Today is Friday, Oct. 3, the 276th day of 2025. There are 89 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On Oct. 3, 1990, West Germany and East Germany ended 45 years of postwar division, declaring the creation of a reunified country.

Also on this date:

In 1944, during World War II, U.S. Army troops cracked the Siegfried Line north of Aachen, Germany.

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In 1951, the New York Giants captured the National League pennant by a score of 5-4 as Bobby Thomson hit a three-run homer off Ralph Branca of the Brooklyn Dodgers, which became known as the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World.”

In 1974, Frank Robinson was named the American League’s first Black manager after he was hired by the Cleveland Indians.

In 1993, 18 U.S. service members and hundreds of Somalis were killed in the Battle of Mogadishu — the deadliest battle for U.S. troops since the Vietnam War. The battle inspired the film “Black Hawk Down.”

In 1995, the jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles found the former football star not guilty of the 1994 killings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.

In 2008, O.J. Simpson was found guilty of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room. (Simpson was sentenced late that year to nine to 33 years in prison; he was granted parole in July 2017 and released from prison in October of that year. He died at age 76 on April 10, 2024, after battling prostate cancer.)

In 2011, an Italian appeals court freed Amanda Knox of Seattle after four years in prison, tossing murder convictions against Knox and an ex-boyfriend in the stabbing of their British roommate, Meredith Kercher. An Italian high court definitively vindicated Knox in 2015, throwing out their convictions once and for all.

In 2013, a smugglers’ ship packed with African migrants sank off the coast of a southern Italian island, killing more than 365 people.

In 2023, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy — the first time in U.S. history a speaker had been ousted from the position. Though McCarthy had the support of many fellow Republicans, several hard-right detractors from his party essentially forced him out.

Today’s Birthdays:

Composer Steve Reich is 89.
Rock and roll star Chubby Checker is 84.
Musician Lindsey Buckingham (Fleetwood Mac) is 76.
Blues musician Keb’ Mo’ is 74.
Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield is 74.
Baseball Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley is 71.
Golf Hall of Famer Fred Couples is 66.
Rock drummer Tommy Lee is 63.
Actor Clive Owen is 61.
Film director Denis Villeneuve is 58.
Singer-TV personality Gwen Stefani is 56.
Pop singer Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boys) is 54.
Actor Neve Campbell is 52.
Actor Lena Headey is 52.
Singer India.Arie is 50.
Rapper Talib Kweli is 50.
Actor Seann William Scott is 49.
Actor Tessa Thompson is 42.
Actor-singer Ashlee Simpson is 41.
Actor Alicia Vikander is 37.
Rapper A$AP Rocky is 37.
Actor Ayo Edebiri is 30.
Actor Noah Schnapp (TV: “Stranger Things”) is 21.

Minnesota health care leaders gathered Thursday at the state Capitol to demand that Gov. Tim Walz call a special session to pass gun violence legislation more than a month after the Annunciation Catholic Church and School shooting in Minneapolis.

Joined by doctors who cared for Annunciation victims, they called for four gun control measures: a ban on assault-style weapons, a ban on high-capacity magazines, safe storage laws, and the removal of the local preemption law that prohibits cities from enacting local gun control.

“This is no longer a friendly request from their local doctors,” said Dr. Lisa Mattson, president of the Minnesota Medical Association. “This is a demand from the tens of thousands of physicians across the state who know firearm violence for what it is: a public health crisis.”

The doctors in attendance at Thursday’s news conference said they are in conversation with lawmakers, but did not share details about what lawmakers are telling them as to why a special session has yet to be called.

Janna Gewirtz O’Brien, president-elect of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said she’s hearing “a whole lot of empathy and not a lot of action.”

“I think sometimes politics gets in the way of good sense,” she said.

Walz said Thursday at an unrelated news conference that he’s “still working it,” but didn’t confirm whether he would call a special session. Negotiations for the parameters of a special session blew up publicly Tuesday, and DFL leaders said that negotiations are at a “clear impasse” with Republican leaders.

DFL leadership released one of their offers to the public, which includes several Republican proposals regarding school safety and mental health. Although Republicans did not release their counteroffer publicly, Walz said Thursday it’s “totally missing” any mention of gun control.

“If we’re going to come back in in a special session and address what the public clearly wants, we need to discuss the whole spectrum of issues,” he said. “For us to come back in and give Republicans everything they want, without anything we want, they are acting just like Republicans in D.C. right now.”

Dr. Trish Valusek, a pediatric trauma surgeon at Children’s Minnesota, recalled receiving a trauma alert the morning of the Annunciation shooting.

Valusek said she has cared for children with gunshot wounds before, but that it’s rare for school-age children to be “shot in the head at 8:30 in the morning” on a school day, so she had a gut feeling she would be dealing with a mass casualty.

“Having five bloody shocked children arrive at Children’s all at once, all of whom were the same age as my children, one of whom had the same name as one of my children, is very difficult,” she said.

Valusek said there’s a saying in pediatrics that kids “aren’t just little adults,” that they have a different physiology, and that doctors can’t treat them the same as adults.

“The saying certainly holds true for gunshot wounds,” she said. “It should be obvious — kids are small, and this can make the injury they incur more severe … I really hope I don’t need to give a more graphic description of what a bullet does to a child’s tiny body to get the point across that it is bad.”

Dr. Tim Kummer, the first physician on the scene, said he still remembers the blood on school uniforms, the looks in the children’s eyes and the screams of parents.

Kummer testified on Sept. 15 before Minnesota senators about the difference between a handgun injury and a rifle injury in a 12-year-old girl he treated. He said Thursday that assault weapons “multiplied” the number of children shot at Annunciation, and turned minor wounds into life-threatening ones.

“For those who say gun violence is a complicated issue, it isn’t,” said Kummer, who coordinates emergency medical services at Hennepin Healthcare. “This is a public health issue, and we know how to address public health issues. We follow the evidence.”

“And the evidence to this public health issue is clear: limit access to certain weapons, weapons that, by design, cause more victims, not less, with more severe injuries, not minor, creating more trauma for everyone who responds and cares for them,” he added.

Annunciation was celebrating the first Mass of the new school year on Aug. 27 when a shooter opened fire through a church window, killing two students and wounding 21 people, 18 of them children. The 23-year-old assailant, a former Annunciation student, died by suicide. No precise motive has been publicly identified by investigators.

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Quieris Barnslater rarely comes off the field for Apple Valley. On Thursday, he again showed why he should not.

He’s an offensive threat running or throwing, had a couple kickoff returns outside the 40, and is one of the team’s top tacklers from his cornerback position. “ATHLETE !!” is how he self-describes on his X page.

The North Dakota State commit ran for 155 yards and two touchdowns and threw for 65 yards and a score as the Eagles won 43-24 at Burnsville. Tylan Ward had a touchdown reception and an interception.

This is the first time since 2016 the South Suburban Conference foes separated by less than five miles have met.

The advent of district football when teams played more schools in their class put a nearly decade-long kibosh on the rivalry with Apple Valley being a Class 5A school, Burnsville 6A. However, the Blaze dropped down a class this season.

Apple Valley (3-3) took advantage of two first-half interceptions and two fumble recoveries — one for a safety — for a 23-3 lead. The Blaze (1-5) finished with five turnovers and an unsuccessful fourth-quarter fake punt at their own 25. Burnsville has allowed at least 41 points in four of its six games.

After a fumble recovery deep in Burnsville territory, a 12-yard slither by Barnslater moved the ball to the 1 before Malik Quadri scored in the jumbo package with 4 minutes to play before half.

Barnslater, who scored untouched from the 15 early in the fourth quarter to make it 36-10, displayed shiftiness on the first Apple Valley play, a 38-run where the senior started left, burst through a seam, and, had he not stumbled, likely would have had a 68-yard score. Jackson Cozy scored from the 2 just four plays later.

A Christian Romero 25-yard field goal got Burnsville within 7-3, but a 25-yard pass from Barnslater to Tyson Johnson highlighted a seven-play drive that was capped by Barnslater faking a handoff and going untouched to the corner before the opening quarter expired.

Liam Henke led Burnsville with 102 yards rushing and the quarterback threw a perfect strike to Tommy Subah for a 30-yard score in the fourth quarter.

Caleb Kamara, who committed to Northern Iowa Monday, ran for 103 yards and had a late 82-yard touchdown reception.

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The 44th annual Twin Cities Marathon kicks off Friday with an expanded field of racers from all over the world and all 50 states.

The TC Marathon also will allow all mobility devices on the course for the first time this year. Joe Dailey, who regularly ran marathons before a spinal cord injury in 2002, is planning to compete with a hand cycle Sunday while raising money for Unite to Fight Paralysis.

Dailey, of Prior Lake, said he is excited to be back out on the course. His main goal is to finish, and when he does, he looks forward to that feeling of accomplishment again.

“The feeling you get when you cross the finish line, where there’s not a part of your body that you are not aware of,” Dailey said. “It’s such an overall encompassing feeling, and I’m looking forward to getting that feeling again.”

Dailey has already surpassed his fundraising goal of $2,000 for Unite to Fight Paralysis, reaching $2,500 as of Wednesday.

The TC Marathon also will give participants an additional 30 minutes to complete the course, extending the time to finish the marathon from 6 hours to 6:30. As of Monday, the TC Marathon had raised $1.1 million for 56 charities, with a goal of raising $2.62 million for more than 80 nonprofits.

Women’s winner Molly Bookmyer, from Columbus, Ohio, makes a sprint for the finish line in the Twin Cities Marathon in St. Paul on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. Bookmyer finished with a time of 2:28:52. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)

Where can I watch?

Here are a few of the best spots in St. Paul to watch the marathon.

Summit Avenue is lined with historic homes, and the first place you will spot runners is at the intersection of Cretin Avenue and Summit Avenue South. This part of the course features a steady incline, so spectators can offer support to marathoners as they tackle miles 21 through 25.

Cathedral Hill is where the racers make the final push to the finish line. The stretch covers the final full mile of the course as they approach the finish line at the Capitol.

What’s the etiquette for spectators?

Spectators shouldn’t take fuel from rehydration stations or walk across the course with runners present and should refrain from encouraging racers who might be walking to run. They know their bodies best.

What’s the purse?

The total purse is more than $80,000 and includes wheelchair athletes and $20,000 Best of the Midwest competition within the marathon. These racers must be accepted into the program.

Who is favored?

One of the favorites in the “Best of the Midwest is Tesfu Tewelde, who will be defending his title after finishing second overall in the 2024 TC Marathon. His competition includes Kenyans Elisha Barno, the 2018 champion; Will Norris, who took sixth place in 2024; and Nicolas Rotich, a six-time winner of Grandma’s Marathon.

The top contender for the women’s title in Best of the Midwest is Jane Bareikis. Courtney Dauwalter, an ultramarathon runner, joins the field this year and adds a unique skillset to the mix.

Who won last year?

Shadrack Kimining had the fastest time on Oct. 6, 2024, completing the race in 2 hours, 10 minutes and 17 seconds, beating Twelde by 4 seconds. Molly Bookmyer won the women’s race, finishing the course in 2:28.52, 5 minutes and 50 seconds faster than Jessica Watychowicz.

Streaming and results

Those who cannot make it to the race can stream it live Sunday on KARE11+ beginning at 6:30 a.m. with “More Than A Marathon Live.” Results from all of this weekend’s races can be found at RaceRecord.com.

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