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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By LORNE COOK BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia has warned NATO that it would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons to defend Kaliningrad should any members of the military bloc try to cut off its western exclave from the rest of the country.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s internal watchdog said Wednesday that the agency has broadly mismanaged an expansive building renovation project but did not find any criminal violations, as alleged by Trump administration prosecutors. The Fed’s inspector general said that a variety of missteps by its Board of Governors inflated the cost of the $2.4 billion renovation.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By ANDREW DALTON, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Florida woman accused of driving across the country to fire a rifle at Rihanna and A$AP Rocky’s home, hitting a trailer the celebrity couple was inside and a nursery where their kids were, has been indicted by a grand jury on 14 felony counts including attempted murder. The indictment against 36-year-old Ivanna Lisette Ortiz of Orlando was unsealed Wednesday by a judge.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and SARAH RAZA SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has filed for divorce from her husband of 34 years. Noem, who was tasked with leading President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown from January 2025 to March 2026 and previously served as South Dakota’s governor, is seeking a divorce from Bryon Noem in their home state. The two married in May 1992 and have three children.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By ALBERT STUMM If you’re dreading a midterm — or just studying hard to keep up in any class — chances are your study habits involve taking notes as you’re reading and then going back over them. Maybe you pull out (or click on) a highlighter. It turns out those old-fashioned study habits might work if you’re cramming for a test, but they aren’t very effective for long-term learning. There are better, more efficient ways to retain knowledge.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By DORANY PINEDA Steve Brooks’ cell has no windows or air conditioning, so he relies on two eight-inch fans when it’s stifling inside California’s oldest prison. There’s no access to ice or cold water, and during periodic power outages, there’s no electricity. “It’s kind of like you’re hyperventilating. The room’s closing in,” said Brooks, who’s incarcerated in San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and has published articles about extreme heat behind bars.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer In one alarming announcement after another, artificial intelligence companies in recent months have shared examples of their technology acting in ways that appeared to evade instructions from humans. The episodes have highlighted the vulnerabilities in AI security and raised questions over how the fast-growing technology can be developed safely as its usage becomes more widespread globally.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By KIM TONG-HYUNG SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A huge gray shark named Bukangi has become an honorary mascot in South Korea’s biggest port city while slowly circling a canal where the animal has been trapped for nearly two weeks. Officials in Busan have embraced the attention brought by the shark, which has drawn thousands of tourists and now shares the Korean name for the city’s North Port, where it was first spotted Sept. 18.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is removing Syria from a list of countries that are not allowed to purchase or import U.S. weaponry, a step that is part of a monthslong process of easing sanctions on the new government in Damascus and its leaders.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By ANTON L. DELGADO NEW YORK (AP) — Oatly, the world’s largest producer of oat milk, is sending a new message to its consumers: most people want their governments to take action on climate change. Splashed on the side of the Swedish company’s cartons is messaging from the “89 Percent Project,” a campaign launched by Covering Climate Now, a global journalism nonprofit.