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Russian officials said Vladlen Tatarsky was killed at a cafe in St. Petersburg. He was a well-known military blogger and strident supporter of the war in Ukraine. Some 30 people were wounded.

The Senate intelligence committee held its annual Worldwide Threats Hearing on Tuesday. Many of the bosses of the intelligence committee were there as the Russia imbroglio and North Korea were discussed.

Theories abound about who is responsible for the attack and how they did it. On Wednesday, Russia arrested eight men alleged to have set off a truck bomb. Ukraine says Russia planned the attack.

The agency's decision allows California — which has some of the nation's worst air pollution — to require truck manufacturers to sell more zero-emission trucks over the next couple of decades.

A Mongolian boy has been named a top leader of Tibetan Buddhism. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Julian Dierkes of the University of British Columbia on the implications for Mongolian-Chinese relations.

White House chief of staff Jeff Zients says debt limit talks and spending negotiations must be kept separate — despite House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's insistence they be tied together.

An ice cream popular in Northeastern China tells a story of the country's long history with Russia in the 20th century.

Wilmington, Ohio, is celebrating 100 years of the banana split this week. Problem is, it might be three years too late, say folks in Latrobe, Penn., who claim to be the real home of the classic ice cream treat.

Aira's oddball new novella chronicles his love affair with the magazine Artforum, to which he ascribes almost magical qualities. It's a giddy, self-indulgent but delightful read.

It's the anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act. Voters in Nevada — a key swing state — say inflation is still very much their top issue.