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White House press secretary Sean Spicer spoke during a news briefing in June.

'Spicey Out!' 9 Highlights From Sean Spicer's Combative Tenure

The White House press secretary's six-month tenure involved some odd moments, some lighter ones and a memorable recurring character on Saturday Night Live.

'Spicey Out!' 9 Highlights From Sean Spicer's Combative Tenure

The White House press secretary's six-month tenure involved some odd moments, some lighter ones and a memorable recurring character on Saturday Night Live.

In a photo provided Saturday by the Shenyang Municipal Information Office, Liu Xia, center, the widow of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, holds a portrait of him during his funeral. She stands with Liu Hui, her younger brother (left) and Liu Xiaoxuan, the younger brother of her late husband, who is holding his cremated remains.

After Liu Xiaobo's Death, Concerns Grow For His Widow's Well-Being

Officials say Liu Xia is "free" but foreign reporters who've sought her out say they were harassed by security officials. Friends say her isolation during house arrest has thrown her into depression.

Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, an essential prog-rock band derided in the 1970s by critic Lester Bangs.

Can't Prog Rock Get Any Respect Around Here?

Critic Lester Bangs once declared progressive rock "musical sterility at its pinnacle." David Weigel, author of The Show That Never Ends: The Rise And Fall Of Prog Rock, begs to differ.

After twice being denied visas, a team of Afghan girls has been permitted to travel to the U.S. for a robotics competition. The team takes a photo at Herat International Airport on Thursday.

Afghan Girls Robotics Team Allowed To Enter U.S. For Competition

President Trump intervened to find a way to permit the girls entry, after their applications for visas were twice rejected. For the budding scientists, the path to compete has been a long one.

A protester cries as he mourns jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo during a demonstration outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong on Thursday. Officials say China's most prominent political prisoner, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, has died at 61.

Tears And Anger: World Responds To Death Of Chinese Dissident

Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo was diagnosed with liver cancer this year and died Thursday, partway through a prison sentence. Beijing did not allow him to travel abroad for treatment.

A chair sat empty for Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo in Oslo, Norway, in 2010. The rights activist was imprisoned in China in 2009.

Chinese Nobel Peace Laureate And Human Rights Advocate Liu Xiaobo Dies

The 61-year-old dissident died after more than seven years in prison. He was a prominent critic of China's government. "There is no force that can put an end to the human quest for freedom," he wrote.

Protesters display portraits of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Liu has expressed the wish to leave China for medical treatment, but the government has refused.

As China's Strength Has Grown, So Has Its Unwillingness To Let Dissidents Leave

China has refused to let Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, now near death, obtain medical treatment abroad. Beijing released dissidents in the past, but it no longer needs to cave in to foreign pressure.

San Diego mayoral candidate Nathan Fletcher.

Former Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher To Run For San Diego Board Of Supervisors

Former Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher Tuesday confirmed speculation by announcing a run for the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.

Sirhan Sirhan, convicted of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, is seen during a Board of Parole Suitability Hearing at the Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga, March 2, 2011.

Assassin Of Robert Kennedy Denied Parole In San Diego

Sirhan Sirhan, who is serving a life prison term at a San Diego prison for assassinating Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 in Los Angeles, lost his 15th bid for parole Wednesday.

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