
A national alert test is seen on a cellphone on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. The government conducted its once-every-three-years nationwide test of the emergency alert system on Wednesday. Besides cellphone messages, alerts also went out on radio and television. Wayne Partlow/AP hide caption
Singer Taylor Swift and actor Ryan Reynolds are seen ahead of the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J. Elsa/Getty Images hide caption
All Onewheel products are being recalled, including the Pint model seen here. Future Motion hide caption
Barbara Hoctor Lynch, right, is pictured cohosting All Things Considered with Noah Adams at a studio in a former NPR building in Washington, D.C., during the 1970s. Art Silverman hide caption
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
Male giant panda Xiao Qi Ji rolls around in his enclosure during a "Panda Palooza" event at the Smithsonian National Zoo on Saturday, in Washington, D.C. We're guessing he hasn't heard about the looming government shutdown. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
An alligator is seen at the Everglades National Park, Fla. On Friday, a gator was reportedly spotted with human remains in its mouth in a canal in Largo, Florida. Alan Diaz/AP hide caption
A vehicle moves through a flooded intersection following heavy rains from Ophelia on Sunday in Crisfield, Md. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
This satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Ophelia making landfall in North Carolina on Saturday morning. NOAA via AP hide caption
Bagels on display at Katz's Delicatessen in Manhattan. Stan Honda/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Typhoon Farma, which operates a hemp farm in Montrose, Colo., planted 70 acres of the cannabis plant this year. Ryan Eakes/Typhoon Farma hide caption
Hurricane Lee is expected to restrengthen in the coming days, the National Hurricane Center said Sunday. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Vehicles seen departing the Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, Nev., on Monday. Matt Mills McKnight/Reuters hide caption
In this image from video provided by Rebecca Barger, festival-goers are helped off a truck from the Burning Man festival site in Black Rock, Nev., on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Rebecca Barger/AP hide caption
Former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson speaks to reporters after a news conference in New York in 2021. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
A law requiring age verification for people visiting porn sites in Texas was struck down by a judge who says it does little protect minors from viewing sexually explicit material. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption
Driver Ryan Preece is introduced on stage on Saturday at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. His car flipped over in a terrifying wreck in the race's final laps. James Gilbert/Getty Images hide caption
Residents of the Jacksonville community attend a prayer vigil for the victims of Saturday's mass shooting Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. John Raoux/AP hide caption
Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani gets set to pitch during the first inning in the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday, in Anaheim, Calif., before an MRI exam revealed his elbow tendon tear. Mark J. Terrill/AP hide caption
A full foil sheet of Magic: The Gathering cards signed by the game's head designer Mark Rosewater is pictured at 2019 Comic-Con, in San Diego, Calif. Christy Radecic/Invision/AP hide caption
The Center for Reproductive Rights brought the lawsuit on behalf of 13 women and two doctors. The women had pregnancy complications that endangered their lives or had fetuses with fatal anomalies. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption
Yellow box trailers are seen last month at a terminal in Medley, Fla. Despite no official announcement from the trucking company, industry experts say Yellow faces an imminent shutdown. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
A Panagrolaimus kolymaensis nematode is seen under the microscope at the University of Cologne's worm lab in Germany. Video by Laura Villegas/screenshot by NPR hide caption