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A Venezuelan man and his pet squirrel made it to …

In this image taken from video, Niko, a pet squirrel, is fed by his owner, Yeison, in their tent at a migrant camp, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 in Matamoros, Mexico. Yeison, who declined to give his last name because he fears for his family’s safety in Venezuela, traveled with Niko thousands of miles to the border with the United States. But Yeison and Niko may be separated if he is granted entrance to the U.S. (AP Photo/Valerie Gonzalez)

Tropical Storm Ophelia off the mid-Atlantic coast …

Scott Bierman, a water taxi driver in Annapolis, Md., said the water taxi service in Maryland's capital city was shutting down at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, 2022 due to an intensifying weather system off the mid-Atlantic coast, and the decision has already been made for water taxi service to be closed on Saturday. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

California bishop acquitted in first United Methodist …

In this photo provided by UM News, United Methodist Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño, center, talks with counsel, the Rev. Scott Campbell, left, and Judge Jon Gray during her church trial on Sept. 19, 2023, in Glenview, Ill. A United Methodist Church court acquitted Carcaño, Friday, Sept. 22, of all charges in the first trial of one of church’s bishops in nearly a century. Carcaño, the first Latina bishop in the denomination and a prominent voice on behalf of immigrants, faced four charges of violating church law. (Paul Jeffrey/UM News via AP)

Ex-FBI agent pleads guilty to concealing $225K loan …

FILE - Charles McGonigal, former special agent in charge of the FBI's counterintelligence division in New York, arrives at Manhattan federal court in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. McGonigal pleaded guilty Friday, Sept. 22, to concealment of material facts, which carries a maximum prison sentence of five years. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 16. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

RSV vaccine recommended during pregnancy as a second …

FILE - This photo provided by Pfizer in August 2023 shows their RSV vaccine Abrysvo. On Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, U.S. health officials are recommending RSV vaccinations for moms-to-be as a second option to protect newborns. (Pfizer via AP, File)

Hawaii economists say Lahaina locals could be priced …

FILE - Wildfire wreckage is shown on Aug. 11, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. When the town of Lahaina, which was leveled by wildfire in August, is rebuilt, local residents who survived the conflagration might not be able to afford to live there, leading economists warned on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

US education chief considers new ways to discourage …

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office at the Department of Education, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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FILE - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., right, and his wife Nadine Arslanian, pose for a photo on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 20, 2022. The sweeping bribery case brought against Menendez includes allegations that he took cash and gold in exchange for interfering in a criminal case against a New Jersey real estate developer. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

The federal government is headed into a shutdown. …

FILE - Doors at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building are locked and covered with blinds as a sign posted advises that the office will be closed during the partial government shutdown Jan. 16, 2019, in Seattle. The federal government is heading toward a shutdown that will disrupt many services, squeeze workers and roil politics. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

White House preparing for government shutdown as …

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., left, and Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., propose amendments to the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill before the House Rules Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A 9/11 defendant is ruled unfit for trial after a …

FILE - In this April 17, 2019, photo, reviewed by U.S. military officials, the control tower is seen through the razor wire inside the Camp VI detention facility in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. A military medical panel has concluded that one of the five 9/11 defendants held at Guantanamo Bay has been rendered delusional and psychotic by the torture he underwent years ago while in CIA custody. A military judge is expected to rule as soon as Thursday whether al-Shibh’s mental issues render him incompetent to take part in the proceedings against him. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Capitol rioter who attacked AP photographer and police …

FILE - The statement of facts to support the arrest warrant for Rodney Milstreed of Finksburg, Md., is photographed Tuesday, May 24, 2022 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

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