The Menendez brothers will make their cases for parole starting Thursday.

You cant pass up slew of quality QBs: With so many productive quarterbacks for the taking, dont overspend for a superstar.

Hurricane Erin battered North Carolinas Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway.

"Decades of research show that race and poverty are not destiny when it comes to achievement. Mississippi has made real progress by investing in evidence-based literacy instruction and teacher training. Their students are improving because of intentional policies," writes an Edina resident.

More than $1.6 million in grants were awarded to eight communities across the state with South St. Paul receiving the lions share of the funding.

"For decades, Republicans were the beneficiaries of mail-in balloting, and they encouraged their high-propensity voters to bank their votes early," Klas writes.

"A nation that really believed in its 'greatness' a term the president loves to use wouldnt be afraid to confront its worst chapters," Zimmerman writes.

"RFK Jr. has launched an initiative to improve the nutritional quality of school lunches a move that, despite his controversial reputation on other issues, deserves serious consideration."

Dan Rusoff and Joe Kaplan have cooked custom backstage meals for Bob Dylan, Ludacris, Duran Duran and others.

Here are some of our reporters' favorite spots to grab a creamy treat.

"Putin will, in current conditions, agree only to a deal that furthers his twin goals of gaining control over Ukraine and forcing open a road to a wider sphere of Russian influence," Champion writes.

Americans witnessed their first full-blown coast-to-coast solar eclipse since World War I, with eclipse-watchers gathering along a path of totality extending 2,600 miles across the continent.

No one in basketball operations was included in the layoffs

The Twins had opportunities all game but could not bring runners home when they needed to.

20-year-old Malorie Thorson of Waverly will have her likeness carved into a butter sculpture.

Investigators said they found the words go to hell spray-painted on a surface inside the house, along with several other satanic symbols and phrases.

One challenge is aligning green energy distribution with industrial needs across the country.

Shops are disappearing in favor of stalls selling trinkets and hordes of people shooting selfies.

Starting pitcher Pablo Lpez has been on the injured list since early June.

Brazils federal police say they found messages on the telephone of the embattled former president.

They are the most dangerous storms, making up about 85% of major Atlantic hurricanes.

The loss of Phillips will be felt on and off the field.

The cubs were all limping due to being held in captivity for so long.

The hatchlings are said to be eating well and growing.

The facility in Appleton has a capacity of 1,600 people, which would make it one of the nations largest immigration detention facilities.