Wild include Liam Ohgren, Jesper Wallstedt on opening night roster

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The Wild practiced with the team they will take into the regular season opener this morning, a roster that includes rookies Liam Ohgren, Marat Khusnutdinov and Jesper Wallstedt.

NHL teams have until 4 p.m. CDT to finalize their 23-player rosters but this is the team Minnesota will ice when they play host to Columbus in a 7 p.m. puck drop Thursday at Xcel Energy Center.

For now, the Wild will carry three goaltenders, rookie Wallstedt, Filip Gustavsson and Marc-Andre Fleury. That is likely to change at times this season as the Wild use roster space to accommodate their schedule.

The Wild start the season with a pair of home games Thursday and Saturday, then play their next seven on the road, the rest of their October schedule.

Ohgren, the Wilds first-round pick in the 2022 entry draft (19th overall), made his NHL debut last spring after his professional team in Sweden was bounced from the playoffs. A 6-foot, 188-pound wing, he had a goal and assist in four games.

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Forwards: Matt Boldy, Yakov Trenin, Joel Eriksson Ek, Marcus Foligno, Khusnutdinov, Marco Rossi, Ohgren, Mats Zuccarello, Ryan Hartman, Freddy Gaudreau, Marcus Johansson, Jakub Lauko and Kirill Kaprizov.

Defensemen: Jon Merrill, Jake Middleton, Brock Faber, Zach Bogosian, Jonas Brodin, Jared Spurgeon and Declan Chisholm.

Goaltenders: Marc-Andre Fleury, Wallstedt, Filip Gustavsson.

Voyageurs National Park boat rescue claims life of park ranger

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VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK — A park ranger died Sunday while responding to a call from a distressed civilian boat on Namakan Lake in St. Louis County.

While towing the civilian vessel late Sunday morning, the National Park Service law enforcement ranger’s boat capsized, according to a news release from Voyageurs National Park. High winds and rough water were reported.

The three people being assisted fell into the water and swam to safety, but the ranger couldn’t be found.

The ranger’s body was recovered from the lake at approximately 3:20 p.m. after a three-hour search. The release said the ranger’s name is being withheld until all notifications are made.

The incident is under investigation.

The U.S. Border Patrol, St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office and Kabetogama Fire Department assisted in the search and recovery.

Just before the report of the missing park ranger, rescue resources were being coordinated at 11:03 a.m. for a capsized canoe on Big Shell Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, a press release from the St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office said.

Two people capsized a canoe and were safe on land, however, they were soaking wet and without any gear. The Minnesota State Patrol and Minnesota Air Rescue Team were dispatched. When the Air Rescue Team arrived, they learned the two people were able to retrieve some gear and were headed back to their vehicles, so the rescue effort was canceled.

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Supreme Court declines Biden administration appeal in Texas emergency abortion case

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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans.

Without detailing their reasoning, the justices kept in place a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations that would violate Texas law. There were no publicly noted dissents.

The Biden administration had asked the justices to throw out the lower court order, arguing that hospitals have to perform abortions in emergency situations under federal law. The administration pointed to the Supreme Court’s action in a similar case from Idaho earlier this year in which the justices narrowly allowed emergency abortions to resume while a lawsuit continues.

The administration also cited a Texas Supreme Court ruling that said doctors do not have to wait until a woman’s life is in immediate danger to provide an abortion legally. The administration said it brings Texas in line with federal law and means the lower court ruling is not necessary.

Texas asked the justices to leave the order in place, saying the state Supreme Court ruling meant Texas law, unlike Idaho’s, does have an exception for the health of a pregnant patient and there’s no conflict between federal and state law.

Doctors have said the law remains dangerously vague after a medical board refused to specify exactly which conditions qualify for the exception.

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There has been a spike in complaints that pregnant women in medical distress have been turned away from emergency rooms in Texas and elsewhere as hospitals grapple with whether standard care could violate strict laws against abortion.

Pregnancy terminations have long been part of medical treatment for patients with serious complications, as way to to prevent sepsis, organ failure and other major problems. But in Texas and other states with strict abortion bans, doctors and hospitals have said it is not clear whether those terminations could run afoul of abortion bans that carry the possibility of prison time.

The Texas case started after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, leading to abortion restrictions in many Republican-controlled states. The Biden administration issued guidance saying hospitals still needed to provide abortions in emergency situations under a health care law that requires most hospitals to treat any patients in medical distress.

Texas sued over that guidance, arguing that hospitals cannot be required to provide abortions that would violate its ban. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the state, ruling in January that the administration had overstepped its authority.

NYC Housing Calendar, Oct. 7-14

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City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

Adi Talwar

A Hampton Inn hotel in South Ozone Park, Queens. The City Council will hold a hearing Wednesday on a bill that would require hotels to obtain a license in order to operate.

Welcome to City Limits’ NYC Housing Calendar, a weekly feature where we round up the latest housing and land use-related events and hearings, as well as upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

Know of an event we should include in next week’s calendar? Email us.

Upcoming Housing and Land Use-Related Events:

Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 11 a.m.: The NYC Landmarks and Preservation Commission will meet. More here.

Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 11 a.m.: The NYC Council’s Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sitings and Dispositions will meet on the following landmark and land use applications: Brooklyn Edison Building, 1 Wall Street Banking Room, South Jamaica Gateway Rezoning, Coney Island Phase 3, South Bushwick Neighborhood Homes, and the MHANY Multifamily Preservation Loan Program. More here.

Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 12 p.m.: The NYC Council’s Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises will meet on rezoning applications for the 135th Street and Brooklyn Yards. More here.

Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 6 p.m.: The City’s Department of Housing, Preservation and Development will hold an online workshop for for tenants, landlords, and realtors with the NYC Commission on Human Rights focused on preventing housing discrimination. More here.

Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 10 a.m.: The NYC Council’s Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection will hold a hearing on a bill that would require hotels to obtain a license in order to operate. More here.

Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 10 a.m.: The NYC Council’s Committee on General Welfare will hold an oversight hearing on the city’s efforts to support domestic violence survivors in its shelter system. More here.

Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 11 a.m.: The NYC Council’s Committee on Land Use will meet on applications for Brooklyn Edison Building, 135th Street, 343 West 47th Street Demolition Special Permit, South Jamaica Gateway Rezoning, Coney Island Phase 3, South Bushwick Neighborhood Homes, and the MHANY Multifamily Preservation Loan Program. More here.

Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 5 p.m.: The Brooklyn Borough President’s Office will hold a public hearing on land use applications for 2185 Coyle Street, 581 Grant Avenue Development, and the 441 & 467 Prospect Avenue Rezoning (Arrow Linen Supply Company site). More here.

Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 6:30 p.m.: State Sen. James Sanders will host a town hall on the city’s buildings emissions law, Local Law 97, with a focus on resources and connections to support property owners’ with compliance. The event will take place at St. Camillus-St. Virgilius Parish Gymnasium in Rockaway Park. More here.

Thursday, Oct. 10 at 8 a.m.: The Urban Land Institute will host two expert panel discussions focused on affordable housing in New York City. More here.

Thursday, Oct. 10 at 6:30 p.m.: The Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development (ANHD) will celebrate its 50th anniversary with a celebration at the Museum of the City of New York. More here.

NYC Affordable Housing Lotteries Ending Soon: The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) are closing lotteries on the following subsidized buildings over the next week.

Tiebout Residence aka 2385 Tiebout Avenue Apartments, Bronx, for households earning between $104,640 – $181,740

1634 aka 1640 Flatbush Avenue Apartments, Brooklyn, for households earning between $31,612 – $218,010

18-15 Linden Street Apartments, Queens, for households earning between $97,029 – $218,010

30-67 31 Street Apartments, Queens, for households earning between $78,858 – $218,010

550 10th Avenue Apartments, Manhattan, for households earning between $59,280 – $209,625

The Arabella, Bronx, for households earning between $80,572 – $250,380

679 Marcy Avenue Apartments, Brooklyn, for households earning between $94,938 – $181,740