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1. Target, Best Buy and even Amazon among retailers who see new power in stores

   The refreshed grocery department skews towards grab and go food items. (Jeff Wheeler/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)
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2. Recent disasters evidence not of end-times but of steely human resolve

   People raise their hands in a closed fist to signify silence as search and rescue teams listen for sounds from students trapped in the rubble at Enrique Rebsamen School in Colonia Nueva Oriental Coapa, in Mexico City, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. A powerful 7.1 earthquake rocked central Mexico on Tuesday, collapsing homes and bridges across hundreds of miles, killing at least 225 people. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
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3. Regional power split threatens to derail Zuma’s succession vote

   South African President Jacob Zuma is given flowers as he arrives in Xiamen, China, to attend the 2017 BRICS Summit on September 2, 2017. (Jin Liangkuai/Xinhua/Zuma Press/TNS)
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4. Endangered bat

   At a little more than seven months old, "Lucas," a Rodrigues fruit bat, born by emergency caesarean section January 11th, in which "Patty," his mom, died, grabs the ball cap of Todd Ryan, one keepers who helped him make the transition to the main bat population. (Howard Lipin/San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS)
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5. Cubs' 7-game win streak ends with 8-1 loss to Rays

   A penguin from The Florida Aquarium walks on the field before the ceremonial first pitch as the Tampa Bay Rays play host to the Chicago Cubs at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. (Will Vragovic/Tampa Bay Times/TNS)
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