By John Lauritsen Click here for updates on this story RENVILLE COUNTY, Minnesota (WCCO) — This time of year, sweet corn stands are popping up across the state. But one stand in Renville County, Minnesota, is extra special for a 9-year-old boy. Last summer, Lucas Giese nearly lost his right eye in a farm accident.
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By WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — Police in St. Paul say someone stole a brass statue of Olympic champion Suni Lee. The bust wasn’t the only thing taken — the thieves also took the rock that had the superstar gymnast’s nameplate. Lee was back in St.
Continue Reading WCCO By WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. PAUL, Minnesota (WCCO) — Police in St. Paul say someone stole a brass statue of Olympic champion Suni Lee. The bust wasn’t the only thing taken — the thieves also took the rock that had the superstar gymnast’s nameplate. Lee was back in
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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Cristen Brink witnessed the unthinkable. Then she did the unimaginable. While on a family hike at Devil’s Den State Park on Saturday, Cristen’s husband Clinton was ambushed and stabbed by an attacker, according to Arkansas State Police. First, investigators say, she ran away with their young daughters to get
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A nightclub shooting in western Puerto Rico early Friday left one teenager dead and five other people wounded, including two women in serious condition, authorities said. The victims in the shooting in the coastal town of Mayaguez range in age from 18 to 21, police said. Authorities identified the
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By Marissa Sulek Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Amid concerns about overdoses and dangerous drugs, Lollapalooza festivalgoers were supplied with a new device that detects fentanyl. Doctors at Rush University Medical Center said they anticipate to see anywhere from 10 to 20 extra patients a day in the emergency during
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The best of the internet’s cat videos are coming to the big screen this weekend. Cat Video Fest is a 73-minute, G-rated selection of all things feline —silly, cuddly, sentimental and comedic—that’s playing in more than 500 independent theaters in the U.S. and Canada. A portion of ticket proceeds
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By Ryan Hughes Click here for updates on this story VENTNOR CITY, New Jersey (KYW) — Barbara Maurer says sitting under the Ventnor Fishing Pier is her happy place. “I usually go to the beach about three or four times a week, and I go early in the morning,” said Maurer, who lives in Galloway
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KYW, LACE IN THE MOON, CNN By Chandler Lutz Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — If you’ve wandered the streets of Philadelphia and spotted a giant sunny-side-up egg on Walnut Street or a six-foot-tall Jason Kelce stitched from yarn, it’s thanks to Lace in the Moon. The artist behind these viral
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By The Associated Press (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, August 2 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:30 a.m. FS1 — AFL: Brisbane at Collingwood 1 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Port Adelaide at Geelong AUTO RACING 6:25 a.m. ESPNU — Formula 1: Practice, Hungaroring, Mogyorod, Hungary 9:55 a.m. ESPN2 — Formula
Continue Reading All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB New York 17 10 .630 — Atlanta 17 11 .607 ½ Indiana 16 12 .571 1½ Washington 13 14 .481 4 Chicago 7 20 .259 10 Connecticut 5 21 .192 11½ WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 23 5 .821 — Phoenix 16 11 .593
Continue ReadingAll Times EDT Western Conference W L T Pts GF GA San Diego FC 14 7 4 46 48 32 Vancouver 13 5 6 45 42 26 Minnesota United 12 5 8 44 42 28 Seattle 10 6 8 38 39 35 Portland 10 7 7 37 33 32 Los Angeles FC 10 6 6
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 64 47 .577 — New York 60 50 .545 3½ Boston 60 51 .541 4 Tampa Bay 54 57 .486 10 Baltimore 50 60 .455 13½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 64 47 .577 — Cleveland 55 54 .505 8 Kansas City 55
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 62 47 .569 — New York 62 48 .564 ½ Miami 53 55 .491 8½ Atlanta 46 63 .422 16 Washington 44 65 .404 18 Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 65 44 .596 — Chicago 64 45 .587 1 Cincinnati 58 53 .523
Continue Reading All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Toronto 64 47 .577 — New York 60 50 .545 3½ Boston 60 51 .541 4 Tampa Bay 54 57 .486 10 Baltimore 50 60 .455 13½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 64 47 .577 — Cleveland 55 54 .505 8 Kansas City 55
Continue Reading All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away RS RA DIFF Toronto 64 47 .577 — — 5-5 L-1 37-18 27-29 523 506 17 New York 60 50 .545 3½ +1½ 5-5 L-1 34-22 26-28 576 478 98 Boston 60 51 .541 4 +1 6-4 W-3 35-21
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Adv02-03 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, August 4 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 9 a.m. ESPN — Little League World Series Regional: TBD, New England Region, Bristol, Conn. 11 a.m. ESPN — Little League World Series Regional: TBD, Southeast Region, Warner Robins, Ga. 1 p.m. ESPN — Little
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By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Politics Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats are launching a nationwide summer blitz designed to force vulnerable Republicans to defend President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill — especially Medicaid cuts that will leave millions of Americans without health care coverage. Republican leaders in Washington, meanwhile, have
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By The Associated Press President Donald Trump’s latest tariff moves drew worries from Wall Street Friday as stocks slumped and Treasury yields fell sharply. Trump signed an order Thursday night imposing steep tariffs on 66 countries, the European Union, Taiwan and the Falkland Islands to go into effect on Aug. 7 — making good on
Continue Reading KFSM, LUPITA’S BEAUTY SALON & BARBER SHOP, AR STATE POLICE, GOFUNDME, CNN By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Cristen Brink witnessed the unthinkable. Then she did the unimaginable. While on a family hike at Devil’s Den State Park on Saturday, Cristen’s husband Clinton was ambushed and stabbed by an attacker, according to Arkansas State Police.
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By MELINA WALLING Associated Press HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Watching his dad make a brand-new miniature train car look old, placing the wooden parts to weather in the sun and rain, pulled Peter MartÃnez into the world of miniatures. He recalls his father, who made model trains mostly for collectors or hobbyists, wondering why anyone
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By MELINA WALLING Associated Press HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Watching his dad make a brand-new miniature train car look old, placing the wooden parts to weather in the sun and rain, pulled Peter MartÃnez into the world of miniatures. He recalls his father, who made model trains mostly for collectors or hobbyists, wondering why anyone
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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Russia has started production of its newest hypersonic missiles and reaffirmed its plans to deploy them to ally Belarus later this year. Sitting alongside Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Valaam Island near St. Petersburg, Putin said the military already has selected
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By AMER COHADZIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — An appeals court in Bosnia-Herzegovina confirmed Friday an earlier court ruling that sentenced the pro-Russia Bosnian Serb president, Milorad Dodik, to one year in prison and banned him from politics for six years over his separatist actions as tensions mount in the fragile Balkan state. Dodik
Continue ReadingBy ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s independent human rights commission on Friday called on authorities to drop terrorism charges against a 7-year-old boy, a day after police in the southwestern province of Balochistan sought his arrest for sharing an anti-government speech by a rights activist on social media. The case has
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, SAM METZ and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy on Friday visited a food distribution site in the Gaza Strip operated by an Israeli-backed American contractor whose efforts to deliver food to the hunger-stricken territory have been marred by violence and controversy.
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By Michael Rios, Saskya Vandoorne, Joseph Ataman, CNN (CNN) — The French government will deport a Gaza student accused of reposting alleged antisemitic content on her social media and halt all evacuations from the territory, the country’s foreign minister said Friday as outrage grows over her reposts. “She must leave the country. She does not
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The liberal mayor of Hungary’s capital was questioned by police Friday over accusations of helping organize an LGBTQ+ Pride event that the country’s right-wing populist government had sought to ban. The Pride march in Budapest on June 28 was the largest event of its kind in
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By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Detroit voters will take a key step toward choosing a new mayor in the municipal primary on Tuesday, when nine candidates will appear on the ballot in the city’s first open-seat mayoral race in a dozen years. The top two vote-getters in the nonpartisan primary will advance
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By Kathleen Toner, CNN Philadelphia (CNN) — Growing up in his South Philly neighborhood, Tyrique Glasgow fell into street life at a young age. The experience left him with 11 bullet wounds and a prison record – all of which had roots in the same place. “(I) sold drugs on Taney Street. Got shot on
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