ROCHESTER, Minn. — On a recent Thursday morning at Rochester Public Schools’ CTECH building, high school senior Mazin Bakhit was working on a program he’s been developing for a class project. He’s calling it SharkFin, and it’s supposed to help … Continued
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Sunday night took the first step toward ending the longest shutdown in U.S. history, after a group of Democrats broke their party’s blockade and voted with Republicans to advance legislation to reopen the government. The … Continued
Minnesota is in the midst of the easiest portion of its schedule this season, and the Wolves are taking advantage. Two nights after blitzing Utah in Minneapolis, the Timberwolves gave the Kings a similar treatment in Sacramento. Minnesota again seized … Continued
One thousand games into his NHL career, Marcus Johansson is playing some of his best hockey. The Wild wing started his 1,000th NHL game with a career-best points streak of eight games and extended it to nine in Minnesota’s 2-0 … Continued
Before Sunday’s games, Wild left winger Yakob Trenin led the NHL with 72 hits. Teammate Marcus Foligno was 10th with 53, making the Wild the only team with two Top 10 hitmen. For now, they’re playing on the same line, … Continued
Who doesn’t love the look of an apparent maniac vociferously bobbing his head during his coach’s postgame locker room speech after a big win? There’s a lot to like about J.J. McCarthy — he’s passionate, competitive and fierce. He’ll put … Continued