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On April 3, 1968, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., second from right, stands with other civil rights leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., a day before he was assassinated at approximately the same place. From left: Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, King and Ralph Abernathy. Charles Kelly/AP Photo hide caption
Parler Insists It Would Not Knowingly Tolerate Criminal Activity On Its Site
How To Talk To Children About The Insurrection, Other Difficult Issues
Mask-wearing and social distancing are up in the United States, a survey finds. Noam Galai/Getty Images hide caption
Mask-Wearing, Social Distancing Improve, But Too Slowly, Survey Shows
Wendell Pierce says that live audiences always "let you know if you're on the right track." But filming this new production without a live audience, he said it heightened his focus "to tell the story as clearly as possible." Pierce is pictured above in Paris in October 2016. Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Wendell Pierce On Parenting, The Pandemic And Reckoning With The Past
Then presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a "Build Back Better" Clean Energy event on July 14, 2020. On Thursday, Biden unveiled an ambitious economic plan just days before he's set to be inaugurated as president. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Coronavirus Crisis
$1,400 Checks And Help For The Jobless: What's In Biden's Plan To Rescue The Economy
$1,400 Checks And Help For The Jobless: What's In Biden's Plan To Rescue The Economy
Republicans In Rep. Rice's District Are Stunned He Voted To Impeach Trump
Nearly Half Of All Inmates In Alaska Have Tested Positive For COVID-19
On April 3, 1968, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., second from right, stands with other civil rights leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., a day before he was assassinated at approximately the same place. From left: Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, King and Ralph Abernathy. Charles Kelly/AP Photo hide caption
'I May Not Get There With You': An Eyewitness Account Of MLK's Final Days
States Prepare For Possible Violence Leading Up To Biden Inauguration
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris delivers remarks on Jan. 8 as President-elect Joe Biden looks on. The two are set to be inaugurated Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption