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Report: Ex-Viking Everson Griffen’s ‘unruly’ behavior on MSP-bound flight sends it back to Chicago
Former Minnesota Viking Everson Griffen apparently extended his string of troubling incidents, this time for being unruly on ...
Readers Write: Copper mining, the value of rain gardens, hyperbolic political rhetoric, James Lileks
The one sensible thing coming out of Washington, D.C., is the decision to stop minting copper-plated cent coins, saving 220 ...
Trump says Coca-Cola will use real sugar in its US flagship drink. The company isn't confirming that
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Coca-Cola has agreed to use real cane sugar in its flagship soft drink in the U.S. at his suggestion — though the company didn't confirm such a move.
Whitmer says 'massive economic uncertainty' is to blame on semiconductor project failure in Michigan
Plans to build a semiconductor manufacturing plant in Michigan have fallen through and Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday that ''massive economic uncertainty'' is to blame.
Trump tries to blame others as tensions rise around handling of Epstein case
President Donald Trump is countering criticism of the Justice Department's failure to release much-hyped records around the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case, trying to place blame on former ...
Messi's multi-goal streak ends in Inter Miami's 3-0 loss to FC Cincinnati
Lionel Messi's MLS-record streak of scoring multiple goals in five straight matches ended on Wednesday night in Inter Miami's 3-0 loss to FC Cincinnati.
Trump administration pulls $4B in federal funding for California's bullet train project
The Trump administration revoked federal funding for California's high-speed rail project on Wednesday, intensifying uncertainty about how the state will make good on its long-delayed promise of ...
Choupo-Moting, Forsberg both score twice in second half to rally Red Bulls past Revolution 5-3
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Emil Forsberg both had two of New York's five unanswered goals in the second half and the Red Bulls rallied to beat the New England Revolution 5-3 on Wednesday night.
Pep Biel scores 2 goals, Charlotte beats DC United 2-1
Pep Biel scored two goals, his first career multi-goal game in MLS, to help Charlotte FC beat D.C. United 2-1 on Wednesday night.
Canada's Couche-Tard drops offer to buy Japanese 7-Eleven convenience stores
Canadian retail chain Alimentation Couche-Tard is dropping its proposal to acquire Seven & i Holdings Co., the Japanese operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain, citing frustration in ongoing ...
1 dead, 13 hurt in lightning strike at New Jersey archery range, police say
A lightning strike at an archery range in New Jersey killed a man and injured 13 others Wednesday evening, according to police.
Puppies rescued from flood-stricken Texas arrive at Chicago shelter
Nine puppies from parts of Texas submerged by catastrophic flooding that killed at least 132 people arrived Wednesday at the no-kill shelter PAWS Chicago, joining dozens of puppies that had already ...