Metro Briefs (aug. 28, 2016)

Meredith Deeds | (TNS) Star Tribune Celebrate the last cool nights of late spring with the ultimate comfort food: cottage pie. Cottage pie is simply the beef version of shepherd’s pie, which is typically made with lamb. In its most basic form, ground beef is sautéed with onions and carrots. A little flour, along with beef broth, is added to create a gravy.

Magicicada septendecim, also known as Brood XIII, also known as the 17-year locust, also known as the Northern Illinois Brood, also known as the cicada you’re most likely to squash (with malice or not) in the next few weeks, has burning red eyes. Large compound suckers. Looks perpetually alarmed. Its thorax is coal black.

Todd Dewey | Las Vegas Review-Journal (TNS) LAS VEGAS — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to participate in two presidential debates. The first one will take place June 27 at CNN’s studios in Atlanta. The betting line on which candidate will win the first debate opened at pick’em at BetOnline.ag, an offshore sportsbook that operates illegally in the U.

FORT LAUDERDALE — The Florida Panthers‘ run back to the Stanley Cup Final will continue at “The World’s Most Famous Arena,” and it will be loud. Florida heads to New York to face off with the Rangers, who won the President’s Trophy as the team with the most points in the regular season, in the Eastern Conference finals.

Molly Crane-Newman and Josephine Stratman | New York Daily News NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s defense team rested their case on Tuesday without calling him as a witness at his historic Manhattan trial. Judge Juan Merchan directed the jurors to go home and return next Tuesday, saying he wanted to avoid a large gap between summations and their deliberations. “At the end of the day, I think the best thing we can do is adjourn now until next Tuesday,” Merchan said, warning them not to look up anything about the case. Prosecutors said they had nothing more to present to rebut the defense’s case. On his way into the courtroom earlier, Trump called the defense’s case “phenomenal” and said it would be wrapped shortly. “We’ll be resting pretty quickly,” said Trump, whose entourage Tuesday included Don Trump, Jr., former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker and comic Joe Piscopo. “Resting meaning resting the case.

By Kimberly Palmer | NerdWallet While financial fraud can happen to anyone, older adults face unique challenges when it comes to scams, which are increasingly common among that age group. Losses due to scams targeting those age 60 or older ballooned to $3.4 billion last year, an increase of 11% over the previous year, according to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center.