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Stories from September 7, 2019

Photos: Red Bull Flugtag teams soar, swim, celebrate in St. Paul

Photos: Red Bull Flugtag teams soar, swim, celebrate in St. Paul

Distance was hard to come by, but enthusiasm was in full supply Saturday as amateur pilots riding homemade gliders cast themselves into the Mississippi River in St. Paul for the Red Bull Flugtag competition.
by Brian Bakst

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Not your ideal Sunday weather; cool with periods of rain in many locations

Not your ideal Sunday weather; cool with periods of rain in many locations

Our Sunday will feature cool temps and periods of rain. An isolated thunderstorm is also possible in some areas. Warmer temps and some additional bouts of rain and thunder are in the forecast this coming week. We might even touch 80!
by Ron Trenda

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Son's opioid addiction subjects mom to goodbye after goodbye

Son's opioid addiction subjects mom to goodbye after goodbye

For three years, Deb Ware has battled to save her son’s life, a lonely war against a system that made pharmaceutical opioids cheap and easy to get, in a country that has quietly endured what was once thought to be a uniquely American crisis of skyrocketing opioid addiction and deaths.
by The Associated Press

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NOAA criticized for defending Trump's Hurricane Dorian claim

NOAA criticized for defending Trump's Hurricane Dorian claim

Retired Adm. David Titley, former NOAA operations chief, said NOAA's leadership is showing "moral cowardice" and injecting mistrust into important weather forecasts.
by The Associated Press

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Investigations of fatal shootings on the border can drag on for years

Investigations of fatal shootings on the border can drag on for years

There have been 35 fatal shootings by on-duty CBP officers since 2010, but the agency has announced the results of just eight internal investigations into these use-of-force incidents. The latest completed case is three and a half years old.
by John Burnett

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Update on our weekend rain chances

Portions of Minnesota and western Wisconsin will see showers at times this Saturday and Saturday evening. An isolated thunderstorm will also be possible. Sunday rain chances are highest in the southern half of Minnesota. Which Minnesota State Fair was cooler, 2019 or 2009?
by Ron Trenda

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Dorian topples crane, knocks out power in eastern Canada

Dorian topples crane, knocks out power in eastern Canada

Dorian arrived on Canada's Atlantic coast Saturday with heavy rain and powerful winds, toppling a construction crane in Halifax and knocking out power for more than 300,000 people a day after the storm wreaked havoc on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
by The Associated Press

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'Hour of darkness' for Bahamas as Hurricane Dorian death toll rises

'Hour of darkness' for Bahamas as Hurricane Dorian death toll rises

Search and rescue teams are still trying to reach some Bahamian communities isolated by floodwaters and debris after Hurricane Dorian, while the official death toll has risen to 43 and is likely to increase even more, top officials said.
by The Associated Press

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Giant mosquitoes and flying burgers: Red Bull Flugtag returns to St. Paul

Giant mosquitoes and flying burgers: Red Bull Flugtag returns to St. Paul

If everything goes as planned Saturday, Charlie Ott will dress up like a pickle, gather with a few of his friends along the Mississippi River in St. Paul and launch a glider shaped like a giant Jucy Lucy burger off a 30-foot-high tower. Red Bull Flugtag is back in town.
by Brian Bakst

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Why Margaret Atwood said 'no' to a 'Handmaid's Tale' sequel — until now

Why Margaret Atwood said 'no' to a 'Handmaid's Tale' sequel — until now

Margaret Atwood wasn't interested in a Handmaid's Tale sequel because she didn't have anything more to say about its protagonist. But in The Testaments, she takes the story in a surprising new direction.
by Scott Simon

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