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What closes and what keeps running in a federal government shutdown
The White House chief of staff says it's on House Republicans to avert a shutdown
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy continues to battle a group of conservatives who oppose any short term spending bill ahead of a likely government shutdown. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Senator Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat from California who was first elected in 1992, died Thursday at the age of 90. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Ryan McKinny and Joyce DiDonato star in the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Dead Man Walking, which opened Tuesday at the Met in New York. Karen Almond/Courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera hide caption
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The famous Sycamore Gap tree along Hadrian's Wall in northern England is seen in June, at top, and the new landscape on Thursday after someone cut the tree down. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A man works to clear a drain in flood waters, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Jake Offenhartz/AP hide caption
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In this image made from video from Judge Scott McAfee's virtual Zoom hearing, Scott Graham Hall, left, stands with his attorney Jeff Weiner, right, in Superior Court of Fulton County before Judge McAfee on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Atlanta. USA Today via AP, Pool hide caption
Baltimore Archbishop William Lori leads a funeral Mass in Baltimore on March 28, 2017. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
Michael Oher speaks to the media during the first day of the Carolina Panthers' offseason conditioning program in Charlotte, N.C., April 20, 2015. Oher, the former NFL tackle known for the movie "The Blind Side," filed a petition Aug. 14, 2023, in a Tennessee court accusing Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of having him sign papers making them his conservators rather than his adoptive parents. Chuck Burton/AP hide caption
Pharmacists who work for CVS have staged a walkout in the Kansas City metro area, protesting what they say are unreasonable work conditions. In this file photo, a CVS store is seen in Jackson, Miss. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
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Rapper Tupac Shakur attends a voter registration event in South Central Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1996. Las Vegas police said they have made an arrest, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, for the first time in the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur. Frank Wiese/AP hide caption
Ethan Crumbley sits in court, Thursday, July 27, 2023, in Pontiac, Mich. Crumbley was 15 years old when he shot and killed 4 people and wounded 7 others during a shooting at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich. Friday's hearing took place over Zoom. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption
Michigan judge rules yes to possible life-without-parole sentence for teenage shooter
Steven Rattner says the gap in pay between workers and auto executives is "unconscionable." Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Sen. Dianne Feinstein listens during a confirmation hearing for Michael Casey and U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Timothy Haugh before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence at Hart Senate Office Building on July 12, 2023 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
A judge's ruling that Donald Trump committed fraud as he built his real-estate empire could strip the former president of his authority to make major decisions about the future of his marquee properties in New York. Artie Walker Jr./AP hide caption
Joie Henney and his emotional support alligator, Wally, were denied entry to a Phillies' game at Citizens Bank Park on Wednesday — but hope to be invited back soon. Joie Henney hide caption
T.J. Mack — AKA Brian Jordan Alvarez. Brennan Goldstein hide caption
From left, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chairman of the House Oversight Committee, and Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., are seen during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability impeachment inquiry hearing of President Biden on Thursday. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
This April 10, 2011, file photo, shows a rig and supply vessel in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. The Biden administration has proposed up to three oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico over the next five years. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
Court documents from the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia shows Christopher Worrell spraying pepper spray gel on police officers at the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2020. Worrell, missing since mid-August, was arrested Thursday and is in FBI custody. Photo Courtesy Of The U.S. Attorney's Office For The District Of Columbia / Special To WGCU hide caption
Frontline health care workers hold a demonstration on Labor Day outside Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles, Monday, Sep. 4, 2023. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
Overworked and understaffed: Kaiser workers are on the brink of a nationwide strike
Migrants are seen standing in Lampedusa's migrant reception center on Sept. 14. The reception center in Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa has been overwhelmed in recent weeks with transferring to the mainland thousands of migrants arriving on small, flimsy boats. Valeria Ferraro/AP hide caption
Sam Smith performs a Tiny Desk concert Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. Michael Zamora/NPR/NPR hide caption
PEPFAR, the U.S. multibillion dollar effort to fight HIV/AIDS, funds organizations such as the Coptic hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. PEPFAR, in the cross-hairs of abortion opponents, will likely not be reauthorized, though partners would continue to receive funding. Brent Stirton/Getty Images hide caption
Lebanese-Armenian protesters hold flares with the colors of the Armenian flag near the Azerbaijani Embassy in Ain Aar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption
Labor supporters and UAW members walk along a picket line during a strike outside of the Stellantis Chrysler Los Angeles Parts Distribution Center in Ontario, Calif., on Sept. 26, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Emily Gebel was diagnosed with breast cancer in early 2022. After Gebel moved her treatment from Seattle to Alaska, where she lived, she discovered it was priced much higher in her home state. Ash Adams/KFF Health News hide caption
Medical assistant Lakeisha Pratt (left,) and receptionist David Bowers prepare for a busy day at North Side Christian Health Center, a safety-net health center in Pittsburgh. Even a temporary government shutdown could disrupt funding and force the clinic to cut back. Sarah Boden / WESA hide caption
Federal shutdown could disrupt patient care at safety-net clinics across U.S.
Plaintiff Rhonda Grayson speaks outside of the Muscogee Nation court building after a hearing challenging the Muscogee citizenship board on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, in Okmulgee, Okla. Mike Simons/Tulsa World via AP hide caption
People line up to vote at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter Elementary School in New Orleans in 2020. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
An aerial view of the historic Tuskegee VA hospital campus. It was established in 1923 specifically to treat Black veterans on land donated by nearby Tuskegee Institute, now Tuskegee University. National Archives hide caption
Actress Hattie McDaniel, left, appears with actress Fay Bainter, right, the night McDaniel won best supporting actress for her role in the 1939 film Gone With the Wind in Los Angeles on Feb. 29, 1940. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has created a replacement of McDaniel's Academy Award plaque that it is gifting to Howard University. AP hide caption
A father walks with his son in Derna, Libya, with smoke caused by a sanitation truck visible in the background. Concerns are rising about the spread of infectious diseases after fatal floods in Derna earlier this month. Amr Alfiky/Reuters hide caption
In this photo provided by the District Police Office, injured victims of bomb explosion are treated at a hospital, in Mastung near Quetta, Pakistan AP hide caption
This photo, provided by the Philippine Coast Guard on Sept. 26th, shows a diver cutting rope tied to a floating barrier at the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. AP hide caption
An after school mountain biking club in Farmington, a town that's trying to diversify away from just oil and gas. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
Fossil fuel rules catch Western towns between old economies and new green goals
Books by Japanese scholar Chizuko Ueno at a bookstore in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. Misogyny and Starting from the Limit are at the center. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption
Jorja Smith's long-awaited sophomore full-length, Falling or Flying, tops our shortlist for the best albums out this week. Mike Excell/Courtesy of the artists hide caption
On Doja Cat's fourth album, Scarlet, she delights in playing the "demon" her haters and fans accuse her of being. Illustration by Jackie Lay hide caption