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Stories from June 5, 2021

Wildfire causes closures in BWCA near Tower, Minn.

Wildfire causes closures in BWCA near Tower, Minn.

A wildfire that is believed to have been started by a lightning strike has forced the closure of some portages, lakes and campsites in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness as a precaution.
by MPR News Staff

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Justice Dept. says it'll no longer seize reporters' records

Justice Dept. says it'll no longer seize reporters' records

The Justice Department says it no longer will secretly obtain reporters’ records during leak investigations. It's a policy shift that abandons a practice long decried by news organizations and press freedom groups.
by The Associated Press

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Police: 3 fatally shot in unrelated attacks in Minneapolis

Authorities say three people were killed in separate shootings in Minneapolis early Saturday, though none of the shootings were related to protests over the fatal shooting of Winston Smith by sheriff’s deputies earlier in the week.
by The Associated Press

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We’re having a heat wave; rainfall will be sparse

We’re having a heat wave; rainfall will be sparse

Hot weather will stay with us for the next week. Nighttime temperatures will also remain well above normal. Rainfall will be scattered and quite limited.
by Bill Endersen

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Confederate names on schools are flash points. Here's one community's story

Confederate names on schools are flash points. Here's one community's story

In the upheaval following the murder of George Floyd, passionate debates ignited across America about what to do with the remnants of the Civil War. It divided one in Jacksonville, Fla.
by Scott Saloway and Milton Guevara

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Hot weekend; scattered storms mainly late Sunday

Hot weekend; scattered storms mainly late Sunday

A hot summer weekend is upon us. Scattered thunderstorms are likely to break out, mostly later on Sunday. Heat will continue all next week with just scattered chances of rain.
by Bill Endersen

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Hundreds expected in northern Minn. to protest Line 3 this weekend

Hundreds expected in northern Minn. to protest Line 3 this weekend

Organizers say more than 1,500 people from around the country are expected in northern Minnesota this weekend for what they’re calling the “largest resistance yet” to the ongoing construction of the Line 3 oil pipeline project.
by Dan Kraker

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Trump returns to campaign trail with election lies and dark warnings

Trump returns to campaign trail with election lies and dark warnings

Relitigating the election with baseless allegations comes as no surprise. It's been a focus of Trump's since leaving office. That was evident in an NPR analysis of nearly two months of his statements.
by Domenico Montanaro

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An Argentinean novel spins countless stories from a bicycle wheel

An Argentinean novel spins countless stories from a bicycle wheel

César Aira's “The Divorce,” a 2008 novel now out in English, centers around one charged moment at a Buenos Aires cafe, when water falling from an awning suddenly drenches a passing bicyclist.
by Kamil Ahsan

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