A car drives through a darkened Montclair Village in Oakland, Calif., after Pacific Gas & Electric shut down power last week to prevent wildfires. Noah Berger/AP hide caption
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All Boeing 737 Max aircraft are grounded while the manufacturer fixes a deadly defect in their flight control system. These Southwest Airlines planes were parked in Victorville, Calif., in March. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The two unstable cranes at the Hard Rock Hotel collapse site will be brought down by a controlled explosion. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
The gung-ho slogan adopted by some Marines became so well-known that it was turned into a 1943 movie. LMPC/Getty Images hide caption
Garrison Coward is one of two African American Republican candidates running in next month's legislative elections in Virginia. Coward previously served as an aide to GOP U.S. Rep. Rob Wittman and led the Republican Party of Virginia's outreach to minority voters. Crixell Matthews/VPM News hide caption
In Virginia, 2 Young Candidates Vie To Be First Black GOP Lawmakers In 15 Years
Before Guy Bryant (right) took Romario Vassell (left) into foster care, Vassell had been living in a homeless shelter. Jey Born for StoryCorps hide caption
Jacob Reed, director of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems degree program at Lewis University, demonstrates a drone at the school's airfield outside of Chicago. David Schaper/NPR hide caption
The Rikers Island jail complex in New York with the Manhattan skyline in the background. New York City lawmakers voted on Thursday to close the notorious jail complex. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry takes a seat before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on his nomination to be energy secretary on Jan. 19, 2017. Yuri Gripas/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Kathleen Kraninger, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on March 7. On Thursday, she faced questions from senators about problems with a student loan program for public service workers. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Power lines knocked down due to storm damage in Danvers, Mass. Nic Antaya for The Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
David Correia appeared briefly in U.S. District Court in Manhattan on Wednesday and was released on $250,000 bond. Kevin Hagen/AP hide caption
A California Highway Patrol officer checks cars that fell when the upper deck of the San Francisco Bay Bridge collapsed onto the lower deck after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. George Nikitin/AP hide caption
Teacher in Chicago have announced that they will go on strike. John Gress/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks with the media Wednesday after the Senate Policy Luncheon on Capitol Hill. McConnell said a Trump impeachment trial could begin by Thanksgiving. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
Astronauts Christina Koch (right) and Jessica Meir pose for a photo on the International Space Station on Oct. 4. NASA moved up the first all-female spacewalk because of a power system failure at the space station. NASA via AP hide caption
The parents of Harry Dunn, the 19-year-old who was killed in England when an American woman drove the wrong way, said no to President Trump's suggestion on Tuesday they meet with the woman right then. Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn are seen here in New York City on Tuesday. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters hide caption
The Census Bureau is turning to existing government records, such as state driver's licenses, to try to fill in gaps in the incomplete responses it collects from its survey. George Frey/Getty Images hide caption
Teachers, staff and their supporters marched through downtown Chicago on Monday to show support for the teachers union. Teresa Crawford/AP hide caption
Michael McKinley (center), former senior adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, arrives to testify at a closed-door deposition as part of the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Carlos Jasso/Reuters hide caption
The UAW GM National Council will vote on a new tentative deal Thursday in a potential end to the national strike that has idled GM plants. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption
Forest biologist Patricia Maloney is raising 10,000 sugar pine seedlings descended from trees that survived California's historic drought. Lauren Sommer/KQED hide caption