Minnesota Wild reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children found dead in house fire, NHL says

Cause of the fire that killed Pierce, who had covered the Minnesota hockey team for a decade, is under investigation

NHL reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children were killed on Saturday in a weekend house fire in Minnesota, the league announced on its sports website Sunday.

Pierce, 37, covered the Minnesota Wild as the correspondent for NHL.com for the past decade.

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US high school student Cooper Lutkenhaus wins 800m to become youngest ever indoor world champion

  • 17-year-old took time off high school to win gold

  • Beats Belgium’s Eliott Crestan by 0.14 seconds

US teenager Cooper Lutkenhaus made history on Sunday when he won gold in the 800m to becomes the youngest ever champion at the world indoor athletics championship.

The 17-year-old, who took time off from his classes at Northwest High School in Texas to compete at the championships, won gold with a time of 1min, 44.24sec, 0.14 seconds ahead of Belgium’s Eliott Crestan. Mohamed Attaoui of Spain won bronze.

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