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Family images play on a screen before funeral services for Daunte Wright at Shiloh Temple International Ministries in Minneapolis on Thursday.

'He Was A Prince': Grief And Anger At Daunte Wright's Funeral In Minneapolis

Mourners gathered to pay their respects to Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man shot dead by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minn., earlier this month.

A seized South Korean-flagged tanker is escorted by Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats in the Persian Gulf, in a photo released Monday by Iran's Tasnim News Agency.

Iran Reportedly Boosts Nuclear Fuel Enrichment To 20%

The move is likely to increase tensions during President Trump's final weeks in office. Separately, Iran seized a South Korean oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, South Korea said Monday.

Gun Violence Deaths: How The U.S. Compares To The Rest Of The World

Gun Violence Deaths: How The U.S. Compares With The Rest Of The World

The mass shootings in the Atlanta area and Boulder, Colo., cast a spotlight on this type of violence in the U.S., where the death rate is nearly 100 times higher than in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Rachel Levine is seen last month at the Senate confirmation hearing for her nomination as assistant secretary for health in the Department of Health and Human Services. Levine previously served as Pennsylvania's secretary of health.

Rachel Levine Makes History As 1st Openly Trans Federal Official Confirmed By Senate

Levine, a doctor who was previously Pennsylvania's secretary of health, is the first openly transgender federal official to win Senate confirmation. She's the new assistant secretary for health.

Nurse Modesta Littleman vaccinated patient Peter Sulewski in late January, on the first day of vaccinations at a clinic run by Health Care for the Homeless in Baltimore.

Vaccinating Homeless Patients Against COVID-19: 'All Bets Are Off'

A community health center is now immunizing the local homeless population. But vaccination logistics, already complex, are compounded by the additional barriers in communication and transportation.

With steamed eggs and succulents, 'Goodbye, Again' brings us home

Writer and cartoonist Jonny Sun's new book is a collection of essays, reflections and illustrations that consider everything from Tetris to succulent plants to dealing with loneliness.

A study of mice that hear imaginary sounds could help explain human disorders like schizophrenia, which produce hallucinations.

Mice That Hear Imaginary Sounds May Help Explain Hallucinations In People

An experiment that induced imaginary sounds in both people and mice could help explain how brain disorders like schizophrenia cause hallucinations.

Regina LaBelle is the acting director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. During a Thursday morning briefing, LaBelle said drug overdose deaths were up about 27% in the 12-month period ending in August 2020, compared with the previous year.

Drug Overdose Deaths Spiked To 88,000 During The Pandemic, White House Says

The Biden administration points to fentanyl as the major culprit for the increase in deaths. Officials unveiled a new one-year strategy to reduce the number of fatalities from drug overdoses.

Emissions from a coal-fired power plant are silhouetted against the setting sun in Independence, Mo., in February. President Biden is announcing a new pledge for the U.S. to reduce carbon emissions under the Paris climate agreement.

Biden Makes New Pledge For U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A 50% Cut

The president opened a climate summit by announcing that the United States will aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half, based on 2005 levels, by the end of the decade.

Harold Harrington is a master plumber and is among the tens of thousands of residents of Flint, Mich., whose contaminated drinking water cast a spotlight on a threat faced by communities across the United States.

President Biden Wants To Replace All Lead Pipes. Flint Has Lessons To Share

Flint has been synonymous with lead in drinking water. The city's experience replacing lead pipes shows the promise and challenges of the Biden proposal to get rid of all the country's lead pipes.

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