Byron Buxton hit the second-longest home run in the majors this season, a 479-foot, three-run shot for the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night in a 6-2 victory over the Texas Rangers.
The Minnesota Twins have dealt struggling reliever Jorge Alcala to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for minor leaguer Andy Lugo. The 29-year-old Alcala has an 8.88 ERA in 22 appearances for the Twins this year.
The Supreme Court is siding with a teenage girl from the Osseo school district with a rare form of epilepsy in a ruling that could make it easier for families like hers to go to court over access to education.
Byron Buxton launched a 479-foot home run, the second-longest in the majors this season, to power the Minnesota Twins past the Texas Rangers 6-2. Buxton’s three-run shot to center field off starter Jack Leiter was the longest of his 144 career homers, and it gave Minnesota a 3-2 lead in the third inning.
Nneka Ogwumike had 21 points and 10 rebounds, Erica Wheeler added 20 points and six assists and the Seattle Storm ended Minnesota’s season-opening winning streak at nine, beating the Lynx 94-84 on Wednesday night.
People in 15 of 24 countries downgraded ratings of the U.S., according to the survey of more than 28,000. Majorities in almost every country surveyed describe Trump as “arrogant” and “dangerous.”
Police officers shot and wounded a man after responding to a domestic disturbance call late Wednesday night in Brooklyn Center. Authorities said the man who was shot had exited the home with a chainsaw.
Republicans in Congress called several Democratic governors to Washington on Thursday to question them over policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
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