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Man who hijacked school bus full of children, buried them in van is being released
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of California children for an attempted $5 million ransom in 1976 — in what a prosecutor called "the largest mass kidnapping in U.S. history" — is being released by the state's parole board.
Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the board to reconsider its decision to parole Frederick Woods, 70, on Tuesday. Two board members recommended his release in March when previous panels had denied him parole 17 times. But the board affirmed that decision.
Photos: Scenes from the 1976 school bus hijacking in Chowchilla
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FILE -- In this July 20, 1976 file photo, officials remove a truck buried at a rock quarry in Livermore, Calif., in which 26 Chowchilla school children and their bus driver were held captive. Nearly 40 years later the final convicted kidnapper, Fredrick Woods, is awaiting a parole hearing Nov. 19, 2015. Woods accomplices, brothers James and Richard Schoenfeld have already been paroled.(AP Photo/file)
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School Bus Hijacking
FILE - In this July 17, 1976, photo members of the Alameda County Crime Lab and FBI are pictured working around the opening to the van where 26 Chowchilla school children and their bus driver were held captive at a rock quarry near Livermore, Calif. California parole commissioners have recommended parole for the last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of children for $5 million ransom in 1976. The two commissioners acted Friday, March 25, 2022, in the case of 70-year-old Frederick Woods. (AP Photo, File)
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School Bus Hijacking
FILE - This July 24, 1976, photo shows the inside of the van that was used as a prison for the 26 kidnapped Chowchilla school children and their bus driver in Livermore, Calif. California parole commissioners have recommended parole for the last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of children for $5 million ransom in 1976. The two commissioners acted Friday, March 25, 2022, in the case of 70-year-old Frederick Woods. All three were from wealthy San Francisco Bay Area families when they kidnapped 26 children and their bus driver near Chowchilla. (AP Photo/Jim Palmer, File)
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Chowchilla School Bus Kidnapping
Officers from Alameda and Santa Clara counties in California sift through materials at a warehouse in San Jose, Calif., July 23, 1976, in their search for evidence in the abducting of 26 Chowchilla school children and their bus driver. The driver, Ed Ray, was flown to San Jose in an attempt to identify vans which officials say they have recovered. They are trying to identify the vans as those used to transport the children from Chowchilla to the quarry in Livermore, Calif. (AP Photo)
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School Bus Hijacking
FILE - In this July 17, 1976, photo parents and families of the Dairyland Union School District children and their bus driver who were kidnapped, wait anxiously inside the Chowchilla police station as the students unload from the chartered bus that returned them from Livermore, Calif., where they were found. California parole commissioners have recommended parole for the last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of children for $5 million ransom in 1976. The two commissioners acted Friday, March 25, 2022, in the case of 70-year-old Frederick Woods. (AP Photo, File)
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School Bus Hijacking
FILE - Chowchilla church-goers give a prayer of thanks for the safe return of their 26 school children and bus driver, during a service at the Chowchilla Baptist Church, in Chowchilla, Calif., July 18, 1976. California parole commissioners have recommended parole for the last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of children for $5 million ransom in 1976. The two commissioners acted Friday, March 25, 2022, in the case of 70-year-old Frederick Woods. All three were from wealthy San Francisco Bay Area families when they kidnapped 26 children and their bus driver near Chowchilla. (AP Photo/Jim Palmer, File)
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Chowchilla School Bus Kidnapping
Several shot-gun blasts were fired through the window of the old Madera County Justice Court in Chowchilla, July 28, 1976, shattering the plate glass windows. The court where Richard Schoenfeld will be arraigned has been moved to a new location and the building now houses a mental health clinic. No one was hurt in the incident. Schoenfeld is to be arraigned on charges stemming from the kidnapping of 26 Chowchilla school children and their bus driver. (AP Photo/Jim Palmer)
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Chowchilla School Bus Kidnapping
Transport driver secures one of three vans recovered by Alameda County Sheriff's Deputies from a warehouse in San Jose, Calif., July 24, 1976. Authorities believe the three vans were used to transport 26 Chowchilla school children and their bus driver Ed Ray, to a rock quarry near Livermore, California. (AP Photo)
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Darla Daniels
FILE -- In this July 17, 1976 file photo, Darla Sue Daniels, 10, is carried by her father (name not available) from the police department after being reunited with her family in Chowchilla, Calif. Daniels was one of 26 school children, and their bus driver who were abducted and buried in a truck underground in 1976. Nearly 40 years later the final convicted kidnapper, Fredrick Woods, is awaiting a parole hearing Nov. 19, 2015. Woods accomplices, brothers James and Richard Schoenfeld have already been paroled. (AP Photo,file)
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Frank Ray Jr.
FILE -- In this July 17, 1976 file photo, Dairyland school bus driver Frank "Ed" Ray Jr. steps from the bus that brought him and 26 school children home to Chowchilla, Calif., after they were found unharmed on Friday night. Nearly 40 years later the final convicted kidnapper, Fredrick Woods, is awaiting a parole hearing Nov. 19, 2015. Woods accomplices, brothers James and Richard Schoenfeld have already been paroled.(AP Photo/Jim Palmer, file)
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Frances Williams, Lisa Barletta
FILE -- In this July 17, 1976 file photo Frances Williams, left, whose daughter Lisa Barletta, 12, was among the children abducted from their school bus, is embraced by friend Barbara Kjostad after learning the children and driver were found unharmed in Chowchilla, Calif. Nearly 40 years later the final convicted kidnapper, Fredrick Woods, is awaiting a parole hearing Nov. 19, 2015. Woods accomplices, brothers James and Richard Schoenfeld have already been paroled. (AP Photo/Jim Palmer,file )
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School Bus Hijacking
FILE - Two Dairyland Union School District students, who were among the 26 school children, and their bus driver who were abducted and buried in a truck underground, walk to the family car clad in blankets after release and early morning arrival in Chowchilla, Calif., on July 17, 1976. California parole commissioners have recommended parole for the last of three men convicted of hijacking the school bus full of children for $5 million ransom in 1976. The two commissioners acted Friday, March 25, 2022, in the case of 70-year-old Frederick Woods. (AP Photo, File)
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Richard Schoenfeld
FILE - In this July 1976 file photo, Richard Schoenfeld leaves the Alameda County Jail in Oakland, Calif., to be taken to Chowchilla for arraignment in the kidnapping of 26 school children and their bus driver. Schoenfeld, his brother James and Fredrick Woods were convicted of the 1976 kidnapping of a Chowchilla school bus and buried the 26 children and driver in a truck underground in 1976. An appeals court ordered Richard Schoenfeld released in 2012 and California Gov. Jerry Brown paroled James Schoenfeld in Aug. 2015. The California Board of Parole Hearings is scheduled to meet Nov. 19, 2015 to decide whether if Woods should be paroled.(AP Photo, file)
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Sam Barletta, Pam Barletta
Sam Barletta embraces his daughter Pam, 13, in Chowchilla, July 16, 1976 as they await word on the 26 missing students and their bus driver that disappeared on Thursday. Barletta's younger daughter Lisa, 12, is among the missing children. (AP Photo/Jim Palmer)
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Sam Barletta
Sam Barletta, left, whose daughter Lisa, 12, was found safe in Chowchilla after being abducted along with 25 other students and their school bus driver, is greeted by friends after learning all the children were found unharmed, July 16, 1976. Man at right is unidentified. (AP Photo/Jim Palmer)
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Tom Houchins, Ed Bates
Alameda County Sheriff Tom Houchins, left, holds composites of two suspects in the kidnapping of 26 Chowchilla school children as Madera County Sheriff Ed Bates describes the men during a news conference in Madera, July 19, 1976. Three men are believed to be involved in the bizarre abduction. (AP Photo)
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Gary Lockman, Larry Shannon
Officers Gary Lockman, left, and Larry Shannon of the Menlo Park, Calif., police department pose with the van in which James Schoenfeld, the second of three suspects sought in the Chowchilla bus kidnap, was spotted driving on a freeway south of San Francisco, shown in Menlo Park, California, July 30, 1976. Shoenfeld was captured without a struggle. (AP Photo)
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Chowchilla School Bus Kidnapping
One youngster snoozes while another looks right at the camera at Santa Rita correctional facility in California, July 17, 1976, after the 26 school children and their bus driver from Chowchilla, Calif., were found unharmed. The children and driver were found in a quarry at Livermore, Calif., and taken to Santa Rita to await transport to their homes in Chowchilla. (AP Photo/Robert H. Houston)
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Black couple sues after they say home valuation rises nearly $300,000 when shown by white colleague
A Maryland couple has sued a local real estate appraiser and an online mortgage loan provider, alleging that the housing appraisal they received was unfairly low due to their race, in violation of the Fair Housing Act, after a second appraisal returned a result nearly $300,000 higher.
Nathan Connolly and Shani Mott filed suit against 20/20 Valuations LLC, its owner Shane Lanham, and loanDepot.com on Monday, alleging the defendants 20/20 Valuations LLC and its owner "discriminated against Plaintiffs by dramatically undervaluing their home in an appraisal because of Plaintiffs' race and their home's location adjacent to a Black census block, notwithstanding that it is also located within Homeland, an affluent, mostly white neighborhood," and loanDepot.com discriminated against them by relying on that appraisal in denying their refinance loan.
Kohl's can't seem to catch a break, and it may have only itself to blame.
The department store chain on Thursday presented a dour outlook for 2022, saying it expects full-year sales to fall 5% to 6% compared to a year ago and blaming high inflation for preventing shoppers — specifically its middle-income consumers — from spending more at its stores. The company also reported a drop in sales and profit for the quarter ended July 30.
Walmart—the company almost synonymous with “big-box” retail—is a considerable stakeholder in urban and rural economies and boasts one of the largest private U.S. workforces.
Over the past decade, Walmart has faced increased competition from Amazon and others who have pioneered quick-delivery e-commerce services. The Arkansas-headquartered retailer hires tens of thousands of workers every year, and is facing the same challenges attracting and retaining labor as its competitors.
The company has increased wages for its employees multiple times since early 2021, bringing its average hourly wage above $16.
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#9. Target Corp.
- Total compensation of median employee: $25,501
- Total compensation of CEO: $19.8 million
- Pay ratio of CEO-to-median employee: 775:1
- Company revenues: $106 billion
- Total employees: 450,000
Twin Cities-based Target has almost 2,000 store locations across the U.S. and operates in every single state, as of 2018.
Target gave employees at least half a dozen bonuses in 2021, each totaling $200 to $1,500. The retailer announced in early 2022 that it plans to raise its minimum wage up to $24 per hour depending on the job and employee’s location.
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#8. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.
- Total compensation of median employee: $26,255
- Total compensation of CEO: $28.5 million
- Pay ratio of CEO-to-median employee: 1,084:1
- Company revenues: $132.5 billion
- Total employees: 307,250
Walgreens announced it would raise all employee’s pay to $15 per hour by November 2022. The company outlined that the increased wages would represent a $450 million investment spread over three years—or about 0.3% of the overall company’s 2021 revenues.
Walgreens CEO Rosalind Brewer is one of just two Black female CEOs sitting atop Fortune 500 companies today. Brewer took on the position in March 2021, overlapping with outgoing CEO and pharmaceutical billionaire Stefano Pessina for several months. The pay ratio of 1,084:1 represents a comparison of the median employee to the CEOs combined incomes in 2021. It also includes one-time sign-on bonuses for Brewer.
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#6. The Home Depot Inc.
- Total compensation of median employee: $28,697
- Total compensation of CEO: $13.1 million
- Pay ratio of CEO-to-median employee: 455:1
- Company revenues: $151.2 billion
- Total employees: 490,600
Headquartered in Georgia, The Home Depot employs hundreds of thousands at more than 2,300 store locations throughout North America. In early 2022, the retailer set out to hire 100,000 employees for its busy spring season.
The DIY and home goods retailer profited greatly from 2020’s lockdowns, around which time many Americans chose to spend more money improving their homes. That same year, the company said it would invest $1 billion in employee wages, though never detailed publicly or in filings how that would affect its average hourly wage the way other employers have.
The Home Depot’s median employee in this comparison is a part-time worker, the company said.
Seattle-based Amazon is the second-largest private U.S. employer behind Walmart. It operates more than 1,100 fulfillment centers mostly located near major metro areas.
The e-commerce giant’s warehouse, delivery, and fulfillment workers who toil under reportedly backbreaking conditions have recently begun organizing labor drives under the Amazon Labor Union. Those workers are asking for less surveillance, more breaks, and better compensation. It’s typical for the company to experience 100% employee turnover at its warehouses in any given year. Experts tend to associate lower turnover rates with better company culture.
Amazon president and CEO Andy Jassy was elevated to the top role in July 2021 when founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos transitioned into an executive chairman position. Jassy’s compensation package is made up almost entirely of restricted stock awards that vest over the next decade.
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#4. CVS Health Corp.
- Total compensation of median employee: $45,010
- Total compensation of CEO: $20.6 million
- Pay ratio of CEO-to-median employee: 458:1
- Company revenues: $292.1 billion
- Total employees: 300,000
Rhode Island-headquartered pharmacy chain CVS has more than doubled its store footprint over the past 15 years and now operates almost 10,000 locations. In terms of revenues, the company is twice as big as its biggest competitor, Walgreens.
In 2021, CVS announced it would bring its average minimum wage for hourly workers to $15 by July. The company said fewer than half of its employees were making under $15 per hour when the announcement came.
CEO Karen Lynch began in the role in February 2021, and her $20.6 million salary represents what she would have been compensated in one full calendar year, according to CVS.
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#3. Costco Wholesale Corp.
- Total compensation of median employee: $45,294
- Total compensation of CEO: $8.8 million
- Pay ratio of CEO-to-median employee: 193:1
- Company revenues: $195.9 billion
- Total employees: 288,000
The members-only wholesale retailer has 195,000 U.S. employees across 574 locations spanning nearly every state, with 40% of its global workforce employed as part-time, temporary, or seasonal workers, per the company’s SEC filing.
The company announced twice in 2021 it would raise its minimum hourly pay—first from $15 to $16 in February, then to $17 per hour in October as an attempt to retain workers.
Costco’s CEO is 69-year-old Craig Jelinek. He is compensated 193 times as much as the company’s typical employee, the smallest gap among major retail executives that made this list.
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#2. United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS)
- Total compensation of median employee: $50,379
- Total compensation of CEO: $27.6 million
- Pay ratio of CEO-to-median employee: 548:1
- Company revenues: $97.3 billion
- Total employees: 534,000
Georgia-based UPS is a behemoth shipping and logistics retailer with more than 5,200 store locations. Hundreds of thousands of UPS workers are represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union.
The company announced a $3 per hour pay cut for its more than 200,000 part-time hourly workers in February 2022. The cuts eliminated the raises awarded to employees in 2021.
The company’s profit in 2021 exceeded $10 billion, a record for the company and a massive increase from the $4 billion to $5 billion profit UPS made pre-pandemic.
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#1. Apple Inc.
- Total compensation of median employee: $68,254
- Total compensation of CEO: $98.7 million
- Pay ratio of CEO-to-median employee: 1,447:1
- Company revenues: $365.8 billion
- Total employees: 154,000
All the top 10 largest retailers pay employees well above the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour established in 2009, but Apple’s median employee compensation according to SEC filings sits well above the others. The company’s median employee in this instance is full time, and may not work in a retail position given California-headquartered Apple is a massive tech company.
Apple maintains a much slimmer portfolio of brick-and-mortar stores than other traditional retail companies. The consumer tech giant’s nearly 270 U.S. stores employ just under half its total workforce.
At least some of the nearly 65,000 retail employees at Apple are working to unionize staff at stores in multiple states, including Georgia and Maryland. Those workers lament the pressure inflation has placed on their wages, which they call insufficient. Discontent over compensation at Apple’s retail stores relative to the company’s lucrative revenues stretches back at least a decade.
Since 2021, Apple has offered its store employees 10% pay raises, one-time $1,000 bonuses, and increased benefits. The company claims it achieved gender pay equity in 2017, but it opposed a shareholder proposal that would have forced the company to publish an annual report on pay equity across race, gender, and other demographics.
Trump Organization CFO pleads guilty in tax evasion case
NEW YORK (AP) — A top executive at former President Donald Trump's family business pleaded guilty Thursday to evading taxes in a deal that could potentially make him a star witness against the company at a fall trial.
Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg pleaded guilty to all 15 of the charges he faced in the case.
1999: Possible Reform Party candidate for president Donald Trump, left, talks with Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura about being self-made men and not from the "lucky sperm club" meaning other candidates were born into wealth.
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With Melania
1999: Donald Trump and his girlfriend Melania Knauss enjoy a moment at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, May 1, during the 125th Kentucky Derby.
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'How to Get Rich'
Entrepreneur turned TV star, Donald Trump, is shown at at Barnes and Nobles Lincoln Square in New York, where he signed copies of his new book "How To Get Rich" on Wednesday, March 24, 2004.
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On the course
Developer Donald Trump poses next to a green side bunker on hole 11 at his new golf course, Trump National Golf Club on January 14, 2005 in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
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At Doral
Donald Trump shows off his updated golf course by hitting a ceremonial tee shot off the first tee at Trump National Doral, Feb. 6, 2014, in Doral, Fla. (David Walters/Miami Herald/MCT)
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Sarazen Cup
Dustin Johnson celebrates with Donald Trump as he holds the Gene Sarazen Cup after winning the WGC-Cadillac Championship on Sunday, March 8, 2015, at Trump National Doral in Doral, Fla. (Patrick Farrell/Miami Herald/TNS)
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With Serena
Donald Trump, chairman of The Trump Organization, and tennis champion Serena Williams attend the grand opening of the Tennis Performance Center at the Trump National Golf Club on April 7, 2015 in Sterling, Va. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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USS Iowa
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump makes a campaign stop aboard the USS Iowa battleship in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
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Debating Jeb Bush
Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump, left, and Jeb Bush spar early in the GOP debate at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
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In Biloxi
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets the crowd during a rally at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Miss., on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016. (John Fitzhugh/Biloxi Sun Herald/TNS)
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Campaign rally
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Walterboro, S.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. (Olivier Douliery/TNS)
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Winning South Carolina
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, after winning the South Carolina primary, speaks to supporters at the Spartanburg Marriott in Spartanburg, S.C., on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016. (Olivier Douliery/TNS)
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She's with him
Barbara Tomasino of Plano, Texas shows off her dress in support for Trump at the Donald J. Trump for President Rally at the Fort Worth Convention Center on Friday, Feb. 26, 2016, in Fort Worth, Texas. (Ron Jenkins/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/TNS)
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Signing autographs
A supporter greets GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump as he signs autographs for supporters following his speech at the Cabarrus Arena on Monday, March 7, 2016 in Concord, N.C. (Jeff Siner/Charlotte Observer/TNS)
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Another debate
From left, Republican presidential candidates, Sen. Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, stand for the national anthem prior to the GOP presidential primary debate at the University of Miami's Bank United Center in Coral Gables, Fla., on Thursday, March 10, 2016. (Pedro Portal/El Nuevo Herald/TNS)
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Waving to supporters
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump waves to supporters at Lenoir-Rhyne University on March 14, 2016 in Hickory, N.C. (Jeff Siner/Charlotte Observer/TNS)
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In Arizona
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, left, and former Arizona governor Jan Brewer, center, greet Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally at Fountain Park in Fountain Hills, Ariz., on Saturday, March 19, 2016. Arizona holds its presidential primary on Tuesday. (Allen J. Schaben/ Los Angeles Times/TNS)
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The Trump family
From right, Ivanka, Donald Jr.and Erik Trump listen as their father, US presidential hopeful Donald Trump, speaks at Turnberry hotel in South Ayrshire, where the Trump Turnberry golf course has been revamped, on June 24, 2016. (Andrew Milligan/PA Wire/Abaca Press/TNS)
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At the convention
Republican candidate Donald Trump introduces his wife Melania Trump on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Monday, July 18, 2016. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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The nominee
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump accepts the party's nomination on the last day of the Republican National Convention on Thursday, July 21, 2016, at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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The ticket
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump stands on stage with his family and running mate Mike Pence after accepting the party's nomination on the last day of the Republican National Convention on Thursday, July 21, 2016, at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Showing her support
Veronica Butler, 13, wears Trump socks as US Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to members of the National Association of Home Builders at the Fontainebleau Hotel on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016 in Miami Beach, Fla. (Al Diaz/Miami Herald/TNS)
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In Mexico
President-elect Donald Trump, right, is seen at a joint press conference with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto after their Aug. 31, 2016 meeting in Mexico City, Mexico. (Str/Xinhua/Sipa USA/TNS)
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Debating Clinton
Donald Trump and and Hillary Clinton on stage during the second debate between the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016 at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS)
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Casting his vote
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump casts his ballot on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 as he votes in New York City, N.Y. (Gary Hershorn/Zuma Press/TNS)
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Election Night
President-elect Donald Trump speaks to supporters at the Election Night Party at the Hilton Midtown Hotel in New York City on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. (J. Conrad Williams Jr./Newsday/TNS)
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In the Oval Office
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. in their first public step toward a transition of power. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Mitt Romney
U.S. President Donald Trump sits at a table with former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney on Nov. 29, 2016 at Jean Georges Restaurant in New York City, N.Y. (John Angelillo/Pool/Sipa USA/TNS)
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The inauguration
President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama arrive for Trump's inauguration ceremony at the Capitol on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (J. Scott Applewhite/Sipa USA/TNS)
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Thumbs up
President Donald Trump gives a thumb up during the 58th Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Taking the oath
Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr. administers the oath of office to President Donald Trump during the 58th Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Waving goodbye
First Lady Melania Trump, from left, President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence, wave goodbye to Executive One flying off carrying outgoing President Barack Obama and outgoing First Lady Michelle Obama after President Donald Trump's inauguration as the 45th President of The United States on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
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Armed Forces Ball
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump dance with Vice President Mike Pence and Karen Pence at the A Salute to Our Armed Services Ball on Jan. 20, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Sipa USA/TNS)
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James Comey
President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with James Comey, then director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on January 22, 2017. Trump on June 16 lashed out at the Justice Department official with authority over the special counsel probe of Russian election-meddling, and acknowledged that his firing of Comey as FBI director is a focus of the investigation. (Andrew Harrer/Pool/Sipa USA/TNS)
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Trump to lay out his agenda to Congress
U.S. President Donald J. Trump delivers his first address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017 at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Thanking school children
President Donald Trump thanks fourth-graders Janayah Chatelier and Landon Fritz for the homemade greeting cards they presented during his visit to St. Andrew Catholic School Friday, March 3, 2017, in Orlando, Fla. With the president, from left, is Jared Kushner, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, and Ivanka Trump. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)
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Medal of Honor recipients
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Medal of Honor recipients in the Oval Office of the White House on March 24, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Justice Anthony Kennedy swears in Neil Gorsuch
Justice Anthony Kennedy speaks as President Donald trump shakes hands with Neil Gorsuch ibefore a swearing in ceremony at the White House Rose Garden April 10, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Easter Egg Roll
President Donald Trump makes cards for members of the military at the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House April 17, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Super Bowl champs
President Donald Trump holds a Patriots Super Bowl jersey next to coach Bill Belichick, left, and owner Robert Kraft, right, as he welcomes the Super Bowl Champions the New England Patriots to the White House on the South Lawn on April 19, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Molly Riley/Pool/Sipa USA/TNS)
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Little Sisters of the Poor
U.S. President Donald Trump greets the Little Sisters of the Poor before signing the Executive Order on Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty during a National Day of Prayer Event on Thursday, May 4, 2017 in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Russian foreign minister, ambassador
From left, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergei Kislyak talk during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House Wednesday, May 10, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Alexander Shcherbak/TASS/Abaca Press/TNS)
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At the Western Wall
U.S. President Donald Trump visits the Western Wall on May 22, 2017 in Jerusalem. President Trump arrived in Israel for a two day visit, as part of his first trip abroad since being elected. (Jini/Xinhua/Zuma Press/TNS)
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Meeting the pope
Pope Francis meets with U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at the Vatican. (Evandro Inetti/Vaticanpool/Hearin/Zuma Press/TNS)
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Wreath-laying ceremony in Arlington
President Donald Trump greets people as he walks through Section 60 after participating in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, May 29, 2017 in Arlington, Va. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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National champs
Clemson Tigers players take selfie with President Donald Trump during a ceremony to honor their 2016 NCAA Football National Champion on the South Lawn of the White House June 12, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Congressional shooting
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump shake hands with Dr. Ira Rabin while leaving the MedStar Washington Hospital Center in northeast D.C., after visiting with victims of the Alexandria shooting on Wednesday, June 14, 2017. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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At the White House
U.S President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence arrive in the East Room to participate in the American Leadership in Emerging Technology Event on Thursday, June 22, 2017 at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Congressional Picnic
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump greet guests at the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, June 22, 2017. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Go, Cubs, go
U.S President Donald Trump meets with the Chicago Cubs in the Oval Office of the White House Wednesday, June 28, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Departing the White House
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump depart the White House in Washington, DC, on July 12, 2017. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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USS Gerald R. Ford joins the Navy
President Donald Trump, left, acknowledges Captain Richard McCormack, right, during the commissioning ceremony for the USS Gerald R. Ford on Saturday, July 22, 2017, at Naval Station Norfolk, Va. (Aileen Devlin/Newport News Daily Press/TNS)
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The eclipse
U.S. President Donald J. Trump, right, points skywards as he prepares to look at the partial eclipse of the sun from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 in Washington, D.C. First lady Melania Trump is at left. (Ron Sachs/CNP/Sipa USA/TNS)
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9/11 anniversary
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, joined by White House staff, participate in a moment of silence on the 16th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, at the White House on Sept. 11, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Trump addresses world leaders at U.N. General Assembly
President Donald Trump addresses world leaders at the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 19, 2017. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Las Vegas shooting
President Donald Trump makes a statement on the mass shooting at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas in the diplomatic room of the White House in Washington, D.C, Oct. 2, 2017. More than 50 people were killed Sunday night when a gunman opened fire into a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Trump visits Puerto Rico
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania arrive at Muniz Air National Guard Base in Carolina, Puerto Rico on Oct. 3, 2017, almost two weeks after Hurricane Maria hit the island. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
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Trump meets Kissinger
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Dr. Henry Kissinger.in the Oval office of the White House Oct. 10, 2017 in Washington D.C.. (Olivier Douliery/ Abaca Press/TNS)
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With Trudeau
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the White House on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 in Washington D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Medal of Honor
U.S. President Donald Trump presents the Medal of Honor to Vietnam war army medic retired Army Capt. Gary M. Rose of Huntsville, Ala., during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House Oct. 23, 2017 in Washington D.C. (Olivier Douliery/ Abaca Press/TS)
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Happy Halloween
U.S President Donald Trump welcomes kids dressed for Halloween in the Oval Office of the White House, on Oct. 27, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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National Christmas Tree Lighting
U.S President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive on stage after they lit the National Christmas Tree at the National Christmas Tree Lightening Ceremony on Nov. 30, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Celebrating GOP tax plan
President Donald Trump shakes hands with House Speaker Paul Ryan as they celebrate the tax bill's passage with members of the House and Senate on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017 during an event on the South Portico of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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March for Life
U.S. President Donald Trump kisses a March for Life Participant in the Rose Garden of the White House Jan. 19, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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State of the Union
President Donald Trump delivers his first State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS
Olivier Douliery
School shootings
President Donald Trump meets with students, parents and teachers affected by mass shootings in Parkland, Fla., Newtown, Conn., and Columbine, Colo., to search for policies to keep America's schools safe in the State Dining Room of the White House on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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State dinner
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcome Brigitte Macron and French President Emmanuel Macron during a state dinner arrival ceremony at the White House on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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With Olympians
2018 Snowborder gold medalist Red Gerard reacts during a celebration for Team USA following the 2018 Winter Olympics on the North Portico of the White House Friday, April 27, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Greeting a guest
U.S. President Donald Trump greets guests as he walks toward Marine One while departing from the White House, on May 4, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Trump is traveling to Dallas, TX where he will participate in the National Rifle Association Leadership Forum. (Olivier Douliery/ ABACA PRESS/TNS)
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Freed Americans
U.S. President Donald Trump greets the three Americans freed from North Korea upon their arrival at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington early Thursday morning, May 10, 2018 in Maryland. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS)
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Historic summit
Top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un, left, shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump in Singapore before the first-ever DPRK-U.S. summit in June 12, 2018. (The Straits Times/Xinhua/Zuma Press/TNS)
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With Kim Kardashian West
Kim Kardashian West, who is among the celebrities who have advocated for criminal justice reform, speaks during an event on second chance hiring and criminal justice reform with President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 13, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Evan Vucci
In Washington
President Donald Trump walks from the White House through Lafayette Park to visit St. John's Church Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Debating Joe Biden
President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn.
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Election Night 2020
President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Washington.
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Jan. 6
President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. Many of his supporters marched to the U.S. Capitol and invaded the building, delaying the certification.
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Leaving the White House
President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. Trump is en route to his Mar-a-Lago Florida Resort ahead of Joe Biden's swearing in as the 46th U.S. president.
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Injured Little Leaguer has increased face swelling limiting his vision, doctors say
The injured Little League player who fractured his skull after falling from his bunk bed on Monday continues to face challenges in his recovery, including swelling which may block his vision.
Doctors told the parents swelling in 12-year-old Easton "Tank" Oliverson's face has increased, according to an Instagram account set up to provide updates on his recovery.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will depart the federal government in December after more than five decades of service.
Keep scrolling for photos of Fauci's career through the years
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Health, testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill Iin Washington in this April 4, 2003, file photo. Weeks before President Bush announced a plan in June 2002 to protect African babies from AIDS, top U.S. health officials were warned that research on a key drug was flawed and may have underreported thousands of severe reactions including deaths, government documents show. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, a pioneering AIDS researcher and scientific leader, speaks at the 2003 Ellis Island Family Heritage Awards ceremony held on Ellis Island, N.J., Thursday, April 10, 2003. He was one of five recipients who can trace their family roots through Ellis Island were chosen for their contributions to the American experience. (AP Photo / Stuart Ramson)
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Anthony Fauci, left, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks near Swiss Giuseppe Pantaleo, right, chairman of the AIDS Vaccine 04 conference and professor at Lausanne University Hospital, CHUV, during a press conference after the opening of the AIDS Vaccine 04 conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, Aug. 30, 2004. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)
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Actress Ashley Judd, who is also global ambassador for YouthAIDS, an organization dedicated to educating and protecting young people from HIV/AIDS, talks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, prior to giving their testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 23, 2005. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, center, flanked by Dr. James LeDuc, director, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, left, and Dr. Bruce Gellin, director, National Vaccine Planning Office, Department of Health and Humans Services, testifies on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 30, 2005, before the House Government Reform Committee hearing on "The Next Flu Pandemic: Evaluating U.S. Readiness." (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, before the The House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing to examine the government's response to contain the disease and whether America's hospitals and health care workers are adequately prepared for Ebola patients. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Patient Nina Pham is hugged by Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, outside of National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Md., Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. Pham, the first nurse diagnosed with Ebola after treating an infected man at a Dallas hospital is free of the virus. The 26-year-old Pham arrived last week at the NIH Clinical Center. She had been flown there from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, testifies before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing looking into the effectiveness of vaccines in the wake of a measles outbreak and the exceptionally severe flu season, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, February 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks at the Economic Club of Washington on various topics including the Zika virus, Friday, Jan. 29, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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From left, CDC Director Tom Frieden, NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci, and USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health Ariel Pablos-Mendez, take a break on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, from giving their testimony before the House Foreign Affairs, Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Subcommittee and Western Hemisphere subcommittee joint hearing on: 'The Global Zika Epidemic.' (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of NIH/NIAID, right, and Dr. Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director of the CDC, participate in a briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Barack Obama speaks during a briefing on the ongoing response to the Zika virus with members of his public health team, Friday, July 1, 2016, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Joining Obama are Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Tom Frieden, center, and Director of NIH/NIAID Dr. Anthony Fauci, right. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, works at his desk in his office at the National Institutes of Health, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, talks to reporters before the start of a closed all-senators briefing on the coronavirus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci arrives to testify before a House Commerce subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, during a hearing on the budget and coronavirus. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, takes a phone call outside a room on Capitol Hill where he and others from the president's coronavirus task force briefed members of the House of Representatives on the outbreak of the new respiratory virus sweeping the globe, in Washington, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, left, accompanied by President Donald Trump, speaks about the coronavirus during a news conference in the press briefing room at the White House, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci closes his eyes as he appears before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the coronavirus on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci, left, speaks with President Donald Trump at the National Institutes of Health, Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health, speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March, 9, 2020, about the coronavirus outbreak as Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, Vice President Mike Pence, and Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, listen. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, arrives to testify before a House Oversight Committee hearing on preparedness for and response to the coronavirus outbreak on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, center, listens during a news conference about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, March 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a press briefing with the coronavirus task force, in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, Monday, March 16, 2020, in Washington, as President Donald Trump and U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams listen. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, left, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, walks past President Donald Trump after answering a question during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, sits outside the White House, Sunday, April 5, 2020, in Washington. Fauci said Sunday that he hoped the pace of new infections would plateau soon, but that the virus is unlikely to be completely eradicated this year. That means the U.S. could see a resurgence during the next flu season, he said. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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In this April 9, 2020, file photo, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, appears at a news conference about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, stands before President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, April 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks remotely during a virtual Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)
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Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci wears a face mask as he waits to testify before a House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the Trump administration's response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)
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Ceremonial first pitch is thrown by Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases before the start of the during the first inning of an opening day baseball game between the New York Yankees and Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, arrives to testify before a House Subcommittee hearing on the Coronavirus crisis, Friday, July 31, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, gestures after receiving his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the National Institutes of Health, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, prepares to receive his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the National Institutes of Health, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
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What's next for the Trump Organization after Weisselberg's plea?
NEW YORK (AP) — The numbers guy did the math: Allen Weisselberg — a longtime loyal lieutenant to Donald Trump — could have gotten years in prison if he went to trial and failed to beat tax evasion allegations.
But if he agreed to testify in an upcoming trial of the former president's company, he would probably serve no more than 100 days.
Gary Busey charged with sex offenses at Monster-Mania Con
CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) — Gary Busey has been charged with sexual offenses at a New Jersey fan convention this month.
The 78-year-old Malibu, California, resident was charged Friday with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, one count of attempted criminal sexual contact and one count of harassment, Cherry Hill police said Saturday.
Before he was a leading man in Hollywood, Harrison Ford spent nearly 20 years as a struggling film and TV extra acquiring a slew of credited and uncredited roles. The self-ascribed “late bloomer” finally got his big break when he scored an audition with George Lucas for a part in 1973’s “American Graffiti.” A few years later he was reintroduced to the world as Han Solo—and several years after that, as Dr. Henry Walton “Indiana” Jones Jr.
Like Ford, most famous actors have to work their way to the top with a lot of auditions, countless rejections, and many very small, barely noticeable roles. To showcase where some of the biggest names in Hollywood got their start, Giggster compiled a list of 15 actors who cut their teeth in the industry as extras in film, TV, or both before landing leading roles.
Keep reading to see which of your favorite actors took on bit parts—and what movies and television series included those stars in background roles.
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Javier Bardem
Best known for notable performances like his Oscar-winning turn as the villainous serial killer in “No Country for Old Men,” Javier Bardem began his career doing extra work in his native Spain as a child.
His first role was in a 1974 episode of the TV series “El pícaro.” A string of bit parts followed, including in 1981’s “El poderoso influjo de la luna,” eventually leading to a role in the 1990 film “The Ages of Lulu” that set him on a path to stardom.
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Viola Davis
After graduating from the Juilliard School in 1993, actress Viola Davis went on to perform on and off-Broadway in small and large roles. Her on-screen career began with small parts on television shows like “NYPD Blue” and “New York Undercover.” After winning her first Tony Award for her featured performance in August Wilson’s “King Hedley III,” her film and television roles grew and she landed roles in notable films like Steven Soderbergh’s “Solaris” and George Clooney’s “Syriana.”
Since her career took off, Davis has become the first Black performer to achieve the “Triple Crown of Acting” having won an Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
Now one of the most famous and celebrated actors in the world, actor Leonardo DiCaprio had a humble beginning. Born in Los Angeles in 1974, DiCaprio got his start as a child performing in a number of television commercials. He graduated to doing bit roles in TV shows like “Santa Barbara,” “The New Lassie,” and “Roseanne.”
DiCaprio’s breakout came with his recurring role on the show “Growing Pains” in 1991 and 1992, for which he received a nomination for the Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor Co-Starring in a Television Series. In 1993, 19-year-old DiCaprio earned his first Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for his supporting performance in the film “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.”
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Robert Downey Jr.
As a child, the eventual Iron Man appeared in a small role in his father’s 1970 film “Pound” and in an uncredited role in a 1972 film called “Greaser’s Palace.” His career picked up the pace a bit when he landed small roles in a few 1980s Brat Pack films, finally scoring a lead role opposite Molly Ringwald in the 1987 film “The Pickup Artist.”
Downey Jr. had his status-defining breakthrough role when he played Charlie Chaplin in the 1992 biopic “Chaplin,” for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
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Cuba Gooding Jr.
Cuba Gooding Jr.’s career began as a breakdancer when, as a teenager, he performed in 1984 as a breakdancer for Lionel Richie’s Olympics show. He also got a part in a high school play, where he was discovered and began landing gigs in TV commercials.
Commercials led to small roles in shows like “Hill Street Blues” (1987) and “MacGyver” (1988). Gooding Jr.’s breakthrough performance didn’t come until he landed the role of Tre in the critically acclaimed 1991 film, “Boyz n the Hood.” Just five years later, he earned an Academy Award for his supporting role in “Jerry Maguire.”
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Taraji P. Henson
After receiving a BFA in drama from Howard University, actor Taraji P. Henson earned her Screen Actors Guild union card for doing three uncredited background roles. Henson can be spotted in small roles in shows like “Smart Guy,” “Sister, Sister,” and “House.”
Her breakthrough performance, however, came when she landed a featured role in John Singleton’s 2001 film, “Baby Boy.” Since breaking out onto the scene, Henson has landed Academy Award, SAG Award, and Critics Choice Award nominations and made headlines for her role as Cookie Lyon in the television series “Empire.”
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Samuel L. Jackson
Among his many notable roles, Samuel L. Jackson is famous for his foulmouthed performance as Jules Winnfield in Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 film “Pulp Fiction,” for which he received acting nominations for the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, and won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Role.
At the beginning of his career however, Jackson was just another background player. He got his start in uncredited roles in films like “Ragtime” (1981) and “The Exterminator” (1980), graduating to small roles in the Spike Lee films “School Daze” (1988) and “Do the Right Thing” (1989). Jackson finally got proper recognition for his talents with his performance as Gator in Spike Lee’s 1991 film “Jungle Fever.”
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Lucy Liu
Before she dominated screens as Alex in the Charlie’s Angels franchise, Lucy Liu took on more humble roles. She began her acting career in background and small roles on TV shows like “Beverly Hills 90210” in 1992 and “Home Improvement” in 1995.
Liu’s first featured role on the big screen was playing an ex-girlfriend in the 1996 film “Jerry Maguire,” but her breakthrough performance came when she landed the role of Ling Woo in the show “Ally McBeal.” Her performance as Woo landed Liu a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and a SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series.
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Eva Longoria
Like Lucy Liu, actress Eva Longoria can be seen in a small role in a 2000 episode of “Beverly Hills 90210.” The following year, she landed the role of Isabella Braña on the soap opera “The Young and the Restless” in 2001. After her successful run on the series, Longoria continued with small television roles until becoming a household name with her starring role as Gabrielle Solis in the hit show “Desperate Housewives” in 2004.
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Eva Mendes
Raised in Los Angeles, actress Eva Mendes dropped out of college to pursue her acting career. As she struggled to land a breakout role, Mendes began her career with performances in uncredited roles in music videos for the likes of Will Smith (1997’s “Miami”) and Aerosmith (1997’s “Hole in My Soul”). She can also be seen in the background of a 1998 episode of “ER.”
Mendes’ performance as the mistress of a corrupt cop in the 2001 film “Training Day” finally put her talents to good use. Since then, Mendes has starred in huge blockbusters, like “2 Fast, 2 Furious,” “Once Upon a Time in Mexico,” and “Hitch.”
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Marilyn Monroe
Now one of the most iconic actresses of all time, Marilyn Monroe spent her early life in a string of foster homes and orphanages. She made a name for herself doing pinup modeling until she began to land uncredited roles in films like “Green Grass of Wyoming” and “You Were Meant for Me” in 1948.
In 1950, Monroe had two breakthrough performances with small but notable roles in the films “All About Eve” and “The Asphalt Jungle.” In the following years, Monroe became a tabloid sensation. Monroe solidified her icon status by the middle of the decade with her most memorable roles in films such as “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (1953), “The Seven Year Itch” (1955), and “Some Like it Hot” (1959).
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Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt has been nominated for four Academy Awards for acting and starred in both some of the biggest blockbusters and the most critically acclaimed films of the last 30 years.
But when he first began acting, Pitt performed uncredited background roles in films like “Hunk,” “No Way Out,” “No Man’s Land,” and “Less than Zero” (all from 1987). Pitt finally had a breakout role in 1991 with his performance as a hunky hitchhiker in the classic film “Thelma and Louise.”
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Kristen Stewart
Kristen Stewart, who nabbed her first Academy Award nomination for her performance as Princess Diana in “Spencer,” started out as a struggling child actor. When she was still just a kid, Stewart appeared in uncredited roles in the films “The Thirteenth Year” (1999) and “The Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas” (2000).
Stewart had her breakthrough when she gave a performance beyond her years in the 2004 film “Speak.” Soon after she earned the role of Bella Swan in the cultural behemoth that is the “Twilight” series.
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Benicio del Toro
Benicio del Toro can be seen at the beginning of his career in the background of the music video for Madonna’s 1987 hit “La Isla Bonita.” He went on to play small parts in TV shows like “Miami Vice,” “Ohara,” and “Private Eye.”
Del Toro finally made waves with his breakthrough performance as crook Fred Fenster in “The Usual Suspects,” a performance that won him an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. In 2001, del Toro won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his acting in Steven Soderbergh’s film “Traffic.”
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Renée Zellweger
Known by many as the quirky, relatable Bridget Jones from the popular film series, it took many small roles and many years for actress Renée Zellweger to get to that level of stardom.
Zellweger can be seen in uncredited roles in 1993 for Richard Linklater’s film “Dazed and Confused” and in the miniseries “Murder in the Heartland.” She finally captured the hearts of critics and audiences for her starring role as Dorothy Boyle in “Jerry Maguire,” cementing the line “You complete me” into the lexicon of great movie quotes. Since then, Zellweger has won a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award.
This story originally appeared on Giggster and was produced and distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio.
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Biden set to announce $10,000 federal student loan cancellation
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday is set to announce his long-delayed move to forgive up to $10,000 in federal student loans for many Americans and extend a pause on payments to January, according to three people familiar with the plan.
Biden has faced pressure from liberals to provide broader relief to hard-hit borrowers, and from moderates and Republicans questioning the fairness of any widespread forgiveness. The delay in Biden’s decision has only heightened the anticipation for what his own aides acknowledge represents a political no-win situation. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss Biden's intended announcement ahead of time.
Couple arrested after they’re seen having sex on amusement park ride, police say
SANDUSKY, Ohio — Cedar Point has a long list of guidelines for people who go on the amusement park’s many rides. Refraining from sexual intercourse while on the ride would seem to be a given.
Apparently not. A man and woman, both 32 years old, were arrested Sunday on charges of public indecency after witnesses say they saw the couple having sex while on the Giant Wheel, the park’s 145-foot tall Ferris wheel.
The 5 scariest roller coaster drops around the world
The big drop
Roller coaster fans savor every second of the ride, but there's something really special about that big drop.
Advances in technology, design and engineering over the decades have allowed amusement parks to offer ever taller, faster and steeper coasters (with loops and other kinds of inversions as well). These big hills are getting ever more thrilling and frightening -- and that's really the point, isn't it?
Any scariest/best of roller coaster list is going to leave out some truly fantastic rides. Lindich has some other favorites he suggests:
— Phantom's Revenge (Kennywood; West Mifflin, Pennsylvania). "The second drop on this amazing coaster dives right into a valley and directly underneath another coaster called Thunderbolt at the bottom. This drop is like no other in the world."
It was coincidentally also the 31st anniversary of Ukraine’s Independence from the Soviet Union. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
When Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 in an unprovoked act of aggression, many expected a quick victory.
Six months later, the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II has turned into a grinding war of attrition. The Russian offensive has largely bogged down as Ukrainian forces increasingly target key facilities far behind the front lines, including in Russia-occupied Crimea.
FILE - Ukrainian emergency employees and volunteers carry an injured pregnant woman from the maternity hospital that was damaged by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. A Russian attack has severely damaged the maternity hospital in the besieged port city of Mariupol, Ukrainian officials say. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
Evgeniy Maloletka
FILE - The body of a serviceman is coated in snow next to a destroyed Russian military multiple rocket launcher vehicle on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Russian troops bore down on Ukraine's capital Friday, with gunfire and explosions resonating ever closer to the government quarter, in an invasion of a democratic country that has fueled fears of wider war in Europe and triggered worldwide efforts to make Russia stop. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
Vadim Ghirda
FILE - Natali Sevriukova reacts next to her house following a rocket attack the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
Emilio Morenatti
FILE - Oleksandr Konovalov, an ambulance paramedic, performs CPR on a girl injured by the shelling in a residential area as her father sits, left, after arriving at the city hospital of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. The girl did not survive. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
Evgeniy Maloletka
FILE - An armored personnel carrier burns amid damaged and abandoned Russian light utility vehicles after fighting in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. The city authorities said that Ukrainian forces engaged in fighting with Russian troops that entered the country's second-largest city on Sunday. (AP Photo/Marienko Andrew, File)
Marienko Andrew
FILE - Ukrainian volunteers tear cloth into strips to make camouflage nets in Lviv, western Ukraine, Feb. 28, 2022. Volunteerism has seized the city. Until the missiles struck within walking distance of the cathedrals and cafes downtown on Friday, March 18, Ukraine's cultural capital was a city that could feel distant from the war. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
Bernat Armangue
FILE - A man carries a baby as people struggle on stairways after a last minute change of the departure platform for a Lviv bound train in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Explosions and gunfire that have disrupted life since the invasion began last week appeared to subside around Kyiv overnight, as Ukrainian and Russian delegations met Monday on Ukraine's border with Belarus. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
Vadim Ghirda
FILE - A member of the Ukrainian Emergency Service looks at the City Hall building in the central square following shelling in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Russian strikes pounded the central square in Ukraine's second-largest city and other civilian sites Tuesday in what the country's president condemned as blatant campaign of terror by Moscow. (AP Photo/Pavel Dorogoy, File)
Pavel Dorogoy
FILE - The children of medical workers warm themselves in a blanket as they wait for their relatives in a hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, Friday, March 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
Evgeniy Maloletka
FILE - Aleksander, 41, presses his palms against the window as he says goodbye to his daughter Anna, 5, on a train to Lviv at the Kyiv station, Ukraine, Friday, March 4. 2022. Aleksander has to stay behind to fight in the war while his family leaves the country to seek refuge in a neighbouring country. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
Emilio Morenatti
FILE - Ukrainians crowd under a destroyed bridge as they try to flee crossing the Irpin river in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
Emilio Morenatti
FILE - An elderly lady sit in a wheelchair after being evacuated from Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Demands for ways to safety evacuate civilians have surged along with intensifying shelling by Russian forces, who have made significant advances in southern Ukraine but stalled in some other regions. Efforts to put in place cease-fires along humanitarian corridors have repeatedly failed amid Russian shelling.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
Vadim Ghirda
FILE - Dead bodies are placed into a mass grave on the outskirts of Mariupol, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 9, 2022 as people cannot bury their dead because of the heavy shelling by Russian forces. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
Evgeniy Maloletka
FILE - An explosion is seen in an apartment building after Russian's army tank fires in Mariupol, Ukraine, Friday, March 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
Evgeniy Maloletka
FILE - A picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin hangs at a target practice range in Lviv in western Ukraine, Thursday, March 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
Bernat Armangue
FILE - Irina Zubchenko walks with her dog Max amid the destruction caused after a bombing in a shopping in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 21, 2022. (AP Photo/ (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
Rodrigo Abd
FILE - An injured dog is seen at the ADA foundation centre in Przemysl, southeastern Poland, Monday, March 28, 2022. Amid the exodus of more than 2.2 million Ukrainian refugees to Poland who fled the Russian invasion are the pet lovers who could not leave their animals behind. The evacuation of the animals was dangerous but was made possible due to the efforts and cooperation of several animal rights groups and Ukrainian refugees. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)
Sergei Grits
FILE - A neighbour walks on the debris of a burning house, destroyed after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
Felipe Dana
FILE - A man rides his bike past flames and smoke rising from a fire following a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
Felipe Dana
FILE - The hand of a corpse buried along with other bodies is seen in a mass grave in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
Rodrigo Abd
FILE - Women stand in their robes outside after leaving their building to get a better look at smoke rising after Russian attacks in Odesa, Ukraine, Sunday, April 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)
Petros Giannakouris
FILE - A lifeless body of a man with his hands tied behind his back lies on the pavement in Bucha, Ukraine, Sunday, April 3, 2022. Associated Press journalists in Bucha, a small city northwest of Kyiv, saw the bodies of at least nine people in civilian clothes who appeared to have been killed at close range. At least two had their hands tied behind their backs.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
Vadim Ghirda
FILE - Four bodies lie in a mass grave, including the village mayor and her family, in Motyzhyn close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 4, 2022, after Russian army were pushed out from the area by Ukrainian forces. The bodies appeared to have been shot at close range, with the mayor's husband with hands behind his back, with a piece of rope nearby, and a piece of plastic wrapped around his eyes like a blindfold. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
Efrem Lukatsky
FILE - Ira Gavriluk holds her cat as she walks next to the bodies of her husband, brother, and another man, who were killed outside her home in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 4, 2022. Russia is facing a fresh wave of condemnation after evidence emerged of what appeared to be deliberate killings of civilians in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
Felipe Dana
FILE - A resident looks for belongings in the ruins of an apartment building destroyed during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
Vadim Ghirda
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - The remains of victoms and the fragments of a Russian military helicopter can be seen near Makariv close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Efrem Lukatsky
FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 9, 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he's committed to pressing for peace despite Russian attacks on civilians that have stunned the world. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
Evgeniy Maloletka
FILE - Volunteers load on a truck corpses of civilians killed in Bucha to be taken to a morgue for investigation, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
Rodrigo Abd
FILE - A woman reacts next to the body of a 15-year-old boy killed during a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
Felipe Dana
FILE - Nadiya Trubchaninova, 70, cries while holding the coffin of her son Vadym, 48, who was killed by Russian soldiers last March 30 in Bucha, during his funeral in the cemetery of Mykulychi, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 16, 2022. After nine days since the discovery of Vadym's corpse, finally Nadiya could have a proper funeral for him. This is not where Nadiya Trubchaninova thought she would find herself at 70 years of age, hitchhiking daily from her village to the shattered town of Bucha trying to bring her son's body home for burial. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
Rodrigo Abd
FILE - An injured man smokes following a Russian bombing of a factory in Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine, on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, killing at least one person and injuring three others. Russian forces attacked along a broad front in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday as part of a full-scale ground offensive to take control of the country's eastern industrial heartland in what Ukrainian officials called a "new phase of the war." (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)
Petros Giannakouris
FILE - A car is parked under a tree in partially abandoned Chernobyl town, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
Francisco Seco
FILE - The body of an unidentified man in seen on a road barrier near a village recently retaken by Ukrainian forces in the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
Felipe Dana
FILE - Anna Shevchenko, 35, waters the few flowers that survived in the garden of her home in Irpin, near Kyiv, on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. The house, built by Shevchenko's grandparents, was nearly completely destroyed by bombing in late March during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In her beloved flowerbed, some roses, lilies, peonies and daffodils survived. "It is new life. So I tried to save my flowers," she said. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
Emilio Morenatti
FILE - Oksana Balandina, 23, receives medical assistance by a doctor who cleans her wounds at a public hospital in Lviv, Ukraine Saturday, May 14, 2022. Oksana lost both legs and 4 fingers on her left arm when a shell sticking in the ground near her house exploded on March 27. "There was explosion. Just after that I felt my legs like falling into emptiness. I was trying to look around and saw that there were no legs anymore - only bones, flesh and blood". (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
Emilio Morenatti
FILE - Iuliia Loseva cries over the coffin of her husband Volodymyr Losev, 38, during his funeral at a cemetery in Zorya Truda, Odesa region, Ukraine, Monday, May 16, 2022. Volodymyr Losev, a Ukrainian volunteer soldier, was killed on May 7 when the military vehicle he was driving ran over a mine in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
Francisco Seco
FILE - Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after they were evacuated from the besieged Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant, near a remand prison in Olyonivka, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov, File)
Alexei Alexandrov
FILE - Nila Zelinska holds a doll belonging to her granddaughter, she was able to find in her destroyed house in Potashnya outskirts Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Zelinska just returned to her home town after escaping war to find out she is homeless. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Natacha Pisarenko
FILE - Two national guard soldiers drink a shot to honor the memory of two late soldiers in Kharkiv cemetery, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, May 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
Bernat Armangue
FILE - Elena Holovko sits among debris outside her house damaged after a missile strike in Druzhkivka, eastern Ukraine, Sunday, June 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
Bernat Armangue
FILE - A woman brandishes the Ukrainian flag on top of a destroyed Russian tank in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, June 10, 2022. With war raging on fronts to the east and south, the summer of 2022 is proving bitter for the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. The sun shines but sadness and grim determination reign.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Natacha Pisarenko
FILE A Russian soldier inspects a labyrinth of the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal, in Mariupol, on the territory which is under the Government of the Donetsk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Monday, June 13, 2022. The plant was almost completely destroyed during the siege of Mariupol. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - Sixty-six-year-old Volodymyr, injured from a Russian bombardment, sits on a chair in his damaged apartment, in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Nariman El-Mofty
FILE - Relatives and friends attend the funeral ceremony for Liza, 4-year-old girl killed by Russian attack, in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, Sunday, July 17, 2022. Wearing a blue denim jacket with flowers, Liza was among 23 people killed, including two boys aged 7 and 8, in Thursday's missile strike in Vinnytsia. Her mother, Iryna Dmytrieva, was among the scores injured. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
Efrem Lukatsky
Medic volunteer Nataliia Voronkova, top right, gives a medical tactical training session to soldiers in a bomb shelter as air raid sirens go off, in Dobropillia, eastern Ukraine, Friday, July 22, 2022. Voronkova has dedicated her life to aid distribution and tactical medical training for soldiers and paramedics, working on front line of the Donetsk region since the war began in 2014. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Nariman El-Mofty
FILE - The lights of a police vehicle illuminate the side of a road, as servicemen arrive to check damages in the aftermath of a car accident between a civilian and soldier, after curfew hours in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
Nariman El-Mofty
FILE - EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - A burned out body of Ukrainian military prisoner is seen in destroyed barrack at a prison in Olenivka, in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces, eastern Ukraine, Friday, July 29, 2022. Russia and Ukraine accused each other Friday of shelling the prison in Olenivka in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine, an attack that reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian military prisoners who were captured after the fall of a southern port city of Mariupol in May. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - Maria and Oleh Berest embrace while posing for their photographer by a fountain on their wedding day as sandbags fortify the opera house in Odesa, Ukraine, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
David Goldman
FILE - A wheat field burns after Russian shelling a few kilometers from the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
Evgeniy Maloletka
FILE - Nelia Fedorova, left, is embraced by her daughter, Yelyzaveta Gavenko, 11, the day after they were wounded in a rocket attack which also killed Fedorova's husband, Oleksii, in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022. The family had previously evacuated to central Ukraine but returned to their home at the end of June after Nelia and Oleksii had trouble finding work. The strike killed three people and wounded 13 others, according to the mayor. The attack came less than a day after 11 other rockets were fired at the city as Russia's invasion continues. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
