Stories from March 16, 2019

March 16, 2019 1:45 PM

St. Patrick’s Day heat of 2012; temps ramp up this coming week

Our average high temp on March 17 is 42 degrees in the Twin Cities metro area. Can you imagine a St. Patrick’s Day with a high temp of 80 degrees? That’s what happened in the Twin Cities in 2012. The timing was good too, since it occurred on a Saturday. The ice went out on…

by Ron Trenda

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March 16, 2019 1:35 PM

Parades - and free public transit - for St. Patrick's Day in Twin Cities

St. Paul and Minneapolis are hosting St. Patrick's Day parades on Saturday, one day ahead of the holiday. Metro Transit is offering free rides to anyone out celebrating between 6 p.m. Saturday and 3 a.m. Sunday.

by Andrew Krueger

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March 16, 2019 12:11 PM

Grieving families given earth from Ethiopian crash site

As investigators in Paris started studying the cockpit voice recorder of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet Saturday, grieving family members were given sacks of dirt to bury in place of the remains of their loved ones.

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March 16, 2019 10:30 AM

Body found in southern Minnesota believed to be missing Wisconsin girl

A child's body found wrapped in a blanket along a southern Minnesota highway is believed to be that of a missing 2-year-old girl whose mom allegedly was fatally shot by the girl's father, authorities said Saturday.

by Associated Press

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March 16, 2019 9:15 AM

Twin Cities poet Ed Bok Lee reads from new collection of work

Twin Cities poet Ed Bok Lee will read from his new collection of poetry, "Mitochondrial Night," on Saturday night in Minneapolis.

by Marianne Combs

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March 16, 2019 7:25 AM

New Zealanders reach out to Muslims in wake of mass shooting

New Zealand's stricken residents reached out to Muslims in their neighborhoods and around the country on Saturday, with a fierce determination to show kindness to a community in pain as a 28-year-old white supremacist stood silently before a judge, accused in mass shootings at two mosques that left 49 people dead.

by Associated Press

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March 16, 2019 7:10 AM

When gunman advanced on New Zealand mosque, one man ran at him

Abdul Aziz is being hailed as a hero for preventing more deaths during Friday prayers at the Linwood mosque in Christchurch after leading the gunman in a cat-and-mouse chase before scaring him into speeding away in his car.

by Associated Press

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March 16, 2019 6:04 AM

In dark times, we turn to Kratu the rescue dog

Judging by the news of the last few days, it's clear that -- at least for the moment -- humans are incapable of providing our daily dose of sweetness, so we're turning to Kratu, the rescue dog, who was entered in Crufts, billed as the 'world's greatest dog show' in the UK.

by Bob Collins

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March 16, 2019 3:54 AM

No storms in sight; temps ramp up this coming week

Last weekend, we were dealing with a winter storm. The weekend before that it was arctic air that numbed us, with a Sunday low of 13 below zero in the Twin Cities, followed by an afternoon “high” of zero. A blizzard hit much of Minnesota during the final weekend of February. This is from the…

by Ron Trenda

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March 16, 2019 12:00 AM

'Night Witches' sheds some light on daring female flyers

Garth Ennis' new graphic novel creates a fictional character to flesh out the stories of the real Night Witches, Soviet female pilots who dropped bombs on the Nazis from rickety old biplanes.

by Etelka Lehoczky

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March 15, 2019 7:46 PM

Are eggs good or bad for you? New research rekindles debate

The study showed the more eggs, the greater the risk. The chances of dying early were also elevated. The researchers say the culprit is cholesterol, found in egg yolks and other foods, including shellfish, dairy products and red meat.

by Associated Press