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By Alexander Cornwell and Lina Obeid JERUSALEM, Sept 30 - When flydubai flight FZ1073 suddenly plunged from over 30,000 feet on Wednesday, passenger Almog Italie said it felt like the plane was passing through "massive turbulence" before he realized a life-or-death struggle had unfolded in the cockpit.

By Raphael Satter and AJ Vicens WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Chinese hackers have been impersonating US AI experts, including a former government official, to try to steal emails from experts in AI at think tanks, universities, and other organizations, the cybersecurity company Proofpoint said on Thursday.

Minnesota home insurance rates rose steeply in the first six months of 2026, up 13% from the end of 2025, according to a report from insurance comparison website Insurify. Minnesotans continue to see the biggest rate increase in the country, with some counties seeing a spike of 20% in just six months. The increase of $457 brought the state’s average annual insurance premium to $3,987 as of June.

ST. PAUL — While the Minnesota governor and U.S. Senate races take center stage, there's another consequential race on the ballot this fall: attorney general. Democratic incumbent Attorney General Keith Ellison, who’s held the office since 2019, narrowly beat his opponent in 2022 and now faces Republican Ron Schutz, a trial lawyer. The office hasn’t been held by a Republican in almost 60 years. The latest polling has the race neck and neck; a Sept.

The Gophers’ offensive line will be a patchwork unit for the rest of 2026 as starting center Ashton Beers has been ruled out with a season-ending injury, a source told the St. Paul Pioneer Press on Wednesday. Beers was officially listed as out on Minnesota’s first unavailability report going into the Michigan game on Saturday, but the severity is worse. The 6-foot-6, 320-pounder’s absence will extend through all eight remaining games.

FARGO — We’ve had more rain in September than July and August combined, but some of that rain has fallen as drizzle. While you still need your windshield wipers for drizzle, it’s different from rain. Drizzle is less than half the size of a standard rain drop...only a half a millimeter in diameter. Though that’s still larger than the size of a droplet you’d find in a cloud, fog or mist. The reason that drizzle droplets are smaller has to do with the drop growth process in a cloud.

Whether it’s being viewed through the lens of basic stats, advanced metrics or the simple eye test, the Vikings currently have the best defense in the NFL. It has ridden that defensive dominance to a 3-0 start that has them sitting pretty atop the NFC North. Fittingly, defensive coordinator Brian Flores has been getting his flowers as the mastermind behind some of the exotic looks that have regularly given opposing quarterbacks analysis paralysis.

LAKE WILSON — Jorge Colindres, 28, of Bigelow, is charged in Murray County with two felony counts of first-degree burglary and five misdemeanors: trespassing, fifth-degree assault, disorderly conduct, fleeing a police officer by means other than a motor vehicle and obstructing legal process. Jorge Colindres, Sept. 27, 2026. According to the law enforcement report, at around 1 a.m. Sept.

ST. PAUL — As his 17th NHL season begins on Thursday in Nashville, you probably couldn’t ask Minnesota Wild captain Jared Spurgeon to pick out an individual play from a game in, let’s say, 2018 and get him to recall a meaningful detail. But the lessons learned one year ago at this time are fresh in mind as the ceremonial puck drop on the new season nears. Namely, a solid first game does not translate to a solid opening month. And a lousy opening month does not constitute a lost season.

With running back Jordan Mason still on injured reserve for the next couple of weeks, the Vikings are leaving no stone unturned in their ongoing pursuit of bolstering depth in the backfield behind running back Aaron Jones. After cycling through a couple of players last week, the Vikings have signed running backs Devin Neal and Audric Estime to the practice squad.