Authorities have identified the man fatally struck by an Amtrak train on Wednesday morning in Fridley as 21-year-old Jason Thaddeus Clark of Coon Rapids.

According to the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office, Clark was on the eastbound tracks in the 8200 block of Ashton Avenue Northeast shortly after 7 a.m. He died at the scene.

The train, Amtrak’s Empire Builder to Chicago, was on its way to Union Depot in downtown St. Paul.

The sheriff’s office and Fridley police continue to investigate the death.

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The absence of fans didn’t stop Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto from receiving an ovation after hitting a homer to put his team ahead for good.

All that applause Wednesday came from the Reds grounds crew. When they haven’t been keeping Great America Ball Park in tip-top shape, the groundskeepers have loudly cheered for the Reds from the stands.

Teams throughout the major leagues have found different ways to maintain intensity without the benefit of fans in the ballpark. The Milwaukee Brewers have formed a makeshift band in the bullpen. Whenever Minnesota’s Sergio Romo leaves the bullpen to pitch, the other Twins relievers play maracas.

But the most notable example arguably involves the Cincinnati grounds crew.

Votto, who gave the crew noisemakers earlier this season, said ...

When Mitch McConnell blocked President Barack Obama’s choice to fill a Supreme Court vacancy in March 2016, he claimed he wanted to “let the American people decide” in November elections eight months later.

McConnell’s tender concern for the will of the people has evaporated in 2020.

Even before the late, great Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last Friday night, is laid to rest, the Senate majority leader is urging a vote on her successor be held within the next few weeks. President Donald Trump wants the process completed within weeks, before his term ends on Jan. 20, or even before the Nov. 3 election.

In other words, for Trump’s GOP, the people’s will is no longer paramount – because the people might vote for the opposition...

Vice President Mike Pence and Ivanka Trump swung through the Twin Cities metro Thursday with a law-and-order message, seeking to frame the civil unrest following George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis as most notably one of looting and riots.

The narrative that Pence and President Donald Trump’s daughter carried is consistent with the president’s desire to focus less on racial justice and police conduct toward minorities and more on the violence that erupted from demonstrations.

“I promise you, with President Donald Trump in the White House, we are going to have law and order in every city in every state in this country for every American of every race and creed and color, so help us God,” Pence said in opening remarks of the event, which was billed as a ” ‘Cops for Trump’ listening...

PITTSBURGH—Randy Fichtner watched the big kid with the strong arm and the sense of invincibility that is the province of the very young and immediately grew worried.

So Fichter, then the Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterbacks coach, suggested to Ben Roethlisberger that he might want to think about getting rid of the ball a little sooner. Push the tempo a little faster. Don’t take so many risks. Absorb fewer hits.

In other words, play it safe.

“And I’ll never forget, he looked at me and says, ‘Randy, then I wouldn’t be me,’” Fichtner, now Pittsburgh’s offensive co-ordinator, said Thursday. “And from that moment, I knew that there’s a reason why he’s been Big Ben.”

Improbably, all these years later, Roethlisberger is still here. Still playing. Still throwing...

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DEAR ABBY: I got married to a wonderful guy 14 years ago, but after a year of marriage, our children (his 10-year-old and my 12- and 13-year-olds) couldn’t stand one another and caused a lot of problems. I was brokenhearted when he gave me divorce papers. I moved out but continued to date him without our kids around.

Seven years ago, after his son moved out, I moved back in, but he won’t ask me to remarry him. My kids get along fine with him, but his son hates me and refuses to come to any holiday or birthday celebration that I host.

Should I move out and move on? I feel like I have wasted 14 years of my life. — HOPELESS IN OHIO

DEAR HOPELESS: I wish you had mentioned why this “wonderful guy’s” son hates you...

BUFFALO, N.Y.—Vladimir Guerrero Jr., homered and ace Hyun-Jin Ryu threw seven shutout innings as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 4-1 on Thursday night to wrap up their first post-season berth in four years.

Toronto survived a nervous eighth inning as New York scratched out a run off reliever Anthony Bass, who was pulled after loading the bases with his third walk of the frame.

Rafael Dolis came on and got pinch-hitter Gary Sanchez to fly out on a ball that Randal Grichuk caught against the wall in left-centre field for the third out.

Dolis returned for the ninth and when he fanned Aaron Hicks for his third strikeout of the inning, the party was on at Buffalo’s Sahlen Field.

The Blue Jays celebrated near their dugout, with many players putting on T-shirts that read “Re...

Less than two hours after presidents and chancellors in the Pac-12 Conference voted to resume a seven-game football season, starting the weekend of Nov. 6-7, first-year Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich took a seat with radio broadcaster Matt Chazanow at Zeppoz Casino in Pullman on the coaches talk show to discus the day’s news and answer other questions about the Cougars program.

Below, we break down five notable things that were covered during the initial radio show.

Big Ten influence

Before Rolovich took the microphone Thursday, Chaznow phoned WSU President Kirk Schulz, opening the radio show with a 10-minute segment to discuss the day’s events with the Cougars’ Pac-12 CEO Group representative.

At no point during the Pac-12 media webinar that took place an hour earli...

Roseville police arrested a man Thursday after his wife was potentially exposed to a toxic chemical in a city park, officials say.

Officers responded about 7:40 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a woman suffering a medical emergency in Central Park at 2540 Lexington Avenue, where she had brought her children for a custody visit with her ex-husband, according to a news release issued by the Roseville Police Department.

The woman was taken to a local hospital, where tests determined she may have been exposed to a toxic chemical, the news release said.

Following further investigation, police arrested the woman’s ex-husband, who was interviewed by investigators on Thursday.

“Out of an abundance of caution, the FBI Minneapolis Hazardous Evidence Response Team and the Minnesota National Guard’s ...