ELY, Minn. — With the driest September ever recorded in Minnesota recently concluded, this is no time for open fires in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Effective one minute past midnight Tuesday, Superior National Forest officials restricted the use … Continued
The Twin Cities will host the 2027 NCAA men’s basketball tournament first- and second-round games at Target Center and the 2028 NCAA wrestling championships at U.S. Bank Stadium. It will be the first time the men’s March Madness tournament will … Continued
By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Hurricanes in the United States end up hundreds of times deadlier than the government calculates, contributing to more American deaths than car accidents or all the nation’s wars, a new study said. The average … Continued
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The number of people killed in Nepal by flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall over the weekend reached 193 while recovery and rescue work stepped up on Monday. Many of the deaths … Continued
Emergency crews are rushing to rescue people trapped in flooded homes after Helene roared ashore as a powerful Category 4 hurricane in Florida. The system generated a massive storm surge and knocked out power to millions of customers in several … Continued