According to The Associated Press, Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, published a lengthy editorial on the North Korean military. The author urged commanders and soldiers to become an “impregnable fortress and bulletproof walls in devotedly defending (Kim) with their lives.” The editorial, which does not seem to be available on Rodong Sinmun’s official English website, also called for the military to become a “reliable guardian of our state and people....

It’s always the people who most hate the idea of turning into their parents who end up doing so. The millennials blame the boomers for wrecking the country, yet rather than break free from their influence, we continue seeing the world in their terms. Our social justice activists devote their lives to the same causes, with only the most minute updates in terminology but an agenda otherwise unchanged. Our rebels wear the same Che Guevara T-shirts, do the same drugs, obsess over the same music....

The findings further elevate the positive benefits of teaching kids mindfulness, which helps them use their bodies to reduce stress, as well as promote internal rest, relaxation, and self-regulation. The research, which was published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, utilized at-home polysomnography to evaluate the sleep patterns of 115 students in third and fifth grades, before, during, and after the study. The children who participated in the mindfulness curriculum two times a week during their physical education (PE) class over a two-year period gained an average of 74 minutes of sleep per night, whereas the control group who participated in regular PE activities lost an average of 64 minutes of sleep per night....

Dubbed the Vaccine Connector, the system will inform residents when they are eligible to receive the jab and connect them with the resources they need to book an appointment. It can also notify them when vaccination opportunities come up in their local area. Minnesota officials stress that vaccine supply remains limited and will take time to distribute among the population in the coming weeks. A website has been created to host the portal....

A source told Sporting News on Thursday that the free-agent offensive lineman is set to sign with the Minnesota Vikings. Financial details were not immediately available. The deal also is contingent upon Compton passing a team physical. Compton, 28, was raised in the Twin Cities suburb of Rosemount and attended South Dakota State University. A 2012 sixth-round pick by Washington, Compton has appeared in 71 career games with 15 starts....

In a statement released on its Twitter account, the Minnesota Orchestra stated that there is more for them to hear and do in “advancing the change that must happen to make our community more equitable and just.” “The killing of George Floyd marks a turning point for our organization, and we join with other community members in calling for transformational changes in the Minneapolis Police Department. Specifically: We join with the Twin Cities Musicians Union in calling for the resignation of the president of the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis, Bob Kroll,” the group stated....

A 20-year-old Black man, Wright was shot dead by a police officer on Sunday in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Wright’s vehicle was stopped over an alleged traffic violation, before he died as a result of what Brooklyn Center Police Department chief Tim Gannon described “an accidental discharge.” In a statement, Gannon said officer Kimberly Potter had threatened to use her Taser before opening fire and killing Wright. The incident came just 11 months since Floyd, a Black man who was apprehended on suspicion of passing a counterfeit $20 bill at a store, died just over 10 miles south of where Wright was shot dead....

Line: Missouri -4.5, Total: 47.5 Line movement: The Tigers opened as 6-point favorites at The Wynn, but action on the dog dropped that number to -4.5. Some shops were still at -5 the day before the game. The total at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook has dropped from 48.5 to 47.5 Visit our live odds page for updated lines and totals from around Las Vegas. Trends that matter: Minnesota has alternated wins and losses (2-3) over their last five games, but are 4-1 against the spread over that span…....

“To convert college sports into professional sports would be tantamount to converting it into minor league sports,” Emmert said during testimony in the landmark antitrust trial against the NCAA. “And we know that in the U.S. minor league sports aren’t very successful either for fan support or for the fan experience.” BEST MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL?: SN ranks the states Those comments caught the attention of Pat O’Conner, president & CEO of Minor League Baseball....

The letter was in reference to the department’s Office of Minority Health grant opportunity offering a $10 million to $24 million grant to create a “national infrastructure for mitigating the impact of COVID-19 within racial and ethnic minority communities.” The unusually broad coalition that signed onto the letter includes groups ranging from those focused on aging and diabetes, to rural and faith groups, along with Latino and black organizations....

At the center of the book are three women, longtime friends who became so after Zenia slashed and burned her way through each of their lives. Zenia herself lurks just out of sight until close to the end, when each of the women confronts her–and in her, their own worst demons. The three are classic Atwood creations, so vivid and idiosyncratic they could live next door, while perfectly evoking their time (now) and place (big Canadian city with a university)....

The Kings have been the best puck possession team in the NHL the past two seasons by a substantial margin, but have been compromised by a number of factors, ranging from a league that values parity over rewarding the best teams, to an officiating standard that helps make a random game full of variance even more of a coin flip, to losing three one-goal games to a motivated Stanley Cup contender in a great playoff series that could have certainly gone longer....

Rebecca Seay, 83, was reported as missing in mid-February and found dead on March 3, although Memphis police did not share further information about her death at the time. Gregory Tanner, 59, the partner of Seay’s late child, was charged on Monday on suspicion of stealing money from Seay, abusing her corpse, property theft, identity theft, and forgery, according to The Commercial Appeal. Tanner had been Seay’s caregiver, and while her cause of death is unclear, he has not been charged in connection with it....

The hacker scans the Internet for vulnerable ‘server’ or ‘host’ computers operated by businesses and universities. The hacker then breaks into the weak computers and secretly stashes a ‘slave’ software program that will await his instructions to begin the attack. He issues the signal and the slaves begin to broadcast a ‘ping’ request to their locally connected computers, asking whether they are ‘alive,’ that is, online and working. Last week’s cybervandals will be difficult to nab....

The poll is the latest U.S. Census Bureau Household Pulse survey and found that 24.3 percent of Mississippi residents saying they are likely to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. This survey was conducted from March 3 to March 15. The 24.3 percent found in Mississippi is the lowest percent of any state’s residents that say they plan to get a vaccine, according to the survey. The poll shows that Wyoming and North Dakota also have a low percentage of residents that plan to be vaccinated with 26....

Reeves responded on Twitter to comments that Lightfoot made during an interview on Tuesday on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. “The Chicago mayor says Mississippians are to blame for the out-of-control violence plaguing her city,” Reeves’ Twitter post said. “It’s a pathetic excuse for the failure of left-wing experiments in undermining police and letting criminals run free.” On Tuesday, Lightfoot was responding to a question about continuing gun violence in Chicago. More than 500 people were shot in July alone in what turned out to be Chicago’s most violent month in nearly 30 years, according to data compiled by the Chicago Tribune....

In a statement from the Mississippi secretary of state’s office late Tuesday night, officials claimed to have experienced an “abnormally large increase in traffic volume due to DDoS activity” that caused the office’s website to be inaccessible throughout the day. “We want to be extremely clear and reassure Mississippians our election system is secure and has not been compromised,” the office said in a statement. “Our team remains committed to upholding the integrity of Mississippi’s elections process....

Unlike many of the nautical discoveries in shrunken bodies of water, this boat only sank in 2021, having been overwhelmed by a vicious storm. The boat, named “The Diamond Lady”, was in operation during the 1990s, before being taken out of commission as a floating casino in 1999 and docked in the Riverside Park Marina in Memphis, Captain William Lozier, the president of Memphis Riverboats, told Action News 5....

Springfield, Missouri is one of the most overwhelmed areas of the nation. Public health officials have asked the state to convert dormitories, hotels or other large spaces for the care of less seriously ill COVID-19 patients so that the city’s two hospitals can focus on the sickest. UF Health Jacksonville in Florida is thinking about setting up tents in their parking lot to help with overflow after the cumber of their COVID-19 patients doubled to 77 over the past couple of weeks....