Hailey, a 16-year-old in Missouri’s foster care system, gave birth to her daughter in February after fearing for months that the state would remove her child. A few weeks after the birth, the two were temporarily separated. Hailey poses for a portrait after being temporarily reunited with her daughter on April 1 in Cuba. Asked what she misses most, Hailey replied: “Her smiling.” (Anna Spoerre/Missouri Independent)

Sen. Jeff Zell, R-Sumter, shakes hands with Sen. Larry Grooms, R-Bonneau, during the Senate’s organizational session on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, when all freshmen senators were sworn in to office. (File photo by Mary Ann Chastain/Special to the SC Daily Gazette)

Paul Stoddard, a principal at environmental consulting firm EnSafe, unlocks the gate to the West Tennessee Wetlands Mitigation Bank in Shelby County, Tenn. on March 11, 2025. EnSafe planted more than 50,000 trees to restore portions of this 250-acre wetland, creating credits for developers to purchase to offset destruction of wetlands elsewhere. (Photo: Karen Pulfer Focht for Tennessee Lookout)

Prison officers stand guard at a cell block at maximum security penitentiary CECOT on April 4, 2025 in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador. (Photo by Alex Peña/Getty Images)

Ashley Rutherford, of Berwind, W.Va., and her four children have been living out of plastic totes since February when a devastating flood swept through McDowell County. (Sydnei Tatum for West Virginia Watch)

Aerial shot of the NIOSH campus in Bruceton, Allegheny County. (Photo from the CDC)