A man works to clear a drain in flood waters, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Jake Offenhartz/AP hide caption
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Baltimore Archbishop William Lori leads a funeral Mass in Baltimore on March 28, 2017. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
In this image made from video from Judge Scott McAfee's virtual Zoom hearing, Scott Graham Hall, left, stands with his attorney Jeff Weiner, right, in Superior Court of Fulton County before Judge McAfee on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Atlanta. USA Today via AP, Pool hide caption
Michael Oher speaks to the media during the first day of the Carolina Panthers' offseason conditioning program in Charlotte, N.C., April 20, 2015. Oher, the former NFL tackle known for the movie "The Blind Side," filed a petition Aug. 14, 2023, in a Tennessee court accusing Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of having him sign papers making them his conservators rather than his adoptive parents. Chuck Burton/AP hide caption
Steven Rattner says the gap in pay between workers and auto executives is "unconscionable." Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Ryan McKinny and Joyce DiDonato star in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Dead Man Walking, which opened Tuesday at the Met in New York. Karen Almond/Courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera hide caption
Rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1996. Las Vegas police said they have made an arrest, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, for the first time in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. Frank Wiese/AP hide caption
This April 10, 2011, file photo, shows a rig and supply vessel in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. The Biden administration has proposed up to three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico over the next five years. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
A judge's ruling that Donald Trump committed fraud as he built his real-estate empire could strip the former president of his authority to make major decisions about the future of his marquee properties in New York. Artie Walker Jr./AP hide caption
Pharmacists who work for CVS have staged a walkout in the Kansas City metro area, protesting what they say are unreasonable work conditions. In this file photo, a CVS store is seen in Jackson, Miss. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
Who's a bad boy (allegedly)? Brandon Bell/Getty Images, Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption
An after school mountain biking club in Farmington, a town that's trying to diversify away from just oil and gas. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
Fossil fuel rules catch Western towns between old economies and new green goals
T.J. Mack — AKA Brian Jordan Alvarez. Brennan Goldstein hide caption
Plaintiff Rhonda Grayson speaks outside of the Muscogee Nation court building after a hearing challenging the Muscogee citizenship board on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, in Okmulgee, Okla. Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP hide caption
"There is nothing valuable about being ripped off or sold on a worthless degree," U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said at a press briefing announcing the final rule. He is shown here in January 2022 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Seventeen-year-old Ethan Crumbley, seen in a Pontiac, Mich., courtroom in July, was 15 when he shot and killed four people and wounded seven others during a shooting at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich. Friday's hearing took place over Zoom. Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption
Michigan judge rules yes to possible life-without-parole sentence for teenage shooter
An aerial image taken on Aug. 10, 2023 shows destroyed homes and buildings burned to the ground in Lahaina in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui, Hawaii. Rumors and conspiracy theories quickly flourished after the fire, hampering relief efforts. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Republican presidential candidates, from left, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., and former Vice President Mike Pence, at a debate hosted by FOX Business and Univision, Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. Mark Terrill/AP hide caption