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Stories from August 5, 2019

Give up your gas stove to save the planet? Banning gas is the next climate push

Give up your gas stove to save the planet? Banning gas is the next climate push

As more cities and states try to cut carbon emissions, natural gas is becoming a target. The city of Berkeley, Calif., just became the first to ban it in new homes, but it may not be the last.
by Lauren Sommer

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Obama urges Americans to reject language that 'feeds a climate of fear'

Obama urges Americans to reject language that 'feeds a climate of fear'

In a rare political post-presidency statement, former President Barack Obama called for tighter gun laws after the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. "We are not helpless here," he said.
by Brian Naylor

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Court upholds MN rules in copper-nickel mining challenge

Court upholds MN rules in copper-nickel mining challenge

The state appeals court dealt a setback to several environmental groups challenging the state's rules governing copper-nickel mining. The groups argued in a lawsuit that the state’s rules over mine waste disposal, mining areas and permits to mine for “nonferrous metallic mineral mining” don't adequately protect the environment.
by Dan Kraker

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'Uniquely lawless': Security firm drops 8chan website following El Paso shooting

'Uniquely lawless': Security firm drops 8chan website following El Paso shooting

"At some level firing 8chan as a customer is easy," Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said. Before the Texas shooting, the suspect is believed to have posted a white nationalist, anti-Hispanic screed.
by Sasha Ingber

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Cube Critics Peer back to 2013

It was so recent, but also so much in the past. Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Stephanie Curtis suggest four great flicks from 2013 to watch at home.
by Euan Kerr and Stephanie Curtis

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Hennepin County charges R. Kelly in sex crime with teen in 2001

Hennepin County charges R. Kelly in sex crime with teen in 2001

Prosecutors brought prostitution charges against the high-profile singer, alleging he had sexual contact with a girl, 17 years old at the time, who’d asked for his autograph during a Minneapolis stop.
by Brandt Williams

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The true cost of the high price of insulin

The true cost of the high price of insulin

People with type 1 diabetes need insulin to live. But the price of insulin has nearly tripled in a decade. What does this mean – and what is research finding about alternatives?
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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What do we know about mass shooters?

What do we know about mass shooters?

Hamline professor Jillian Peterson discussed what we know after years of research into mass shootings.
by Manda Lillie and Angela Davis

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Trump condemns hate, but is that enough to stop the shootings?

Trump condemns hate, but is that enough to stop the shootings?

President Trump addressed the nation this morning, after back-to-back mass shootings over the weekend. Two experts shared their thoughts on what is needed to curb the violence.
by Kerri Miller, Marcheta Fornoff and Kelly Gordon

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Walz presses Minnesota Republicans to hear gun bills

Walz presses Minnesota Republicans to hear gun bills

DFL Gov. Tim Walz says he wants hearings on stalled gun legislation in light of the weekend mass shootings in Ohio and Texas but that leaders in Minnesota’s GOP-controlled Senate won't commit.
by Brian Bakst

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60 years since the Isley Brothers recorded ‘Shout’

The song never climbed above No. 47 on the pop chart, but over time became a much beloved, and frequently covered, classic.
by Phil Picardi

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Running away or skipping school could get a kid locked up. Now that's changing

Running away or skipping school could get a kid locked up. Now that's changing

The number of girls in the juvenile justice system has been rising because of arrests for low level offenses like running away or violating curfew. Kentucky is now taking a different approach.
by Cheryl Corley

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Burned out by dating apps? 'The Right Swipe' will relight your fire

Burned out by dating apps? 'The Right Swipe' will relight your fire

Alisha Rai's new romance is a testament to the difficulty of modern dating, as the CEO of a successful dating app realizes she's been ghosted by the celebrity spokesman of her biggest business rival.
by Amanda M. Diehl

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In Seattle, a move across town could be a path out of poverty

In Seattle, a move across town could be a path out of poverty

Studies show poor children living in "high opportunity" areas have a better chance at success. A program in the Seattle area to help families move to better neighborhoods has seen promising results.
by Pam Fessler

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Severe thunderstorm watch until 3 p.m. for parts of western WI

Severe thunderstorm watch until 3 p.m. for parts of western WI

Strong to severe thunderstorms will move across parts of Minnesota and western Wisconsin Monday and Monday evening. Be weather aware.
by Ron Trenda

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'Hate has no place' in America, Trump says after El Paso and Dayton shootings

'Hate has no place' in America, Trump says after El Paso and Dayton shootings

President Trump called for laws to ensure that those "judged a grave risk to public safety do not have access to firearms" and declared "mental illness pulls the trigger, not the gun." But he stopped short of addressing other measures that gun control advocates argue are urgently needed.
by Tamara Keith

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Nuon Chea, top Khmer Rouge leader, dies at 93 while serving life sentence

Nuon Chea, top Khmer Rouge leader, dies at 93 while serving life sentence

He was seen as a chief architect of the regime's brutal collectivist policies that led to the deaths of some 1.7 million people. He was found guilty of war crimes by a U.N.-backed tribunal last year.
by Scott Neuman

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Twin Cities live performers Davina and The Vagabonds launch studio album

Twin Cities live performers Davina and The Vagabonds launch studio album

Davina Lozier says her jazz- and blues-influenced music is genre-defying, nods to decades of music history and contains "a hum of sadness.” Davina and her band The Vagabonds celebrate the release of their new album "Sugar Drops" at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis Monday.
by MPR News Staff

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Rural churches search for their place in a changing world

Rural churches search for their place in a changing world

As much as the churches like Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Rollingstone, Minn. serve as a cornerstone of their community, the world around them is changing. It presents churches with new challenges as they define themselves and their futures.
by The Associated Press

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Smart and snarky, 'The Westing Game' provides lasting laughs

Smart and snarky, 'The Westing Game' provides lasting laughs

As part of our summer-long celebration of funny books, we've asked our writers to talk about things that made them laugh, like Ellen Raskin's witty and chaotic inheritance adventure The Westing Game.
by Alethea Kontis

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Solar flare: Minnesota leads nation in solar mini-gardens

Solar flare: Minnesota leads nation in solar mini-gardens

The solar gardens are rising like soybeans in Cottage Grove, Lakeville and Farmington. They are the reason why Minnesota's solar capacity leaped by 47 percent last year.
by The Associated Press

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Pain rescue team helps seriously ill kids cope in terrible times

Pain rescue team helps seriously ill kids cope in terrible times

An interdisciplinary team in San Francisco uses acupressure, massage, counseling and other methods, as well as medicine, to help kids get relief from chronic pain. But such pediatric centers are rare.
by Alison Kodjak

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White Earth Nation prepares to choose new leader

White Earth Nation prepares to choose new leader

After tribal chair Terry Tibbetts died in office earlier this year, the White Earth Nation is holding a special election Tuesday to fill the rest of his term. The new chair must negotiate bitter disputes among government factions, and address an ongoing opioid crisis and a host of social and economic issues.
by Dan Gunderson

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U.S. Treasury Department labels China currency manipulator

U.S. Treasury Department labels China currency manipulator

China decided Monday to meet President Trump's latest tariff threat with defiance, letting its currency drop to an 11-year low. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended Monday down nearly 3 percent.
by The Associated Press

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Iran reportedly seizes Iraqi tanker in Persian Gulf

Iran reportedly seizes Iraqi tanker in Persian Gulf

The unidentified vessel was reportedly taken last Wednesday near Farsi island, where Iran maintains a naval base. Iraq's oil ministry has denied it has any connection with the ship.
by Scott Neuman

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Discourse Disrupters: Nadine Strossen and Thane Rosenbaum on free speech in America

Discourse Disrupters: Nadine Strossen and Thane Rosenbaum on free speech in America

Discourse Disrupters series: former American Civil Liberties Union president Nadine Strossen and NYU law professor Thane Rosenbaum discuss the future and limits of free speech in America.
by MPR News Staff

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Farmfest returns to southwestern Minnesota this week

Farmfest returns to southwestern Minnesota this week

The annual agriculture trade show takes place from Tuesday through Thursday on a 50-acre site at the Gilfillan Estate southeast of Redwood Falls.
by Andrew Krueger

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El Paso suspect appears to have posted anti-immigrant screed

El Paso suspect appears to have posted anti-immigrant screed

About 20 minutes before the shooting started at an El Paso Walmart, a rambling screed was posted to an online message board saying the massacre was in response to an "invasion" of Hispanics coming across the southern border.
by The Associated Press

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Minnesota communities to host National Night Out events on Tuesday

Minnesota communities to host National Night Out events on Tuesday

The annual event is pitched as a way to fight crime by encouraging neighbors to get to know each other better. And it's a chance for residents to talk with police officers in a low-stress setting.
by Andrew Krueger

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Wisconsin cop saved by bulletproof vest; suspect also shot

A La Crosse police officer was shot Saturday while responding to a disturbance but survived thanks to his bulletproof vest. The suspect also was shot during the incident and was being treated at a hospital.
by The Associated Press

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