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Need another cup of coffee? An owl yawns as another looks toward the camera in Alaska.

Can't Bear More News? Take A Break With Funny Wildlife Furtography

Take a gander at these photos — they're pretty amoosing. Yes, it's time for the Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards, and this year you can vote in the "people's choice" category.

Members of the FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 4 search a flooded neighborhood for people who may have been trapped by the rising floodwaters during now-tropical storm Florence in North Carolina.

Sharks In The Water? FEMA Tries To Fight 'Fake News' As Florence Hits

In times of disasters, rumors proliferate. The Federal Emergency Management Agency hopes to counter the misinformation with a rumor-control webpage.

Hurricane Florence: Rescue Efforts Underway In North Carolina

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Chris Coudriet, county manager for New Hanover County, about the rescue efforts underway in and around Wilmington, N.C.

Some cutters use a razor blade for the female genital mutilation procedure.

2 Young Sisters Die After Undergoing Female Genital Mutilation

The girls were ages 10 and 11 and lived in Somalia, which has the highest rate of FGM in the world.

Russ Lewis covers his eyes from a gust of wind and a blast of sand as Hurricane Florence approaches Myrtle Beach, S.C. Even as mandatory evacuation orders were issued, many chose to stay.

Why They Stayed In The Path Of Hurricane Florence

While Hurricane Florence advanced, and mandatory evacuation orders were issued, many chose to stay in their homes.

Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon delivers her concession speech.

Opinion: Live And Let Bagel

What's so bad about a cinnamon raisin bagel with lox anyway?

Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge sits on land surrounding the famous Rocky Flats Nuclear Reservation that produced nuclear weapons during the Cold War.

A New Wildlife Refuge On The Grounds Around An Old Nuclear Weapons Plant

Land around the shuttered weapons production facility in Colorado known as Rocky Flats is slated to reopen today as a wildlife refuge. But some are questioning whether it's too soon to be safe.

Bob Cavanagh, left, and Linda Moore, center, wait in an evacuation shelter setup at the Conway High School for the arrival of Hurricane Florence on Thursday in Conway, S.C. Many schools in the area have closed or been converted to shelters for residents in the region.

DeVos Loses On Student Loans; Bezos Funds Preschool

The now-Tropical Storm Florence closed schools, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos lost a court case involving student loan forgiveness and more in our weekly education news roundup.

NPR's <em>Morning Edition </em>is looking to speak with people expecting their first child.

Expecting Your First Child? We Want To Hear From You

NPR's Morning Edition wants to talk with parents who are expecting their first child about what matters most to them this election. Share your story with us.

A municipal employee (right) talks to a pedestrian next to a controversial street urinal installed on the Seine river banks of Île de la Cité, Paris, in August.

Paris Plunges Deeper Into Potty Talk With New Appeal Against Public Urination

A new video flush with toilet humor is the latest roll-out in Paris's campaign aimed at urging people — mainly men — not to foul its streets and monuments.

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