The Caesar salad was born 100 years ago, on July 4, 1924, in Tijuana, Mexico. Above, the grilled romaine Caesar salad at Boucherie, a restaurant in uptown New Orleans. Randy Schmidt/Boucherie hide caption
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Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Tex., as seen at the Capitol on June 5, 2024. Doggett is the first congressional Democrat to publicly call for President Biden to quit his reelection bid. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption
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The Starliner spacecraft docked with the International Space Station and orbiting 262 miles above Egypt's Mediterranean coast on June 13. NASA says additional testing is needed before Starliner can return to Earth. NASA/AP hide caption
Chicago Sky's Angel Reese (5) eyes the basket as Connecticut Sun's Brionna Jones defends during a WNBA basketball game on June 12, 2024, in Chicago. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP hide caption
This image provided by Eli Lilly shows the company's new Alzheimer’s drug Kisunla. The Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly’s Kisunla on Tuesday for mild or early cases of dementia caused by Alzheimer’s. AP/Eli Lilly and Company hide caption
Screenwriter Robert Towne poses at The Regency Hotel in New York on March 7, 2006. Jim Cooper/AP hide caption
A proposed rule from the the Occupational Safety and Health Administration would for the first time set in place regulations to better protect workers from extreme heat. Above, a construction worker takes a break and drinks some water during a heatwave in Boston on June 19.
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Relatives and volunteers carry bodies on stretchers at the Sikandrarao hospital in Hathras district in northern India on Tuesday. A stampede among thousands of people at a religious gathering killed more than 120 and left scores injured, officials said.
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Karen Read, right, smiles as defense attorney David Yannetti, front left, speaks to reporters in front of Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., after the judge declared a mistrial on Monday. Steven Senne/AP hide caption
American Indian activist Leonard Peltier speaks during an interview at the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kan., on April 29, 1999. Peltier, who has spent most of his life in prison for the 1975 killings of two FBI agents in South Dakota, was denied parole this week. Joe Ledford/The Kansas City Star/AP hide caption
Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, as seen at the Capitol on June 5, 2024. Doggett is the first congressional Democrat to publicly call for President Biden to quit his reelection bid. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption
Fishermen pull a boat damaged by Hurricane Beryl back to the dock at the Bridgetown Fisheries in Barbados on Monday. Ricardo Mazalan/AP hide caption
Lab experiments show that some ants will treat the injured legs of comrades, and when it's necessary will even perform medical amputations. Bart Zijlstra, UNIL hide caption
Sophia Ferst (left) and her wife, Madison Bethke, outside of Helena, Montana. After Roe v. Wade was overturned, Ferst decided to get sterilized. She is one of many people under 30 now seeking permanent contraception. Shaylee Ragar hide caption
The U.S. Supreme Court has found that former President Donald Trump is partially immune from prosecution.
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Trump Wins Broad Immunity, Beryl Makes Landfall, First Millennial Saint
Jerrian Reedy, left, a student at the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, assists Dorothy Gray, a student at Northside High School in the Mississippi Delta, as she practices intubation in a simulation lab. Gray, who is interested in pursuing a career in the mental health care field, attended the University of Mississippi School of Medicine’s annual African American Visit Day in April. Lauren Sausser for KFF Health News hide caption
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A statue of Moses smashing the tablets of the 10 Commandments is on display in the atrium of Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles. The 17-foot-tall sculpture is on loan from the Skirball Cultural Center. Jason DeRose hide caption
Louisiana mandate stirs debate about what the 10 Commandments and their purpose
In this photo issued by the Hungarian prime minister's press office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán hold a meeting in Kyiv on Tuesday. Zoltan Fischer/Hungarian PM's Press Office/MTI/AP hide caption
A rental DVD is dispensed from a Redbox at a 7-Eleven in Los Angeles in 2009. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the owner of Redbox, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
Naomi Osaka of Japan reacts after winning a point against Diane Parry of France during their first round match of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption