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Stories from September 15, 2020

U of M students move in, and test the latest COVID-19 measures

U of M students move in, and test the latest COVID-19 measures

The pandemic has changed many things, but the basics were still the same, with parents and students pulling unwieldy futons into buildings and tearful goodbyes.
by Peter Cox

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Feds reject petition to place moose on endangered species list

Feds reject petition to place moose on endangered species list

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has denied a petition made five years ago by two environmental groups to grant endangered species protection to the moose in the Upper Midwest.
by Dan Kraker

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Walz urges Trump and Biden to follow Minnesota's COVID-19 rules

Walz urges Trump and Biden to follow Minnesota's COVID-19 rules

Gov. Tim Walz sent a letter Tuesday to the Trump and Biden campaigns reminding them of Minnesota’s guidelines designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Both candidates are scheduled to campaign in the state Friday.
by Brian Bakst

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Now, some Minneapolis officials want cops back

Now, some Minneapolis officials want cops back, saying increase in crime needs a response from the city. This is an MPR News evening update for September 15, 2020, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

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Facebook tries to tackle misinformation with new climate change hub

Facebook tries to tackle misinformation with new climate change hub

Facebook is launching a page focused on climate change facts. Facebook's Nick Clegg talked with NPR about the company's steps to stop misinformation on climate change and other issues.
by James Doubek

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In 2020, wedding vendors say 'I do' to uncertainty

In 2020, wedding vendors say 'I do' to uncertainty

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with two local wedding industry insiders on what it’s been like to navigate the pandemic.
by Angela Davis and Katie Moritz

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Minnesota school bus driver on driving, adapting during pandemic

Minnesota school bus driver on driving, adapting during pandemic

For many K-12 students this fall, another day of school means sitting in front of a computer screen at home. For others, it means hopping on a school bus for face-to-face time in the classroom — but the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how those in-person classes are held, and how students get to school on the bus.
by Cathy Wurzer and Julia Franz

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Two campaign aides shot in Minneapolis

Two off-duty campaign staffers were shot in Minneapolis Monday. A teen died at the scene of the shooting. Another man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening wounds. Both were members of the campaign team of Republican congressional candidate Lacy Johnson.
by MPR News Staff

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School leader: Big Ten football on hold until questions answered

School leader: Big Ten football on hold until questions answered

The University of Wisconsin chancellor says Big Ten football will remain on hold until there are answers to questions about COVID-19 testing and tracing. Big Ten leaders are reconsidering a fall season after a weekend of meetings about a plan to begin play as soon as mid-October.
by The Associated Press

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Collect data, influence votes: 'If Then' traces the genesis of data-driven politics

Collect data, influence votes: 'If Then' traces the genesis of data-driven politics

In “If Then,” historian Jill Lepore tells the story of Simulmatics. Founded in 1959, the company's "people machine" used a computer program to predict the impact of various political messages.
by Dave Davies

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Netflix CEO embraces 'no rules,' but work is anything but chill

In his new book “No Rules Rules,” Reed Hastings argues that in order for a creative workplace to succeed, it needs as few policies and rules as possible. Others say the culture is demoralizing.
by Bobby Allyn

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Grand Jury issued criminal subpoenas in connection with John Bolton book

Grand Jury issued criminal subpoenas in connection with John Bolton book

The move signals the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation surrounding the publication of “The Room Where It Happened” after an unsuccessful effort to block it from being published.
by Carrie Johnson

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A widow discovers that her marriage wasn't 'Monogamy'

A widow discovers that her marriage wasn't 'Monogamy'

As the central character struggles with grief and shock at her late husband's infidelity, author Sue Miller keeps deftly shifting what readers might anticipate to be the ending of this novel.
by Maureen Corrigan

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Report: 'Alarming' rates of police and prosecutor misconduct

The National Registry of Exonerations spent more than six years examining the cases of 2,400 innocent people who were exonerated from 1989 to 2019, finding that 54 percent were sent to prison because of intentional or negligent mistakes by police, prosecutors and other law enforcement officials.
by Robin McDowell

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U.S. tariffs on China are illegal, says world trade body

U.S. tariffs on China are illegal, says world trade body

The decision marks the first time the World Trade Organization has ruled against a series of tariffs that President Donald Trump’s administration has imposed on a number of countries, allies and rivals alike. The ruling could allow China to impose retaliatory tariffs.
by The Associated Press

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Navalny posts hospital photo of himself, plans Russia return

Navalny posts hospital photo of himself, plans Russia return

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has posted a picture of himself in a Berlin hospital. His Instagram post says: “Hi, this is Navalny. I have been missing you. I still can’t do almost anything on my own, but yesterday I managed to breathe on my own for the entire day.”
by The Associated Press

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City to pay millions to Breonna Taylor's mom, reform police

City to pay millions to Breonna Taylor's mom, reform police

The city of Louisville will pay several million dollars to the mother of Breonna Taylor and install police reforms as part of a settlement of a lawsuit from Taylor's family, The Associated Press has learned.
by The Associated Press

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Warm Tuesday, then temperatures dive

Most of Minnesota stays warm and windy Tuesday, but temperatures dive again by Wednesday behind a strong cold front.
by Nicole Mitchell

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Southern Minnesota sees 80s Tuesday

Most of Minnesota sees warm and windy conditions Tuesday, while the northern edge of the state starts feeling the impacts of a cold front.
by Nicole Mitchell

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Still walking the 'edge of the cliff'

Despite some recent hopeful trends in Minnesota’s COVID-19 data, state health officials are still prepping Minnesotans to expect a long road back to normalcy. Hospitalizations are down and daily death counts are moderate. But new cases have been growing significantly for weeks, raising concerns that new cases now will create more severe health problems later. This is an MPR News morning update for Wednesday, September 15, 2020. Hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Our theme music is by Gary Meister.

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Choking air from Western fires just won't ease up

Choking air from Western fires just won't ease up

Relief from putrid, dangerous air spewing from massive wildfires across the West won't come until later in the week or beyond, scientists and forecasters say, and the hazy and gunk-filled skies might stick around for even longer.
by The Associated Press

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South Dakota AG discovered man's body day after crash

South Dakota AG discovered man's body day after crash

South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg said that he discovered he had struck and killed a man walking along a rural stretch of highway only after returning to the scene the next day and discovering the body. Ravnsborg said he initially thought he hit a deer while driving home from a Republican fundraiser Saturday night.
by The Associated Press

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Hurricane Sally slows, gathering a deluge for the Gulf Coast

Hurricane Sally slows, gathering a deluge for the Gulf Coast

Hurricane Sally, a plodding but powerful storm with winds of 85 mph, crept toward the northern Gulf Coast early Tuesday, with forecasters warning of potentially deadly storm surges, flash floods spurred by up to 2 feet of rain and the possibility of tornadoes.
by The Associated Press

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Sept. 15 update on COVID-19 in MN: 5 more deaths; case growth moderate

Sept. 15 update on COVID-19 in MN: 5 more deaths; case growth moderate

The newest numbers come as officials continue to prep Minnesotans to expect a long road back to normalcy. The state health commissioner says we’re in the “third or fourth inning” of the pandemic.
by MPR News Staff

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Growing demand for wilderness education may widen learning inequality

Growing demand for wilderness education may widen learning inequality

Parents desperate to get their kids outdoors and offline are choosing wilderness schools for their kids, but poor, urban kids are missing out. Educators in Kingston, N.Y., are trying to change that.
by Ben James

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Suburbs loom large in campaign for legislative control

Suburbs loom large in campaign for legislative control

The future of Minnesota’s divided state government is on the ballot in November, as all 201 seats in the Legislature are up for grabs.
by Tim Pugmire

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Is the U.S. Department of Justice being 'weaponized?'

Is the U.S. Department of Justice being 'weaponized?'

Washington Post reporter Tom Hamburger and former Vice President Walter Mondale discuss the politics of the Department of Justice at a University of Minnesota Humphrey School event.

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