Stories from July 18, 2019

Trump falsely claims he tried to stop 'send her back' chant
"I started speaking really quickly," Trump told reporters Thursday. "I was not happy with it. I disagree with it" and "would certainly try" to stop any similar chant at a future rally.
Home in Minnesota, Omar pledges to continue as Trump's 'nightmare'
Supporters of the Democratic congresswoman greeted her at the airport ahead of a town hall event in Minneapolis. Her trip follows days of racist remarks against her by President Trump and his supporters.
YMCA camp teaches kids to appreciate, protect state's waters
In the Land of 10,000 Lakes, 40 percent of the state's waters are polluted. The YMCA has developed a summer camp designed to prevent kids from taking Minnesota's water resources for granted.
8 shay oo buburinka kara madadaalada xagaaga iyo sida loola dagaalamo
Marka gu'ga uu isku badelaayo xagaa waxaa jira wax yaabo badan xiiso leh oo laga dhaxlo. Mooto kaxaynta, hawa gadiska iyo xeeb booqashada — in badan oo kamid ah reer Minnesota ayaa mar horaba banaanka jira waxna ka baranaya dabeecada dabiiciga ayagoo qaadanaya qoraxda.
U.S. Navy ship destroys Iranian drone over Strait of Hormuz
President Trump says the drone had closed to approximately 1,000 yards of the U.S. warship, "ignoring multiple calls to stand down."
New documents reveal how Trump, Cohen, aides worked to seal hush money deals
Official records describe Trump's direct involvement with negotiations that led to a $130,000 payment to an adult film star to buy her silence about her alleged extramarital affair with Trump.
Video: Cops, citizen stop runaway school bus in western MN
Some quick thinking and bold driving by deputies and a local fireman helped avert disaster Wednesday as the bus plowed through Granite Falls after the driver suffered a medical emergency. No one was hurt.
The muscles, heart, skeletal system all work a little different in endurance athletes. Host Dan Kraker explored the biology—and psychology—behind these intense competitors.
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Thaum caij ntuj tshiab tig mus txog caij ntuj so, nws muaj ntau yam ua kev zoo siab txog. Caij tsheb kauj vab, noj mov nraum zoov thiab mus xyuas ntug hav dej — coob cov neeg Minnesota twb tawm mus ncig xyuas nraum zoov thiab tiv hnub tshav lawm. Tiam sis caij ntuj so muaj sab siab dub.
Minneapolis police chief wants 400 more officers by 2025
Arradondo tells a City Council committee the department’s funding model has been broken for decades, and the scarcity of officers is undermining public trust.
Emmer: No place for 'send her back' in politics
Minnesota GOP Rep. Tom Emmer said Thursday he doesn't agree with rhetoric on display at a Trump rally Wednesday night.
Dion DiMucci is now 80 years old. Known throughout his career by only his first name name, Dion was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. Bruce Springsteen has called him the link between Frank Sinatra and rock & roll.
UnitedHealth hikes profit forecast after big 2Q
UnitedHealth raised profit expectations for the year after second-quarter earnings climbed almost 13 percent, and the nation's largest health insurer continued expanding beyond its core business and into care delivery.
Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. "Eight Years to the Moon" tells the stories of some of the scientists and engineers who got the astronauts there and back safely.
Ocho cosas que pueden arruinar la diversión del verano y cómo evitarlas
A medida que se aleja la primavera para dar paso al verano, hay muchas cosas emocionantes por hacer. Paseos en bicicleta, picnics y paseos a la playa — muchos minnesotanos ya están explorando la naturaleza y disfrutando de los rayos del sol. Pero el verano también tiene su lado oscuro.
'Big Boy' locomotive traveling across Minnesota
The world’s largest steam locomotive is making a stop in St. Paul for the day Thursday in honor of the transcontinental railroad’s 150th anniversary. It’ll be in Duluth on Saturday.
Loon deaths this summer in NE Minnesota get the DNR's attention
State conservation officials are asking for the public’s help tracking deaths after receiving a “small but noticeable increase” in calls about dead loons. West Nile virus was identified as the cause of two recent loon deaths.
Twin Metals pitches new method of storing waste at proposed mine near BWCA
“Dry stack” tailings storage is something that environmental groups have advocated for the much-further-along PolyMet copper-nickel mine project, arguing it’s a safer way to store mine waste. But state regulators have expressed concerns about the technology.
Man shouting 'you die' kills 33 at Japan anime studio
The blaze started in the three-story building in Japan's ancient capital after the attacker sprayed an unidentified liquid accelerant, police and fire officials said. Thirty-six others were injured, some of them critically.
Fact check: Trump goes after Omar at rally
President Trump on Wednesday misrepresented words from Rep. Ilhan Omar to make her sound like an al-Qaida sympathizer and exaggerated the performance of the economy under his watch.
Large hail fell in parts of the Twin Cities metro area around 4:30 a.m. Thursday. Now it will get steamy, with a heat advisory starting at noon.
34 ways to beat the system in 'Raised in Captivity'
Chuck Klosterman's new collection of "fictional nonfiction" is full of people who subvert expectations and find ways around the systems that rule our lives. Also, there's a puma in an airplane toilet.
In Hubbard Co., stopping lake invaders means not forgetting the beach toys
In an effort to stave off the advance of invasive species in their lakes, advocates in Hubbard County want to make sure people are cleaning not only their boats and trailers, but their water gear and equipment, too.
Trump attacks congresswomen at N.C. rally, as crowd chants 'send her back'
President Trump piled on four freshmen congresswomen of color after tweeting this weekend that they should "go back" to the countries they came from, even though three were born in the United States.
Rooted in history, 'The Nickel Boys' is a great American novel
Colson Whitehead's deeply affecting new novel is based on the true story of a segregated reform school in Florida where African American boys were brutalized and possibly murdered.
Part II of 'Washington Goes to the Moon: Trials and Fire'
This is part 2 of the documentary series "Washington Goes To The Moon." It is called "Trials and Fire" and it looks at the fire on board Apollo 1 that killed three astronauts and nearly derailed the space program. Today we understand better than ever that the exploration of space is a risky business. The explosions of the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986 and Columbia in 2003 made that clear. But in 1967, most Americans saw space as nothing more than a big adventure. The danger seem beyond imagining. In this program we go back to the disaster that almost derailed the Apollo Program and America’s drive to put a man on the moon; the tragedy of Apollo One. We look at how the fire revealed deep flaws in a NASA management structure that businesses and governments around the world viewed with envy and how NASA's attempts to cover-over those flaws fed into Congressional distrust that almost crushed the Space Program. Minnesota's US Senator Walter Mondale played a key role in questioning if there was a NASA coverup of an investigative report on the Apollo One tragedy. Documentary produced, written and narrated in 2006 by Richard Paul of WAMU, with funding from the National Science Foundation.
The City Council is working toward finalizing an ordinance requiring that 10 or 20 percent of apartments in many developments be affordable for low-income renters. An interim ordinance is now in effect.