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FILE - People study in the Rose Main Reading Room of the New York Public Library on Oct. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Cramming for exams? Experts weigh in on how to study better
Experts have some advice for students cramming for exams. Many traditional study methods might get you through a test but don’t help long-term learning. Cognitive scientist Pooja K. Agarwal says … more
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Judge rules Wisconsin mosque president who advocated for Palestinian rights can be deported on foreign policy grounds
Judge rules Wisconsin mosque president who advocated for Palestinian rights can be deported on foreign policy grounds. more
The per-gallon prices are displayed above the various grades of fuel available at a pump at a QuikTrip gasoline station Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, in Greenwood Village, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Inflation cooled slightly last month even as consumers stepped up spending
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation slowed a bit last month as Americans ramped up their spending, though price gains remained elevated and are a challenge for many voters as the midterm elections … more
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FILE - A Coherent manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter, File)
US economy grew a solid 2.2% in the second quarter, government says, upgrading previous estimate
The U.S. economy grew at a solid 2.2% pace from April through June as consumer spending and business investment came in strong. Growth in gross domestic product — the nation’s output of a goods … more
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Abby Choi holds a cat and poses, Feb. 11, 2023, in Hong Kong. (AP Photo)
Prosecutors say killing of Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi likely linked to a financial dispute
HONG KONG (AP) — The killing of Hong Kong socialite Abby Choi was likely linked to a financial dispute with her former father-in-law over a luxury apartment, the prosecution said Wednesday, in a … more
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Arizona State University will receive $8.1 million in state funds after Gov. Katie Hobbs decided to use leftover COVID money for higher education.
Hobbs restores millions to Arizona universities’ budgets, ASU gets $8.1M
PHOENIX - Gov. Katie Hobbs is using nearly $16.5 million she says is leftover in COVID funds to restore the funding cuts made earlier this year to state universities. In a press release late … more
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir's 'En Canon (Jeune fille a la barque)' is displayed during a preview of the Blaquier-Arrieta Collection, a group of twelve Impressionist and Modern works which have been largely unseen for half a century, at Sotheby's in London. Wednesday Sept. 30, 2026. (Ben Bauer/PA via AP)
Works by van Gogh and Cézanne up for sale in Sotheby's $450 million auction
LONDON (AP) — A dozen Impressionist and post-Impressionist artworks collectively valued at almost half a billion dollars are going up for auction after sitting unseen for decades in a fabled … more
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Arizona expands earn-while-you-learn path for special education teachers
Arizona is putting $5 million into an effort to build its special education teacher workforce from within schools, creating paid pathways that allow paraprofessionals and other aspiring educators to … more
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IMAGE CAPTION: Realset AI raises 10 million dollars in Series A funding to capture real-world data for frontier models and embodied agents. | Realset AI, a real-world data lab that produces training data for LLMs, frontier models and embodied agents, today announced that Realset AI and Flatkey have raised 10 million dollars in Series A funding. The funding will expand Realset's capture network of real workplaces and studio environments, grow its pool of expert demonstrators and domain experts, and support open benchmarks that measure whether AI policies work outside the lab.
Realset AI and Flatkey Raise 10 million Dollars in Series A Funding to Build Real World Training Data for Frontier Models and Embodied Agents
- The real-world data lab captures expert human demonstrations, builds RL environments from real workflows and evaluates AI agents with domain experts - SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 30, 2026 … more
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IMAGE CAPTION: New Book 'I Don't Have Leprosy, I'm Just Grieving' Takes a Blunt Look at How Society Treats the Bereaved | When Regina Collier lost her partner, Dean, in July 2022 following complications from a double-lung transplant, she expected grief to change her life. What she didn't expect was how dramatically it would change the way other people interacted with her. In her new book, "I Don't Have Leprosy, I'm Just Grieving: A Widow's Blunt Perspective on Society" (ISBN: 978-1834385839), released through Tellwell Publishing, Collier offers an unfiltered account of widowhood and the strange, painful, and sometimes infuriating ways society responds to people who are grieving.
New Book ‘I Don’t Have Leprosy, I’m Just Grieving’ Takes a Blunt Look at How Society Treats the Bereaved
- In a raw and deeply personal account of life after loss, author Regina Collier challenges the clichés, expectations and uncomfortable silence that often surround grief - PERTH, Western … more
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Motorbikes drive past Iranian missiles and banners showing portraits of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, center, and the late armed forces commanders and nuclear scientists, who were killed in Israeli and U.S. strikes, displayed in a military exhibition commemorating the anniversary of the start of the 1980-88 Iraq-Iran war at Baharestan Square, in Tehran, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iran indicates it's received an official US response to its latest offer on ending the war
Iranian officials indicated Wednesday they have received an official U.S. response to Tehran's latest proposal to end the seven-month war, which U.S. President Donald Trump had publicly rejected just … more
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This photo provided by the Tennessee Department of Correction shows Christa Pike on Jan. 12, 2023. (TDOC via AP)
Tennessee prepares to execute a woman for a crime she committed at age 18
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is preparing to put to death Christa Gail Pike for a 1995 murder she committed at age 18 in what would be the state's first execution of a woman in at least 200 … more
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