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Stories from October 28, 2020

Senate candidate Lewis out of hospital after 2-night stay

Senate candidate Lewis out of hospital after 2-night stay

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis of Minnesota was released from a hospital Wednesday afternoon following a two-night stay for emergency internal hernia surgery, the campaign said in a release.
by The Associated Press

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Drinking more during the pandemic? You're not alone

Drinking more during the pandemic? You're not alone

MPR News host Angela Davis spoke with Dr. Joseph Lee, medical director of Hazelden Betty Ford Youth Continuum, and a 45-year member of Alcoholics Anonymous to talk about the danger of using alcohol to ease the stress of daily life and how to get help.
by Angela Davis and Arfie Ghedi

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Minnesota will aim COVID fight at spread among young adults

Minnesota will aim COVID fight at spread among young adults as transmission accelerates and hospitalizations hit record highs. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

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Justices deny fast, new look at Pennsylvania ballot deadline

Justices deny fast, new look at Pennsylvania ballot deadline

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would not grant a quick, pre-election review to a new Republican appeal to exclude Pennsylvania absentee ballots received after Election Day.
by The Associated Press

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Hurricane Zeta makes landfall near New Orleans as Category 2 storm

Hurricane Zeta makes landfall near New Orleans as Category 2 storm

The governors of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi each declared a state of emergency ahead of the Category 2 hurricane. "Pray for God's protection," Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said.
by Matthew S. Schwartz

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Former DHS official says he wrote 'Anonymous' Trump critique

Former DHS official says he wrote 'Anonymous' Trump critique

 A former Trump administration official who penned a scathing anti-Trump op-ed and book under the pen name “Anonymous” revealed himself Wednesday as a former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security.
by The Associated Press

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Hagidda Codbixiyaha: Halka ay arrimaha socda ka taagan yihiin murashixiinta degmada saddexaad ama 3nd District

Hagidda Codbixiyaha: Halka ay arrimaha socda ka taagan yihiin murashixiinta degmada saddexaad ama 3nd District

Degmada 3-aad waa kursi uu hadda haysto Xildhibaan ah Dimuquraaddi ama DFL Rep. Dean Phillips waxaa tartan kula jirta murashax ah jamhuuri ama Republican Kendall Qualls. Halkan ka akhriso meelaha ay kala taagnaayeen murashixiinta mar ay isaga hor yimaadeen dood loogu qabtay idaacadda raadiyaha MPR News.
by MPR News Staff

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Lus qhia rau tus pov npav: Nyob rau qhov chaw uas cov neeg los sib tw ua nom nyob rau Cheeb Tsam thib 3 sawv los hais txog cov teeb meem

Lus qhia rau tus pov npav: Nyob rau qhov chaw uas cov neeg los sib tw ua nom nyob rau Cheeb Tsam thib 3 sawv los hais txog cov teeb meem

Nyob rau Cheeb Tsam thib 3, tus tuav txoj hauj lwm Sawv Cev rau DFL Dean Phillips sib tw nrog tus Republican Kendall Qualls. Ntawm no yog qhia ib tug khiav ua nom tswv twb txoj kev xav li cas thaum muaj txoj kev sib cam  ua tsim tsa los ntawm MPR Cov Xov Xwm.
by MPR News Staff

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Even in death, pot candidate upends 2nd District race

Even in death, pot candidate upends 2nd District race

Adam Weeks was never going to win his Minnesota congressional race, but the deceased Legal Marijuana Now Party candidate has had an outsized effect on the suburban race.
by The Associated Press

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Guía para el votante: Posición de los candidatos del 3.er Distrito sobre los temas relevantes

Guía para el votante: Posición de los candidatos del 3.er Distrito sobre los temas relevantes

En el 3.er Distrito, el representante titular demócrata, Dean Phillips, se enfrenta al retador republicano Kendall Qualls. A continuación, se presentan las posiciones de cada candidato durante el debate organizado por MPR News.
by MPR News Staff

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Hagidda Codbixiyaha: Halka ay arrimaha socda ka taagan yihiin murashixiinta degmada lixaad ama 6th District

Hagidda Codbixiyaha: Halka ay arrimaha socda ka taagan yihiin murashixiinta degmada lixaad ama 6th District

Degmada 6-aad ama 6th District, waa kursi uu hadda haysto xildhibaan jamhuuri ah ama Republican Rep. Tom Emmer waxaa la tartamaya murashax ah dimuquraaddi ama DFL Tawnja Zahradka. Halkan ka akhriso meelaha ay kala taagnaayeen murashixiinta markii ay isaga hor yimaadeen dood loogu qabtay idaacadda raadiyaha MPR News.
by MPR News Staff

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Lus qhia rau tus pov npav: Nyob rau qhov chaw uas cov neeg los sib tw ua nom nyob rau Cheeb Tsam thib 6 sawv los hais txog cov teeb meem

Lus qhia rau tus pov npav: Nyob rau qhov chaw uas cov neeg los sib tw ua nom nyob rau Cheeb Tsam thib 6 sawv los hais txog cov teeb meem

Nyob rau hauv Cheeb Tsam 6, tus tuav txoj hauj lwm Sawv Cev Rau Republican  Tom Emmer sib tw nrog DFL  Tawnja Zahradka. Ntawm no yog qhia ib tug khiav ua nom tswv twb txoj kev xav li cas thaum muaj txoj kev sib cam ua tsim tsa los ntawm MPR Cov Xov Xwm.
by MPR News Staff

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Guía para el votante: Posición de los candidatos del 6.o Distrito sobre los temas relevantes

Guía para el votante: Posición de los candidatos del 6.o Distrito sobre los temas relevantes

En el 6.º distrito, el representante titular republicano Tom Emmer se enfrenta a la retadora demócrata, Tawnja Zahradka. A continuación, se presentan las posiciones de cada candidato durante un debate organizado por MPR News.
by MPR News Staff

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Twin Cities alt-weekly City Pages closes after 41 years

Twin Cities alt-weekly City Pages closes after 41 years

The Star Tribune announced Wednesday that this week’s print edition of the alt-weekly would be the last.
by Tim Nelson

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Walz: State plans to launch COVID-19 testing effort among young adults

Walz: State plans to launch COVID-19 testing effort among young adults

Minnesotans ages 18 to 35 who are infected but don’t have any symptoms are driving much of the virus’ spread. Gov. Tim Walz says plans are underway to make testing easily available to people in that age range, a group that amounts to hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans.
by Dan Gunderson and Catharine Richert

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The 'Rainflower Project' helps people talk through tragedy

The 'Rainflower Project' helps people talk through tragedy

A huge collection of individually made ceramic flowers lights up a suburban Twin Cities yard with its beauty. However, the “Rainflower Project” also serves as a way to spur conversations about mental health and suicide.
by Myah Christenson

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60 charged in $300M phone scam targeting elderly victims

60 charged in $300M phone scam targeting elderly victims

Sixty people are charged in a widespread magazine telemarketing scam that authorities say netted $300 million from more than 150,000 elderly and vulnerable people nationwide, Minnesota U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald announced Wednesday. She called it the largest elder fraud scheme in the country.
by The Associated Press

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The state of federal environmental policy during the Trump years   

The state of federal environmental policy during the Trump years   

President Donald Trump is a vocal climate change doubter, and he was elected after promising an era of environmental deregulation that he claimed would be more friendly to business. Did he deliver? 
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Trump to campaign in Rochester Friday

Trump to campaign in Rochester Friday

President Donald Trump will return to Minnesota in the closing days of the 2020 campaign. He has a rally scheduled in Rochester on Friday evening.
by Brian Bakst

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Photos: Miss South Sudan USA pageant brings out confidence, community

Photos: Miss South Sudan USA pageant brings out confidence, community

Contestants from throughout the Midwest gathered in Bloomington for a socially distant pageant to inspire their community at home and in the United States.
by Evan Frost

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Wisconsin cancels Nebraska game; coach Chryst tests positive

Wisconsin cancels Nebraska game; coach Chryst tests positive

Wisconsin has canceled its scheduled game at Nebraska on Saturday and paused all team activities for at least seven days after a dozen people within the program including coach Paul Chryst had tested positive for COVID-19. 
by The Associated Press

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Days before election, tech CEOs defend themselves from GOP claims of censorship

Days before election, tech CEOs defend themselves from GOP claims of censorship

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Google's Sundar Pichai go before the Senate Commerce Committee to defend Section 230, a law that protects them from lawsuits over users' posts.
by Shannon Bond

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Highs in the 40s and 50s by Halloween

Other than a wintry mix of precipitation Wednesday morning, Minnesota stays primarily dry in the week ahead, while temperatures trend mostly warmer.
by Nicole Mitchell

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Trump has weaponized masculinity as president. Here's why it matters

Trump has weaponized masculinity as president. Here's why it matters

Donald Trump's macho messaging has been a big part of his political success. It's even been reflected in some of his policies as president. But campaign opponents are trying to turn it against him.
by Danielle Kurtzleben

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Highs finally make it out of the 30s

Northern Minnesota sees a wintry mix of weather Wednesday morning, while the rest of the state sees sunshine and slightly milder temperatures.
by Nicole Mitchell

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Some events ‘no longer safe’

Minnesota’s COVID-19’s toll continued its grim ascent this week with the Health Department on Tuesday reporting 15 more deaths, nearly 2,200 more cases and a record number of hospitalizations. The newest numbers come a day after Gov. Tim Walz and public health experts painted an increasingly worrisome picture of a COVID-19 outbreak now driven more by people letting their guard down at family gatherings and celebrations, sporting events and informal meetups rather than at stores, restaurants and bars. This is an MPR News morning update for Wednesday, October 28, 2020. Hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Our theme music is by Gary Meister.

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Read the Minneapolis City Council's survey responses on rethinking MPD

Whether Minneapolis was aiming to defund, reform or abolish the police has been an area of bewilderment for many city residents and the public at large. MPR News submitted a list of six questions about the issues around defunding the police to all 13 Minneapolis council members. 
by Jiwon Choi and Jon Collins

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After pledging to defund police, Mpls. City Council still rethinking public safety

After pledging to defund police, Mpls. City Council still rethinking public safety

While it remains to be seen where those efforts to vastly reimagine public safety will land, an MPR News survey of Minneapolis council members show that there’s still significant common ground among them for changing the city’s relationship with the Police Department, including transferring police responsibilities to social workers, leaving police to focus on responding to and investigating crime. 
by Jon Collins and Brandt Williams

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Oct. 28 update on COVID-19 in MN: Hospitalizations, cases, deaths climbing steeply

Oct. 28 update on COVID-19 in MN: Hospitalizations, cases, deaths climbing steeply

Wednesday’s Health Department data added more detail to an increasingly grim portrait of the pandemic in Minnesota amid a week of record hospitalizations, steeply rising caseloads and double-digit daily deaths.
by MPR News Staff

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10 House races to watch

10 House races to watch

House Democrats hope to pick up seats in this election and add to their 232-197 majority. They have focused on President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus and threats to the health care law.
by Kelsey Snell

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Mille Lacs County board race highlights old tensions

Mille Lacs County board race highlights old tensions

Bradley Harrington, who serves as the state tribal liaison for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, says he hopes to set a new, less divisive tone. Dave Oslin is seeking his third term and looks forward to a federal court decision that could resolve a long-running boundary dispute.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Five tips — and a bunch of ideas — to help you celebrate Halloween safely this year

Five tips — and a bunch of ideas — to help you celebrate Halloween safely this year

Many traditional Halloween traditions, like trick or treating, involve face-to-face interactions with lots of different people. But this year, in order to prevent the spread and protect each other from COVID-19, some parts of Halloween may need a little updating. 
by Madison Moroder

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Political analyst Amy Walter sizes up the 2020 election at St. Olaf College event

Political analyst Amy Walter sizes up the 2020 election at St. Olaf College event

Political analyst Amy Walter of the non-partisan Cook Political Report and host of public radio’s “Politics with Amy Walter” on The Takeaway speaks about the 2020 election at a St. Olaf College event.

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LA Dodgers win World Series, defeating Tampa Bay 3-1

LA Dodgers win World Series, defeating Tampa Bay 3-1

It was the end of a pandemic-shortened season of only 60 games. Los Angeles won for the first time in 32 years.
by Russell Lewis

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What one school board’s decision to 'let them play' means for Minnesota 

What one school board’s decision to 'let them play' means for Minnesota 

On Monday the Anoka-Hennepin school board voted 5-1 to continue high school sports and extracurricular activities, while transitioning students to distance learning. Other districts are likely watching Anoka-Hennepin’s experience and could make similar decisions going forward as they try to resume the normal rhythms of the school year. 
by Elizabeth Shockman

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New study points to invisible killer of infants

New study points to invisible killer of infants

The culprit is air pollution — a problem around the globe, from homes where people cook using coal and wood to the smoky streets of San Francisco when wildfires were raging.
by Michaeleen Doucleff

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'Dude, I'm done': When politics tears families and friendships apart

'Dude, I'm done': When politics tears families and friendships apart

During a bruising political season, many Americans are dropping friends and family members who have different political views. Experts say we should be talking more, not less.
by Tovia Smith

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