Concerns about water quality in the Seine River led Paris Olympics organizers to postpone the men’s triathlon. Officials on Tuesday say they hope the swimming portion of the race will be able to go forward in the long-polluted waterway Wednesday or in the coming days following an expensive cleanup effort.
The “weird” message appears to have given Democrats a narrative advantage that it rarely had when President Joe Biden was still running for reelection. Trump’s campaign has spent days trying to flip the script by highlighting things about Democrats it says are weird.
The number of migrants trying to cross the southern U.S. border illegally has gone down significantly. But migrants still face long waits using a government app for asylum claims.
The Aitkin County Attorney’s Office is opposing the release of a man serving a life sentence for a 1998 murder who alleges that he was wrongfully convicted. The Minnesota Attorney General’s conviction review unit recommended in June that Brian Pippitt be exonerated.
Now starting its third year, the 988 call line has turned into a lifeline for tens of thousands of Minnesotans. Advocates say it’s been a success helping people with all kinds of health needs, although challenges remain to make the system better.
About 40 percent of Americans avoid the news at least some of the time, and the reasons for doing so are complicated. As one expert points out, some news avoiders are put off by scary headlines, and others have a hard time making sense of the news, especially when it comes to politics.
Around 2:26 a.m. a caller said the man swam toward the middle of the lake where he appeared to struggle, and by the time the Sauk Centre Police arrived, officers couldn’t see the man from the shore. They then launched a drone.