Harrison Smith celebrates a fourth-quarter interception in a win over the New York Giants Sunday. Photo: Luke Hales/Getty Images
๐ The Vikings cruised to a 28-6 win over the New York Giants on Sunday. (Box score)
New quarterback Sam Darnold was sharp and the defense suffocated the Giants, intercepting two passes, one of which was returned for a touchdown.
๐ญ Huge Improv is closing at the end of October after a 19-year run on Minneapolis' Lyndale Avenue. The theater cited financial struggles but also recently had leadership turmoil. (Star Tribune)
๐ Ramsey County has cancelled a 12-mile, $2 billion streetcar line that would have connected downtown St. Paul to MSP Airport and Mall of America. (Pioneer Press)
๐จ Minneapolis police on Saturday shot a man they say was wearing a military-style flak vest and firing rounds from an AK-47 style rifle in an apartment building on Minnehaha Avenue. (FOX 9)
He was in stable condition at a hospital, but being treated for life-threatening injuries, police said.