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Brett Gray (left) as Jamal Turner, and Peggy Blow as Abuela, a lovable, pot-smoking grandma, in the first season of the Netflix teen drama On My Block. Netflix/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide, the New York City chief medical examiner ruled Friday. New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP hide caption
Greenland, a Danish territory, has strategic value in terms of military activity and natural resources, said a member of Denmark's parliament. AP hide caption
Peter Fonda poses in 2009 atop a Harley-Davidson motorcycle based on the one he rode in the 1969 film Easy Rider. Chris Pizzello/AP hide caption
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., speaks to constituents in Wixom, Mich., on Thursday. Paul Sancya/AP All All Seahawks Jersey Black Seahawks All Seahawks All Black Jersey Jersey Black Black hide caption
A Colombian worker checks the plastic protection cover over a banana bunch on a plantation in Aracataca, Colombia. A dreaded fungus that has destroyed banana plantations in Asia has now spread to Latin America. Jan Sochor/LatinContent via Getty Images hide caption
Devastating Banana Fungus Arrives In Colombia, Threatening The Fruit's Future
A screenshot from video recently released by the Colorado Springs Police Department, which captured the moments before De'Von Bailey ran from police and was shot in the back on Aug. 3. He later died from his injuries. Photo by Colorado Springs Police Department. hide caption
A Court of Appeals ruled that "the odor of marijuana coupled with possession of what is clearly less than ten grams ... does not grant officers probable cause" to search and arrest a person. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
Vaping has been linked to a cluster of hospitalizations in Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota. sestovic/Getty Images hide caption
What's Behind A Cluster Of Vaping-Related Hospitalizations?
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in during the Inter-Korean Summit in April of last year in Panmunjom, South Korea. NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
We all struggle with healthy habits — including experts. They just have science-tested tips to get them back on track. Michael Driver for NPR hide caption
A South African patient with drug-resistant tuberculosis waits to be seen by a doctor at a Johannesburg hospital. Michele Spatari /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
John Coltrane, photographed in his backyard in Queens, New York in 1963. JB/© Jim Marshall Photography LLC hide caption
The Shawnee Forest towboat steers down the Ohio River near American Commercial Barge Line's office outside Cairo, Ill. As of June 12, more than 600 barges were waiting to go upstream once water levels dropped.. Madelyn Beck/Illinois Newsroom hide caption
Cathay Pacific Airways CEO Rupert Hogg's resignation comes after Beijing exerted pressure on the carrier. AFP Contributor/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Detained immigrant children line up at a temporary home for immigrant women and children in Karnes City, Texas. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Boeing will delay release of its 777X long-haul jet, complicating Qantas Airways' plans to introduce the world's longest commercial flight — from Sydney to London — in 2023. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
President Trump speaks to supporters at a rally in Manchester on Thursday in Manchester, N.H. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
FDA warns that smoking cigarettes causes Type 2 diabetes, which raises blood sugar, among other serious health risks. U.S. Food and Drug Administration hide caption
A video posted by Never Again Action shows a truck driving toward protesters outside the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, R.I. Never Again Action via Storyful hide caption
A Harvard research team's prototype of a portable exosuit is made of cloth components worn at the waist and thighs. A computer that's built into the shorts uses an algorithm that can sense when the user shifts between a walking gait and a running gait. Wyss Institute at Harvard University hide caption