October is the prime time to get a flu vaccine to protect yourself through the worst of the respiratory season. However, keep your expectations in check. This year’s shot may be less effective than last year’s at preventing severe disease. … Continued
ST. LOUIS — The Wild will play the Blues on Tuesday night without top center Joel Eriksson Ek and captain Jared Spurgeon, both of whom will miss their second consecutive game because of injury. Neither traveled here for the game. … Continued
St. Paul Public Works crews were scheduled to start sweeping approximately 530 miles of residential streets this week. The sweeping operation is expected to take around six weeks, depending on weather, according to city officials. Sweeping prevents garbage, leaves, dirt … Continued
By SOPHIE AUSTIN and RIO YAMAT Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California and Nevada voters will decide in November whether to ban forced prison labor by removing language from their state constitutions rooted in the legacy of chattel slavery. … Continued
By ASHRAF KHALIL and DIDI TANG WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo’s long dark panda drought is coming to an end. Eleven months after the zoo sent its three wildly popular pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi … Continued
Julia Terruso | (TNS) The Philadelphia Inquirer Pennsylvania has emerged as the most crucial battleground state in one of the wildest presidential races in memory — with both campaigns battling for every last vote in the state that former President Donald Trump won … Continued