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Stories from June 2, 2019

Stinking rich? Malaysia aims to cash in on China's durian craze

Stinking rich? Malaysia aims to cash in on China's durian craze

A single durian can fetch $100 in China, where appetite for the spiky, pungent fruit is booming. Now Malaysia wants to make durian a leading export, and the rush to plant and invest is on.
by Michael Sullivan

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Parts of Minnesota see record low temperatures

Parts of Minnesota see record low temperatures

Parts of northern Minnesota saw record low temperatures early Sunday — and frost advisories and freeze warnings are in effect again from late Sunday into early Monday.
by MPR News Staff

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Bishop faces backlash after tweet about Pride Month

Bishop faces backlash after tweet about Pride Month

Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop on Sunday defended a tweet urging Catholics to not support or attend LGBTQ Pride Month events. His tweet spurred rebukes by thousands of people on Twitter; many invoked the scandals of clergy sexual abuse of children in the church.
by Associated Press

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Pentagon tells White House to stop politicizing military

Pentagon tells White House to stop politicizing military

The Pentagon has told the White House to stop politicizing the military, amid a furor over a Trump administration order to have the Navy ship named for the late U.S. Sen. John McCain hidden from view during President Trump's recent visit to Japan.
by Associated Press

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Warmer temps this week; frosty start Monday in northern Minnesota

Warmer temps this week; frosty start Monday in northern Minnesota

Average temps are more than OK in June. Our average high temp is 74 degrees this time of year in the Twin Cities metro area.  The Sunday high of 75 degrees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport followed a Saturday high of 73 degrees. Average those weekend highs and you get 74 degrees. Most of Minnesota…
by Ron Trenda

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Open Streets Minneapolis kicks off summer season

Open Streets Minneapolis kicks off summer season

Open Streets Lyndale continues until 5 p.m. Sunday (June 2) along 30 blocks of Lyndale Avenue South. It's the first of seven Open Streets events planned in neighborhoods across the city through September.
by Emily Bright

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White House: Trump 'deadly serious' about Mexico tariffs

White House: Trump 'deadly serious' about Mexico tariffs

A top White House official said Sunday that President Trump is "deadly serious" about slapping tariffs on imports from Mexico but acknowledged there are no concrete benchmarks being set to assess whether the U.S. ally was stemming the flow of migrants enough to satisfy the administration.
by Associated Press

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Famed New Orleans chef who fed civil rights leaders dies at 96

Famed New Orleans chef who fed civil rights leaders dies at 96

Leah Chase's determination propelled her from a girl with a small-town Louisiana upbringing to a celebrated chef who authored cookbooks, appeared on cooking shows and fed civil rights greats such as Thurgood Marshall and Martin Luther King Jr.
by Associated Press

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Teen drowns in Anoka County lake

The Anoka County Sheriff's Office reported that the 17-year-old boy was swimming with friends at Coon Lake Beach in Columbus when he began struggling and went underwater.
by MPR News Staff

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D-Day's 24 hours changed 20th century, and Europe, forever

D-Day's 24 hours changed 20th century, and Europe, forever

For thousands of Allied military personnel, nothing could have prepared them for what happened on June 6, 1944, on five cold, forbidding beaches in northern France. It was D-Day, one of the most significant 24-hour periods of the 20th century, the horrifying tipping point in World War II that defined the future of Europe.
by Associated Press

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A nice Sunday, filtered sunshine west; pleasant temps this coming week

A nice Sunday, filtered sunshine west; pleasant temps this coming week

Our Sunday will be rain-free in most areas. That’s a welcome development for people dealing with soggy lawns, gardens and farm fields. I’m sure that Grand Old Day participants in St. Paul will enjoy our Sunday weather. Canadian wildfire smoke  The morning satellite pictures are showing a veil of smoke from Canadian wildfires covering much…
by Ron Trenda

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Cheating death will cost you in 'The Wise and the Wicked'

Cheating death will cost you in 'The Wise and the Wicked'

Rebecca Podos' new novel follows a girl who's inherited her family power: She can see her Time, the moment of her death. But then she discovers it's possible to evade your Time -- for a painful price.
by Caitlyn Paxson

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'I Love You So Mochi' is a sweet but substantial treat

'I Love You So Mochi' is a sweet but substantial treat

Sarah Kuhn's new novel, about a Japanese American girl wrestling with her identity and her place in the world during a visit to Japan, is at once universally relatable and specifically Asian American.
by Mallory Yu

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