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Roaches line the door jam of Destiny Johnson's apartment in Cedarhurst Homes, a federally subsidized, low-income apartment complex in Natchez, Miss. The complex received at least three failing inspection scores in recent years. (Rogelio V. Solis)

Twin buttes rise above a few tiny towns near the Four Corners area in southeastern Utah. The tranquil rock formations known as the Bears Ears, and the 1.9 million acres of land surrounding them, are at the center of an environmental war that involves locals, politicians, Native American tribal governments and activists.

Google's new self-driving car gives a demonstration at the Google campus in Mountain View, Calif. The federal government's highway safety agency agrees with Google: computers that will control the cars of the future can be considered their driver. The redefinition of 'driver' is an important break for Google. (Associated Press)

Volkswagen ornaments sit in a box in a scrap yard in Berlin, Germany. Federal authorities are suing Volkswagen over emissions-cheating software found in nearly 600,000 vehicles sold in the United States. The Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday filed a civil complaint against the German automaker in U.S. District Court in Detroit. (Associated Press)

By Jackson Hadley