Predictions for this week’s biggest games in the East Metro East Ridge (3-2) at Forest Lake (5-0), 7 p.m. The Rangers have allowed a grand total of three points combined over their last three contests. East Ridge has relied heavily … Continued
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth’s nastiest and costliest wildfires are blazing four times more often now than they did in the 1980s because of human-caused climate change and people moving closer to wildlands, a new … Continued
By IBRAHIM HAZBOUN and RENATA BRITO, Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli intervention of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and hundreds of activists raises questions about what any nation can legally do to enforce a blockade in international … Continued
The City Council held an emergency hearing on the NYPD’s use of a free internet program to gain real-time access to public housing cameras, in response to New York Focus’ reporting. Anthony Mascia, the commanding officer of the NYPD’s Information … Continued
Sweden’s Home Baking Council started celebrating “Cinnamon Bun Day” — known there as kanelbullens dag — on Oct. 4, 1999, as a way to honor household traditions. It soon became an annual event. Officials in Scandia, the north Washington County … Continued
WARE, England — Those who have been clamoring for the Vikings to give veteran safety Harrison Smith more playing time aren’t alone. While chatting with reporters after another picturesque practice in the English countryside on Thursday, defensive coordinator Brian Flores joked … Continued