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Tuesday
Ken Clouse and his wife Pam look at a still image taken from a game camera on their porch. The couple says in the last two years, they've regularly seen black bears in their neighborhood south of Alpine, Texas. Carlos Morales/NPR hide caption
Black bear populations are bouncing back. Here's how these Texas towns are coping
Arlene Wagner founded the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum in 1995 with her late husband, George Wagner. It now holds the largest collection of nutcrackers in the U.S. She is pictured holding a figurine called The Nutcracker Lady, which was designed in her image by a German craft maker. Chona Kasinger for NPR hide caption
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks during the Senate Appropriations full committee markup of commerce, justice, science, agriculture, rural development, FDA, the Legislative Branch Appropriations Acts and other bills on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 10. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
Sen. Chris Van Hollen says Democrats need to 'fight back at every juncture'
Monday
Participants march during the Portland Krampuslauf on December 5, 2025. Celeste Noche for NPR hide caption
When Christmas is a little too bright ... look to Krampus
Alina Habba speak during a panel discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February 2025 in Oxon Hill, Md. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
FBI officers are seen here taking a knee as demonstrators marched in June 2020, in Washington, D.C., during a protest over the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died after a police officer kneeled on his neck for several minutes. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
A screenshot of what ICEBlock looks like for iPhone users. Provided by ICEBlock hide caption
ICEBlock app sues Trump administration for censorship and ‘unlawful threats’
Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter participates in a privacy roundtable at CES 2020 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Jan. 7, 2020, in Las Vegas. David Becker/Getty Images hide caption
SCOTUS FTC Case, ACA Extension Vote, Zelensky In London
From left: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz chat on the 10 Downing Street doorstep after a meeting in London on Monday. Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
At issue is whether President Trump can fire Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, whom Trump appointed in 2018, during his first term, to fill a Democratic seat on the Federal Trade Commission. Elizabeth Gillis/NPR hide caption
Supreme Court to hear case that could vastly expand presidential powers
Sunday
Rafael Ithier of El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico arrives at the Lifetime Achievement and Trustees Awards presentation in Las Vegas in 2015. Ithier has died at age 99. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption
The Hubble Space Telescope drifts through space in a picture taken from the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1997. A study finds reflections cast by satellites could ruin images taken by telescopes. NASA via/Getty Images hide caption