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This grab taken from video distributed by Siranush Sargsyan's Twitter account on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, shows smoke rising after a fuel depot explosion near Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh. Siranush Sargsyan's Twitter account via AP hide caption

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Rosalind Pichardo, who founded Operation Save Our City in Philadelphia, sprays a container of Narcan during a demonstration Sept. 8 at the Health and Human Services Humphrey Building in Washington, DC. Health officials held the event to mark the availability, without a prescription, of the opioid overdose-reversal drug. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein hide caption

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An overdose drug is finally over-the-counter. Is that enough to stop the death toll?

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Hunter College's class of 2023 gathered for their commencement ceremony on May 30 in New York City. Many of these graduates are due to make their first student loan payments in the coming weeks. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images hide caption

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A Clark County Election Department worker sorts ballots on Nov. 9, 2022, in North Las Vegas, Nev. Nearly 60% of the state's county voting officials are new since 2020, according to a new report. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption

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With the General Motors world headquarters in the background, United Auto Workers members attend a solidarity rally as the UAW strikes the Big Three automakers on Sept. 15 in Detroit. President Biden will join the workers in solidarity on Tuesday. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption

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The Hawaii National Guard checks on a car passing the checkpoint on Kaniau Street on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. Mengshin Lin/AP hide caption

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An ethnic Armenian boy from Nagorno-Karabakh looks on from a car upon arrival in Armenia's Goris, in the Syunik region, Armenia, on Monday. Thousands of Armenians have streamed out of Nagorno-Karabakh after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control of the breakaway region last week. Vasily Krestyaninov/AP hide caption

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David McCallum, then-star of the NBC-TV series The Invisible Man" is shown during an interview at NBC studios in New York in 1975. McCallum, who became a teen heartthrob in the hit series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. in the 1960s and was the eccentric medical examiner in the popular NCIS 40 years later, died on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. Richard Drew/AP file photo hide caption

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Screenwriters and major Hollywood studios have reached a tentative three-year deal. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption

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WGA Reached A Tentative Deal With Studios. But The Strike Isn't Over Yet

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On Sept. 11, 2001, 343 firefighters and paramedics were killed, most when the towers collapsed. Now, an equal number have died from 9/11-related illnesses, the FDNY says. Pool/Getty Images hide caption

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The Perdue Farms chicken and poultry processing factory in Salisbury, Md., pictured on May 2, 2020. Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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President Joe Biden listens during a meeting with Pacific Islands Forum leaders during the U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit in the East Room of the White House on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption

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Susanna and the Elders, painted by Artemisia Gentileschi, is seen here in its before-conservation condition; seen through infrared reflectography; and in its restored state. Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III 2023 hide caption

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Little, Brown Spark

How a DNA test inspired actress-activist Kerry Washington's journey of self-discovery

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Haley Van Voorhis' play led to an incomplete third-down pass by the Juniata quarterback on Saturday. Shenandoah went on to win, 48-7. Keric Jackson/Shenandoah Athletic Communications hide caption

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A rural mail carrier in 1905 trying out new transportation technology. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection hide caption

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A screenshot taken from social media shows passengers dangling from the area after the abrupt stop of of the Lumberjack ride at Ontario's Wonderland theme park. Screenshot by NPR/@jiashira_ on TikTok hide caption

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