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Stories from December 3, 2019

In a split vote, one Minnesota county says ‘yes’ to more refugees

In a split vote, one Minnesota county says ‘yes’ to more refugees

After Trump signed an executive order requiring local and state governments to give consent to refugee resettlement efforts, officials in Kandiyohi County on Tuesday brought the matter to a vote. It was the first community in the state to sign off on such a resolution.
by Riham Feshir

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Rep. Adam Schiff: 'The uncontested facts show this president solicited a bribe'

Rep. Adam Schiff: 'The uncontested facts show this president solicited a bribe'

The House intelligence chairman told NPR that President Trump should also be charged with obstruction: "It is difficult to imagine a more ironclad case of obstruction of Congress than this one."
by Brakkton Booker

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Vikings still on track for playoffs, but questions persist

Vikings still on track for playoffs, but questions persist

After their setback in Seattle on Monday, there’s a persistent question about whether they can produce a complete, winning performance on the road against the league’s elite.
by The Associated Press

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Minn. poison centers see spike in calls related to painkiller gabapentin

Minn. poison centers see spike in calls related to painkiller gabapentin

Increases in gabapentin prescriptions came along with more cases of the drug being misused, causing poisonings and being used in suicide attempts, according to a new study.
by Cody Nelson

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Evening Update for December 3

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Milan Kundera's Czech citizenship is restored after 40 years

Milan Kundera's Czech citizenship is restored after 40 years

The author of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” saw his books banned and citizenship revoked in 1979. Exiled in Paris, Kundera began writing his novels in French.
by Laurel Wamsley

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Marijuana vaping busts on rise; over 500K seized in 2 years

Marijuana vaping busts on rise; over 500K seized in 2 years

The pursuit of pot cartridges in the U.S. has added a new layer to drug enforcement while authorities are grappling with the opioid crisis and other drug issues. The push has been fueled recently by alarm over a deadly lung illness that health officials have linked to illicit THC vaping.
by The Associated Press

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Duluth's Aerial Lift Bridge stuck following weekend blizzard

Duluth's Aerial Lift Bridge stuck following weekend blizzard

The port's ship canal was pounded by waves and heavy ice formed on the bridge, halting lift operations that let ships pass. Duluth officials haven't offered a timeline for when it will return to operation.
by Tim Nelson

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It's our anniversary!

It's our anniversary!

One year ago Tuesday, Angela Davis made her debut as the host of the 11 a.m. call-in program on MPR News. On Tuesday’s show, we looked back on a year of conversations.
by Jim Bickal, Julie Siple and Karen Zamora

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Kamala Harris drops out of presidential race

Kamala Harris drops out of presidential race

California Sen. Kamala Harris entered the presidential primary with high expectations, but her campaign struggled to gain traction in a crowded field.
by Asma Khalid and Scott Detrow

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Minnesota couple, married 68 years, dies just 1 day apart

Bob and Corrine Johnson got married as teens in southern Minnesota’s farm country and lived together for 68 years. They were to be laid to rest Tuesday — after dying 33 hours apart.
by The Associated Press

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Student, officer injured in another high school shooting in Wis.

Police say there’s been another shooting at a Wisconsin high school in which an armed student was confronted by a police officer. Oshkosh police say both were injured and transported to hospitals. It follows a similar shooting at Waukesha South High School Monday morning.
by The Associated Press

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How to eat like the world’s oldest people

How to eat like the world’s oldest people

National Geographic Fellow and Blue Zones author (and Minnesota native) Dan Buettner has travelled across the world to try to figure out what leads to a long, long life. One important factor is what you eat.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Court sides with Congress in battle for Trump’s bank records

Court sides with Congress in battle for Trump’s bank records

The decision came after The House Financial Services and Intelligence committees asked Deutsche Bank and Capital One to turn over records related to Trump’s business ventures as they investigate “foreign influence in the U.S. political process.”
by The Associated Press

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Tinder lets known sex offenders use the app. It’s not the only one

Tinder lets known sex offenders use the app. It’s not the only one

Match Group, which owns most major online dating services, screens for sexual predators on Match — but not on Tinder, OkCupid or PlentyofFish. A spokesperson said, “There are definitely registered sex offenders on our free products.”
by ProPublica Staff

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35 years since Hall & Oates topped the pop chart with ‘Out of Touch’

The music video for the song features the two rockers strutting around a stage set with a giant drum kit — and by the last shot, they're both inside the bass drum.
by Cathy Wurzer

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NTSB: Workers thought gas valve was closed before Minnehaha Academy blast

NTSB: Workers thought gas valve was closed before Minnehaha Academy blast

The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday said a contractor crew mistakenly thought a key valve was closed before they began disassembling gas piping at the Minneapolis private school. The August 2017 explosion killed two employees and leveled a section of the upper school campus.
by Tim Nelson

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Policast: A pledge to fix DHS

Commissioner says she will get DHS back on track; the challenge of adding sprinklers to high-rise apartment buildings
by Mike Mulcahy

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What's on the radio today: Dec. 3, 2019

Here’s what you can hear on the radio for Tuesday, Dec. 3.
by MPR News Staff

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MPR News Update

MPR News Update. Hosted by Cathy Wurzer.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Catholic Charities to expand housing for homeless in Minneapolis

The nonprofit organization is acquiring the Augustana Health Care Center in the Elliot Park neighborhood. Catholic Charities will renovate the building to accommodate about 200 people who are chronically homeless.
by Martin Moylan

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Which health care strategy has the edge among Democrats and swing voters?

Which health care strategy has the edge among Democrats and swing voters?

Fans of Medicare for All are betting that most Democrats who vote have moved left since 2008, at least on health care. But results from a mix of recent polls suggest voters' views aren't clear-cut.
by Julie Rovner

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House Democrats release Ukraine impeachment report

House Democrats release Ukraine impeachment report

In releasing the report, the majority on the House Intelligence Committee, led by Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., wants to set the stage for a hearing scheduled Wednesday in the House Judiciary Committee.
by Philip Ewing

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After an apartment fire kills 5, a call for sprinklers

After an apartment fire kills 5, a call for sprinklers

Adding sprinklers in old buildings can be expensive. But proponents say it’s worth it.
by Martin Moylan

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'Not just physical violence': Advocates say domestic violence goes beyond recent killings

'Not just physical violence': Advocates say domestic violence goes beyond recent killings

Minneapolis police investigated several deaths over the holiday weekend that appear to be caused by former intimate partners. So far this year, 19 people in Minnesota have died at the hands of an intimate partner.
by Alisa Roth

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Humankind documentary: Health care with kindness

Humankind documentary: Health care with kindness

Humankind documentary about a major concern of patients: whether you experience kindness in health care.
by MPR News Staff

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All for naught? Supreme Court indicates gun case may be moot

All for naught? Supreme Court indicates gun case may be moot

At issue was a New York City law that allowed residents to have a permit for a gun at home but barred them from transporting the gun elsewhere except to seven shooting ranges inside the city.
by Nina Totenberg

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Greta Thunberg’s North Dakota photo is at national library

Greta Thunberg’s North Dakota photo is at national library

A photo of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg at a Native American reservation in North Dakota has been archived at the Library of Congress in Washington. Photographer Shane Balkowitsch preserved the image on a glass plate and titled it “Standing For Us All.”
by The Associated Press

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