The Annunciation parish and school community is resuming some of its on-campus activities following a mass shooting that left two children dead and injured 17 people, one of whom is still hospitalized.
“We have spent the past weeks preparing for a safe, supportive resumption that is focused on healing and connection,” Annunciation stated in a Sunday news release.
Amidst the heaviness of tragedy, Annunciation announced that school programming centering “support, connection and play” will be available Tuesday through Thursday for students of all grades, according to the release.
“Annunciation wants its neighbors to know how blessed they feel by the love and support surrounding them on all sides,” the release said. “As we continue to lift up Harper Moyski and Fletcher Merkel, and to pray for Sophia Forchas and all our injured community members in their recovery, we recognize the natural interest in the timetable for the reopening of our school.”
On Wednesday, August 27, a gunman shot through the windows of Annunciation Catholic School during the school’s first week, during Mass. 18 people were injured; two children, Fletcher Merkel, 8, and Harper Moyski, 10, were killed during the shooting; and one child remains in serious condition.
Following the shooting, Minnesota community members have continuously gathered to mourn those lost and create environments that foster support and togetherness. Many people and students have also advocated for legislative action on gun control.
This week, the Washburn Center for Children and the Minnesota Department of Education will be on campus at Annunciation Catholic School to offer resources and support to students and staff.
“As we experience next week, we will have a better sense of our next steps for the weeks ahead,” the release said. “When we have firm plans for the week of September 22nd and beyond, we will share those first with our families, staff, and then update others.”
Staff and school leaders will not engage in interviews for press events during this time. Members of the press are asked not to visit the campus this week.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Studio” looks like a runaway hit, the innies and outies of “Severance” could solidify a spot among the prestige TV elite, and Noah Wyle could finally have his big awards moment as the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards arrive.
Comic Nate Bargatze will be a first-time host Sunday night when the ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles airs on CBS Sunday night.
Apple TV+ is poised to have a breakout Emmy year with the two most nominated shows, “Severance” and “The Studio,” which are the favorites to win the two biggest awards.
The Emmys air live on CBS at 8 p.m. Eastern and 5 p.m. Pacific time. Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers may stream the show live. Standard Paramount+ subscribers can stream it Monday through Sept. 21.
Ben Stiller arrives at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Kathy Bates arrives at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Chase Sui Wonders arrives at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Walton Goggins, left, and Nadia Conners arrive at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Joella arrives at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
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Ben Stiller arrives at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
How the competition is shaping up at Sunday’s Emmys
“The Studio,” with co-creator Seth Rogen starring as the new head of a movie studio, comes into the evening with blockbuster buzz for its breakout first season.
It tied a record for a comedy with 23 nominations, and with nine Emmys already won at last weekend’s Creative Arts ceremony. It would be a major surprise if it did not break the record of 11 Emmy wins in a season by a comedy.
It could win as many as 15, and Rogen himself could win four times, as an actor, a writer a director and an executive producer.
“The Bear” and “Hacks” which have dominated the comedy Emmys in recent years, are both again up for best comedy series but suddenly find themselves underdogs.
“Severance,” the Orwellian office drama about people who surgically split their psyches into workplace “innies” and home “outies,” was the top overall nominee with 27 nominations for its second season. It won six at the Creative Arts ceremony.
Along with best drama — which would be a first for Apple — it’s nominated in all four dramatic acting categories, with stars Adam Scott and Britt Lower each looking for their first Emmys.
Its top competition for best drama could be “The Pitt,” HBO’s acclaimed drama about one shift in the life of an emergency room.
Its star Noah Wyle could be both the sentimental favorite and the actual favorite for best actor. He was nominated five times without a win for playing a young doctor on “ER” in the 1990s, and now could finally take his trophy for what is in many ways a reprise of the role.
HBO’s prestige resort soap “The White Lotus” could also be in the mix for best drama its Thailand-set third season and has three nominees apiece in each of the drama supporting acting categories.
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Older women could shine in actress categories
It could be an unprecedented night of Hollywood recognition for older women in an industry known for discarding female actors.
Oscar-winner Kathy Bates at 78 could become the oldest winner ever in the best actress in a drama category for playing the title role in CBS’ “Matlock.” She’d be the first woman from a network series to win the award in a decade.
And Jean Smart at 73 could extend her own record for oldest winner of best actress in a comedy if she wins for “Hacks” as she has for all three previous seasons of the show.
‘Adolescence’ and ‘The Penguin’ headline limited series
Netflix’s “Adolescence,” the story of a 13-year-old in Britain accused of a killing whose four episodes each take place in one continuous shot, may be the year’s most acclaimed show and is the consensus favorite for best limited series. Fifteen-year-old Owen Cooper could become the youngest Emmy winner in more than 40 years for playing the accused.
But HBO’s dark Batman universe show “The Penguin” got the biggest number of limited series nominations and won eight times at the Creative Arts ceremony.
Colin Farrell is nominated for lead actor playing the title character, and Cristin Milioti is nominated for actress for playing his nemesis. Both are considered strong contenders.
A send-off for Stephen Colbert
Not all of the CBS attention Sunday night may be positive.
Many perceived the end of the show as punishment of Colbert and placation of President Donald Trump after Colbert was harshly critical of a legal settlement between the president and Paramount, which needed administration approval for a sale to Skydance Media. Executives called the decision strictly financial.
Stars are beginning to walk the red carpet at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards. Comedian Nate Bargatze will host television’s biggest awards Sunday night from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
Nominee Walton Goggins stole a couple of smooches from wife Nadia Conners as arrivals got under way. Both wore white. Goggins went that extra mile on the unbuttoning for a bare chest moment.
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The Emmys air live on CBS at 8 p.m. Eastern and 5 p.m. Pacific time. Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers may stream the show live. Standard Paramount+ subscribers can stream it Monday through Sept. 21.
Several outlets have live red carpet coverage, including E! beginning at 6 p.m. Eastern and “Entertainment Tonight” at 7 p.m. Eastern. People magazine and Entertainment Weekly also have a live red carpet show on their social platforms. The Associated Press is presenting a slightly delayed feed of celebrity arrivals and interviews on YouTube.
As celebrities walk the Emmys 2025 red carpet, here are photos of the best and worst fashion:
(L-R) Walton Goggins and Nadia Conners attend the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
US actor Walton Goggins (L) and wife director Nadia Conners kiss as they arrive for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre at LA Live in Los Angeles on September 14, 2025. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
US actress Sarah Bock arrives for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre at LA Live in Los Angeles on September 14, 2025. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
Dichen Lachman attends the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Justine Lupe attends the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
US actress Zuri Hall arrives for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre at LA Live in Los Angeles on September 14, 2025. (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
TV host Mona Kosar Abdi arrives for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theatre at LA Live in Los Angeles on September 14, 2025. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
Derek Hough attends the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Friday night’s contest between the Twins and Arizona Diamondbacks ended with a walk-off sacrifice fly. Saturday night’s game ended in extra innings. After two close, exciting tilts, it didn’t come as much of a surprise that Sunday’s game was a tight one as well, with some late intrigue.
But after leaving the bases loaded in both the eighth and ninth innings, the Twins fell 6-4 in the series finale to Arizona on Sunday afternoon at Target Field.
“It’s a series where you look up and you feel like you’re in every single game throughout the entire game. I just said it to our guys,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. “One or two runs, that actually equates to one or two plays. It’s just one or two plays here and there where, over the course of a full game, nine innings, it all adds up.”
The Twins’ eighth-inning rally fell short when pinch hitter Carson McCusker — in for Mickey Gasper, who had hit a home run in his previous at-bat — grounded out to short. An inning later, Austin Martin singled with a pair of outs, giving the Twins (65-84) some late hope. Kody Clemens then walked and Luke Keaschall was hit by a pitch before Matt Wallner flew out to right to end the game.
“I just feel like they kind of executed the pitches and that’s about it, but I felt good up there and confident,” Wallner said.
The two teams traded late runs on Sunday with the Twins getting solo home runs in the seventh and eighth from Wallner and Gasper, and the Diamondbacks (75-75) responding with a run of their own in the top of the seventh and top of the eighth.
The Twins had fallen behind in the fourth when James McCann crushed an 89-mph fastball from Bailey Ober left over the heart of the plate for a three-run home run and never led after that.
“He’s pretty aggressive at the plate, so I just left that one over the middle too much, knowing that he was going to swing,” Ober said. “Try to get him to chase a little bit, but I threw it for a strike and he put some damage on it. Overall, I felt like I threw good.”
It was the American League-leading 30th home run Ober has given up this season. In total, he gave up four runs on four hits in his six-inning outing, striking out nine.
The McCann home run gave Arizona the lead back after the Twins had briefly jumped ahead in the second, taking advantage of some shoddy Diamondbacks defense. Third baseman Jordan Lawlar committed a pair of errors — both with two outs — that opened the door for the Twins.
His fielding error put Gasper on base rather than ending the inning. Royce Lewis then scored when the very next batter, Edouard Julien, shot a single to left. Gasper would come around to score when Lawlar’s throw sailed past first baseman Tim Tawa later in the inning.
“We’re coming up short right now, but we’re out there competing and giving ourselves an opportunity to win,” Baldelli said. “You need to have that mentality that the game is always within reach and it has been.”
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