Stay Curious. Stay Connected.
MailNewsletters♡Donate Now

Stories from August 6, 2019

Ohio shooter said to have wrestled with dark thoughts

Ohio shooter said to have wrestled with dark thoughts

A man who fatally gunned down nine people in Ohio had long wrestled with mental illness that manifested itself in a fascination with tragedy, uncontrollable urges to unleash violence and suicidal thoughts so deep he twice put a gun in his mouth, ready to pull the trigger, a woman who dated him said Tuesday.
by The Associated Press

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
Medica to cap out of pocket costs for insulin

Medica to cap out of pocket costs for insulin

With the rising price of insulin, which is critical to the treatment of diabetes, the Medica health plan will place a ceiling on out of pocket expenses for the drug for Minnesota members, starting next year.
by Mark Zdechlik

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
Court puts key PolyMet copper-nickel mine permit on hold

Court puts key PolyMet copper-nickel mine permit on hold

The Minnesota Court of Appeals has placed a stay on a key water quality permit for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine.
by Dan Kraker

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
FBI reviewing Ohio shooter's interest in violent ideology

FBI reviewing Ohio shooter's interest in violent ideology

The shooter who killed nine people in Dayton, Ohio, had expressed a desire to commit a mass shooting and showed an interest in violent ideology, investigators said Tuesday as the FBI announced it is opening an investigation.
by The Associated Press

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
Mass shootings can be contagious, research shows

Mass shootings can be contagious, research shows

Unfortunately it may not be a coincidence that several mass shooting incidents took place in one week. Research shows perpetrators are often inspired by media coverage of other shootings.
by Rhitu Chatterjee

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
'New Yorker' writer fears we're fooling ourselves in the internet's 'Trick Mirror'

'New Yorker' writer fears we're fooling ourselves in the internet's 'Trick Mirror'

In her new book of essays, culture writer Jia Tolentino explores how social media shapes identity, public discourse and political engagement — particularly for millennials such as herself.
by Terry Gross

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
Native plants become a weapon in battle to save algae-choked Little Rock Lake

Native plants become a weapon in battle to save algae-choked Little Rock Lake

Volunteers this summer are rooting bulrushes and other plants into the mud flats of the drawn down, central Minnesota lake. It’s an experiment they hope will filter out pollution and help restore the lake's health.
by Kirsti Marohn and Paul Middlestaedt

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
New evidence shows popular pesticides could cause unintended harm to insects

New evidence shows popular pesticides could cause unintended harm to insects

Studies are revealing new, unintended threats that neonicotinoid pesticides pose to insects. The chemicals, widely used by farmers, are difficult to control because they persist in the environment.
by Dan Charles

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
Price tag for Minnesota's 2020 presidential primary expected to rise

Price tag for Minnesota's 2020 presidential primary expected to rise

Secretary of State Simon said the March 3 primary is likely to cost several million dollars. He’s pushing local administrators to give him their best estimate now for pulling off the state’s first White House primary since 1992.
by Brian Bakst

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
FBI opens domestic terrorism case in Gilroy case

FBI opens domestic terrorism case in Gilroy case

Nineteen-year-old gunman Santino William Legan fatally shot three people — including two children — with a Romanian-made AK-47-style rifle before turning the gun on himself.
by The Associated Press

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
A long legal battle over Hitler's birth home in Austria ends

A long legal battle over Hitler's birth home in Austria ends

Austria's top court says Gerlinde Pommer should receive $908,000 from the government in exchange for the property. "Part of the house should be used for educational purposes," a local historian says.
by Sasha Ingber

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!

Van fire injures two children in north metro

Authorities say the children were left in a mini van in a Walmart parking lot while their mother shopped.
by Elizabeth Shockman

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!

‘We just did not have the revenue’: One small-town paper’s tough decision about the future

The publishers of the Raymond-Prinsburg News in Minnesota closed the paper around a year ago. News about those communities is now included in another paper owned by the same family: the Clara City Herald.
by Cathy Wurzer

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
Crime, punishment and reform

Crime, punishment and reform

Preet Bharara on how the rule of law – and faith in the rule of law – is needed now more than ever.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
The role of rhetoric

The role of rhetoric

Critics say the President’s words encourage violence against minorities – such as the shooting in El Paso, Texas, this weekend, in which the shooter left a manifesto denouncing an immigrant “invasion.” Are they right?
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
In the midst of a housing shortage, Minneapolis struggles to help homeless

In the midst of a housing shortage, Minneapolis struggles to help homeless

The lack of affordable housing across the Twin Cities continues to be an insurmountable obstacle for many people trying to move off the street. That makes it especially difficult for cities like Minneapolis, which wants to respond compassionately while preventing another large encampment.
by Max Nesterak

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
Ask a farmer: What are you curious to know about farming or life on the farm?

Ask a farmer: What are you curious to know about farming or life on the farm?

Many Minnesota farmers have had a rough year with flooded fields and being caught in a trade war between the U.S. and China. This week farmers are gathering for their annual summit near Redwood Falls. If you’re like most Americans you aren’t a farmer and won’t be there, but we will be and want your questions for farmers.
by Tim Pugmire, Brian Bakst and Mike Moen

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
Lawmakers push for 'red flag' laws to take guns away from people in crisis

Lawmakers push for 'red flag' laws to take guns away from people in crisis

President Trump wants to expand laws that allow courts to intervene when someone shows signs of pending violence, and lawmakers are getting behind the idea. But are these laws effective?
by Liz Szabo

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
GateHouse, Gannett to merge for $1.4B, build newspaper giant

GateHouse, Gannett to merge for $1.4B, build newspaper giant

GateHouse Media, a fast-growing chain backed by an investment firm, is buying USA Today owner Gannett. The merge would be the largest U.S. newspaper company by far, with a print circulation of 8.7 million.
by The Associated Press

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!

Early diagnosis crucial in dyslexia

Dyslexia is common, as many as one in five children struggle with this learning disability, according to Yale’s Center for Dyslexia and Creativity. Yet crucial early intervention is often delayed, which can cause lasting damage.
by Manda Lillie and Angela Davis

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!

Quiet Tuesday, thunderstorm chances Wednesday

The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center shows a slight risk of severe weather for southeastern Minnesota and parts of Wisconsin Wednesday and Wednesday night.
by Ron Trenda

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!

Woman arrested in fatal stabbing in Little Canada

Ramsey County sheriff's officials say a 30-year-old woman, found covered in blood at her residence, was arrested early Monday.
by The Associated Press

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
'Our Women on the Ground' unites stories from female journalist in the Arab world

'Our Women on the Ground' unites stories from female journalist in the Arab world

There's a deep fascination in the West with how women function in ultra-conservative societies where repression can be violent and even deadly. This anthology pulls back the curtain on those places.
by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
Trump's America: Where politics dictate definition of racism

Trump's America: Where politics dictate definition of racism

In interviews with The Associated Press across a half-dozen states, voters see a country riven by racial animus — better than a generation ago, but worse than before Trump's presidency, with little choice but to confront the long national struggle anew.
by The Associated Press

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
Authorities scour leads in mass shootings that left 31 dead

Authorities scour leads in mass shootings that left 31 dead

Authorities in two U.S. cities scoured leads in a pair of weekend mass shootings that killed 31, trying to piece together the motives that led two young men to unleash violence on innocent people in crowded public places.
by The Associated Press

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
Trump freezes Venezuela government assets in escalation

Trump freezes Venezuela government assets in escalation

The Trump administration froze all Venezuelan government assets in a dramatic escalation of tensions with Nicolás Maduro that places his socialist administration alongside a short list of adversaries from Cuba, North Korea, Syria and Iran that have been targeted by such aggressive U.S. actions.
by The Associated Press

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
Minnesota officials call on communities to report, combat hate crimes

Minnesota officials call on communities to report, combat hate crimes

Minnesota officials say they’re working to combat hate crimes with legislation and partnerships. But they’re calling on local communities to report incidents of hate and discrimination.
by Elizabeth Shockman

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
The 'climate candidate' for president: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee

The 'climate candidate' for president: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee

Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington has made climate change the central issue of his 2020 presidential campaign. He shared his ideas as part of the “Climate One” series.
by MPR News Staff

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!
As death count rises in 2 U.S. shootings, a familiar aftermath

As death count rises in 2 U.S. shootings, a familiar aftermath

Anguished families planned funerals in two U.S. cities, politicians pointed fingers and a nation numbed by gun violence wondered what might come next Monday as the death toll from two weekend mass shootings rose to 31.

Go Deeper.

Create an account or log in to save stories.

Like this?

Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories.

Show me!