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.
The U.S. women’s Olympic basketball team cruised over Japan 102-76. The U.S. squad, which now boasts a 56-game Olympic winning streak, is on the hunt for an eighth-straight Olympic gold medal.
U.S. Rep. Michelle Fischbach has significant name ID and fundraising advantages over political newcomer Steve Boyd in Minnesota’s Republican 7th Congressional District primary. Still, Boyd is campaigning regularly in the district hoping for an upset in the Aug. 13 contest.
The U.S. hadn’t won an Olympic team medal in men’s gymnastics since 2008. With a nearly flawless and gutsy performance Monday night, the boys are back on the podium in Paris.
Over a year after federal regulators launched an investigation into Smith Foundry, the facility announced it’s shutting down in August. The Minneapolis iron foundry said environmental regulations will make it impossible to get a new permit.
The project is expected to last three years with a cost of roughly $91 million dollars. Funding for the project comes from a federal grant, state bonding and transportation legislation, municipal state aid and the city’s local capital investment program.