Stories from January 25, 2019

January 25, 2019 5:55 PM

Building Twins relationships has been Baldelli's big task

While his bosses with the Minnesota Twins have been constructing the roster, new manager Rocco Baldelli has been busy building relationships with the players now under his supervision.

by Associated Press

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January 25, 2019 5:49 PM

Muscles may preserve a shortcut to restore lost strength

Muscle cells may retain nuclei that helped them grow strong, even after muscles shrink from lack of use. This provocative contentious idea could have implications for public health and sports.

by Jonathan Lambert

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January 25, 2019 4:43 PM

Twin Cities forecast adds 5-9 inches of snow to subzero temps

Imagine a meat locker, where it's snowing. That's what appears to be heading toward the Twin Cities Sunday into Monday. Here's the latest from the National Weather Service.

by MPR News Staff

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January 25, 2019 4:33 PM

U.S. is rolling out its 'remain in Mexico' policy on Central American asylum-seekers

The plan, expected to meet with a swift legal challenge, comes out of talks with Mexican officials. The administration is implementing it first at the San Ysidro, Calif., port of entry.

by Richard Gonzales

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January 25, 2019 3:59 PM

Walz weighs cold-weather school closings next week

A forecast for plunging temperatures in Minnesota has Gov. Tim Walz facing some close-to-home lobbying on closing schools.

by Brian Bakst

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January 25, 2019 3:31 PM

Measured relief greets temporary shutdown reprieve in Minn.

Minnesotans affected by the government shutdown welcomed news of a deal to turn the lights back on. But they're also aware that there could be another hiatus starting in three weeks.

by Mark Zdechlik

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January 25, 2019 3:20 PM

Even with IRS staffers returning, tax refunds may be delayed

The disruption from the partial shutdown and the recent absence of a large contingent of recalled IRS employees mean the possibility of delayed tax refunds.

by Associated Press

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January 25, 2019 3:02 PM

Backstreet Boys on fatherhood, addiction and new (Grammy-nominated) music

Backstreet Boys members Brian Littrell and AJ McLean joined NPR's Audie Cornish-Emery to talk about what fans can expect on the group's upcoming album, DNA.

by Audie Cornish and Noah Caldwell

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January 25, 2019 2:28 PM

In a hot labor market, some employees are 'ghosting' bad bosses

More employers say they're being "ghosted," the Federal Reserve noted recently. That's when a worker just stops coming to work and is impossible to contact. The strong economy may help explain it.

by Emily Sullivan

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January 25, 2019 1:56 PM

Health officials seek those possibly affected by TB in Mankato

State officials are looking for dozens more people who could be impacted by a tuberculosis outbreak on the Minnesota State University, Mankato campus.

by Nina Moini

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January 25, 2019 11:45 AM

NASA releases new image of faraway 'space snowman'

The "space snowman" visited by NASA on New Year's Day is pitted all over and has a bright "collar" between its two fused spheres.

by Associated Press

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January 25, 2019 11:15 AM

Coldest air in 23 years? Snow, then a shot at -25F at MSP

Coldest air mass of winter arrives next week.

by Paul Huttner

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January 25, 2019 11:14 AM

Many IRS employees not returning to work

Fewer than half the furloughed IRS employees recalled during the shutdown to handle tax returns and taxpayers' questions and send out refunds, without pay, reported for work as of Tuesday, according to congressional and government aides.

by Associated Press

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January 25, 2019 10:53 AM

No charges in death of Maryland black teen who died after being chased by police

Anton Black's death was tragic, the state's attorney says, but it wasn't criminal. Police body-camera video shows a chase that ends in the 19-year-old unresponsive and not breathing.

by Matthew S. Schwartz

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January 25, 2019 9:43 AM

Flights delayed at LaGuardia, Newark airports as workers call in sick amid shutdown

The FAA said it was mitigating staff shortages by rerouting traffic and adding workers. The White House said it was monitoring the delays.

by The Associated Press

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January 25, 2019 9:29 AM

Minnesota was the coldest in the nation this week

Following an unusually warm first half of January, the weather pattern in Minnesota has been dominated by a northwesterly flow of air, and temperatures have generally averaged colder than normal on most days.

by Cathy Wurzer

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January 25, 2019 9:01 AM

'Proud Mary' released 50 years ago

John Fogerty wrote the song shortly after being discharged from the National Guard.

by MPR News Staff

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January 25, 2019 8:01 AM

In yearbook photo decision, Blackduck avoids a brouhaha

There are guns in yearbook stories and then there are guns in yearbooks stories. They're not all created equal and the Blackduck, Minn., School Committee seemed to recognize that when it voted to allow Antonia Long's photo to appear in the yearbook. She's holding a gun.

by Bob Collins

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January 25, 2019 7:02 AM

Lawmakers look to boost funding to address farmer stress, suicide

The Minnesota House agriculture committee heard Thursday from a Kittson County farmer who lost her husband and from a counselor who gets calls seven days a week from those in need.

by Elizabeth Dunbar

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January 25, 2019 6:39 AM

'The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee' aims to usher in a new narrative for Native Americans

Author David Treuer calls his new book a "counternarrative" to Dee Brown's 1970 classic. "I have tried to catch us not in the act of dying but, rather, in the radical act of living," he writes.

by Tom Bowman

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January 25, 2019 6:30 AM

Tuberculosis outbreak associated with Mankato university

Health officials believe the bacteria originated with an international student and spread to at least seven others. About 700 people who may have interacted with them have been contacted. And, of those, health officials identified another 30 individuals who have tested positive for TB, but didn't have any symptoms.

by The Associated Press

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January 25, 2019 6:06 AM

Senate passes short-term deal to reopen government, with Trump's endorsement

The deal, which the House plans to pass, would open the government through Feb. 15 and provide back pay for federal workers who have missed two paychecks during the longest shutdown in U.S. history.

by The Associated Press

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January 25, 2019 5:46 AM

Trump associate Stone arrested, faces obstruction charge

Shouting "FBI, open the door," authorities arrested Roger Stone, a confidant of President Trump, before dawn Friday in a criminal case alleging that senior members of the Trump campaign sought to benefit from the release of hacked emails damaging to Hillary Clinton.

by The Associated Press

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January 25, 2019 4:00 AM

Erik Johansson's impossible images delight and provoke thought

A new show of surreal photography at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis features the work of a self-taught artist with a wild imagination.

by Euan Kerr

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January 25, 2019 4:00 AM

A return to Superior's ice, this time without her husband but with women angler community

Members of the Women Ice Angler Project are on the frozen surface of Lake Superior this weekend to celebrate a demographic the sport has historically ignored. And for one of the group's founders, going out on the Lake Superior ice has been an especially emotional journey.

by Dan Kraker

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January 25, 2019 4:00 AM

Hennepin Healthcare releases reviews on ketamine use to sedate police subjects

Reviews of the use of the sedative ketamine by Hennepin Healthcare employees on agitated people being detained by Minneapolis police concluded that those medicated were not endangered by the practice.

by Peter Cox

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January 25, 2019 3:37 AM

The burden of the baseball writer

Star Tribune sports columnist Jim Souhan has had it up to here with what baseball writers have had to endure when submitting their votes for the Baseball Hall of Fame.

by Bob Collins

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January 25, 2019 3:16 AM

Arctic chill this weekend and beyond; Sunday snow update

Snow is expected to move into western Minnesota Sunday morning, then spread into eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin as we go through Sunday afternoon and evening. The snow continues Sunday night into early Monday.

by Ron Trenda

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January 25, 2019 2:29 AM

The people who pass school buses

Any school bus driver will tell you this sort of thing happens all the time, it just happened to be in Dunn County, Wisc., (the Menomonie area) where someone with a dashcam caught the near horrifying moment when a driver couldn't be bothered stopping for a school bus.

by Bob Collins

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January 25, 2019 1:33 AM

Fla. secretary of state quits after photos show him in blackface as 'Katrina victim'

Michael Ertel stepped down shortly after the Tallahassee Democrat showed the photos to the office of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

by Ian Stewart

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January 25, 2019 1:09 AM

Hey concert goers: settle down and listen

When it comes to obnoxious fans, only concert-goers can rival golf fans who insist on shouting 'get in the hole!' at the tee box of a par five hole.

by Bob Collins

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January 25, 2019 12:38 AM

Daily Digest: Shutdown dominates news

A Friday roundup of some Minnesota political stories.

by Mike Mulcahy

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January 25, 2019 12:00 AM

Capturing the 'Voices of Mississippi'

Bookseller Kelle Barfield recommends much more than a book: She raves about a collection of music, oral history and other materials compiled by historian William Ferris.

by Tracy Mumford