The Twins completed a small trade on Friday, acquiring first baseman Eric Wagaman from the Miami Marlins for minor league pitcher Kade Bragg. Wagaman, 28, played in 140 games last season for Miami, hitting .250 with a .674 OPS. He … Continued
The Gophers football program will not retain longtime receivers coach Matt Simon for next season and is in the process of replacing him with Isaac Fruechte, a source told the Pioneer Press on Friday. Fruechte, who played wideout for the … Continued
After working through a hairline fracture in his right hand, quarterback J.J. McCarthy will officially get the start for the Vikings in the finale against the Green Bay Packers. The annoucement came from head coach Kevin O’Connell on Friday afternoon … Continued
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal magistrate judge on Friday refused to order the pretrial release of a man charged with planting two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Democratic and Republican national parties on the eve … Continued
By DYLAN LOVAN LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge in Kentucky has dismissed Louisville’s proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over police reforms after the department withdrew its support of the plan earlier this year. The Justice … Continued
WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — A yellow Labrador out for a walk with his owner in Rhode Island had to be rescued by firefighters on New Year’s Day after he wandered onto a thin layer of ice covering a pond and … Continued