A worker passes through the security gate at the Moderna campus in Norwood, Mass., one of the sites where the biotechnology company is manufacturing its COVID-19 vaccine. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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FDA Panel Recommends Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine For Emergency Use
Rep. Deb Haaland would be the country's first Native American Cabinet secretary. She opposed many Trump environmental rollbacks on public lands and considers climate change "the challenge of our lifetime." Juan Labreche/AP hide caption
Michael Regan currently leads the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and previously worked on air quality policy at the EPA. North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality hide caption
The Department of Homeland Security is one of several federal agencies that have been part of a hack that hinged on a vulnerability in SolarWinds' Orion network monitoring products. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A federal grand jury has charged six men with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in what investigators say was a plot by anti-government extremists angry over her policies to prevent spread of the coronavirus. The suspects are, from top left, Kaleb Franks, Brandon Caserta, Adam Dean Fox, and from bottom left, Daniel Harris, Barry Croft, and Ty Garbin. Kent County, Mich., Sheriff via AP hide caption
Fallout continues over Google's ouster of research scientist Timnit Gebru, who helped lead the company's Ethical AI research team. Kimberly White/Getty Images for TechCrunch hide caption
California Gov. Gavin Newsom holds up a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a Los Angeles medical facility. Coronavirus cases continue to soar in the state as hospitals struggle to keep up with the surge. Jae Hong/AP hide caption
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Dr. Lawanda Jim, Chair of Internal Medicine, receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Northern Navajo Medical Center on Tuesday in Shiprock, N.M. Micah Garen/Getty Images hide caption
Instead of going to college this fall, Brian Williams got a job at a Jimmy John's near his home in Stafford, Texas. He says paying for college was always going to be hard, but it was even harder to justify the expense during a pandemic. Scott Dalton for NPR hide caption
'Losing A Generation': Fall College Enrollment Plummets For 1st-Year Students
The Department of Justice announced that a Texas man convicted last year of fraud and money laundering was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Rodney Mesquias owned a company that falsely told people they would die within six months in order to sell them hospice care. Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Evening light illuminates the Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino earlier this year in Atlantic City, N.J. The city's mayor, Marty Small, says that the right bid will buy one lucky person the right to activate the casino's planned implosion next month. Mark Makela/Getty Images hide caption
An older sister in Kenya carries her baby sibling. A new study looks at the impact of a big sister's caregiving in low- and middle-income countries. Wendy Stone/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Rep. Cedric Richmond, left, speaks with Joe Biden at Columbus Airport in Columbus, Ga., in October. Biden's transition team says he has not had close contact with Richmond, who has tested positive for the coronavirus. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
A pedestrian walks past a sign reading "Take Out And Delivery Only" on the door of a restaurant in the Hells Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan on Thursday, Dec. 17. Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
With 100,000 Restaurants Already Closed, Owners Left Wondering If Help Is Coming
While on the campaign trail, President Trump, seen here on the South Lawn of the White House in June, frequently bemoaned what he viewed as insufficient water pressure of devices like showerheads. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Paycheck-To-Paycheck Nation: Why Even Americans With Higher Income Struggle With Bills
Tufts employee Gabe Ryan removes letters from signage featuring the Sackler family name at the Tufts building in Boston on Dec. 5, 2019. Tufts University was the first major university to strip the Sackler name from buildings and programs. David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
Google's search page is displayed on a laptop in an arranged photograph taken in New York on July 24. The tech giant was hit by a lawsuit from 38 attorneys general on Thursday, the third major legal challenge against the tech giant in two months. Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
New Data Reveal Which Hospitals Are Dangerously Full. Is Yours?
Sandra Lindsay, left, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
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