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The Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light in Chassell, Mich., dates to 1919. Interested? The federal government is now taking applications to transfer the property to a new owner who promises to maintain the historic structure. Luke Barrett/General Services Administration via AP hide caption

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Friday

Vice President Harris delivers the keynote speech at Michie Stadium during West Point's graduation ceremony Saturday in West Point, N.Y. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

Picketers pass near stage 5 at a studio entrance during a Writers Guild rally outside Warner Bros. Studios, on Wednesday, in Burbank, Calif. Richard Vogel/AP hide caption

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National Treasure, with jockey John Velazquez, front right, edges out Blazing Sevens, with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., second from left, to win the148th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, on Saturday in Baltimore. Nick Wass/AP hide caption

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Thursday

A Hyundai sedan sits in the parking lot of East Bay Tow Inc., where Attorney General Rob Bonta held a news conference last month in Berkeley, Calif., about the surge in thefts of Kia and Hyundai vehicles. The Korean carmakers agreed to a $200 million settlement over claims that their cars are too easy to steal. Terry Chea/AP hide caption

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Tuesday

Strippers react to their colleagues addressing the crowd at a rally in support of dancers from the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood, Calif., in August. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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In a historic step, strippers at an LA bar unionize

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Monday

Palestinians participate in rally marking last year's anniversary of what the Palestinians call the "Nakba," or "catastrophe" referring to their uprooting in the war over Israel's 1948 creation, in front of the UNESCO offices in Gaza City. Adel Hana/AP hide caption

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Emergency personnel respond to a fatal collision in Brownsville, Texas, on Sunday. Several people were killed after they were struck by a vehicle while waiting at a bus stop near Ozanam Center, a migrant and homeless shelter. Michael Gonzalez/AP hide caption

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Artist's concept of NASA's Voyager spacecraft. After the Voyager 1 and its replica Voyager 2 launched in 1977, their power sources are slowly dying. NASA/JPL-Caltech hide caption

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President Joe Biden claps as Comedian Roy Wood Jr., a correspondent for "The Daily Show," speaks during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, Saturday, April 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption

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Community members watch as crime scene investigators work the scene of a shooting on Sunday in Dadeville, Ala. Megan Varner/Getty Images hide caption

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Voice notes, a feature that's lived in popular apps like Apple's iMessages for years, has become a favorite communication form for people who say a text can only say so much. Screenshot by Emma Bowman hide caption

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Are you getting more voice notes these days? You're not alone

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Saturday

Love in the Library, a children's book written by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and illustrated by Yas Imamura, is a love story about finding hope in a dire setting: an internment camp where the U.S. detained Japanese Americans during World War II. Candlewick Press hide caption

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Monday

Expelled Rep. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, from left, expelled Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, and Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, are recognized by the audience at Fisk University before Vice President Kamala Harris arrives, on Friday in Nashville, Tenn. George Walker IV/AP hide caption

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Thursday

The Auschwitz Memorial, pictured here in July 1997, criticized the WWE after the wrestling giant used a photo of the concentration camp in a promotional video. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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