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Jury selection begins in trial of fallen cryptocurrency …

This courtroom sketch shows Samuel Bankman Fried, center, flanked by his defense attorneys Christian Everdell, left and Mark Cohen, right, as jury selection began in his fraud trial, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)

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A string of volcanic tremors raises fears of mass evacuations …

Tourists look out as the sun rises over Naples, Italy, on April 12, 2019. Hundreds of small tremors have hit a densely-populated volcanic area west of the Italian city of Naples in recent weeks, raising the spectre of mass evacuations, even though experts don’t see an imminent risk of eruption. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

EU announces plans to better protect its sensitive technologies …

FILE - A member of European Commission, left, prepares to exchange documents with Chinese delegation at a signing ceremony after the 5th China-EU High Level Economic and Trade dialogue at Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, on Sept. 28, 2015. The European Union's trade commissioner called for a more balanced economic relationship with China on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, noting a trade imbalance of nearly 400 billion euros ($425 billion), while also warning that China's position on the war in Ukraine could endanger its relationship with Europe. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Things to know about the Nobel Prizes

FILE - Ales Bialiatski, the head of Belarusian Vyasna rights group, stands in a defendants' cage during a court session in Minsk, Belarus, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. Belarusian pro-democracy activist Ales Bialiatski is one of several not able to receive their awards because they were imprisoned. Bialiatski shared the 2022 peace prize with human rights groups in Ukraine and Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

How are ancient Roman and Mayan buildings still standing? …

One of four heads of "Bacabs", gods also known as "Pauahtun," stands over Temple 11 in Copan, an ancient Maya site in western Honduras, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. Scientists are trying to understand how some ancient buildings have lasted for centuries in hopes of making modern buildings more durable. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Karikó and Weissman win Nobel Prize in medicine for work …

In this undated image provided by Penn Medicine, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman pose for a photo at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Karikó and Weissman won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 and that could be used to develop other shots in the future. (Peggy Peterson Photography/Penn Medicine via AP)

Environmental groups demand emergency rules to protect …

FILE - A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass., March 28, 2018. A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the federal government to enact emergency rules to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions with large ships. The groups filed their petition with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Sept. 28 in an effort to protect the North Atlantic right whale. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

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Sam Bankman-Fried must now convince a jury that the …

File - Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court in New York on Feb. 16, 2023. The fraud trial of Bankman-Fried, the founder of failed cryptocurrency brokerage FTX, begins Tuesday with jury selection. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Facing increasing pressure from customers, some miners …

A worker operates a truck as molten slag is poured into a container at PT Vale Indonesia's nickel processing plant in Sorowako, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Demand for critical minerals like nickel and cobalt is surging as climate change hastens a transition to renewable energy, boosting carbon emissions by miners and processors of such materials. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

What to stream this week: Drake, ‘Fair Play,’ Assassin’s …

This combination of photos shows promotional art for the documentary "Louis Tomlinson: All of Those Voices," premiering Oct. 4 on Paramount+, left, "Haunted Mansion," premiering Oct. 4 on Disney+, center, and "Fair Play," a Netflix film streaming on Oct. 6. (Paramount+/Disney+/Netflix via AP)

Apple says it will fix software problems blamed for …

FILE - The iPhone 15 phones are shown during an announcement of new products on the Apple campus in Cupertino, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Apple on Saturday, Sept. 30, blamed a software bug some other issues tied to popular apps such as Instagram and Uber for causing its recently released iPhone 15 models to overheat and sparking complaints about being too hot to handle. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Video provides first clear views of WWII aircraft …

In this photo provided by the Naval History and Heritage Command is the Japanese aircraft carrier Kaga at sea in the 1930s. Footage from remote submersibles taken three miles under the Pacific Ocean is giving the world the first detailed glimpse of three World War II aircraft carriers that sunk in the pivotal Battle of Midway, which marked a shift in control of the Pacific naval theater from Japanese to U.S. forces. (Naval History and Heritage Command via AP)

Endangered red wolf can make it in the wild, but …

FILE - A red wolf crosses a road on the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, Thursday, March 23, 2023, near Manns Harbor, N.C. The endangered red wolf can survive in the wild, but only with “significant additional management intervention,” according to a long-awaited population viability analysis released Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

The Supreme Court will decide if state laws limiting …

FILE - The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Sept. 25, 2023. The new term of the high court begins next Monday, Oct. 2. The Supreme Court, which begins its new term on Monday, is awash in ritual. So it’s no surprise that the lawyers have a few regular, if occasionally eccentric, observances of their own. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)