Minnesota Rep. Kim Hicks, DFL-Rochester, woke up to Nazi symbols and racial slurs spray-painted on her home Saturday morning. Hicks is white and her husband is Black. They live with six of their children.
A cooler airmass will entrench the Upper Midwest this week with 60s and 70s in the forecast. Prolonged rain showers on Monday, with a marginal risk for severe for southern Minnesota.
The woeful Chicago White Sox have lost their 20th consecutive game, the majors’ longest skid in 36 years and one short of the American League record, as Chris Flexen was chased early in a 13-7 defeat against the Minnesota Twins.
The U.S. women powered to a dominant lead early in the 4-by-100 meter medley relay on Sunday. The only real question was whether the swimmers would shatter the world record set by another U.S. American team in 2019.
Bobby Finke came to Paris the reigning Olympic champion in the 1,500 meter freestyle swim. He defended his title with a gold medal win and shattered the world record.
American gymnastics star Sunisa Lee's Olympic medal count keeps rising. Lee earned her third medal of the 2024 Paris Games and the sixth of her Olympic career by claiming bronze Sunday in the uneven bars.
The storm is expected to reach hurricane-strength before it makes landfall in Florida on Monday. It could drop record-breaking rainfall amounts in parts of Georgia and South Carolina.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is already in a “multi-front war” with Iran and its proxies, while the United States and allies prepare to defend Israel from an expected counterstrike and prevent an even more destructive regional conflict.
Prominent Republicans in Kentucky have ridiculed Gov. Andy Beshear's efforts to land the No. 2 spot on the Democratic presidential ticket. Beshear wasn’t on hand to defend himself. Instead, he's among a half-dozen Democrats being interviewed this weekend by Vice President Kamala Harris as she closes in on choosing a running mate.
Wyoming lawmakers have given two years for the Grand Teton National Park to buy the Kelly Parcel for $100 million. But the pristine land has become a bargaining chip for other things too.
Sunisa Lee adds another medal from the 2024 Paris Olympic Games as she takes the bronze medal in the uneven bars. Lee won bronze on that apparatus at the Tokyo Games in 2021.
The 25-acre Icelandite Coastal Fen Scientific and Natural Area along the North Shore of Lake Superior protects a rare coastal wetland and a unique kind of volcanic rock.
The Chicago White Sox extended their team-record losing streak to 19, giving up Max Kepler’s tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning that lifted the Minnesota Twins to a 6-2 win on Saturday night. Chicago’s losing streak is the longest since Baltimore dropped 19 in a row in August 2021.
We will see seasonal temperatures across metro area today. Storms moved through central Minnesota last night producing some large hail, damaging winds and even a reported tornado. Temperatures still looking fall like for the work week with highs expected in the 60s and 70s.
Some Olympic athletes prepared for Paris with a technique for acclimatizing to hot weather. Healthy people can take a cue from them, medical experts say, to build up tolerance for heat.
In the moments before many Paris Olympic events get underway, someone comes out and taps a staff. The ritual, inspired by a French theatrical tradition, made its Olympics debut last week.