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Stories from January 22, 2021

Neighbors make surprise discovery in Duluth beach restoration: Shreds of vintage cans

Neighbors make surprise discovery in Duluth beach restoration: Shreds of vintage cans

In the past few months, people who live along Duluth's Park Point spit have been picking up shredded aluminum cans — by the bagful — on the neighborhood's Lake Superior beach. The metal fragments were inadvertently deposited there last fall, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredged sediment from the harbor to help build back the eroding beach.
by Dan Kraker

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Refugee resettlement coordinator is hopeful for what comes next under Biden

Refugee resettlement coordinator is hopeful for what comes next under Biden

Corine Dehabey runs a group that helps resettle refugees in Toledo, Ohio. She says her organization is "hopeful" and "excited" about Biden's plan to raise the number of refugees allowed into the U.S.
by James Doubek and Ari Shapiro

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How journaling helps us process the pandemic

How journaling helps us process the pandemic

Journaling is a personal form of self-expression, but it can also be an insight into an unprecedented time.
by Angela Davis and Arfie Ghedi

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Older Minnesotans with new COVID vaccine appointments get shots, but others remain frustrated

Older Minnesotans with new COVID vaccine appointments get shots, but others remain frustrated

Vaccinations for people age 65 and older have started at nine sites across Minnesota and continue through Saturday. The pilot program, new this week, was quickly overwhelmed and officials say they are working out some problems ahead of another signup scheduled for Tuesday.
by Peter Cox

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St. Paul native led this week's inauguration parade

St. Paul native led this week's inauguration parade

After a year of planning, with plenty of curveballs along the way, Lt. Col. Thomas Chapeau calls it an “epic day.”
by Tom Crann

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Klobuchar says Senate can try Trump and get its business done

Senator Amy Klobuchar says the Senate has to do its constitutional duty by holding a trial on former President Trump's impeachment, while doing its other jobs, as well. Also, the Minnesota National Guard says hundreds of its members who've been in the nation's Capitol since last weekend will return home sometime next week. The is an afternoon MPR News update for Jan. 22, 2021. Hosted by Nina Moini. Theme music by Gary Meister.
by Nina Moini

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Records: Trump allies behind rally that ignited Capitol riot

Records: Trump allies behind rally that ignited Capitol riot

An Associated Press review of records finds that veterans of President Donald Trump’s unsuccessful campaign had key roles in the Washington rally that spawned a deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol. 
by The Associated Press

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Guard in DC forced to sleep in garages, sparking outcry

Guard in DC forced to sleep in garages, sparking outcry

Images of National Guard soldiers camped in a cold parking garage after being sent to protect Washington sparked new calls Friday for investigations of the U.S. Capitol Police, now facing allegations that the agency evicted troops sent to help after its failure to stop rioting mobs two weeks ago.
by The Associated Press

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Women's bubble hockey: NWHL season will be a 2-week sprint

Women's bubble hockey: NWHL season will be a 2-week sprint

The National Women's Hockey League begins its sprint of a season in a quarantined bubble Saturday in Lake Placid, New York. Each of the league's six teams play five times in eight days.
by The Associated Press

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Biden orders review of domestic extremism threat in U.S.

Biden orders review of domestic extremism threat in U.S.

President Joe Biden has directed his intelligence community to study the threat of domestic extremism in the United States, an undertaking being launched weeks after a violent mob loyal to Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol.
by The Associated Press

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Weekend forecast: Saturday snowstorm, quiet on Sunday

Weekend forecast: Saturday snowstorm, quiet on Sunday

Snow lovers will like this weekend forecast. Snow spreads across much of Minnesota on Saturday, with the highest snow totals expected in the south. We have the updated weekend forecast.
by Ron Trenda

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Listener question: Which parts of Minnesota have seen the most snowfall this winter?

According to retired University of Minnesota climatologist and meteorologist Mark Seeley, wide swaths of northeastern Minnesota have reported more than 40 inches of snow already this winter, while areas around Duluth in particular have seen more than 50 inches.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Klobuchar on impeachment, COVID relief: Congress ‘should be able to do many things at once’

Klobuchar on impeachment, COVID relief: Congress ‘should be able to do many things at once’

As President Biden signs a flurry of executive orders and members of his administration move into their new desks, the specter of an impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump still looms.
by Cathy Wurzer and Julia Franz

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Cold Friday, then areas of heavy snow Saturday

Cold Friday, then areas of heavy snow Saturday

Following cold weather Friday, temperatures turn more seasonable over the weekend, but that shift comes along with a snowstorm expected to bring over 6 inches of snow to portions of the state.
by Nicole Mitchell

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Back in school? What you need to know about COVID-19 testing for students

Back in school? What you need to know about COVID-19 testing for students

State health officials are now urging COVID-19 testing for children and college students who are returning to school. The announcement Thursday formally expands the list of who should seek a coronavirus test, and comes days after thousands of elementary school students began attending school in person for the first time in months.
by MPR News Staff, Elizabeth Shockman and Matt Sepic

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State wants students, youth athletes tested for COVID

Minnesota health officials are urging K-12 and college students returning to campus, along with kids playing youth sports and anyone else “who regularly interacts with people outside of their family unit or household” to get tested. This is an MPR News morning update for Friday, January 22, 2021. Hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Our theme music is by Gary Meister.

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Friday brings the coldest weather this January

Much of Minnesota is seeing the coldest morning so far this January, and many places, including the Twin Cities, are likely to have the coldest highs as well.
by Nicole Mitchell

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Guard troops head home after helping secure Biden inaugural

Guard troops head home after helping secure Biden inaugural

The National Guard Bureau said Thursday that of the nearly 26,000 Guard troops deployed to D.C. for the inaugural, just 10,600 remain on duty. The bureau said the Guard is helping states with coordination and the logistics so that troops can get home.
by The Associated Press

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Biden ordering stopgap help as talks start on big aid plan

Biden ordering stopgap help as talks start on big aid plan

President Joe Biden is taking executive action to provide a stopgap measure of financial relief to millions of Americans. Biden wants to get assistance flowing while Congress begins to consider the president’s much larger $1.9 trillion package to help those affected by the pandemic. 
by The Associated Press

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6 numbers that show President Biden's greatest challenges

6 numbers that show President Biden's greatest challenges

President Joe Biden is calling for unity to address several current crises, but that will prove difficult in a country as divided as ever.
by Domenico Montanaro

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Americans are moving to escape climate impacts. Towns expect more to come

Americans are moving to escape climate impacts. Towns expect more to come

Nashua, N.H., expects to be a destination for people migrating away from the coasts and toward cooler temperatures. Officials say a pandemic influx has shown the need to plan for that growth.
by Annie Ropeik

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She resisted getting her kids the usual vaccines. Then the pandemic hit

Lydia, a mother of three in Canada, was opposed getting her kids vaccinated against childhood diseases. The pandemic led her out of that movement. Getting there was a yearslong search for answers.
by Steve Mullis, Rachel Martin and Bo Hamby

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Fauci unleashed: Doc takes 'liberating' turn at center stage

Fauci unleashed: Doc takes 'liberating' turn at center stage

After surviving nearly a year of darts and undermining comments from former President Donald Trump, Dr. Anthony Fauci is back. He now speaks with the authority of the White House again. The doctor called it “liberating” Thursday to be backed by a science-friendly administration that has embraced his recommendations to battle COVID-19.
by The Associated Press

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McConnell seeks to push Trump impeachment trial to February

McConnell seeks to push Trump impeachment trial to February

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is proposing to push back the start of Donald Trump's impeachment trial to February to give the former president time to prepare and review his case.
by The Associated Press

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White nationalism and the GOP

White nationalism and the GOP

White supremacist ideology has increasingly infiltrated American political discourse over the course of the Trump presidency. How did it get so rooted in the Republican Party?
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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