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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 2: Security barricades remain raised on Constitution Avenue after a security incident earlier in the day at the U.S. Capitol on April 02, 2021 in Washington, DC. The U.S. Capitol was briefly locked down after a person reportedly rammed the vehicle into multiple Capitol Hill police officers. One officer was killed and one was wounded. The suspect, who exited the vehicle with a knife was fatally shot. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

After 9/11 Security Became Omnipresent In Washington, But Threats Are Different Now

After the attacks, barriers and thigh-high cement bollards sprouted up seemingly overnight in Washington, D.C. But new threats show the need for adaptability.

Greenland Pummeled By Snow One Month After Its Summit Saw Rain For The First Time

The remnants of Hurricane Larry, this season's longest-lasting storm, brought 100-mph gusts and feet of snow to some places in Greenland as its summer of record-breaking warmth came to a close.

Tropical Storm Nicholas Heads Toward Texas And Louisiana

Heavy rain could start late Sunday and run through at least Tuesday, causing flooding, high winds and deadly storm surge.

MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 11: The Miami Hurricanes take the field for the game against the Appalachian State Mountaineers at Hard Rock Stadium on September 11, 2021 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

A Cat — In A Miami Football Stadium For Some Reason — Dangles, Falls And Survives

Fans gasped as the cat fell, then cheered when it survived. "If the cat can help our red-zone offense, I'll see if we can get it a scholarship," Miami's coach said afterward.

What We Know About Breakthrough Infections And Long COVID

As the delta variant causes more vaccinated people to get "breakthrough infections," concerns are rising that even the vaccinated could develop long COVID symptoms in rare cases.

Sen. Cris Dush (R-Cameron), second from left, responds to questions raised by Sen. Anthony Williams (D-Delaware), right, during a state Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee hearing on investigating the 2020 and 2021 elections on Sept. 9, 2021. Sam Dunklau / WITF

The PA Senate’s Latest Election Probe Got Off To A Contentious Start. Subpoenas Could Come Soon

“The goal [of this hearing] is simply to stoke distrust and division. The most exasperating part of it all is that everyone on this panel knows that.”

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2020, file photo, a droplet falls from a syringe after a health care worker was injected with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Providence, R.I. An untold number of Americans have managed to get COVID-19 booster shots even though the U.S. government hasn't approved them. They're doing so by taking advantage of the nation’s vaccine surplus and loose tracking of those who have been fully vaccinated. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

A N.Y. Hospital Will Stop Delivering Babies As Workers Quit Over A Vaccine Mandate

Lewis County General Hospital in upstate New York is pausing maternity services later this month after dozens of staff members quit because they refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 12: Lil Nas X accepts Best Direction for "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" onstage during the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards at Barclays Center on September 12, 2021 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

The Best Moments From The MTV VMAs

It was a big night for Olivia Rodrigo, Justin Bieber and Lil Nas X, among others, as MTV's Video Music Awards returned to the stage.

Climate activists lit candles and held LED lighting banners on December 11th 2020. This activity commemorates the five year anniversary of the Paris Agreement with a call to fight for 1.5 and to end the killing of environmental defenders. Quezon City, Philippines. (Photo by: Aileen Dimatatac/Majority World/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

It Was The Deadliest Year Ever For Land And Environmental Activists

Global Witness, an international human rights group, says a record 227 grassroots environmental activists were killed in 2020. More than half were killed in Colombia, Mexico and the Philippines.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 13: A recently installed surveillance camera is seen positioned near the U.S. Capitol Building on September 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas told reporters after a classified briefing that temporary fencing around the Capitol Building would go up ahead of the “Justice for J6” rally which will draw people calling on justice for those arrested after the violent insurrection on January 6th. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Capitol Police Are Upping Security Ahead Of A Rally In Support Of The Jan. 6 Rioters

Congressional leaders and top security officials say the U.S. Capitol will be well-prepared for a far-right rally expected for the area this Saturday.

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