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Karen Read, right, smiles as defense attorney David Yannetti, front left, speaks to reporters in front of Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., after the judge declared a mistrial on Monday. Steven Senne/AP hide caption

American Indian activist Leonard Peltier speaks during an interview at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., on April 29, 1999. Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, was denied parole this week. Joe Ledford/The Kansas City Star/AP hide caption

A flare burns at Venture Global LNG in Cameron, La., April 21, 2022. What would be the nation's largest export terminal for liquified natural gas won approval from a federal commission on June 27, 2024, although when the southwest Louisiana project will be completed remains unclear. Martha Irvine/AP hide caption

An agave Margarita and gin Martini made by mixologist Jacques Bezuidenhout sit on a bar in the Starlight Room of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in San Francisco, Dec. 20, 2012. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday put two social media laws on hold, sending the Texas and Florida cases back to lower courts for more review. Both laws sought to regulate social media platforms. Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images hide caption

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry speaks during the start of a special session in Baton Rouge, La., on Jan. 15, 2024. Landry signed a bill in June allowing surgical castration to be a potential punishment for certain sex offenses against children. Michael Johnson/The Advocate/AP hide caption

In Kentucky, abortions are banned in almost all circumstances except in cases when a pregnant women's life is in imminent danger of death or permanent injury. Timothy D. Easley/AP hide caption

Grace Bisch holds a picture of her stepson Eddie Bisch, who died from an overdose, while protesting during oral arguments Dec. 4 at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court's ruling on June 26 upended a proposed nationwide settlement with Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin. Members of the Sackler family, who owned the company, will have to negotiate a new settlement for lawsuits over the impact of opioids. Michael A. McCoy/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption

Daniel Robinson, 24, was last seen leaving a job site in Buckeye, Ariz., on June 23, 2021. Three years later, his father, David, continues the search for him.
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Alec Baldwin emcees the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala at New York Hilton Midtown on Dec. 9, 2021, in New York. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption

Steve Bannon, former adviser to President Donald Trump, and attorney Matthew Evan Corcoran, depart the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse on June 6, 2024 in Washington, D.C. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images hide caption

Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. Brent Stirton/Getty Images hide caption