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Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
- Yahoo
One of the 10 best summer tourism destinations in the U.S. is in Minnesota
One of the 10 best summer tourism destinations in the U.S. is in Minnesota originally appeared on Bring Me The News. With the summer travel season underway, Minnesota has been named home to one of the nation's best summer travel destinations. USA Today's 10Best has compiled a list of the best spots around the U.S. for summer travelers, and Minneapolis made the cut. The publication touts Minneapolis' combination of outdoor activities and cultural experiences as a reason to visit, highlighting its urban bike trails and water activities on the city lakes, as well as attractions like the Minneapolis Institute of Art and Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, which now comes with frozen yogurt. We'd be remiss not to throw in the heaps of outdoor art fairs, an impressive array of theater, and iconic concert venues. It'll certainly be received as good news by businesses that rely on tourism, as there has been an 18% decline in border crossings from Canada, WCCO reports. That's led to fear that President Donald Trump's vitriolic language toward Canada — including tariff threats and the phrase "51st state" — may precipitate a decline in tourism from Canadian travelers. Here's the complete list of the best summer travel destinations around the U.S., according to USA Today's 10Best. Mackinac Island, Mich. Ocean City, N.J. Catalina Island, Calif. Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Philadelphia, Pa. Tybee Island, Ga. Block Island, R.I. Minneapolis, Minn. Cody, Wyo. Amelia Island, story was originally reported by Bring Me The News on May 31, 2025, where it first appeared.
CBS News
2 days ago
- Climate
- CBS News
Red Air Quality Alert in effect for Minnesota until Monday due to wildfire smoke
Northland wildfire smoke will make for a hot and hazy start to the weekend. Smoke is one of the two main stories this weekend — and possibly next week too. Air quality will be impacted severely on Saturday — more so than Friday— as most of the state is under Red Air Quality Alerts, which will remain in effect until 6 p.m. Monday. The smoke will fluctuate in altitude, allowing for periods of reprieve, however the haze will likely persist. Temperatures are the other story this weekend as they continue to climb. Saturday will see highs in the low and mid 80s, with the possibility of hitting 90 in spots on Sunday and Monday. Monday will likely be the hottest day of the season this year, challenging daily record highs in the low 90s. The next chance for rain comes Monday night into Tuesday. Models show that most place will only see one to one and half inches of rain, which will likely wrapping up by Wednesday morning. Some parts of the system could be strong to severe across west-central Minnesota late Monday. Be sure to stay with WCCO as meteorologist fine tune this forecast over the next few days. Along with breezy winds, temperatures will drop back closer to average into the 70s for the middle to end of the week.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
WCCO's Amelia Santaniello explains her disappearance from TV screens
WCCO's Amelia Santaniello explains her disappearance from TV screens originally appeared on Bring Me The News. WCCO news anchor Amelia Santaniello has been off the air for a while, and viewers have taken note. On Friday, Santaniello offered an update in a video posted to social media. "I just wanted to let you know where I have been. A lot of you have written in. The last time I took this much time off was when I had my children," Santaniello says. "That is not the case this time. It is my foot surgery, which went really well, but my recovery is taking a little bit more time," she says before showing her walking boot. In addition to writing in, some viewers have been asking WCCO on social media where the popular anchor has been during recent newscasts, which WCCO noted in a Facebook post. Santaniello, who joined the station in 1996 and currently co-anchors the news with her husband, Frank Vascellaro, says he'll "be back soon." Her husband had his own absence from TV screens in 2023, when he slipped on his driveway and required rotator cuff story was originally reported by Bring Me The News on May 30, 2025, where it first appeared.
CBS News
3 days ago
- Climate
- CBS News
Family escapes Brooklyn Center house fire, with downed power line complicating efforts
A family of five managed to escape a house fire overnight Thursday in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, but their home was destroyed. A WCCO crew at the scene reports departments from neighboring Brooklyn Park, Osseo and Fridley were called in to assist with the fight on the 5900 block of Washburn Avenue North. The chief of the Brooklyn Park Fire Department says a downed power line kept re-igniting the fire, and power had to be cut for the whole block. There is no word yet from investigators on the fire's origin.
CBS News
3 days ago
- General
- CBS News
Why do we struggle to spell certain words?
Why do we sometimes struggle to spell words? Why do we sometimes struggle to spell words? Why do we sometimes struggle to spell words? Some of the brightest young minds just finished showcasing their knowledge of the English language. The 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee wrapped up this week with participants navigating words the average person likely never heard of, let alone could spell. While most might never reach their level of expertise, we wanted to know: Why do we struggle to spell certain words and does it get worse as we age? Telling stories for a living requires a thorough understanding of the English language, but that expertise has exceptions. When asked if she was good a spelling, Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield said no. "I would say a shaky C," for the grade she gave of her spelling ability. "I feel generally good but I feel like over time, I lose a little bit of it," said reporter Derek James who was quick to add that he did win a spelling bee sixth grade. Cole Premo, WCCO's digital manager, proofreads reporter's stories before they hit WCCO's website. "I'm always conscientious about looking at how I'm spelling. Conscientious, that's a tough one to spell," he said. Ask anyone if they have a word they struggle to spell and they'll typically have an answer ready to go. For Littlefield, it's "cemetery" and "exercise." "One word that comes to mind that I always look at multiple times is 'occasion'," said Derek James. Words with double consonants give him trouble. Ariel James is an assistant psychology professor at Macalester College. Her struggle word is "license." Why do we struggle to spell certain words? "One thing is just that English in particular is very tricky. It has what people call an opaque orthography," said Ariel James. Opaque orthography means there isn't a clear connection between how a word sounds and how it is spelled. Other languages tend to have a more transparent connection between the two. "In English there's just so many options for how to spell different sounds and so I think that's a lot of the issue so you have to memorize certain things," she said. Another phenomon that's hard to explain is called "wordnesia." You've likely experienced it. You write or type out a simple word correctly, but on a second look it appears to be misspelled. You're left sitting there confused as to why the word is spelled in such a way. "February, tomorrow is another one, restaurant," said Premo as he listed the words that leave him perplexed by their correct spelling. Wordnesia is described as a brain glitch for something that should be familiar. Ariel James says our brains are often on autopilot when typing or writing until a word makes us acutely aware. "If you look at something too long, I think it lets you step out of this sort of automatic, 'I just know things, it's implicit,' and then you think too much and things become strange," she said. Others have theorized that fatigue is another factor that can lead to wordnesia when writing. In those moments, you might lean on spellcheck to verify your spelling. Autocorrect is another tool helping people avoid typos. Is technology hurting our helping our ability to spell words? Derek James and Littlefield both feel that people have become too reliant on things like spellcheck, furthering their slow loss of how to spell words correctly. Ariel James sees the technology as both helpful and hurtful depending on how its used. She said spellcheck gives users instant feedback, otherwise they'd continue typing a word incorrectly without ever learning the true spelling. On the flip side, Ariel James said we learn information better when our brains do the work. "If you're typing and things just get automatically corrected as you're typing, you don't really have to put in the same kind of effort that it would take to generate [spelling words] yourself," she said. Putting in that mental effort could include memorizing a word's spelling or creating a mnemonic device to guide you. "One tip that really helped me was someone told me cemetery has no A's," said Littlefield. Studies have shown that while our vocabulary improves as we age, our ability to recall words or spell them correctly can diminish.
