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Five winning images from a photo contest show scientists at work and capture the wonder of research and discovery.

Also: An update on the deadly California fires; an interview with the top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan; and a man being chased by Iowa police wanted to check that off his "bucket list".

On the second day of a landmark trip to Iraq, Pope Francis traveled to the the city of Najaf to meet Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, before visiting what is believed to be the birthplace of Abraham.

Air Force Gen. Timothy Haugh served just over a year as director of the NSA, the spy agency that collects cyber intelligence worldwide. He's the latest of several senior officers fired by Trump.

The Illinois Democrat has announced he will retire at the end of his term next year after nearly three decades in the Senate. His departure creates a key opening in Democratic leadership.

Frankel was The New York Times' executive editor from 1986 to 1994. He remained with the newspaper for nearly half a century, ushering it through different eras.

Facebook's head of security policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said that the company is working harder than ever to counteract efforts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.

The unprecedented strikes were in retaliation for an attack that killed top Iranian officers at Iran's embassy compound in Syria — an attack attributed to Israel. The U.S. is assessing developments.

Nominees for several key Cabinet posts in the new administration of President-elect Trump caught officials in Washington off guard and ignited a firestorm of criticism — not all of it from Democrats.

As director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Susan Rice had broad sway on the administration's approach to health care, immigration and racial inequality.