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Temps rebound nicely this week; updated Election Day forecast

Temps rebound nicely this week; updated Election Day forecast

Are you ready for some warmer temps? If so, you’ll like the weather this week. We have all the forecast details, plus a look at Election Day weather history.
by Ron Trenda

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Video of Minnesota event altered to make it look like Biden greeted wrong state

Video of Minnesota event altered to make it look like Biden greeted wrong state

It's an awkward moment when a candidate greets a crowd and names the wrong state. Fortunately for Democratic nominee Joe Biden, that didn’t happen to him this week, despite a widely shared video that appears to show him saying “Hello, Minnesota” to a crowd in Florida.
by The Associated Press

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Cook's 4 TDs help Vikings knock off Packers

Cook's 4 TDs help Vikings knock off Packers

Dalvin Cook gained 226 yards from scrimmage and became the first Viking in over four decades to score four touchdowns in a single game as Minnesota defeated the Green Bay Packers 28-22 on Sunday.
by The Associated Press

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Nearly 1.7 million Minnesotans have cast ballots in early voting

Nearly 1.7 million Minnesotans have cast ballots in early voting

The Secretary of State’s Office says the surge in early voting has kept up in the final weekend before Election Day, with far more absentee ballots submitted than in any prior election. 
by Brian Bakst

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Thousands of goldfish removed from Twin Cities lake

Thousands of goldfish removed from Twin Cities lake

A few of the aquarium pets were likely dumped into the lake in Chaska. The combination of relatively poor water quality and few other predatory fish species allowed the goldfish to reproduce in massive numbers.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Election week special: Your last-minute voting questions, answered

Election week special: Your last-minute voting questions, answered

With voting disinformation swirling and recent court rulings confusing things further, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon joined MPR News political editor Mike Mulcahy to answer listeners’ last-minute voting questions.
by Mike Mulcahy and Katie Moritz

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Texas high court denies GOP effort to reject thousands of Houston votes

Texas high court denies GOP effort to reject thousands of Houston votes

The state’s all-Republican Supreme Court rejected a GOP-led petition to toss nearly 127,000 ballots cast at drive-thru voting places in the Houston area. It’s still set to be taken up during an emergency hearing in federal court on Monday.
by The Associated Press

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The front line at home: Photos document a health care worker's new normal

The front line at home: Photos document a health care worker's new normal

The daughter of health care worker in the New York City area is photographing her mother and the rest of her family during the pandemic. Her photos give witness to her mother's determination to live fully in a new normal.
by Melissa Bunni Elian

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U.K. says 4-week coronavirus lockdown may have to last longer

U.K. says 4-week coronavirus lockdown may have to last longer

A new national lockdown in England may have to last longer than the planned four weeks if coronavirus infection rates don’t fall quickly enough, a senior government minister said Sunday.
by The Associated Press

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Chilly Sunday as winds slowly taper off; warmup begins Monday

The window-rattling winds of Saturday night and early Sunday have shifting eastward. We’ll have chilly sunshine Sunday afternoon, but much warmer temps are on tap this coming week
by Ron Trenda

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More patients to gain easy, free access to doctors' notes about their care

More patients to gain easy, free access to doctors' notes about their care

Patients have long had a right to their medical records, including doctor notes, but obtaining them could mean filling out requests, waiting for a response and paying fees. A 2016 law said delays and barriers must be removed.
by The Associated Press

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Strongest winds shift east, cold Sunday

The window rattling winds of Saturday night will ease a bit today, but wind advisories continue to the east. We have your Sunday forecast.
by Ron Trenda

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