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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers added wide receiver Adam Thielen off waivers Tuesday.

Thielen, 35, becomes a Steeler one day after being granted his request by his former team, the Minnesota Vikings, to be waived to pursue more playing time in his final NFL season after his role with the Vikings diminished.



Thielen was inactive Sunday for Minnesota'...

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If the Vikings falling woefully short of their lofty expectations this season has proven anything, it’s that Kevin O'Connell isn’t impervious to poor play at the most important position in all of sports.

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J.J. McCarthy is off to a historically bad start to his career under the tutelage of O’Connell, leaving the Viking...

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ST. PAUL — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday, Dec. 1, said his department is investigating a claim that money stolen from the state of Minnesota through fraud helped fund a Somalia-based terrorist group.

An unconfirmed report from a conservative think tank published earlier this month alleged that some of the hundreds of millions of dollars stolen from Minn...

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The Gophers men’s basketball team was picked to finish near the bottom of the Big Ten this season. That preseason prediction didn’t factor in Minnesota losing its starting point guard for the year before the conference opener.

Chansey Willis Jr. will have season-ending surgery to repair a broken foot, Gophers coach Niko Medved said Tuesday, with No. 22 Indiana coming to ...

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ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s housing network is scrambling to adjust to the federal government’s new grant stipulations in housing and homeless programs.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced changes Nov. 14 in its annual Notice of Funding Opportunity for Continuums of Care (CoC). Among them were a cap on permanent housing funding at 30%, requiring tr...

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