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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

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Elizabeth Holmes walks into federal court in San Jose, Calif. Nic Coury/AP hide caption

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Elizabeth Holmes verdict: Former Theranos CEO is found guilty on 4 counts

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U.S. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger was sworn in on July 23 after a nationwide search. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption

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A year after the darkest day for Capitol Police, its new chief focuses on rebuilding

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Chris Yeung, founder and chief writer of Citizen News outside his office in Hong Kong Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. The online news site said Sunday that it would cease operations in light of deteriorating press freedoms. Vincent Yu/AP hide caption

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Trucks drive in front of Teva Pharmaceutical Logistic Center in the town of Shoam, Israel, on Oct. 16, 2013. On Thursday, a jury held Teva responsible for contributing to the opioid crisis. Dan Balilty/AP hide caption

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New York County District Attorney Cyrus Vance is stepping down after 12 years in office. Frank Franklin II/AP hide caption

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Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance reflects on Trump and Weinstein cases as he leaves office

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A Gap store in Farmington Hills, Mich., was closed by COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020. Thousands of people were left without jobs and dependent on unemployment benefits; unfortunately, some people took advantage of the system. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Limits on virtual addiction treatment may soon return, making care harder to access

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In this courtroom sketch, Ghislaine Maxwell is seated at the defense table while watching testimony of witnesses during her trial in New York. Elizabeth Williams/AP hide caption

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Ghislaine Maxwell found guilty of helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls

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According to a former prosecutor, the jury in the trial of former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has to look at " 'what were you thinking when you were doing these things?' And that's really hard to get to." Nic Coury/AP hide caption

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Proud Boys walk toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington in support of President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. A federal judge has refused to dismiss an indictment charging four alleged leaders of the group with conspiring to attack the Capitol. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption

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From left: Julien Xavier Neals, nominee to be U.S. district judge for the District of New Jersey; Zahid Quraishi, nominee to be judge for the District of New Jersey; and Regina Rodriguez, nominee to be judge for the District of Colorado, are sworn in during an April 28 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Quraishi has become the first Muslim American federal judge. Tom Williams/AP hide caption

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Biden had a productive year picking federal judges. The job could get tougher in 2022

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People hold signs in support of truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos during a rally on the west steps of the Colorado state capitol on Dec. 22 in Denver. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via AP hide caption

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Daisy Hohman was separated from her three children for 20 months when they were placed in foster care. When Hohman was reunited with her children, she received a bill of nearly $20,000 for foster care from her Minnesota county. Joseph Shapiro/NPR hide caption

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States send kids to foster care and their parents the bill — often one too big to pay

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A woman wipes her eye as police officers investigate the scene where two people were struck by gunfire in a shooting at a Burlington store as part of a chain formerly known as Burlington Coat Factory. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP hide caption

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In this screen grab from police body camera footage shown in court in the trial of Kim Potter, the Brooklyn Center, Minn., police officer reacts after the April 11 traffic stop in which Daunte Wright was fatally shot. AP hide caption

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