Authorities have identified three men who died Tuesday after being buried by a massive avalanche during a guided heli-skiing trip in the Chugach Mountains near Girdwood. The Alaska State Troopers on Thursday said the men were 39-year-old David Linder, of Florida; 39-year-old Charles Eppard, of Montana; and 38-year-old Jeremy Leif, of Minnesota.

From the column: "Stauber refused to 'second guess' Trump. Instead, he applauded him for 'trying to stop the war' between Russia and Zelenskyy’s country."

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeir has filed a class-action lawsuit against Minnesota-based Target Corporation, accusing the retailer of "misleading and defrauding investors" with its diversity and social initiatives.

Florida Panthers President of Hockey Operations & General Manager Bill Zito announced today that the club has acquired goaltender Kaapo Kahkonen from the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for goaltender Chris Driedger.

Three skiers feared to be dead in an Alaskan avalanche each had Minnesota connections. They were identified on Thursday as Jeremy Leif, a 38-year-old who lived in Minnesota; and David Linder, a 39-year-old who was born and raised in Mankato but most recently lived in Miami,

They were identified on Thursday as David Linder, a 39-year-old who was born and raised in Mankato but most recently lived in Miami; Jeremy Leif, a 38-year-old who lived in Minnesota; and Charles Eppard, 39, who attended Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, a college spokesman confirmed.

Sunset over the Gulf of Mexico or Gulf of America, as seen from Bungalow Beach Resort on Anna Maria Island, Fla. (Katherine Lawless/For the Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Vikings have a formal meeting scheduled with Florida defensive tackle Cam Jackson at this week's NFL combine in Indianapolis, according to The Draft Network's Ryan Fowler. It's the first such report we've gotten about a player who the Vikings will be meeting with in Indy.

The Minnesota Twins and Tampa Bay Rays played two innings of a spring training game yesterday before rain washed away the contest. Twins starter Chris Paddack pitched two innings, allowing a run on two hits and striking out two.

Florida, Minnesota, Mississippi and Texas have separate individual agreements. The largest U.S. tobacco manufacturers agreed to pay at least $206 billion over 20 years to the 46 states to help pay ...

The Minnesota Twins, in partnership with Lee County, Lee Health’s Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida and Family Initiative, Inc., today unveiled the Grapefruit League’s first ever, in-ballpark sensory room at Lee Health Sports Complex.