By WCCO Staff Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Minnesotans are pretty proud of their 10,000 lakes. So when a new one popped up in Minneapolis, it got people talking. The new body of water, dubbed “Lake Chipotle,” is actually more of a parking lot puddle near Hennepin Avenue and
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers possible. Lows in the mid-40s. TOMORROW: Scattered showers and storms and windy with gusts up to 35 mph. Highs near 60. EXTENDED: Scattered showers move in ahead of a warm front that will be lifting northeast across the region tonight. Temperatures will be more than 15 degrees warmer than
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By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Notah Begay is competing again for the first time in nearly 10 years. The score doesn’t really matter to him. He has spent two days playing in the Advocates Professional Golf Association Tour event in Arizona. The APGA is all about providing opportunity for Black golfers and other minorities
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Disney investors aren’t having as awful a year as Netflix shareholders. But that’s not saying much. Netflix’s stock has plunged more than 40% this year, ahead of its first quarter earnings release after the closing bell Tuesday. Meanwhile, shares of Disney have dropped nearly 15% so far in
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Disney investors aren’t having as awful a year as Netflix shareholders. But that’s not saying much. Netflix’s stock has plunged more than 40% this year, ahead of its first quarter earnings release after the closing bell Tuesday. Meanwhile, shares of Disney have dropped nearly 15% so far in
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has urged world finance leaders to “get concrete” as they look for ways to combat a looming crisis over food insecurity around the globe that Russia’s war in Ukraine has made worse. Yellen says the threat “touches the most vulnerable
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By Katie Bo Lillis, Jeremy Herb, Natasha Bertrand and Oren Liebermann, CNN The US has few ways to track the substantial supply of anti-tank, anti-aircraft and other weaponry it has sent across the border into Ukraine, sources tell CNN, a blind spot that’s due in large part to the lack of US boots on the
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By Issy Ronald, CNN Five-time Olympic champion and 2012 Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins has told Men’s Health UK in an interview he was sexually groomed by a coach when he was a teenager. Wiggins did not name the coach in question but spoke about the impact of the alleged abuse on his life.
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — Defending champion Sorana Cirstea has won her opening match at the clay-court Istanbul Championship, beating Kamilla Rakhimova of Russia 6-4, 6-1. The 32-year-old Romanian ended a 13-year wait for her second career singles title last year when she upset Elise Mertens in the final. Mertens is again the top seed in Istanbul
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By Dana Santas, CNN Short on time but want to blast away fat and calories? Consider Tabata training. It’s a type of high-intensity interval training workout created by Japanese scientist Izumi Tabata. Like other forms of HIIT, it involves periods of exercising intensely with an elevated heart rate, alternated with shorter recovery periods. Tabata training
Continue Reading By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is restoring federal regulations that require rigorous environmental review of major infrastructure projects such as highways, pipelines and oil wells, including likely impacts on climate change and nearby communities. The longstanding reviews were scaled back by the Trump administration in a bid to fast-track
Continue Reading By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking the Legislature to repeal a law allowing Walt Disney World to operate a private government over its properties in the state. DeSantis is an ascendant GOP governor and potential 2024 presidential candidate. He has battled with Disney over the company’s
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Nathanial Simmerman is suing Johnny Peery, of Mexico, Missouri, for negligence in the death of his wife, Cassandra Simmerman, 30, of Clarence, Missouri, and unborn child, according to court documents.
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By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The International Monetary Fund has slashed its expectations for global economic growth over the next two years because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, comparing the ripple effects from the conflict to an “earthquake.” “The economic effects of the war are spreading far and wide,” the organization said in its latest
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN Oreology: The study of the creme-filled cookie sandwich. Haven’t heard of it? Well, you’ve probably studied it — experimenting with dunking, twisting and separating to find the best Oreo eating experience. Whether you prefer the filling intact on one half of the cookie or spread evenly when you open it up,
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WARRENSBURG, Mo. (AP) — Two suspects are charged in the shooting death of a 47-year-old man in rural Warrensburg over the weekend. Johnson County Sheriff Scott Munsterman said in a Facebook post that 28-year-old Brandon Nodine, of Warrensburg, and a 17-year-old are charged in the death of Clifford Heffele. Munsterman said Heffele was shot several
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — Mientras la guerra civil en Siria se expandía por la región, mientras Estados Unidos intentaba por última vez vencer en Afganistán, y mientras separatistas se levantaban con el apoyo de Rusia en el este de Ucrania, antecedente directo de la invasión actual, a finales de 2014 estallaba otro conflicto en
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — Brad Guzan has been the last defense for Atlanta United almost since the beginning of the franchise. Now, the MLS club must figure out a way to get by without its goalkeeper and captain. The 37-year-old Guzan is done for the season after rupturing his Achilles tendon in a 0-0 draw with
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose broadly in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday as technology stocks rallied following a weak start. The S&P 500 rose 1.4%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.3%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq shook off an early loss and was up 1.9%. Health care
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By Rob Picheta, CNN British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologized for breaking his own Covid-19 restrictions, but claimed he didn’t know the 2020 birthday gathering thrown in his honor was an illegal party, in his first comments to lawmakers since he was fined by police last week. Johnson offered members of Parliament what he
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