Courtroom sketches capture former President Donald Trump's arraignment after cameras, phones, and electronics were banned at the start of the proceedings

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In a courtroom sketch, Donald Trump, accompanied by his legal counsel, looks at Assistant District Attorney Christopher Conroy during Trump's arraignment in New York.
In a courtroom sketch, Donald Trump, accompanied by his legal counsel, looks at Assistant District Attorney Christopher Conroy during Trump's arraignment in New York.

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Here's how the polarizing M16 or AR-15 rifle went from a symbol of America's lost war in Vietnam to being owned by about 16 million Americans in 70 years

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Reporter Betsy Halstead stands on the bed of a truck holding an M16 automatic rifle
Reporter Betsy Halstead learns how to fire an M16 automatic rifle during the Vietnam War in 1965.

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Rwanda is releasing dissident Paul Rusesabagina from prison, the government says. The hero whose story inspired 'Hotel Rwanda' saved over 1,000 people from being massacred in the 1990s.

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close-up of Paul Rusesabagina looking off into the distance
Paul Rusesabagina in 2016.

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Photos show how rising sea levels are washing away a small seaside town in North Carolina

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Atlantic Ocean waves encroach upon a beachfront house on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in January 2023.
Atlantic Ocean waves encroach upon a beachfront house on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in January 2023.

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An oil spill off the Philippine coast has coated some of the world's most beautiful beaches in sludge: 'Our white sand is now black'

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Coast guard members clean up an oil slick on March 8 in Pola, Oriental Mindoro.
Coast guard members clean up an oil slick on March 8 in Pola, Oriental Mindoro.

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Vintage photos show what life was like in the White House during John F. Kennedy's iconic presidency

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President John F. Kennedy clapping while watching his children dance in the Oval Office in 1963.
President John F. Kennedy clapping while watching his children dance in the Oval Office in 1963.

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From pigeon-mounted cameras to dragonfly drones, here's how aerial surveillance has evolved to spy on people over the past 200 years

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A man is being instructed how to use an aerial camera on a plane during World War II.
A man is being instructed how to use an aerial camera on a plane during World War II.

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See inside the marble-lined, $15 million luxury apartment Putin reportedly bought for his suspected lover

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A split photo of two rooms from the luxury apartment of Alina Kabaeva, Putin's rumored girlfriend.
A split photo of two rooms from the luxury apartment of Alina Kabaeva, Putin's rumored girlfriend.

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Eerie photos show the Great Smog of London in 1952, which killed 12,000 people and changed the way the world saw air pollution

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A policeman used a flare to guide cars through traffic during the Great Smog in 1952.
A policeman used a flare to guide cars through traffic during the Great Smog in 1952.

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A manhole cover launched into space with a nuclear test is the fastest human-made object. A scientist on Operation Plumbbob told us the unbelievable story.

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craters from nuclear weapons tests in nevada pockmark the barren dessert land
The pockmarked Nevada Testing Site, strewn with craters from all the nuclear weapons tests that took place there.

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