origins of life.


Tangier Island s watermen already have crabbing boats that are easily turned to a new purpose retrieving the oyster beds from the sea.


People wave Turkish flags as they gather in Taksim Square in Istanbul protesting against the attempted coup early Tuesday.


This image shows the height of the existing White House fence compared with a proposed higher one.


A westward facing view of Dulles Toll Road from the Wiehle Ave overpass where the Silver Line of the Metro is being extended to Dulles Airport in Reston VA.


Park shakes hands with the pope after a news conference at the presidential Blue House in Seoul.


Supporters of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hang an effigy of USbased cleric Fethullah Gulen during a progovernment demonstration last month in Taksim Square in Istanbul.


A man works at the site of a rare earth metals mine in Nancheng County China.


The city of Palatka is sometimes referred to as a tentacle in the 5th Congressional District.


Ted Cruz says Republican presidential rival Donald Trump has sent his campaign a cease and desist letter to stop a campaign ad that suggests Trump is prochoice.


The Venable Ice Shelf West Antarctica taken by Landsat 8 in 2014 and provided by Karen Alley Ice flow roughly right to left and the visible depressions running roughly along the ice flow direction are basal channels said Alley by email.


Michael Bloomberg mayor of New York City poses for a portrait at New York City Hall on Friday January 11 2013 He has been outspoken on the issue of gun control.


An undated photograph from the Twitter feed of the jihadist group Welayat Salahadden allegedly shows Iraqi soldiers in civilian clothes in the custody of gunmen from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.


A wildfire burns a house as the sun sets over Cajon Junction Calif this week.


Chart shows Metrorail s on time performance rates since the Silver Line opened last summer.


Rocio Turcios 19 came here from Honduras seven months ago She s eight months pregnant.


Vladimir Putin says he has no idea who hacked the DNC.


State Representative Ed DeLaney address the crowd during the rally.


The aging Frederick Douglass bridge shown in 2012 is an example of the national problem of poor maintenance and failing infrastructure.


Jack Montgomery chases his son Cardel through a neighborhood park.


A medical worker at the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Hospital wears a protective suit before going to the highrisk area of the facility.


Annapolis couple sues for 2 million over snake infested home.


Enrique Carbajal left and Victor Tome have been charged with sexually assaulting a 12yearold girl.


North Korea s Kim Jong Eun views South Korean islands through binoculars during a visit to a military unit on a western island bordering South Korea Rodong Sinmun the daily newspaper of the North s Workers Party reported on March 8 that Kim visited units on the Jangjae and Mu islets which conducted indiscriminate bombardment of the South s Yeonpyeong Island in 2010 killing two marines and two civilians.


A thick layer of sand lends a tropical vibe to the patio at MacDowell Brew Kitchen even on a cool Fall day.


A map showing Obo in the Central African Republic.


At second debate Donald Trump accuses Bill Clinton of abusing women.


Cables at a Dalles Ore Google facility are organized by hue.


Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega attends a meeting of leaders from the Central American Integration System.


Lengths of cartilage beyond the squirrel s wrist acts like the curved wingtips on an airplane.


Syracuse forward James Southerland shoots for two over Pittsburgh guard James Robinson Syracuse defeated Pittsburgh 6259 to advance in the tournament and will play the Georgetown Hoyas in a semifinal game Friday night.


A woman signs the book of condolence for Thatcher at the Conservative Party headquarters in Finchley North London Thatcher was elected as a member of Parliament for Finchley in 1959.


A rendering of Park Van Ness a mixeduse project planned for Connecticut Avenue.


Songwriter Diane Warren right and Julie Horton.


File photo Armed Czech police on guard at Vaclav Havel Airport Prague Czech Republic on 22 March 2016 Security levels at many airports were intensified following the attack that day on departure hall of Brussels Airport in Zaventem Belgium Airport and on Brussels metro system.


Raul Elizalde dances with daughter Grace in their Monterrey living room Grace s first word was mama She never has learned another.


South Sudanese President Salva Kiir left shakes hands with US Secretary of State John F Kerry as they hold a bilateral meeting at the USAfrica Business Forum in Washington.


The ghost ships of Mallows Bay MD The ships Caribou with Benzonia lying across her Courtesy of Chesapeake ConservancyDonald Shomette.


Yimier Giraldo of Martin Lawn Landscaping blows snow out of driveways along Massachusetts Avenue.


North Koreans in business suits and military outfits attend a parade at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang.


Healthcare workers dress in protective gear recently at the ALIMA Ebola Treatment Unit in Nzerekore Guinea.


Ronald Fryer Courtesy of the American Economic Association.


A visitor looks at the 12thcentury Codex Dresdensis one of four historic Mayan manuscripts that exist in the world at the Saxon State Library in Dresden Germany The documents enumerate the Mayan calendar which will complete its 13th cycle Dec 21 and many people across the globe are interpreting the calendar to mean impending global devastation and the birth of a new order are near.


NextBus DC a popular smartphone app that tracks Metrobus arrivals has stopped working.


Eduard Shevardnadze a Soviet foreign minister who served as the diplomatic face of Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev s liberalizing policies and would later become president of an independent Georgia is dead at 86 READ Eduard A Shevardnadze Soviet foreign minister under Gorbachev dies at 86.


Neighbors watch employees with the city of Isle of Palms cut down a live oak tree that fell on 23rd Avenue after heavy rain.


Police stand watch outside the home of the gunman Micah Xavier Johnson in Mesquite Tex Police found bombmaking materials and other weaponry at his suburban home after his deadly rampage at a rally in Dallas.


Researcher Gan Renxian releases adult mosquitoes as he rides in a cart on China s Shazai Island where the Sun YatSen UniversityMichigan State University Joint Center of Vector Control for Tropical Disease is conducting its release field program All photos were shot between June 20 and June 23.


Seahawks wide receiver Bryan Walters is tackled by Patriots cornerback Kyle Arrington early in the first quarter.


Players lead a fantasy football draft at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Cincinnati in 2010.


An Afghan farmer works on a poppy field in the Khogyani district in Jalalabad east of Kabul Poppy cultivation is expected to increase in both eastern and western provinces of the country.


A wanted poster is displayed in the window of a state police car near Dannemora NY.


Specialty sausages from Hoffman s Meats will be available on all three levels.


Voters from Mexico s ruling conservative party selected Josefina Vazquez Mota as their first woman presidential candidate on Sunday.


Police control the crowd as people jostle to see former South African president Nelson Mandela on the last day of his lying in state in Pretoria.


Demonstrators participate in a Black Lives Matter protest in London Britain 05 August 2016 EPAHANNAH MCKAY.


The grand opening for Trump s DC hotel will be Oct 26.


Video purportedly shows suspect in NSA ICC shootings.


This is the symphony performance you re looking for Star Wars fans.


Tykira Todd 12 Tybria Todd 6 Tyania Todd 9 Tybree Todd 10 and in front Zycheim Todd 7 and two other older siblings and father Rodney Todd were found dead in Princess Anne Md.


NATO expresses great concern over Russian actions in Syria.


Deb Gustafson speaks as Ware Elementary School at Fort Riley Kansas as the school was rededicated in memory of Maj Gen Keith L Ware who was killed in Vietnam.


Demonstrators gather after marching at the Louisiana capitol.


At the first International Conference on Men s Issues held in suburban Detroit speakers included a conservative columnist from Canada s National Post and an antidomesticviolence activist discussing the need for malevictim resources Mike Buchanan above pitched the idea of a men s rights party in Britain.


Migrants from Syria Iraq and Afghanistan arrive at a registration camp in the city of Presevo Serbia 17 December 2015.


THURMONT MD JULY 25 Sarah Cooke 13 left to center Taylor Byrd 12 and Kelly Cooke 11 cool off at Cunningham Falls State Park as others seek the cool shade on Wednesday July 25 2012.


Don Pardo greets the crowd at a taping in May 1980 Pardo served as the show s legendary announcer for 38 seasons He skipped only Season 7 and died in August 2014.


White House Obama prepared to sign compromise spending bill.


Supporters of Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson rally in front of the Commission on Presidential Debates on Sept 30 2016 in Washington.


An East German woman gives flowers to West German border guards at the opening of the Berlin Wall.


The Francis Scott Key Bridge is shown in this view from the Holiday Inn Hotel in Rosslyn.


Butchered dogs are seen at a dog meat market in Yulin ahead of a local Dog Meat Festival Guangxi Autonomous Region June 17 2015.


A man passes a bag delivered by the Red Cross and the North Texas Food Bank into the apartment unit at the Ivy Apartments complex.


Metro has three proposals for cutting latenight service to give track workers more time to conduct maintenance work.


A Pakistani man surveys his damaged home in Swat Pakistan.


Amanda Kloer Director of Organizing at Campaign on Changeorg speaks to reporters during a protest in front of the Apple store in Washington DC on Feb 9 2012.


A rescue crew carries a victim away from the crash site.


The color guard leaves the field after the national anthem.


President Obama Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a plenary session during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation.


The apartment building in Paris that was raided by French police special forces.


Leo Hayes 7 tries to detect a flowery scent from an Indian Lotus while on an outing at the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington on July 31.


United States team members celebrate a goal by forward Carli Lloyd during the second half against Germany.


Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gestures to the crowd during a rally in Roanoke Va on Sept 24.


Cunningham Falls State Park is 90 minutes from the District and has a family friendly atmosphere.


A tour of the Gettysburg museum s storage area reveals a bust of President Abraham Lincoln.


These three men vow to get you to space sooner rather than later.


The sun sets behind mountains on New Year s Eve in Honolulu.


President Obama speaks next to comedian KeeganMichael Key playing Luther Obama s anger translator at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner in Washington on April 25.


Mike Flynn shovels snow to help free Dora Rojas s car after it got stuck while turning into an alley in Minneapolis.


People arrive at the Mall for the march and rally.


Singer Dionne Warwick arrives for the dedication.


Ohio voters at a Hillary Clinton event in Akron on Oct 3.


Tiera Williams and her four children prepare to leave a Days Inn in Northeast Washington.


A man installs a ballot box as he takes part in the preparations for a referendum inside a school in Simferopol the capital of Ukraine s Crimea region ProRussian leaders in Crimea made final preparations Saturday for a referendum widely expected to transfer control of the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine to Moscow despite the threat of sanctions and condemnation from Western governments Sunday s vote dismissed by Kiev as illegal has triggered an EastWest crisis reminiscent of the Cold War and ratcheted up tensions not only in Crimea but also in eastern Ukraine where two people were killed in clashes late Friday.


Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres right addresses paratroops after the completion of Operation Entebbe in July 1976.


American s Shaun White reacts after his disappointing performance in the men s halfpipe.


Screenshot of Michelle Nunn campaign ad.


A currency sign is seen in Hong Kong on August 11 2015.


Seeger was the headliner at a Woody Guthrie tribute concert at the Birchmere in Alexandria.


Ava McNally protects her face from blowing sand while walking to the beach during tropical storm Hermine on Tybee Island Ga.


The 25th Street condo has one bedroom and one bathroom The unit also has upgraded cabinetry in the kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances.


Obama greets members of the US and Japanese military as he arrives to speak at a Marine Corps station in Iwakuni Japan.


Health care workers close the door to the highrisk area.


An exile Tibetan prostrates and drags a coffin to show solidarity to those who self immolated in Tibet during a protest in New Delhi India on Oct 17 2012 Activists have reported 55 selfimmolations since February 2009.


Photo By Nancy AndrewsThe Washington Post.


Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos left and the head of FARC rebels Timoleon Jimenez shake hands during a meeting in Havana on Sept 23 2015 Cuban leader Raul Castro was in attendance.


Curiosity takes a selfie in front of the Namib Dune on Mars.


From left former Olympians Mark Spitz Nadia Comaneci and Jenner wait at the CocaCola headquarters as the Olympic torch is brought in to be lit at the cauldron in Atlanta.


Family members of a passenger onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight listen to a briefing from the airline company at a hotel in Beijing Intensive background checks of everyone aboard a missing Malaysian jetliner have so far failed to find anyone with a known political or criminal motive to crash or hijack the plane Western security sources and Chinese authorities said.


Abu Faour shows video footage of a cow being stabbed in the neck in a slaughterhouse a violation of Lebanese slaughtering standards.


This Dec 9 2014 photo shows Navy Cmdr John Barsano commanding officer of the guidedmissile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton as he welcomes Ron Ingraham right aboard.


A woman withdraws cash from an ATM as a beggar sits in front of a branch of Eurobank in central Athens Feb 2 2015.


A demonstrator turns his back to the procession during the traditional entry of Saint Nicholas in Amsterdam in a protest against Black Pete.


The upper facade of the First United Methodist Church of Napa peels away from the roof after an earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay area.


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a statement to the press on Oct 9 2012 in Jerusalem Netanyahu called for an early elections saying they should be held as soon as possible.


Alehin Fernandez walks away from his car after loading it with food from the market.


An Israeli tank moves into position near the Israel and Gaza border Friday July 18 2014.


Jenner visits An American in Paris on Broadway at the Palace Theater in New York.


Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses the 51st Delta Sigma Theta National Convention in Washington DC Tuesday July 16 2013.


An image of Medric Cecil Mills Jr is seen during his funeral on Feb 8 2014 in Washington.


Metro says growing demand for the 80 bus line especially among those using wheelchairs or walkers contributes to service delays.


A protester dressed as the Master of Degrees holds a ball and chain representing his college loan debt during a protest last October in DC.


A view of the El Alto skyline which overlooks the city of La Paz.


Catherine Middleton in her wedding gown.


Afghan men wait to withdraw money from the Kabul Bank in Kabul in Sept 2010.


A man joins a protest called A Million Hoodies March to demand justice for the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin in New York s Union Square March 21 2012.


Kaya Henderson DC schools chancellor dances with a student at Jesus Suarez Gayol high school in Havana.


Voters turn out for the 2016 Super Tuesday primaries at the Hunter House at Nottoway Park in Vienna Va.


Channing Tatum left Jenna Dewan Tatum Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith on the red carpet.


The home of Dick and Jody Vilardo on May 11 2015 the day after they were killed.


A man helps a woman making her way through the rubble of a damaged building after what activists said were airstrikes carried out by the Russian air force in Idlib Syria on Sunday.


Sgt Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band No just President George W Bush and Chinese President Jiang Zemin in traditional silk jackets as they walk to an informal meeting at the APEC summit in Shanghai.


Noi Deenoi of Bowie Md visits the cherry blossoms at dawn.


Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos arrives with his wife Maria Clemencia Rodriguez for a news conference at the presidential palace in Bogota.


Chuck ScovilleNational Security and International Affairs Medal.


PostABC poll conducted April 11 to 14 on landline and cellular phones among a random national sample of 1003 adults.


Iranian political dissidents show support for the nuclear deal.


Yemen president berates Iran puppets at Arab summit.


120 arrested in New York City gang sweep.


A child is seen in Aleppo while injured by heavy bombing from military warplanes in the Syrian city Syrian government forces fought fierce clashes with rebels Friday attacking a police academy.


Russian President Vladimir Putin exercises in a gym at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi Russia on Aug 30.


A home with solar panels on its roof is shown in a residential neighborhood in San Marcos California in this September 192013 photo REUTERSMike Blake.


Visitors catch the blossoms at dawn on Saturday.


Clinton supporters listen to her victory speech at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.


Alfre Woodard in a dark longsleeved gown.


Lily Tomlin greets ticket buyers in Los Angeles for her 1978 onewoman show Appearing Nitely performing lounge organist BobbiJeanine one of a panoply of character Tomlin has created over four decades many of them inspired by her family and neighbors in Detroit where she grew up in a workingclass neighborhood I wish I could look at people the way I did People get more and more alike There were more characters before it seemed.


A 1925 picture of the Cider Barrell on Route 355 in Germantown which was built in 1922.


Nationals team members lift left fielder Steven Souza after he made a diving catch for the final out in the 9th inning preserving starting pitcher Jordan Zimmermann s nohitter against the Miami Marlins.


Pope Francis greets school children before he departs the Apostolic Nunciature the Vatican s diplomatic mission in the heart of Washington en route to the Capitol to address a joint meeting of Congress.


Thornton after being picked up by Washington last season.


A person looks on as emergency workers fight a house fire after a nearby fertilizer facility exploded in West Tex.


Jayson Werth catches a fly ball hit by Minnesota s Miguel Sano off the wall in the sixth inning.


Maurice White left and Philip Bailey perform during the inaugural Grammy Jam Fest in Los Angeles.


Cameron arrives at the rear of 10 Downing Street following his final Prime Minister s Questions.


Duterte on foreign troops I want them out.


Johnny Manziel is in his second ahem interesting season with the Browns.


DUBUQUE IA FEBRUARY 1 Hillary Clinton volunteers Nicolas Hockenberry and Allison Simpson coordinate volunteers in Dubuque Iowa on Feb 1.


Vote Leave supporters celebrate outside of parliament in London.


Motorists find their vehicles covered in snow.


Pilu Nielsen uncovers the families potato patch in Qaqortoq.


Police stand guard near the zoo entrance.


The field where the West Nickel Mines Amish School in Pennsylvania once stood.


The interior of a damaged house in Pescara del Tronto.


Maryland Gov Martin OMalley at a bill signing ceremony earlier this month.


Palestinians warm themselves by a fire inside their shack on a winter day in the central Gaza Strip.


Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney right and vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa Fla on Aug 30.


A large group of New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision officers gather at the intersection of Mt View Avenue and County Route 27 in Mountain View NY.


Was Paul Gauguin shown here in this selfportrait unethical.


An assortment of tools books and other items is seen in this 2011 file photo showing an exhibit on the Unabomber Ted Kacyznski.


Sajad Raheem works to construct a hotel that overlooks the shrines honoring Imam Hussain and his halfbrother Imam Abbas in Karbala As Iraq tries to recover from years of war and economic sanctions the religious pilgrimage business is a leading economic engine Several big hotels are rising downtown including a 175 million hotel and residential complex being developed by Dubaibased Range Hospitality Range officials have said publicly that they are spending at least 500 million on projects in Karbala and Najaf to accommodate the growing numbers of pilgrims.


Northwest running back Joshua Gills hits the pylon with the ball but is ruled out of bounds at the 1yard line Gills ran for 192 yards and caught two passes for 16 yards and a touchdown.


Tim Hunt at the Jozsef Attila Study and Information Center of Szeged Sciences University in Szeged Hungary in March 2012.


Police go through the parking lot of Excel Industries.


Patterson is launching BookShots a short pulp fiction series tagged as Stories at the speed of life and marketed to people who do nt read much.


Sweet Potato Casserole Collard Leather Britches and Smoked Venison.


Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves to supporters at Bethel United Methodist Church on Sept 14 in Flint Mich.


A young Egyptian boy right watches as his female friend irons his shorts and the other texts on her phone at the Civico Zero community center.


A row of Google selfdriving Lexus cars in May 2014 Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is set to unveil the Obama administration s plans for autonomous vehicles on May 13 in Silicon Valley.


Holly Holm moves in with a punch against Miesha Tate during UFC 196.


Demonstrators on Sunday block a busy intersection while marching through the streets to protest the August shooting of Michael Brown.


Biathlete Tim Burke is entering his third Winter Olympics The United States has never won an Olympic medal in the biathlon a combination of skiing and shooting and Burke 32 is the Americans best hope to end that drought.


Donald Trump center chats with military veterans during a campaign stop in Milwaukee.


Volunteers being paid 100 per week arrive to pick up the bodies of people who died of the Ebola virus in Freetown Sierra Leone.


Soldiers loyal to Syria s President Bashar alAssad raise their weapons while carrying pictures of him at Sbeineh town southern Damascus after they took control of it from rebel fighters last week.


Drone used in search for missing UVa student.


South Lakes running back Makis Greaux is stopped for a short gain by a host of Jefferson defenders.


Inika McPherson 31 reacts after making her first Olympic team.


Justice Samuel A Alito Jr arrives at the basilica.


A social media posting accessed on July 17 shows an SA11 on a transporter traveling through the Krasnodon area back to Russia The posting was among the intelligence released by the Obama administration on July 22 as evidence that Moscow trained and equipped the rebels in Ukraine responsible for the Malaysian jet crash.


Maggie Donahue 33 and Mike Karmel 32 both of Petworth are getting married at the Carnegie Institution for Science on Pi Day.


Jennifer Zickel and her two daughters Emily 4 and Natalie 7 are not happy that their priest s decision to stop training girls to be altar servers.


US Secretary of State John Kerry US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman and staff watch a tablet in Lausanne as President Obama speaks on the status of the Iran nuclear program talks Thursday.


From left US astronaut Michael Hopkins and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryazanskiy and Oleg Kotov crew members of the mission to the international space station walk prior to the launch of the Soyuz spacecraft at the Russianleased Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan The spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American lifted off Thursday from the cosmodrome soaring into the night sky for a sixhour trip to the international space station Their sixmonth mission will include a spacewalk with the Olympic torch.


Nick Clegg plugs a barrel during a visit to a whiskey distillery in Inverness Scotland.


The fans on the Big cheese truck did little to keep Kelly Willis and her colleagues cool.


Clooney model Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber stand up after eating breakfast at the Cipriani hotel in Venice.


Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures to the cameras while greeting supporters at a campaign rally last week in Worcester Mass Massachusetts is another Super Tuesday state.


North Koreans place flowers before the statues of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and his son late leader Kim Jongil on the 101st anniversary of Kim Il Sung s birth in Pyongyang.


Huckabee meets with members of the media and supporters outside a South Carolina polling station on a rainy election day.


Tara a 2monthold Asian palm civet cub sit on the shoulder of a Royev Ruchei Zoo employee in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.


The wine program at AllPurpose is designed to be approachable.


A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 waits to take off at Chicago s Midway Airport.


A police officer takes a picture with his cellphone of a member of the 18th Street gang in San Salvador.


We came really close here we got to the precipice of putting uncomfortable restrictions on Uber said Illinois state Rep Michael Zalewski.


Schools are refusing to take on this high school football team.


Pope Francis speaks during his weekly general audience on September 16 2014 on St Peter s square at the Vatican A host of different chairs have been specially created by diverse local communities for the pope s visit to America.


A highresolution global atmospheric modeling run on the Discover supercomputer at the NASA Center for Climate Simulation at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Md.


A statue depicts US track and field athletes Tommie Smith center and John Carlos right as they raised gloved fists during their medal ceremony at the 1968 Summer Olympics.


People sing at a vigil in Sydney on Saturday following terrorist attacks in Paris.


Mother of US journalist in Islamic State capitivity pleads for son s release.


Red ribbons mark one proposed path for an extension of Midcounty Highway in the woods at the Dayspring Silent Retreat Center in Germantown in 2010 The recently chosen route would run adjacent to the wooded retreat center.


This owl can apparently sculpt snowmen with its wings.


Museum specialist Richard Doermer performs the ritual of winding the Ohio Clock outside the US Senate chamber which stopped ticking during the government shutdown.


Gaylord Frazier an assistant manager of the new Georgia Avenue WalMart addresses waiting applicants as WalMart opened two hiring centers for the new Georgia Avenue and H Street stores on Monday in Washington.


House Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy.


John Grade s Middle Fork is part of the Wonder exhibition at the Renwick Gallery.


Carter China risks erecting Great Wall of selfisolation.


Boehner Americans take their frustration out on me.


Streets were closed Wednesday morning as police investigated a shooting near Pennsylvania and Southern avenues SE in Washington.


Anthony Ray Hinton wipes tears following his release.


Ricky Martin will perform at the 2014 Latin Grammys on Thursday night Univision will take a break in the show to broadcast President Obama s speech on immigration reform.


In this image released March 14 North Korea s artillery subunits conduct a liveshellfiring drill to determine warfighting capabilities North Korean leader Kim Jong Eun and several military officers attended the exercises.


Vizcaya s father throws roses on his son s grave.


Romney addresses attendees at a fundraising lunch in Fort Worth.


An illustration of the Jupiterlike exoplanet 51 Eri b seen in the nearinfrared light that shows the hot layers deep in its atmosphere glowing through clouds Because of its young age this young cousin of our own Jupiter is still hot and carries information on the way it was formed 20 million years ago.


Ohio Gov John Kasich announces he is running for the 2016 Republican party s nomination for president.


During the launch of his 2016 presidential campaign in Waukesha Wis Walker said that Americans deserve a president who will fight and win for them.


FBI releases details of Eric Toth arrest.


Redskins outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan zeros in on Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo for a fourthquarter sack.


Passengers walk through the security line at BaltimoreWashington International Marshall Airport.


A destroyed neighborhood is seen in the city of Daraya southwest of the capital Damascus as fighting between opposition forces and troops loyal to the government of Syrian President Bashar alAssad continues on Jan 12 2014.


A man swims in an ice hole in the Dnipro River in Kiev Ukraine The temperature in the Ukrainian capital fell to 21 degrees Wednesday.


A woman emerges from an air vent in which she was hiding.


People are seen near the guard rail of the southbound lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike.


The scene at the Medical Center station.


Patrons wait in line to see The Interview at the Cinema Village movie theater in New York.


Mary watches Charles work through the front door She says that what she loves most about a life lived on the farm is the quiet and being surrounded by nature Because of her dementia she often repeats herself One of her favorite refrains is about her husband You do nt see him in a rocking chair He s not a rocking chair kinda guy.


The vibe at Philz is playful efficient and informative.


Andrew Tyler a member of the Cherokee tribe and a 20year veteran of the US Air Force poses for a photograph during a break in dancing at the Chickahominy Tribal Center near Providence Forge.


Sanders places an order at the InNOut Burger in Pinole.


Actors playing fictional wizards Gandalf the White and Albus Dumbledore had a pretend wedding Sunday at Equality House in Topeka Kan to promote marriage equality.


Relatives of a protester killed during bloody clashes between Morsi supporters and opponents near Cairo University cry during his funeral in Cairo.


Philadelphia 76ers Julius Erving left and Moses Malone right hold the NBA Championship May 31 1983 after defeating the Los Angeles Lakers.


Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaking in Keota Iowa on Dec 22.


A voter checks in at Shepherd Elementary School in Northwest Washington Throughout the day in the city election officials reported low voter turnout.


Enrique Raba hurt his knee and at points was carried by teammates.


Country Club Congregational United Church of Christ in Kansas City Mo publicly welcomes all Scouts.


Demonstrators march in New York City on July 8.


Ricky Barnes marks his scorecard as he leaves the 18th green.


JoJo Fletcher this season s Bachelorette.


Kesse Atle a security guard sits inside his guard shack on a street in Addis Ababa Ethiopia where he was hired by several merchants to protect their shops at night The World Bank has come under fire for its plans to dam the Omo River in southern Ethiopia in order to provide power to more than 200 million people in the region The dam is scheduled to begin operating in 2014.


A Venezuelan embassy worker holds a framed image of Venezuela s ailing President Hugo Chavez during the monthly Catholic service devoted to the sick at the Church of Our Lady of Regla in Cuba on Jan 8.


Syroly Awa bathes with her son Wy in Juriti in the state of Maranhao Brazil on July 31 The Awa are considered among the most endangered tribes in the world.


Attorney Benjamin Crump center one of the attorneys for Crutcher s family demonstrates that Terence Crutcher s hands were up as he speaks during a news conference.


Eric Chu right chairman of Taiwan s ruling Nationalist Party or Kuomintang.


Tom Laughead in West Des Moines Iowa with a shovel given to him by the Clinton campaign in 2008.


Wilbert Reyes Deborah s father fights tears as he hangs ornaments on a tree.


A monk holds a picture of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama.


The country s biggest business groups lost a huge ally with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor s shocking defeat Tuesday night to a challenger who attacked Cantor s ties to business.


Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is impeached What happens now.


By September 8 his coloring was very noticeable His eye slits are also visible but he is not expected to open them for several weeks.


Global changes in reported fisheries catch.


House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis left Sen Roy Blunt RMo center and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky talk before the start of an organizational meeting of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.


Comedian Bill Cosby shown performing at Madison Square Garden in New York in November 2013 was accused by three more women of sexual assault Wednesday at a news conference in Los Angeles.


Afghan boys warm their hands over a brick factory fire during a cold day on the outskirts of Jalalabad east of Kabul.


Soldiers stand guard inside Pakistan s Parliament building during an emergency session in Islamabad Parliament threw its weight behind embattled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday as a deepening crisis over violent protests demanding his resignation prompted fears of army intervention.


A searchandrescue worker prepares a rescue boat in nearby Darrington Wash.


Roberta Vinci of Italy celebrates defeating Serena Williams in their semifinal match Friday at the US Open.


The Old Library at Trinity College in Dublin.


A Metro Silver Line train makes it way to Washington DC passing another Metro train on March 11 2015.


Musicians perform outside the Fourth Precinct police station in Minneapolis.


The mosquito Aedes aegypti which transmits the Zika virus in a laboratory.


Starbucks takes the lead in new millennial job program.


A flier spotted in DC s Columbia Heights neighborhood.


Navy SEALs ascend the extract platform of a CH47 helicopter in Relativity s Media s new release Act of Valor.


Memorial Day weekend at the beach on May 24 2014 in Ocean City MD.


Evacuated construction workers wait outside the garage.


A mourner hugs an officiate at St Mary of the Assumption Church after the funeral service for Sandy Hook teacher Anne Marie Murphy in Katonah NY.


Ernest Marx in the Saks Jandel fur showroom in 1981 Marx died in 2009.


Tiger Woods attended but did nt play in last weeks Ryder Cup.


Connie Beninghove assistant registrar inspects iron ballast bars recovered from a shipwrecked slave ship and destined for the African American musuem as they arrive at a Smithsonian facility in Hyattsville.


Totality Totality Astronomer goes bananas watching eclipse during flight.


Doug Bradburn founding director of The Fred W Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington touches a limestone wall engraved with book titles from Washington s collection.


Scarlett Johansson at the Democratic convention.


Clockwise from top left Megatherium club members Robert Kennicott Henry Ulke Henry Bryant and William Stimpson in 1855.


People walk in the snow near the Lincoln Memorial.


Boehner departs after a news conference following a House Republican caucus meeting at the US Capitol.


Back in his district Brat holds a townhallstyle meeting at Beaverdam Baptist Church in Beaverdam Va.


While the Arm Hammer factory may be doing better not everyone in the area is feeling the benefits A man who would nt provide his name but says he lives in a place that does nt have electricity passes a row of vacant storefronts including a sign that reads We Have Jobs Apply Inside in downtown Freemont Ohio.


Nasr McCoy 1 watches the activity surrounding him at the Georgia Avenue WalMart.


President Obama addresses members of the National Action Network at their 16th annual convention at the Sheraton New York Times Square.


Framed by utility lines that were knocked downed during Friday s storm Eric DeSilva talks on his cell phone at his Arlington home on South Fourth Street.


Novak Djokovic celebrates his victory over Milos Roanic in the final of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.


Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrives at a news conference in Tehran on Aug 29 2015 walking by a picture of the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.


Maggie a Nigerian dwarf goat stands on a painting she created July 13.


Laura Dowling on becoming the White House florist.


Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures following a news conference at his Turnberry golf course in Turnberry Scotland.


White nationalist writer Jared Taylor in his home in Oakton Va.


Jeb Bush talks to supporters during a campaign rally for his son George P Bush Tuesday Oct 14 2014 at HardinSimmons University.


Jury clears top Silicon Valley firm of gender bias.


Sunrise and sunset times in major world cities arranged by latitude on the December solstice Click here to find sunrise and sunset times for additional cities.


What the attacks in Paris tell us about the Islamic State.


A sign marks the first genderneutral restroom in the Los Angeles school district at Santee Education Complex high school on April 18.


Thousands of people leave the Union Buildings after viewing the casket of former South African president Nelson Mandela.


Police push back demonstrators in Burlingame Protesters hurled eggs at police and burned Trump in effigy.


People watch Russian ships blockading the exit of Donuzlav Bay in Crimea where three Ukrainian navy ships have refused to surrender to Russian forces.


Students and mourners form a circle in 2008 as they participate in a candlelight vigil marking the first anniversary of the April 16 2007 shootings.


Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks during the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding.


Lady Gaga performs at the 2011 Grammy Awards.


SC police conduct roadside search of black man s rectum.


Arcemio Moreno left and his nephew Alexander Moreno right gather with others for Time is Now a rally in support of immigration reform.


A note is attached to a bouquet left by Labour MP Mary Creagh.


White House North Korea must commit to denuclearization.


Cabrera is greeted by Werth after scoring in the bottom of the third inning.


Tina Maze reacts as a videojournalist captures the moment in the finish area following the women s Alpine skiing giant slalom.


Gavin Grimm 17 with his mother Deirdre Grimm in Gloucester Va.


That s very very worrisome said DC Council member Mary M Cheh.


Before and after photos of study participant Barbara Diehl.


Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in New York on June 22.


Workers remove dead fish from the Haihe river at Binhai new district in Tianjin China on August 20 2015.


Donald Trump waves after speaking to the National Association of Home Builders on Aug 11 in Miami Beach Fla.


WMATA cameras capture Metro water main break.


Combat footage shows Syrian rebels launching Aleppo counterattack.


South Carolina s Haley urges tolerance in State of the Union response.


President Obama answers questions during a Tumblr forum from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington Tuesday June 10 2014.


Real estate broker Marshall Sklar checks on renovations underway at a house in Boynton Beach Fla.


Sam Walton s original fiveanddime store in a 1992 photo Walton s 5 10 is now the Walmart Visitor s Center.


Homes ring what once was a booming industrial area in the early 1900s in New Castle Pa 50 miles from Pittsburgh Jobs were once plentiful but by 1909 steel workers were striking Then there was the Great Depression Eventually the industry left and with it much of the population For those who stayed it meant lowpaying jobs no jobs or commuting a lengthy distance.


Virginia state Sen Mark Obenshain shown here in 2013 says that he will not run for governor in 2017.


Donald Trump waves to supporters after arriving in Cleveland on the third day of the Republican National Convention on Wednesday.


Amanda Alvear Mercedez Flores and Josean Garcia met in seventh grade.


A citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center authenticated based on its contents and other Associated Press reporting shows people searching the rubble for dead bodies and injured victims at a site in Aleppo where houses were hit during a missile attack by Syrian government forces.


Hitarthi Patel 18 center from India takes the Oath of Allegiance with other candidates for citizenship.


A view of Washington in 1816 This drawing shows St John s Church and the White House St John s Church was built in 1816 and the first service was held in October of 1816.


An antigovernment activist injured during clashes with police is helped by fellow protesters in Caracas.


A woman inserts her ballot into an intake machine in the garage of Tom and Carol Marshall which was made into a polling location in the neighborhood during the US presidential election in Los Angeles on November 6 2012.


WiIliam and Kate leave London s King Edward VII hospital.


One of the most ambitious versions of the plans included an Olympic stadium at RFK tennis center at Anacostia Park and track and field stadium on Poplar Point Nationals Park and a new stadium for DC United are at left.


US Ambassador Hartley hugs Stone as they leave the room after a news conference at the US Embassy in Paris The three men stopped a Moroccan citizen who opened fire on a highspeed Thalys train traveling to Paris from Amsterdam.


Hillary Clinton reacts to host Jon Stewart during a taping of The Daily Show in July 2014.


Local residents are seen through a burned vehicle in front of a proRussian blockade near Slovyansk The Russian Foreign Ministry quickly seized on the Easter Sunday clash as evidence that the new Ukrainian government could not keep order and was violating the deal.


New Arlington County Board Chairman Libby Garvey set better customer service in zoning and permitting as her top goal.


A Magellanic penguin sits at the mouth of its burrow on Volunteer Point Falkland Islands.


Robert Griffin III took pictures with anyone who asked including the Baylor cheerleaders.


Honor guard for US President Clinton Turkey 1999.


A royal fan wears a Union flag with a photograph of Britain s Prince William and Kate Middleton as she walks along the Mall in London Thursday.


Icicles have formed on a parked vehicle in Alexandria.


Pedestrians and motorists trudge through the wintry weather while crossing 13th Street NW in Washington.


Residents of central Gaza watch as an Israeli airstrike destroys an apartment building in their central Gaza City neighborhood in the Gaza Strip.


The Groundhog Club s Inner Circle members arrive before a crowd of thousands.


An image taken from video on April 13 2016 of Salah Abdeslam left The key suspect in Paris attacks is handed over to France and is slated to stand trial in the coming months.


Adam LaRoche of the Nationals steps on first base for a secondinning out against the Dodgers Andre Ethier.


Producer Jerry Weintraub accepts the award for best TV movie or miniseries for Behind the Candelabra.


Host Tracy Morgan performs onstage at the 2009 VH1 Hip Hop Honors at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York.


West Virginia State Trooper Nathan Stepp of Charleston fills bottles with water for Homer Larch at the Kmart in Elkview WVa Emergency crews are setting up water depots at many locations around the state following the chemical spill which on Thursday compromised the public water supply to nine counties.


Decerega in a 1991 yearbook photo from Alexandria s St Stephen s School.


Houston hospital screens visitors for Ebola.


Graham kisses his wife Amanda Bennett as they walk to work from their Dupont Circle home.


Iraqi boys lift wreckage from a crater created by a roadside bomb in 2008.


Jim Justice makes his victory speech on Tuesday to his supporters in White Sulphur Springs WVa Justice won the Democratic nomination for West Virginia governor Onstage with him is from left his wife Cathy Justice daughter Jill Justice and soninlaw Adam Long.


Tracy Morgan performing in New York earlier this month.


A protester holding a red and black shield an alternative Ukrainian flag and a baton walks around the residence.


Obama making phone calls in his 2012 campaign Now he s chatting up world leaders.


President Obama with Mitt Romney in the background at a debate.


Grimes ad wrong on McConnell s wealth Truth Teller.


Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives for the first session of India s newly elected parliament in New Delhi on June 4 2014.


There are no dominant teams in the NFC East but there could be several good ones.


Ericka Hart performs during the festivities.


Shoppers browse the gleaming new Ghurthabiya shopping mall in the Libyan coastal city of Misurata.


Ghani backers dance in the street after he is declared the winner in Afghanistan s presidential election.


Video of rearfacing carseat crash tests.


The NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis undocks from the International Space Station in 2006 In space.


Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III center talks to owner Dan Snyder left and a trainer after an afternoon practice at training camp in Richmond The Redskins traded three firstround picks and a secondround pick in order to draft Griffin second overall in 2012 Griffin led the team to a playoff appearance and won the rookie of the year in 2012 He was injured in the playoff game and was 310 in 2013 before being deactivated by Shanahan.


New video shows electrical fire in tunnel near McPherson Square station.


Tim Ballard is arrested by police in Santo Domingo as part of a 2014 sting on child sex traffickers The face of the second man has been blurred to protect the identity of an undercover office.


Deborah Temkin right leads the Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention 2012 Summit in Washington DC.


Anthony Weiner and wife Huma Abedin at a news conference Tuesday.


People waiting in line for tickets outside Loew s Capitol motion picture theater in Washington.


US students and future lawmakers on their spring break enjoy drinks at a beach in Cancun on March 20 2011.


Ada Anderson helps her 80yearold mother Violeta Anderson out of bed.


Female soldiers try on a body armor vest tailored for them in 2012.


Paulo Amotun Lokoro left poses for a photo with a tourist in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro last month The 24yearold was a cattle herder before fleeing to Kenya Before I came here I did not even have training shoes he said of the training camp in Nairobi Now we have trained and trained until we see ourselves at a good level and now we know fully how to be athletes He will run the 1500 meters.


Audree Todd left gathers up a snowball to toss at sister Kensie during a snowmanbuilding session with their father Casey at their home in Lawton Okla.


James Stewart is shown in a scene from the 1939 film Mr Smith Goes to Washington.


Russia s Vic Wild competes during the men s parallel slalom snowboard finals.


Cover art for Fat Trel s mixtape Nightmare on E Street.


A banner reading Je suis Charlie hangs from the roof of the Axel Springer publishing house in Berlin.


The Capitol Steps a political vaudeville show lacks teeth but abounds with wit.


Former NIST Police Lt Christopher Bartley purchased a key methmaking chemical pseudoephedrine at a Target according to prosecutors and was seen on surveillance doing so.


Nepal s newly elected Prime Minister Sushil Koirala waves to the media at the Constitution Assembly Hall in Katmandu Nepal Monday Feb10 2014.


The village that will be home to the Olympic athletes for the Summer Games in Rio shown on July 24.


Eric Guidi an orthopedic surgeon prepares for an arthroscopic procedure to repair a meniscus tear a knee injury.


Migrants rest at a lunch room outside the Moria migrants detention camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on June 19 2016.


Pakistani paramilitary troops stand guard during a clash between police and protesters in Islamabad.


Speaker Paul D Ryan left and predecessor John A Boehner share the stage after Ryan s election on Thursday.


Hagel and President Obama Vice President Biden and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen Martin Dempsey put their hands over their heart as the national anthem is played during the farewell tribute in honor of Hagel on Jan 28 at Fort Myer in Arlington.


BoutrosGhali is awarded the Great World Peace Award from the Oughtopia Peace Foundation of South Korea in Seoul.


People head to and from the Silver Spring Metro station around the problemplagued Paul S Sarbanes Silver Spring Transit Center that is millions over budget and years behind schedule.


Obama walks to lunch at a Chipotle with from left Shirley Young Lisa Rumain Shelby Ramirez and Roger Trombley before he attended the White House Summit on Working Families on June 23.


Eric Liebmann principal of WDG proposes a foot of height per 20 billion of national debt I just kind of played around with the height limit and the debt ceiling he said.


Billie Jean King left and Chris Evert have been instrumental in promoting the women s game.


A volunteer in a giant panda suit greets patrons at the entrance to the National Zoo.


Oscarnominated actress Jessica Chastain has been a vegan for more than five years.


Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump points as he speaks to media before departing from Laredo Texas Thursday July 23 2015.


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North Korean soldiers shelter from the rain beneath a balcony following the parade.


Alexis Linder and Curran Bullock walk along a trail near Old Courthouse Spring Branch in Tysons Corner Residents have organized a coalition to oppose a highway ramp that could go through the wooded area.


A young Syrian refugee writes We miss Syria too much on the chalkboard in a classroom in Majdel Anjar Lebanon.


Meet Dreadnoughtus the dino that weighed 65 tons.


End of the line Today s Batman No 51 marks the finale of the fiveyear collaboration between the dynamic duo of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo.


Curry left and Andre Iguodala celebrate with the trophy after the Warriors won the NBA championship.


Smoke rises from a coalition airstrike on an Islamic State position during the battle to retake Mosul on Oct 18 in Iraq.


Yunel Escobar talks to Bryce Harper in between innings.


Robert Milton Martin wears his initials on his sleeve.


Harvard University students choose artwork during the first day of the Student Print Rental Program at the Harvard Art Museums.


DC residents take on snowcovered 17th Street in Dupont during an early morning commute.


Tony Llaveria a technology consultant who lives near Atlanta is a board member of PeruvianAmerican Bondholders for Justice Llaveria s greatgreatgrandfather was a silver miner who left money that his two sons used to buy land in the early 1830s not long after Peruvian independence from Spain It was later seized in a leftist land redistribution program His retains the land bonds his family was given.


A man reads a newspaper headlined Terrorist attack and kidnapping in In Amenas at a newsstand in Algiers Algerian forces raided a remote Sahara gas plant on Thursday in an attempt to free scores of foreign hostages held by militants with ties to Mali s rebel Islamists diplomats and an Algerian security official said.


In a groundbreaking interview with Jesuit magazines Francis when asked to describe himself replied I am a sinner He also insisted that the church s ministers must be merciful instead of acting like bureaucrats or government officials and said that it is not necessary for the church to focus on abortion gay marriage and contraception all the time Read the article.


Michele Hoffman right and Libby Danluvich shed tears as congregation members spoke in support of their pastor.


The First Lady Tree which was planted in 2012 by first lady Michelle Obama and the Japanese ambassador hit peak bloom Monday.


Team Amolang or I do nt know competes in the South Korea White Hat Contest in Seoul on Oct 21.


Jimmy Graves owner of Graves Mountain Lodge in Syria Va is a Trump supporter Graves stands next the barn destroyed by Hurricane Sandy.


From left to right Don Felder Don Henley Joe Walsh Glenn Frey Randy Meisner of the Eagles.


Author Bella Andre at the RT Booklovers Convention.


On March 25 President Obama signed a proclamation creating the San Juan Islands National Monument in Washington state The bureau manages about 1000 acres of the archipelago at the very northwest tip of the contiguous United States which serves as a breeding ground for birds and a safe refuge for seals and other wildlife.


MANCHESTER NEW HAMPSHIRE JUNE 13 Republican candidates.


Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr testifies before Congress this week.


Mikulski is the longestserving female senator and longestserving woman in the US Congress taking office in 1977 A former social worker and community organizer she started in politics as a member of the Baltimore City Council in 1971.


Rabbi gets 6 12 years for secretly videotaping women.


A law enforcement checkpoint near the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.


Work is seen on a Purple Line station tunnel under a new library last month in Silver Spring Md.


A message to evacuees on Tybee Island Ga.


Trump greets his running mate Indiana Gov Mike Pence.


Yang Jeichi China s current foreign minister and former ambassador to the United States is expected to be elevated to state councilor the country s highestranking official on foreign policy.


Alejandro Bedoya of the US in action against Toby Alderweireld of Belgium.


Kerry We are not going to play this game with Russia.


Danny White maneuvers his track loader on a mound of earth as construction on the new Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool project continues.


French actress Elodie Yung auditioned six times for the role of Elektra on NetflixMarvel s Daredevil.


Marshall center accepts the Legend award at the TV Land Awards in Santa Monica Calif Standing behind him are from left his sister Penny Marshall and actors Henry Winkler Cindy Williams and Jack Klugman.


Three Fifty owner Jimmy Hopper refills his supply of chocolate croissants.


Lines begin to form at the Seventh Street concert entrance as gates open at 10 am.


Cummins outside of his company s van says he brings in annual revenue of more than 100000.


The City of Rochester s thank you letter to Susan B Anthony next to her grave.


Migrants in Union Hidalgo in southern Mexico ride atop a train heading to Mexico s border with the United States For the kidnapping gangs cartel operatives and corrupt Mexican officials who await them the train riders are a renewable natural resource abundant and easy to prey upon.


Actress Jaimie Alexander arrives at the MSNBC afterparty.


Iraqi security forces launch a rocket toward Islamic State militants during clashes at the front line in Ali Rash village southeast of Mosul.


Andy Murray s girlfriend Kim Sears left applauds Murray while watching the match with British doubles player Ross Hutchins.


Baltimore Ravens defensive end Arthur Jones acts like a reporter during Super Bowl XLVII Media Day.


Egyptian Christians gather for a prayer rally ahead of the constitutional referendum at Samaan elKharaz Church in Cairo.


Antigovernment protesters take cover while under fire from police snipers during clashes with riot police in central Kiev Although the fighting Thursday morning fell short of developing into a fullscale battle the Health Ministry confirmed five deaths in clashes near government offices.


Sea lion Osborne looks toward the crowd during a press preview before the reopening of the Wildlife Conservation Society New York Aquarium in Coney Island in May The aquarium was heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy.


Bernie Sanders We re in this race to win.


UFC fighter Ronda Rousey accepts the best female athlete award.


Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum gets a kiss from a supporter after speaking in Gettysburg on Illinois primary night where Romney was the victor.


A woman carries her child as she waits to vote in a polling station in Kano.


Twitter logo is displayed at the entrance of Twitter headquarters in San Francisco.


Howard President Wayne AI Frederick is attempting to end the school s dependency on tuition revenue and to help all students graduate regardless of their income.


Cantor delivers remarks about his support of charter schools and taxfunded voucher programs that help pay for private and parochial schools at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC Right now school choice is under attack Cantor said in his remarks.


Snow and sleet accumulation potential Friday night into Saturday morning first call Capital Weather Gang.


Trump points while speaking at the factory.


Bedlington terriers are viewed at the show.


The Deamonte Driver Dental Project is a van that goes to schools and other places in the community to service children that may be in need of dental care The project is named after a young boy.


Damaged buildings and a minaret are shown Sept 30 in the central Syrian town of Talbisseh in the Homs province Russian warplanes carried out airstrikes in three Syrian provinces including Homs along with regime aircraft on Sept 30.


People walk in the rain near the memorial.


A man receives medical treatment after he was injured in clashes during rallies held by ethnic Russians and Crimean Tatars near the Crimean parliament building in Simferopol.


Hand has been going to World Gym in Dale City three times a week all summer to work out with personal trainer Kevin KJ Johnson who calls his clients Team Ascension.


Andris Nelson conducts Kristine Opolais and the Boston Symphony Orchestra in his inaugural concert as music director on Sept 27 2014.


President Barack Obama speaks to Nike Employees and other Oregonians at Nike Headquarters May 8 2015 in Beaverton Oregon Obama spoke about the TransPacific Partnership trade pacts which include the US in a trade agreement with 11 other nations.


N Anjem Choudary in his neighborhood Ilford in northeast London on October 1 2014.


The HMS Vengeance is shown returning to Naval Base Clyde The Vengeance carries the Trident ballistic missile Britain s nuclear deterrent.


Holder testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in February 2001.


The courtroom during motion hearings for Charles Severance who is accused of killing three prominent Alexandria residents at their homes between 2003 and 2014.


A TV journalist reports as fire teams try to control flames during a fire at Galatasaray University in Istanbul.


A barn near a snowcovered cornfield in the vast grand plains of Iowa on Jan 29 in Dallas County Iowa.


People gather outside the North Carolina state legislature as Senate Republicans gave their final approval to legislation requiring additional rules surrounding abortions in the state even as hundreds of protesters against the bill watched from the gallery in Raleigh NC on Wednesday.


Guests play slot machines at a casino in Las Vegas in 2012 Casinos along the Las Vegas strip are doing well but those in downtown Las Vegas and other parts of Nevada are lagging.


Adams Morgan named one of the 10 best neighborhoods in America.


Rolling Stones tines good checkwriting soundtrack.


Denis Pushilin spokesman of the selfappointed Donetsk People s Republic speaks to reporters inside the regional administration building seized earlier in Donetsk.


The Bushes are celebrating the 25th anniversary of George HW Bush s presidency.


VENEZUELA National police officers Bello right and Bogado with their riot equipment next to a mannequin in uniform during a government Christmas fair in Caracas November 13 2014 In Venezuela no firearms are to be carried or used for control of peaceful demonstrations When there is a threat to order and other methods of conflict resolution have failed police are instructed to warn crowds or demonstrators that there will be a progressive differentiated use of force.


On July 24 2012 NASA released these images showing the extent of surface melt over Greenland s ice sheet on July 8 left and July 12 Measurements from three satellites showed that on July 8 about 40 percent of the ice sheet had undergone thawing at or near the surface In just a few days the melting had significantly accelerated and an estimated 97 percent of the ice sheet surface had thawed by July 12 In the image the areas classified as probable melt.


Apple cofounder Steve Jobs waves to the crowd at Apple s unveiling of the iPad 2 in March.


The Paper Mill Playhouse Broadway Show Choir performs at the at the North Jersey Pride Festival in Maplewood NJ They sang Tomorrow from Annie in honor of the victims.


The town of Gwer In the top left is the Gwer River bridge in January 2016.


Stan Lee poses with a book of SpiderMan comics in 2009 He cocreated the superhero with Steve Ditko in 1962.


A worker washes paint from the memorial to Ramon Mestres pastor of Monterey at the Carmel Mission in Carmel Calif where the remains of Junipero Serra are buried on Sept 27.


A drain exit that leads to a tunnel underneath one of Guzman s houses is seen in a neighborhood in Culiacan Guzman who rose from humble origins to become one of the most powerful drug barons in history was captured on Saturday in a raid in the beachside resort and fishing center of Mazatlan just days after escaping from the clutches of Mexican troops through a tunnel and sewers.


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Ken Cuccinelli and Terry McAuliffe heat up Virginia energy forum.


Army Gen Lloyd Austin the retiring commander of US Central Command was one of the military s most senior black officers ever.


Anwar Sawan 45 provides arms and supplies to militias in Misurata Libya that are combating the Islamic State s Libyan affiliate in the coastal city of Sirte.


This condo at 1111 25th St NW is listed for 499900.


District Crossfit owner and trainer Andrew Killion is seen in a personal training session with Dominique Evans at a gym on Half Street SW.


With upraised arms President Dwight D Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon salute cheering workers and Republicans at Republican election headquarters in Washington on Nov 7 1956 after Adlai Stevenson conceded with the Republicans winning in a landslide.


Johnetta Elzie an activist and Twitter personality is interviewed in the parking lot adjacent to police headquarters in Ferguson Mo.


The senior Ted Gup in the mid1950s at Mr Ted s in Columbus where he had his first store.


Who knows if these great days for stockholders are going to continue But tough days for bondholders could go on and on.


Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton make nice at a Democratic presidential debate.


Pope Francis s shoes are understated His immediate predecessor Benedict XVI was known for wearing red loafers.


President George W Bush left thanks Saturday Night Live star Darrell Hammond for the baseball mitt he received from Hammond at the 2001 White House Correspondents Association Dinner The dinner was a little tamer than years past as Hammond kept the jokes fairly calm and steered away from attacks on the thenpresident.


Cauliflower and Apples With Thai Almond Butter Sauce.


State prosecutor Gerrie Nel gestures as the trial resumes.


Robert Durst subject of HBO s The Jinx arrested.


The United States short track team celebrates winning the silver medal in the men s shorttrack speedskating 5000 meter relay on Feb 21 It was the United States only speedskating medal of the games.


Thom Tillis talks to reporters after participating in early voting.


Most of Stanton s first 10000 photographs were taken in Manhattan such as this one in Midtown of a Sikh man at an Independence Day parade People are much more willing to be photographed during parades and celebrations Stanton said.


Police officers block a truck containing antiNorth Korea prodemocracy leaflets on a road in Paju near the demilitarized zone South Korea has banned activists from launching propaganda leaflets to North Korea after North Korea threatened to attack.


Customers shop at Farm Fresh Produce near Moss Landing.


Smith with Gray at her home in Southeast Smith vowed to do as much as he could to find independent living programs for her adult children so they could ease the burden in the house.


FBI searching for suspect who killed pregnant woman.


Chiseling begins to remove the quote from the memorial.


Former Virginia Gov Bob McDonnell speaks outside the Supreme Court in Washington.


Three houses one made of hay one of sticks and one of bricks have been constructed along US Route 35 in Xenia Township west of Dayton Ohio Monday June 15 2015 An anonymous apparent fan of pigs and fairy tales is offering some shelter for any piglets still loose after a semitrailer crash last week in southwest Ohio.


The bodies of two Yazidis killed by the Islamic State Sinjar Iraq August 2014.


Shy Glizzy signs autographs photos for fans Miyah Scott middle and Sharnisha Hodge right at DTLR.


Equations not quite erased on the blackboard in a classroom at Northern Virginia Community College.


Does that look like Michael Brown to you.


Sharon Bulova chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.


This indigoblue fabric is the oldest ever found.


The Big Bang Data exhibition at Somerset House in London According to the careers web site Glassdoor data scientists who can make sense of the exponentially growing amount of data today s companies receive have the most career and earnings potential of any job in America.


Workers put up industrialstrength netting.


This chart shows Pakistani public opinion about their country s direction according to a new Pew study.


South Korean relatives wait for news at a gymnasium used as a gathering point for family members of missing passengers aboard the sunken South Korean ferry Sewol in Jindo.


Hillary Clinton looks at her BlackBerry while at the Capitol in January 2009.


A California police officer pulls over a selfdriving car designed by Google that was being tested on a local road in Mountain View Calif on Nov 12 2015 The police officer saw the car going a roadclogging 24 mph in a 35 mph zone but did nt end up giving a citation.


The Carl T Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix.


Would you rather play in the Super Bowl or win the New Hampshire primary.


Cameraready The news conference at Redskins Park drew a large collection of journalists.


Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez left talks with VicePresident Nicolas Maduro during a meeting in Caracas in this photo from 2006.


The herd gathers on the shore after the swim to Chincoteague Island on July 24 2013.


Green Bay Packers wide receiver James Jones catches a pass while defended by Washington Redskins cornerback Bashaud Breeland.


Kim Phuc shows the scars on her back and left arm at a hotel in Miami on Sept 25 2015.


Meghana Giri 13 of Anniston Ala is the first speller to spell her word on the second day at the bee On Tuesday contestants took tests on computers that for the first time challenged not only their spelling skills but also quizzed them on their vocabulary skills asking them to define several words.


President Obama greets Father s Day lunch guests in the State Dining Room of the White House After the lunch the teenagers were given a private tour of the White House and a meeting with the president in the Oval Office.


A girl looks on from behind damaged vehicles in Aleppo.


Mitchell Cole has been charged with the murder of Amanda Jones.


A twotime AllMet at DeMatha and McDonald s allAmerican averaged 19 points in his senior season.


Master Sgt Joshua L Wheeler 39 assigned to Headquarters US Army Special Operations Command Fort Bragg NC was killed in action Oct 22 while deployed in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.


Donald Trump poses for a photo after an interview with Reuters in his office in Trump Tower in Manhattan on May 17.


Speaker of the House John Boehner hosts students parents and teachers associated with Washington s innercity Catholic schools for the State of the Union address Jan 25 2011.


Burkina Faso s lieutenantcolonel Yacouba Isaac Zida left listens as Burkina Faso s general Pingrenoma Zagre reads a statement at the end of a meeting with the country s military commanders at the military headquarters in Ouagadougou during which the army backed him to lead a transition period after the ousting of the former president.


Metro passengers move toward buses outside the Foggy Bottom Metro station on Monday to take them to Rosslyn.


James Anglin right of Waxhaw NC and Alan Wish of Kendall Park NJ prepare to launch a kite as crowds start to gather near the Mall on the eve of President Obama s presidential inauguration.


Peter Neffenger administrator of the Transportation Security Administration testifies before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee June 7 2016 The committee heard testimony on the topic Frustrated Travelers Rethinking TSA Operations to Improve Passenger Screening and Address Threats to Aviation Also pictured are John Roth.


USC tailback Frank Gifford is pictured in Los Angeles.


Coast Guard rescues F16 pilot after crash.


Iraqi volunteers train for military duty on a dusty soccer field in the town of Mahanawiyah.


Christine Lagarde France s minister of finance speaks to the media following meetings Thursday at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC.


A specialist from the Singapore Ministry of Transport s Accident Investigation Bureau demonstrates the underwater locator beacon detectors that will help locate the AirAsia aircraft s flight data recorders.


Cast member Bryan Cranston from the awardwinning television series Breaking Bad tries on his character Walter White s Heisenberg Hat one last time during a donation of the show s memorabilia at the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington November 10 2015 REUTERSGary Cameron.


Honduras midfielder Jorge Claros challenges Switzerland midfielder Goekhan Inler.


Tommy Schaefer listens to an interpreter while sitting in a court in Denpasar on Wednesday.


Members of the media gather around an English bull terrier named Petey during a small protest by a group called Dogs Against Romney outside of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Feb 14 in New York.


Officials attend a news conference during the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping had moved closer to taking the reins of power and is expected to replace President Hu Jintao as party chief in a onceadecade power transition setting the stage for his promotion to president of the world s most populous nation expected by March 2013.


Miley Cyrus fans arrive for the concert.


President Obama receives a gift from King Abdullah in Riyadh.


Residents take part in a candlelight vigil at St Mary s Catholic Church in remembrance of the victims of the massive explosion at the fertilizer facility.


Camp Leatherneck is shown here in April 2011 by satellite.


Papaioannou holds a written statement by a 23yearold doctor who was first on the scene after Lincoln was shot.


A Los Angeles police officer and sheriff s deputies work at the scene of a fatal shooting.


Thomas Frieden director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention arrives at the House Energy and Commerce Committee subcommittee on oversight and investigations hearing on the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Washington.


Hillary Rodham Clinton greets voters as she campaigns with Sen Jeanne Shaheen.


Tai Shan headed to China in 2012 which is 4 12 years after he was born at the National Zoo becoming an instant celebrity His parents mother Mei Xiang and father Tian Tian are also on loan to the zoo from China and it was always known that any offspring would be sent to China for breeding Tai Shan had reached the age when he can father babies of his own.


Actor Jack Black of the comedy rock band Tenacious D performs in Nuremberg Germany on June 4.


Outgoing President Hamid Karzai says he will remain in Afghanistan.


John Salveson is calling for Pope Francis to wear a black ribbon during his visit to the United States in honor of survivors of sex abuse by clergy members.


Barbara Henry left and her sister Carol Valoris always park in the same place for good Nats juju.


Senior presidential adviser David Axelrod will sit down for an interview with the Fix later this month.


Two street children leave a station after being denied a free ride along with others on the Delhi Metro train in New Delhi India.


Sen Wendy Davis DFortWorth sits at her desk after the Texas Senate passes an abortion bill Friday July 12 2013 in Austin Texas Her unsuccessful battle against the bill raised her national profile.


Lawler at the GrizzliesSpurs playoff game in April.


Gov Kaine holds a town hall meeting in Leesburg as he stumps for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008.


French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve left and Tunisian Interior Minister Mohammed Najem Gharsalli stand in silence after laying wreaths at the Bardo.


HBO s Girls got off to an annoying start but built to a compelling and melancholy finish worthy of its hype.


Ted Leonsis chief executive officer of Monumental Sports Entertainment during a television interview in October.


Miley Cyrus speaks onstage during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards.


Nyia is a semiprofessional theater group They rent out places in Tehran to practice or use private apartments The group is composed of roughly 20 actors between 20 and 30 years old.


A Ukrainian naval officer passes by armed men believed to be Russian servicemen as he leaves the naval headquarters in Sevastopol A communications specialist in the Ukrainian navy who was outside the base when the assault began said a truck rammed the gate and about 200 men with AK47 rifles stormed the facility a collection of office buildings in the center of Sevastopol The Ukrainians inside initially tried to barricade themselves but could not hold out he said.