Severe thunderstorms moved northeast across central Minnesota on Wednesday.

Tornado warnings were issued for Dakota and Goodhue counties, while a tornado watch covered parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Hail measuring 3 inches was reported near Atwater.

Forecasters had warned that storms could bring tornadoes, damaging winds, hail, lightning and heavy rain.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removed Army Lt.

Gen.

Brett Sylvia from his post on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Sylvia led the office that develops and coordinates military plans with the Joint Chiefs chairman and the president.

Russia and Ukraine say they will stop fighting in Oleshky from October 27 to allow a humanitarian operation.

Oleshky is a town in Ukraine’s Kherson region that has been occupied by Russian forces since 2022.

Residents are facing severe shortages of food and other essentials, and many are elderly and need medical care.

US First Lady Melania Trump said she helped arrange the ceasefire, and the UN secretary-general welcomed the agreement.

Audi plans to invest about $4.2 billion in its first US factory, in Macon, Georgia.

The Volkswagen-owned brand says the plant will make up to 200,000 vehicles a year and create about 4,500 jobs.

It is expected to build large SUVs, with some production moving from Slovakia.

The factory is intended to strengthen Audi’s presence in North America, alongside its existing production in Europe and China.

A leak website published data on more than 40,000 DHS employees in the United States, including staff in immigration agencies and other parts of the Department of Homeland Security.

The data includes names, contact details and job information, and some records identify employees in surveillance, undercover and other sensitive work.

The non-profit Distributed Denial of Secrets said the data came from an entity calling itself the Department of Peace, which said it accessed profiles through Okta, a sign-on service used by DHS.

The full data set has not been independently verified, though Reuters confirmed some details against other records and by contacting employees.

The Dallas Cowboys beat the Philadelphia Eagles in a Monday night game.

The result came after the Cowboys were described as bouncing back, though no score was provided.

Before the game, Eagles running back Saquon Barkley was trending toward a return from a hamstring injury.

He had missed two games and was listed as questionable despite taking part in a full practice.

Jimmy Fallon and Jamie Lee Curtis reenacted a scene from You Can See Everything in a cold open on The Tonight Show.

Fallon imitated Nathan Fielder’s questioning style, while Curtis played Elizabeth Holmes, the former Theranos founder.

The scene was a Halloween-themed parody of the documentary’s teaser, which has become widely shared online.

Curtis’s character answered Fallon’s questions about appearing on the show and promoting her new show, Newlyweds.

Researchers followed 46 children aged 7 to 10 who began the study at a healthy weight.

The children had brain scans while viewing tempting food images, and researchers recorded what they ate and measured their body composition.

Children who ate more ultra-processed foods showed stronger responses in a brain area involved in reward and motivation.

A year later, stronger responses were linked to bigger increases in body mass index and body fat, while children who ate more of these foods also had larger waist measurements.