Seven-year-old Carson Miller (left), and his brother, 5-year-old Chase Miller (right), both have a degenerative brain disease called MEPAN syndrome. There are only 13 people in the world who have it. Courtesy of Andrew Ross-Perry hide caption
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Author Joshua Harris influenced a whole generation of evangelical Christians with his book I Kissed Dating Goodbye. Now he has a new documentary called I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye, about his new ideas on dating. Courtesy "I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye" hide caption
Harvey Weinstein and attorney Benjamin Brafman exit State Supreme Court on June 5 in New York City. Weinstein pleaded not guilty on two counts of rape and one count of a criminal sexual act. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump, with Vice President Pence, poses with a plaque given to him by sheriffs from across the country during a meeting in September. Trump has campaigned as a strong advocate for law enforcement. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Doug Kiker (left) and Dan Schmalen are founders of Retrofit Careers, a job portal for those in successful drug and alcohol recovery. Emma Lee/WHYY hide caption
People attend a party in Cherry Grove section of Fire Island in New York during the 1960s. Courtesy of Cherry Grove Archives Collection hide caption
1968: After Dozens Of Acquittals, Police Forced To End Raids On Gay Haven
Peter Neaton and his crew unload black cod pots in Homer, Alaska after a November fishing trip in the Gulf of Alaska. Aaron Bolton/KBBI News hide caption
Alaska Fishermen Hauling A Bigger Catch With Gear They Get To Use For The First Time
Residents take photos and try to touch one of the three Balangiga church bells after a ceremony returning them to the church in the town of Balangiga in the Philippines on Dec. 15, 2018. Ted Aljibe/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Philippines Duterte Praises 'Generous' Americans For Returning Church Bells
Floods in Ellicott City, Maryland, pushed cars into a pile last May. This year has been a year of record rainfall for cities throughout the mid-Atlantic and Carolinas. The Washington Post/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption
Manager Brian Murray of Jersey Mike's in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The store donated one half of a day's proceeds to a fund for the families of victims of the Borderline Bar & Grill shooting. Ina Jaffe/NPR hide caption
After The Thousand Oaks' Shooting, A Community-Wide Effort To Memorialize And Heal
A massive fire roars through a neighborhood in San Bruno, Calif., after a PG&E gas pipeline ruptured, killing eight people, in 2010. Paul Sakuma/AP hide caption
Information cards are displayed during an Affordable Care Act enrollment event in San Antonio, Texas, in 2016. A federal judge struck down the health insurance law as unconstitutional Friday. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Tuna, seen on display last year at a fish market in Mexico City. The World Trade Organization dealt Mexico a defeat on appeal Friday, dismissing the country's argument that labeling regulations in the U.S. violated WTO rules. Henry Romero/Reuters hide caption
Actress Eliza Dushku reached a $9.5 million settlement with CBS last year after she alleged she was written off Bull because she had made a sexual harassment complaint against the show's lead. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images hide caption
A U.S. Marine salutes as participants in the Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally rumble through Washington, D.C., in 2017. Organizers say the 2019 event will be the last in D.C. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Lorrie Scheppler, a Cape resident, had a rat problem in her apartment in West Dennis, Mass. Courtesy of Lorrie Scheppler hide caption
Under Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, the department took a series of steps to try to delay borrower defense from going into effect. Cheriss May/Getty Images hide caption
Defeated In Court, Education Dept. To Cancel $150 Million Of Student Loan Debt
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, says Trump directed him to arrange hush-money payments to two women during the closing weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign. Craig Ruttle/AP hide caption
Every summer, downy mildew spreads from Florida northward, adapting to nearly every defense pickle growers have in their arsenals and destroying their crops. Bernd Settnik/Picture Alliance via Getty Images hide caption
The Sandy Hook Promise, a non-profit group formed after the 2012 Connecticut shooting, is training students to spot warning signs in other wouldâbe shooters and to anonymously report concerns through a mobile app. Courtesy Sandy Hook Promise hide caption
'It's Preventable': Sandy Hook Parents Promote App For Reporting School Threats
People who earn up to 400 percent of the poverty level (about $48,500 for an individual and $100,400 for a family of four in 2019) are eligible for subsidies of the cost of their marketplace health plans. But many of the 5 million who aren't eligible feel crushed by rising costs. Stuart Kinlough/Ikon Images/Getty Images hide caption
Grammy-winning singer Nancy Wilson performs in 2003 at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York during a concert titled "Nancy Wilson With Strings: Celebrating Four Decades of Music." Stuart Ramson/AP hide caption
The deadline for signing up for individual health insurance coverage on HealthCare.gov ends Saturday, Dec. 15. Patrick Sison/AP hide caption
Barnie Botone reflects on his 34-year career on the railroad in a StoryCorps interview in Bismarck, N.D., last month. Camila Kerwin/StoryCorps hide caption