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A Hollywood, Calif., classroom sits empty in August 2020. At least 3,229 schools around the U.S. announced they were canceling in-person learning as of Monday evening. Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images hide caption
Insurrectionists loyal to then-President Donald Trump are seen swarming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Americans remain bitterly divided over the events that led to the siege on the Capitol that day, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
6 in 10 Americans say U.S. democracy is in crisis as 'The Big Lie' takes root
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin in 2020. Activists are appealing to Tesla to close a new showroom in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, where officials are accused of abuses against mostly Muslim ethnic minorities. Hannibal Hanschke/AP file photo hide caption
Members of Women of the Wall gather around a Torah scroll the group smuggled in for their Rosh Hodesh prayers marking the new month, at the Western Wall where women are forbidden from reading from the Tora. Maya Alleruzzo/AP hide caption
Travelers line up for flights at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on Thursday. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption
Mayor Sokhary Chau addresses the assembly during the Lowell City Council swearing-in ceremony on Monday in Lowell, Mass. Julia Malakie/AP hide caption
Waukee School District teacher Liz Wagner, seen here in her home in Urbandale, Iowa, said last year she was on the front line of the COVID war. "Now I'm on the front line of the culture war, and I don't want to be there." Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption
"Congressional offices, Committees, and Agencies should immediately review their operations to adopt a maximal telework posture to reduce in-person meetings and in-office activities to the maximum extent possible," attending physician Brain Monahan said on Monday. Pablo Porciuncula /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Icicles hang off the State Highway 195 sign in Feb. 2021 in Killeen, Texas. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Elizabeth Holmes walks into federal court in San Jose, Calif. Nic Coury/AP hide caption
Elizabeth Holmes trial: Jury is deadlocked on 3 of 11 fraud charges
New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner, left, takes a pen from then-presidential candidate Joe Biden after he filed to have his name listed on the New Hampshire primary ballot on Nov. 8, 2019. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption
New Hampshire's longtime guardian of its early presidential primary is stepping down
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Thorsten Heins, then the CEO of BlackBerry, introduces the BlackBerry Z10 on Jan. 30, 2013, in New York. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
Social media companies face scrutiny from regulators, lawmakers and users over everything from misinformation to teen mental health to election security. Jenny Kane/AP hide caption
2022 will be a tense year for Facebook and social apps. Here are 4 reasons why
Sheep and goats stand together on Monday in Schneverdingen, Germany, as they form an approximately 330-foot syringe to promote vaccinations against COVID-19. Philipp Schulze/dpa via AP hide caption
New York Attorney General Letitia James recently subpoenaed former President Donald Trump and his two eldest children, demanding their testimony in connection with an ongoing civil investigation into the family's business practices, according to a court filing made public on Monday. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, seen here on Dec. 14, announced the Senate will vote on or before Jan. 17 on changing the Senate rules if Republicans block voting rights again. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Seattle Kraken fan Nadia Popovici (center) looks toward Vancouver Canucks assistant equipment manager Brian "Red" Hamilton (left) at the end of an NHL hockey game in Seattle on Saturday. Popovici had written Hamilton a note months earlier urging him to see a doctor about a suspicious mole, which turned out to be cancerous. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption
Smoke rises from the Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, on Monday, Jan 3, 2022 after the fire re-ignited late afternoon. Firefighters are again on the scene after a major blaze tore through the precinct a day earlier. Nardus Engelbrecht/AP hide caption
Virginia Giuffre speaks during a news conference outside a Manhattan court in New York on Aug. 27, 2019. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption
Richard Leakey, Kenyan wildlife conservationist, places a rhino horn to be burned at the zoo in Dvur Kralove, Czech Republic, in 2017. Leakey, known for his fossil-finding and conservation work in his native Kenya, has died at 77. Petr David Josek/AP hide caption
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, pictured in Seoul, South Korea, in early December, has tested positive for COVID-19. Jeon Heon-kyun/Pool/Getty Images hide caption