By BERET LEONE Click here for updates on this story CARVER COUNTY, Minnesota (WCCO) — New technology for a southwestern Minnesota county is helping put those on the run from law enforcement behind bars. “I think it’s going to be one of those tools every agency should and will have as part of their standard
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans will return to Davis Mills at quarterback against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, two weeks after he was benched for Kyle Allen. Coach Lovie Smith announced the move Wednesday, saying “we don’t give out lifetime jobs. The switch comes after Allen was picked
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN-ELIZABETH LITTLEFIELD Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — From the time he was young, Hugh Burke, an Eden Prairie native, knew what he wanted to do with his life. “I have always leaned toward science,” Burke said. “Science and Spanish have always been my two interests really.” After Notre Dame
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN The Duke and Duchess of Sussex‘s new six-part docu-series is set to drop on Netflix on Thursday. The show everyone seems to be talking about is being released in two parts, each consisting of three episodes. The first three land on Thursday at 3 a.m. ET (8 a.m.
Continue ReadingNETFLIX By Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN The Duke and Duchess of Sussex‘s new six-part docu-series is set to drop on Netflix on Thursday. The show everyone seems to be talking about is being released in two parts, each consisting of three episodes. The first three land on Thursday at 3 a.m. ET (8
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Kylian Mbappé will be ready to face England at the World Cup on Saturday. France teammate Ibrahima Konaté delivered that reassuring message a day after Mbappé missed a team training session. That was news that perhaps England fans did not want to hear three days
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General released a report on Wednesday outlining how a series of mistakes by the embattled Bureau of Prisons led to the beating death of imprisoned Boston gangster and convicted murderer James “Whitey” Bulger four years ago. The report did not find any criminal acts
Continue ReadingSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — No. 5 Notre Dame and Lafayette have postponed a women’s basketball game scheduled for Thursday because of health and safety protocols. No other details were immediately available. The game was supposed to be played at Lafayette in Easton, Pennsylvania. The schools say they are looking at whether the game can
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Italian confectioner Ferrero is acquiring Wells Enterprises, one of the largest U.S. ice cream makers. Wells, a 100-year-old family-owned company based in Le Mars, Iowa, makes Blue Bunny, Halo Top and other brands. It produces more than 200 million gallons of ice cream per year at plants in Iowa,
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled in favor of state efforts to control public access to a set of ancient ceremonial and burial earthworks built by American Indians. At issue before the court were the 2,000-year-old Octagon Earthworks in Newark in central
Continue ReadingBy ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud is The Associated Press Big Ten offensive player of the year. Iowa linebacker Jack Campbell is defensive player of the year and Penn State running back Nicholas Singleton is newcomer of the year. Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh is coach of the year. Stroud and
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The beating death of notorious gangster James “Whitey” Bulger at the hands of fellow inmates was the result of multiple layers of management failures, widespread incompetence and flawed policies at the Bureau of Prisons, the Justice Department’s inspector general said in a report
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The family of a former University of California-San Diego rower who committed suicide in January 2021 says he was pushed too far by his coach. Coach Geoff Bond is no longer at the school and the parents of Brian Lilly Jr. filed a wrongful-death lawsuit
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The family of a former University of California-San Diego rower who killed himself in January 2021 says he was pushed too far by his coach. Coach Geoff Bond is no longer at the school and the parents of Brian Lilly Jr. filed a wrongful-death lawsuit
Continue ReadingBy Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business We know young kids love teddy bears and cute cuddly stuffed animals. But Build-A-Bear Workshop says older consumers can’t resist them, either. The St. Louis-based company is seeing a strong post-pandemic resurgence in demand for its create-your-own soft plush toys, and Build-A-Bear Workshop attributes that to shoppers 13 and older.
Continue ReadingBy MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — “Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa explained the significance of the Chicxulub impact crater to actor Domhnall Gleeson over a drink of negroni sbagliato in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia,” is the kind of sentence that just might tie your tongue up in knots. It contains five examples
Continue ReadingBy Courtney Allen Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — People are struggling to make ends meet and facing evictions right ahead of the holidays. New numbers from the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office show that evictions are up substantially this year. So, what is the reason behind the jump? Patricia Edwards
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Andries Noppert is ready to face Lionel Messi if the Argentina star takes a penalty kick in Friday’s World Cup quarterfinal match. The Netherlands goalkeeper made his international debut in the team’s opening match in Qatar. He says Messi is “the same like us. He’s
Continue ReadingBy Sahar Akbarzai and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Iran’s former president Mohammad Khatami has urged the current government to be more lenient with protesters, amid ongoing nationwide demonstrations representing the biggest challenge to the Islamic Republic in decades. The reformist said the government must listen to the demonstrators before it is too late, in a message
Continue ReadingCNN By Sahar Akbarzai and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN Iran’s former president Mohammad Khatami has urged the current government to be more lenient with protesters, amid ongoing nationwide demonstrations representing the biggest challenge to the Islamic Republic in decades. The reformist said the government must listen to the demonstrators before it is too late, in a
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