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Stories from May 1, 2021

Medina Spirit wins Kentucky Derby; Bob Baffert does it again

Medina Spirit wins Kentucky Derby; Bob Baffert does it again

The 3-year-old colt won the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby, giving dominant trainer Bob Baffert a record seventh Derby win.
by Emma Bowman

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Temps retreat on Sunday; rain and thunder chances

Temps retreat on Sunday; rain and thunder chances

We saw incredibly dry air in parts of Minnesota Saturday. We have details on that, plus a look at our Sunday rain chances and temperature trends for the coming week.
by Ron Trenda

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How 26 people in the census count helped Minnesota beat New York for a House seat

How 26 people in the census count helped Minnesota beat New York for a House seat

Small census numbers can make a big difference. If Minnesota's 2020 count included 26 fewer residents, it might have lost a seat in Congress — a seat that New York fell short of winning by 89 people.
by Hansi Lo Wang

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Biden wants to go tough on Wall Street. The response? The best rally since FDR

Biden wants to go tough on Wall Street. The response? The best rally since FDR

The S&P 500 surged 11 percent in President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office — the best performance to start a presidential term since Franklin D. Roosevelt started his first term in 1933.
by David Gura

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Olympia Dukakis, Oscar-winning 'Moonstruck' star, dies at 89

Olympia Dukakis, Oscar-winning 'Moonstruck' star, dies at 89

Olympia Dukakis, the veteran stage and screen actress whose flair for maternal roles helped her win an Oscar as Cher’s mother in the romantic comedy “Moonstruck,” has died. She was 89.
by The Associated Press

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COVID 'doesn't discriminate by age': Serious cases on the rise in younger adults

COVID 'doesn't discriminate by age': Serious cases on the rise in younger adults

With older adults vaccinated, doctors say a growing share of their COVID-19 patients are in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, as more contagious variants circulate among people who are still unvaccinated.
by Will Stone

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Somali lawmakers reverse president's extended stay in power

The controversial two-year term extension for Somalia’s president evaporated Saturday after intense public pressure, as the lower house of parliament approved his request to instead support efforts to organize the country’s long-delayed national election.
by The Associated Press

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Ask a Bookseller: ‘Solutions and Other Problems’

Ask a Bookseller: ‘Solutions and Other Problems’

This week, Ask a Bookseller called closer to home, with a recommendation from Charlie Aldrich of Buffalo Books & Coffee in Buffalo, Minn. He recommended “Solutions and Other Problems,” written and illustrated by Allie Brosh.
by Emily Bright

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TSA extends mask mandate aboard flights through summer as travel increases

TSA extends mask mandate aboard flights through summer as travel increases

Even as COVID-19 cases decrease and more Americans get vaccinated, the Transportation Security Administration is keeping strict regulations on mask-wearing when traveling domestically.
by Elena Moore

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A summery Saturday; shower chances return Sunday, with thunder possible too

A summery Saturday; shower chances return Sunday, with thunder possible too

We’re starting May with July-like warmth, then our temps will retreat on Sunday and Monday. We have your weekend forecast details, including Sunday rain chances, plus a look at the week ahead.
by Ron Trenda

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Got mud? For coastal cities, humble dirt has become a hot commodity

Got mud? For coastal cities, humble dirt has become a hot commodity

Coastal communities will need massive amounts of mud and dirt to protect their shorelines from rising seas. One federal agency has it — but most is disposed of, instead of reused.
by Lauren Sommer

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An artist and a scientist take on the stigma of addiction

An artist and a scientist take on the stigma of addiction

The nation's top addiction scientist has teamed up with a prominent artist to let people know that substance use disorder is a disease, not a moral failure. "Prevention and treatment and recovery can't take place until we get rid of the stigma," artist William Stoehr says.
by Jon Hamilton

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'Great Circle' takes flight across decades and continents

'Great Circle' takes flight across decades and continents

The daredevil aviator in Maggie Shipstead's new novel was inspired by Amelia Earhart. Shipstead says she wants to investigate the difference between death and a disappearance like Earhart's.
by Scott Simon

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Combating the ag industry's history of discriminatory practices

Combating the ag industry's history of discriminatory practices

A lawsuit filed by a group of white farmers from the Midwest asks a federal court to declare a program that erases USDA loans for farmers from “socially disadvantaged groups” discriminatory and unconstitutional. But there's a long history of discrimination against women and people of color in agriculture — and the effects continue to impact the industry today.
by Dan Gunderson

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A summery first day of May

A summery first day of May

Today is the first day of May, but it’ll feel like July. We have your Saturday forecast details.
by Ron Trenda

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'It made my heart broke': Marshall first-graders, parents grieve loss of classmate to COVID-19

'It made my heart broke': Marshall first-graders, parents grieve loss of classmate to COVID-19

School community members this week grieved the loss of a first grader at Park Side Elementary School in Marshall. Many families navigated the loss — and helped their children try to make sense of it.
by Hannah Yang

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Portugal opens world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge

Portugal opens world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge

The record-breaking bridge measures about 1,692 feet long and is suspended more than 570 feet above a rushing river. Officials in the town of Arouca called it "frighteningly beautiful."
by Rachel Treisman

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Murderbot meets Miss Marple in 'Fugitive Telemetry'

Murderbot meets Miss Marple in 'Fugitive Telemetry'

Martha Wells' new Murderbot novella is a classic locked-room mystery — only the locked room is a docked shuttle at a normally peaceful space station ill-equipped to deal with murder and mayhem.
by Jason Sheehan

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