In this Feb. 21, 2020 photo, a worker checks items on a shelf in the produce section of an Amazon Go Grocery store set to open soon in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption
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Keith Plessy and Phoebe Ferguson, descendants of the principals in the Plessy V. Ferguson court case, pose for a photograph in front of a historical marker in New Orleans, on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. Homer Plessy, the namesake of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1896 "separate but equal" ruling, was granted a posthumous pardon, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. Bill Haber/AP hide caption
Bystanders watch as the Philadelphia Fire Department works at the scene of a deadly row house fire on Wednesday. Alejandro A. Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP hide caption
Willie Stokes walks from a state prison in Chester, Pa., on Tuesday after his 1984 murder conviction was overturned because of perjured witness testimony. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
Left to right: President Donald Trump speaks at the "Stop The Steal" Rally. A member of a pro-Trump mob shatters a window with his fist from inside the Capitol Building after breaking in. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi presides over a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 Electoral College. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images; Jon Cherry/Getty Images; Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images hide caption
A timeline of how the Jan. 6 attack unfolded — including who said what and when
People wait in line to receive a COVID-19 test on Tuesday in New York. The U.S. recorded more than 1 million COVID-19 cases on Monday. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Things seem grim now. But America's COVID situation could get better in 6-8 weeks
This image provided by the Virginia department of Transportation shows a closed section of Interstate 95 near Fredericksburg, Va., on Monday. AP hide caption
A sign on the door of Lowell Elementary School asks students, staff and visitors to wear a mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on Wednesday in Chicago. Classes at all of Chicago public schools have been canceled Wednesday by the school district after the teacher's union voted to return to virtual learning. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
A painting by artist Sidney King depicting a Dutch ship with 20 enslaved African people arriving at Point Comfort, VA in 1619, marking the beginning of slavery in America. Sidney King/Associated Press hide caption
A 2016 Harvard Business School study, specifically looking at behavioral patterns on Airbnb, found that guests with "distinctly African-American names are roughly 16% less likely to be accepted than identical guests with distinctively White names." Lionel Bonaventure /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People wait in line for a coronavirus test in Los Angeles on Tuesday. California is starting to feel the full wrath of the omicron variant. Hospitalizations have jumped nearly 50% since Christmas and models show that in a month, the state could have 22,000 people in hospitals, which was the peak during last winter's epic surge. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
Seth Meyers and host Jimmy Fallon appear on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on Jan. 28, 2014, in New York City. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images hide caption
Drivers wait for the traffic to be cleared as cars and trucks are stranded on sections of Interstate 95 on mid-day Tuesday in Carmel Church, Va. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
People line up to get tested for COVID-19 in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. More than 1 million positive COVID-19 tests were recorded in the U.S. on Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Eva Hambach/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A health care worker conducts a test at a drive-through COVID-19 testing site at Zoo Miami last Wednesday in Miami. In response to the increasing demand for COVID-19 tests, Miami-Dade County opened two new testing sites and expanded hours at the Zoo Miami testing location. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
These are the numbers health officials are watching at this point in the pandemic
Washington Football Team fans cheer during a game against the Falcons in Atlanta in October 2021. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images hide caption