Today is Wednesday, Sept. 10, the 253rd day of 2025. There are 112 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On Sept. 10, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) was powered up for the first time, successfully firing the first beam of protons through its 17-mile underground ring tunnel.

Also on this date:

In 1608, John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia.

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In 1846, Elias Howe received a patent for his sewing machine.

In 1960, running barefoot, Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia won the Olympic marathon in Rome, becoming the first Black African to win Olympic gold.

In 1960, Hurricane Donna, a dangerous Category 4 storm blamed for 364 deaths, struck the Florida Keys.

In 1963, 20 Black students entered Alabama public schools following a standoff between federal authorities and Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace.

In 1979, four Puerto Rican nationalists imprisoned for a 1954 attack on the U.S. House of Representatives and a 1950 attempted killing of President Harry S. Truman were freed from prison after being granted clemency by President Jimmy Carter.

In 1987, Pope John Paul II arrived in Miami, where he was welcomed by President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan as he began a 10-day tour of the United States.

In 1991, the Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. The proceedings would become a watershed moment in the discussion of sexual harassment when Anita Hill, a law professor who had previously worked under Thomas, came forward with allegations against him.

In 2005, teams of forensic workers and cadaver dogs fanned out across New Orleans to collect the corpses left behind by Hurricane Katrina.

In 2022, King Charles III was officially proclaimed Britain’s monarch in a pomp-filled ceremony two days after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

Today’s Birthdays:

Scientist-author Jared Diamond is 88.
Singer José Feliciano is 80.
Former Canadian first lady Margaret Trudeau is 77.
Political commentator Bill O’Reilly is 76.
Rock musician Joe Perry (Aerosmith) is 75.
Actor Amy Irving is 72.
Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyoming, is 71.
Actor-director Clark Johnson is 71.
Actor Kate Burton is 68.
Film director Chris Columbus is 67.
Actor Colin Firth is 65.
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel is 65.
Baseball Hall of Famer Randy Johnson is 62.
Actor Raymond Cruz is 61.
Rapper Big Daddy Kane is 57.
Film director Guy Ritchie is 57.
Actor Ryan Phillippe (FIHL’-ih-pee) is 51.
Ballerina Misty Copeland is 43.
Former MLB All-Star Joey Votto is 42.

Byron Buxton stole a base in the first inning of Tuesday’s game, putting him one step closer to potentially booming the first Twins player to become a member of the 30-30 club.

And that, it turns out, was one of the only things to like for the Twins in Tuesday night’s game, a 12-2 blowout loss to the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium in a game in which the offense was mostly quieted and the pitching staff gave up all 12 runs with two outs in the inning.

Buxton, back in the lineup after being hit by a pitch on the knee on Sunday, had two of those hits and took off after the first one, swiping his 22nd base of the season. Earlier on the road trip, the center fielder accomplished the first half of the feat, hitting his 30th home run of the season.

There were few other highlights for the Twins (64-81) on a night where they could not muster anything off soft-tossing starter Kyle Hendricks, who went seven innings in his start and allowed just four hits.

“Hendricks has a very unique way of pitching and there’s almost nobody else in the game that pitches like him,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. “He threw good changeups today. He got us expanding on that pitch. … We just didn’t have the answer tonight.”

Buxton, who reached third base in the first inning, was the only Twins runner to make it that far against Hendricks, who pitched with a lead for much of the night.

Coming off of consecutive quality starts, Zebby Matthews ran into trouble immediately, allowing hits to the first two batters he faced. The Angels (68-77) broke through with two outs in the first inning with Luis Rengifo delivering a two-run single. The third run of the inning came around to score on a double steal with Rengifo drawing a throw to second, allowing Taylor Ward to take home.

Opposing hitters were hitting .341 with a .982 OPS off Matthews with two outs in an inning coming into the day, and the starter continued to run into issues in those situations on Tuesday.

“I don’t know if it’s the quality of pitches just aren’t the same or what it is,” Matthews said. “It could just be as simple as some bad luck. A lot can go into it, so we’ll try and definitely figure it out.”

Matthews was chased out of the game in the fifth inning after allowing another two-out run. One of his inherited runners came around to score, too, as Matthews gave up five runs in his 4 2/3 innings pitched.

Pierson Ohl, who came on in relief, gave up four runs in the sixth inning, three on a Chris Taylor home run, as the Angels broke the game wide open. An inning later, Thomas Hatch served up a three-run home run of his own.

The Twins avoided the shutout when utilityman Ryan Fitzgerald, who pitched the bottom of the eighth inning, hit a two-run home run into the right field corner in the ninth.

“Just a challenging game almost from the start,” Baldelli said. “I don’t know if it does a whole lot to dissect that game. That was not one of our good ballgames that we’ve played recently and I’d like to turn the corner from that one.”

Mayo Clinic Health System will close six of its southern Minnesota locations by Dec. 10 and scale back some services at its Albert Lea campus, it announced Monday.

The closures of the Northridge clinic in North Mankato and clinics in Belle Plaine, Caledonia, Montgomery, St. Peter and Wells are the result of “ongoing efforts to strengthen rural health care delivery and ensure safe, high-quality and sustainable care for generations to come,” according to the Rochester-based health system’s press release.

Additionally, outpatient surgeries and procedures in ophthalmology, gynecology, endoscopy, orthopedics and podiatry will no longer be available at Mayo Clinic’s hospital and clinic in Albert Lea. Those services will instead be available at its Austin and Waseca campuses.

“Albert Lea will continue to serve patients by providing outpatient surgical evaluations, consultations and pre- and post-operative care,” the press release says.

MCHS cited staffing shortages and smaller patient volumes — national challenges for rural medical providers — in its announcement.

“These changes allow us to align care delivery with where we have the infrastructure, staff and support needed to provide timely, coordinated care,” said Dr. Karthik Ghosh, vice president of Mayo Clinic Health System Minnesota. “We recognize these decisions affect people, and we are committed to supporting both our patients and staff throughout this transition.”

MCHS has a frequently asked questions webpage for affected patients. Affected staff members will get the health system’s “support to explore their options, navigate the transition and plan for the future.”

Between 2017 and 2024, MCHS closed at least 17 of its clinics across the Upper Midwest. In 2017, four years after the Austin and Albert Lea hospitals merged into one entity, MCHS moved most of Albert Lea’s inpatient services to the Austin campus.

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The WNBA playoffs begin on Sunday, and the Minnesota Lynx have earned the top seed.

Minnesota Lynx’s Bridget Carleton (6) puts up a shot against Indiana Fever’s Brianna Turner during the first half of a WNBA basketball game, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

But don’t tell coach Cheryl Reeve that her squad can simply coast to the finish line.

“More than anything it’s understanding who we are,” she said pregame Tuesday. “More than anything it’s shoring up what we consider areas that need to be shored up. I’m obviously not going to reveal all those things, but we’ve taken a deep dive on ourselves. We’re trying to use these games to get a little bit better to gain some momentum going into the playoffs.”

Then came an 83-72 loss at Indiana.

The Lynx are still a league-best 33-10, but 5-5 in their past 10 outings and 3-3 in their past six.

Minnesota made 33 of 74 shots (44.6%), but a season-low two on 20 3-point attempts. The league’s top 3-point shooting team at 38.5%, the Lynx missed their first 13 tries, including all 12 in the first half. Of Minnesota’s 72 points, 58 came in the paint.

Jessica Shepard was 8 of 10 from the field for 16 points to go along with seven rebounds to lead the Lynx. Maria Kliundikova had 12 points off the bench, Alanna Smith had 11 points, and Courtney Williams contributed eight points and five assists.

Shepard started because leading scorer and potential league Most Valuable Player Napheesa Collier got the night off for rest purposes. DiJonai Carrington missed her third straight game with a subluxed left shoulder, but Reeve said it’s trending in the right direction.

No one on a team playing its third straight road game will use either absence as a reason for allowing Indiana to shoot 48.4%, including 57.6% in the opening half. The Fever scored the first 10 points of the game, added a 9-0 run late in the frame, and led by as many as 17 points in the second quarter.

Minnesota scored the first nine points of the second half to make it a four-point game, but the Fever scored 21 of the next 29 points, and the Lynx were down 70-53. The Indiana lead reached 24 in the fourth quarter.

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