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Tuesday

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

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Sunday

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

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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

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Thursday

Pandas and the government shutdown

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Monday

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

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Saturday

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

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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

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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

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Friday

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

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Sunday

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

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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

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Tuesday

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

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Friday

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

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Sunday

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

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