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University of Nevada, Las Vegas professors Naoko Takemaru (left), Cha-Jan "Jerry" Chang and Patricia Navarro-Velez were killed during a shooting on campus on Wednesday. Takemaru oversaw UNLV's Japanese Studies program while Chang and Navarro-Velez were both professors in the business school. University of Nevada, Las Vegas hide caption

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Daniel Ek, CEO of Swedish music streaming service Spotify, in 2016. On Monday, Ek announced Spotify would layoff 17% of employees. Toru Yamanaka/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes, which may show up in some pre-cut mixes, are believed to be behind a growing outbreak of salmonella infections across the U.S. and Canada. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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Tesla's Cybertruck, pictured here during its design reveal in Hawthorne, Calif., in 2019, is finally rolling out of factories a full two years after the initial delivery target. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

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Ryan Fournier, pictured here speaking at a rally in Sugar Hill, Georgia in 2021, has been charged with assaulting a woman with a firearm. David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire/Getty Images hide caption

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Peter Antonacci to lead a new elections fraud office in July 2022, just a few months before Antonacci died inside the Capitol building. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images hide caption

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"Although clearly a desirable quality, authentic is hard to define and subject to debate," wrote Merriam-Webster about its word of the year. Joanne K. Watson/handout via Getty Images hide caption

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Joanne K. Watson/handout via Getty Images

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Paralympian athlete Oscar Pistorius, accused of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, arriving at a court in Pretoria, South Africa, for a hearing in July 2016. The athlete will be released for parole in January. Pool/Getty Images hide caption

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Then-President Donald Trump walks past weights and a crane after delivering remarks at the White House in July 2020. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

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Former President Jimmy Carter receives a kiss from his wife, Rosalynn Carter, after a press conference in Plains, Ga., in October 2002. Steve Schaefer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Valtteri Bottas of Finland drives the Alfa Romeo F1 C43 Ferrari on the track during a qualifying round ahead of the F1 Grand Prix in Las Vegas on Friday. Chris Graythen/Getty Images hide caption

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Chris Graythen/Getty Images

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IBM, Disney and Lionsgate are among the companies that've stopped advertising on X after a report said its ads were appearing alongside material praising Adolf Hitler and Nazis. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption

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Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

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Displaced Palestinians receive food aid at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees center in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday. AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A photo included in the U.K.'s Air Accidents Investigations Branch special bulletin shows the location of one damaged and two missing window panes on an Airbus A321. Air Accidents Investigation Branch hide caption

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Air Accidents Investigation Branch

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A team of wildlife officials collaborated with whale experts to free a humpback whale off the coast of Gustavus, Alaska last month. Sean Neilson/NOAA MMHSRP Permit No. 24359 hide caption

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This picture taken in March 2018 shows a technician working on the clock of the Lukaskirche Church in Dresden, eastern Germany. This weekend, Americans will wind back this clocks as daylight saving time ends. Sebastian Kahnert/DPA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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