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Stories from July 12, 2019

As America celebrates Apollo, a new moon race is underway

More nations than ever are racing to the moon. Their lunar ambitions are driven by advances in technology and a desire to prove themselves.
by Geoff Brumfiel

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Attorney: Van driver did not intend to harm anyone at bus stop

Attorney: Van driver did not intend to harm anyone at bus stop

A serious crash on Tuesday morning in north Minneapolis has left some civil rights activists questioning how authorities handled the investigation.
by MPR News Staff

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Water Gremlin to pay $500 fine per day in addition to $7 million settlement

Water Gremlin to pay $500 fine per day in addition to $7 million settlement

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has denied an extension for the White Bear Lake Township company to test its pollution control equipment. Water Gremlin was fined earlier this year for air quality violations for more than 15 years.
by Nina Moini

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Health officials: Illnesses connected to Lake Minnetonka on July 4 still a mystery

Health officials: Illnesses connected to Lake Minnetonka on July 4 still a mystery

Nearly 200 people reported vomiting and diarrhea after boating near a popular gathering spot on Lake Minnetonka after July Fourth, but health officials say there's no ongoing threat to the general public.
by Matt Sepic

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Somalia extremist attack in port city of Kismayo kills 10

Somalia extremist attack in port city of Kismayo kills 10

A Somali official says at least 10 people have been killed in an extremist attack on a hotel in the port city of Kismayo. One of the victims was Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Nalayeh, who once resided in Vaughan, Ontario, according to a CBC News report.
by Associated Press

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Trump's 'acting' Cabinet grows with Acosta departure

Trump's 'acting' Cabinet grows with Acosta departure

The Labor Department will be led by the third current acting cabinet secretary when Alex Acosta steps down on July 19. About a dozen major agencies are without permanent, Senate-confirmed leadership.
by Arnie Seipel

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A call for more research on cancer's environmental triggers

A call for more research on cancer's environmental triggers

Scientists are making progress in identifying environmental hazards that contribute to cancer. Researchers say many cases could be avoided if the work is accelerated.
by Elaine Schattner

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Report: FTC approves roughly $5B fine for Facebook

Report: FTC approves roughly $5B fine for Facebook

The fine would be the largest the FTC has levied on a tech company. But it won't make much of a dent for Facebook, which had nearly $56 billion in revenue last year.
by Associated Press

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Trump escapes blame for ethanol policy hurting corn farmers

Trump escapes blame for ethanol policy hurting corn farmers

Midwest farmers and their Republican elected officials rarely miss a chance to shower President Trump with praise when he takes actions they believe help agriculture, but they're now parsing their words over the administration's policies dealing with ethanol.
by Associated Press

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Despite Trump's outcry, St. Louis Park locals not so fired up on pledge debate

Despite Trump's outcry, St. Louis Park locals not so fired up on pledge debate

For all the national clamoring around the City Council's decision to cut the Pledge of Allegiance from its meetings, several St. Louis Park residents interviewed Friday weren't aware the council made the change in the first place, let alone the media circus playing out online.
by Cody Nelson

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Norm Coleman: 'I hope to keep livin' until the clock runs out'

Norm Coleman: 'I hope to keep livin' until the clock runs out'

This coming Monday, former U.S. Senator and St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman will undergo surgery to remove some of his lung. Anyone who has cancer or who has had cancer knows it can be a roller coaster of physical and emotional ups and downs. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Coleman before he goes into surgery at Mayo Clinic.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Older workers aren't hurting the economy, they're stimulating it

Older workers aren't hurting the economy, they're stimulating it

Many economists and millennials believe older workers are hurting the job market and killing the economy, but research suggests they're stimulating it. MPR News' Chris Farrell filled in for MPR News host Kerri Miller.
by Chris Farrell and Jeffrey Bissoy

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'Endangered' children from Tennessee located in Minnesota

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says three young children who were the subject of an Endangered Child Alert have been found in northern Minnesota.
by The Associated Press

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The absurd, hilarious classic you shouldn't skip

The absurd, hilarious classic you shouldn't skip

Brandy O'Briant first reluctantly picked up "The Master and Margarita" in college, but it's one of the novels she continues to re-read.
by Tracy Mumford

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State Fair vendor won't use syringes in doughnut treat

State Fair vendor won't use syringes in doughnut treat

The plastic syringes were meant to hold fillings consumers could inject into doughnut holes at this year's fair. After getting pushback over the waste it would cause, the vendor has dropped the syringe plan.
by MPR News Staff

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It's about to get tropical in Minnesota

University of Minnesota Professor emeritus appropriately wore a tropical-themed shirt to his weekly weather chat with MPR's Cathy Wurzer. This coming week is going to get warm and wet.
by Cathy Wurzer

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First-place Minnesota Twins return to action after the All-Star break

The Twins begin a three-game series Friday night in Cleveland, against the team that's trailing them in the American League Central standings by 5.5 games.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Border Patrol agents are passing around a commemorative coin mocking care for migrant kids

Border Patrol agents are passing around a commemorative coin mocking care for migrant kids

An unofficial commemorative coin has been circulating among Border Patrol agents at the U.S.-Mexico border, mocking the task of caring for migrant children and other duties that have fallen to agents as families cross into the U.S.

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Abby Jeanne performs at 7th St Entry on Friday night

Jeanne told the Wisconsin Gazette a few years ago that it took time for her to come to terms with making music her career.
by Cathy Wurzer

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'Late Migrations' essays create a jeweled patchwork of nature and culture

'Late Migrations' essays create a jeweled patchwork of nature and culture

New York Times columnist Margaret Renkl astonishes with her essays, a woven tapestry that makes one of all the world's beings that strive to live — and, in one way or another, face mortality.
by Barbara J. King

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'Delayed Rays of a Star' sheds light on 3 film legends

'Delayed Rays of a Star' sheds light on 3 film legends

Amanda Lee Koe's new novel was inspired by a famous photograph — Anna May Wong, Marlene Dietrich and the notorious actress and director Leni Riefenstahl, posing together at a Berlin party in 1928.
by Ilana Masad

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Labor Secretary Acosta resigns amid Epstein deal scrutiny

Labor Secretary Acosta resigns amid Epstein deal scrutiny

President Trump says Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta is stepping down following criticism of his handling of a plea deal with a wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, who is accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls.
by Associated Press

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Trump to tout trade, economy in formerly blue Wisconsin

Trump to tout trade, economy in formerly blue Wisconsin

Trump makes two stops in Milwaukee, one a fundraiser, and the other a visit to Derco Aerospace Inc. After his visit to Wisconsin, Trump will travel to Ohio for a fundraiser in Cleveland.
by Associated Press

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3 sisters come of age, dreamily, in 'Three Summers'

3 sisters come of age, dreamily, in 'Three Summers'

Margarita Liberaki's novel, first published in 1946, follows three young women growing up in the Athens countryside alongside a colorful cast of family members, secret-keeping servants and local boys.
by Martha Anne Toll

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From the warehouse to IT: Amazon offering 100,000 workers tech training

From the warehouse to IT: Amazon offering 100,000 workers tech training

Amazon plans to invest $700 million to train a third of its U.S. workforce for higher-skilled jobs. The company acknowledged that workers could use their new skills to seek jobs outside Amazon.
by Amy Scott

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Thousands in Maui evacuated after brush fire rages in Hawaii

Thousands in Maui evacuated after brush fire rages in Hawaii

The evacuation in Maui, the second-largest Hawaiian island, has filled up local shelters, some of which are being run by the Red Cross.
by Bobby Allyn

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Facing deployment while fearing that family members will be deported

Facing deployment while fearing that family members will be deported

A sailor hoped his military status would protect his mother from deportation. But a change in Trump administration policy may lead to more undocumented members of military families being deported.
by Franco Ordoñez

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Klobuchar's plan would help Alzheimer's patients, caregivers

Klobuchar's plan would help Alzheimer's patients, caregivers

Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar has a new plan to help seniors that includes more support for people with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers.
by Associated Press

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Progressive activists gather, hoping to seize their moment in 2020 campaign

Progressive activists gather, hoping to seize their moment in 2020 campaign

Thousands of activists at the Netroots Nation political convention in Philadelphia are feeling emboldened because their ideas -- and favored candidates -- are shaping the Democratic primary race.
by Asma Khalid

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R. Kelly arrested again in Chicago on federal sex charges

R. Kelly arrested again in Chicago on federal sex charges

Singer R. Kelly, already facing sexual abuse charges brought by Illinois prosecutors, was arrested in Chicago Thursday on a federal grand jury indictment listing 13 counts including sex crimes and obstruction of justice.
by Associated Press

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Warm and humid through the weekend; Barry will bring flooding rains to New Orleans

Warm and humid through the weekend; Barry will bring flooding rains to New Orleans

After a delightful Friday morning, our temperatures and dew points will ramp up as we go through the afternoon. If you like steamy weather, you’ll like the weekend forecast. Temperature trends Friday afternoon highs will reach the 70s in far northern Minnesota, but they will be well into the 80s across most of Minnesota and…
by Ron Trenda

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No clear strategy to fund ballooning need for senior care

No clear strategy to fund ballooning need for senior care

The aging of the baby-boom generation will cause Minnesota's spending on care for older residents to balloon by as much as 70 percent in a little more than a decade. And there's no consensus on how to address the need.
by Peter Cox

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Daily Digest: TGIF edition

Some links to Minnesota political stories in the news this Friday.
by Mike Mulcahy

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Politics with Amy Walter on Takeaway Friday

Politics with Amy Walter on Takeaway Friday

A new generation of Democrats is battling for the soul of their party.

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Will your job still exist in 2030?

Will your job still exist in 2030?

New research finds automation widening the gap between urban and rural areas and dramatically affecting people who didn't go to college or didn't finish high school.
by Alina Selyukh

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