For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul until it was destroyed by the Islamic State group in 2017. Nearly eight ...

By Shawn Hogendorf Correspondent   Most 9-year-old children spend their summer vacations playing with their friends. Logan Loerzel, 9, of Prior Lake hasn’t had very much time for his friends ...