Ramsey County commissioners voted themselves a pay raise at a meeting earlier this week — adding 3% for board members and 5% for the chair effective 2025. The raise — described as a cost-of-living increase — moves commissioner salaries from … Continued
It took a bit longer than expected, but Cam Christie heard his name called in the NBA draft in New York City on Thursday. The Los Angeles Clippers selected the Gophers freshman guard in the second round with the 46th … Continued
By MIKE STOBBE NEW YORK (AP) — With fresh COVID-19 cases bubbling up in some parts of the country, health officials are setting course for a fall vaccination campaign. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended new … Continued
Coach Cheryl Reeve reminded the Lynx before Thursday afternoon’s game that their opponent was a desperate team. And it played like one. Roughly 40 hours after defeating the team with the WNBA’s best record to win the Commissioner’s Cup, the … Continued
By JOE REEDY LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury in U.S. District Court ordered the NFL to pay nearly $4.8 billion in damages Thursday after ruling that the league violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a … Continued
The problem with most screenplays, line-to-line and character-to-character, is a problem of differentiation. As in, everybody sounds like the same type of person. Human or human-adjacent qualities, optional. Separate from this problem is the rarified, repeat-Oscar winner realm of screenwriting, … Continued