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From former President Donald Trump's historic mug shot to the House speaker drama, here are moments that captured the unprecedented political drama and other powerful moments that unfolded in 2023.

An outbreak of Arctic air brought harsh weather of all kinds from blizzards to snow and sleet. Forecasters say the extreme cold will continue into the week in the Midwest and the South.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to Miami-Dade County Judge Steve Leifman, who chairs the Florida Supreme Court Task Force on Mental Health, about gun violence and mental health. Leifman offers a look at what role courts can play in preventing something that hasn't happened yet.

Many states, like crucial Nevada, allow mail ballots that are postmarked on or before Election Day to be counted — even if they arrive after Election Day. Republicans say this violates federal law.

Colorado is looking at ways to weed out false reporting of child abuse and neglect as the number of reports reaches a record high. New York and California are reworking the policies, too.

'Lumberjills' chip away at Paul Bunyon stereotypes at the 65th annual Lumberjack Championship, with more women than ever before competing in the Hayward, Wisconsin, event.

Texas GOP is threatening to arrest Democratic lawmakers unless they return to vote on redrawing the congressional map. And, two NASA satellite missions that scientists and farmers rely on could end.

Los Angeles has a large and growing homeless population. A program called rapid rehousing gets people into homes quickly. But it isn't a long-term fix to the region's larger housing crisis.

In a landmark decision, a Florida appeals court on Wednesday threw out as unconstitutional Florida’s law against openly carrying a gun in public, a decades-old statute that had made Florida one of only a handful of such states that banned gun owners from carrying a pistol on their hip or slinging a rifle over their shoulder in public.The unanimous decision by a three-judge panel for the 1st District Court of Appeals concluded that the 2nd Amendment and what it called the nation’s “historical tradition of gun regulation” made Florida’s gun law unconstitutional. The court’s jurisdiction stretches from the college town of Gainesville through the Panhandle.

The EPA does not require companies to notify federal regulators if the pandemic interferes with pollution monitoring or reporting. That leaves states alone on the front lines of pollution control.