Carl Savarino is president of Buffalo's Speed Global Services, which operates eight trucks a day across the border into Canada. Jim Zarroli/NPR hide caption

Charlene Aleck, an elected councilor of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation in British Columbia stands across the shore from the terminus of the Trans Mountain Pipeline. Ian Stewart/NPR hide caption

An Arby's in Bozeman, Mont. Arby's is the first major fast food chain to serve deer meat nationwide. Nate Hegyi/Yellowstone Public Radio hide caption

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Mark Korven plays the Apprehension Engine, a frankenmachine that's designed to make spooky sounds. Kai Korven/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

A cab drops off a couple of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Canada border near Champlain, N.Y., on Aug. 20. Geoff Robins/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Former President Barack Obama will report for jury duty in Cook County, Ill., in November. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

The Mexican long-tongued bat is one of the species that pollinates agave, but its ecosystem is being disrupted by large-scale, cheaper methods of making tequila. Merlin Tuttle/Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation hide caption

Zainabu Hamayaji went to extreme lengths to protect her family from being abducted by Boko Haram. Ofeibea Quist-Arcton/NPR hide caption

Author Jen Sookfong Lee in front of the Vancouver tea shop where her grandfather's barber shop once stood. Ian Stewart/NPR hide caption