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Stories from June 8, 2021

As long as a basketball court: Australia's largest dinosaur confirmed

As long as a basketball court: Australia's largest dinosaur confirmed

"Cooper," a gargantuan dinosaur that roamed the Outback, is the first of its kind found outside South America. The new species had a long neck and tail, as well as four legs, and ate plants.
by James Doubek

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Alise Willoughby prepares for start of delayed Tokyo Olympic Games

Alise Willoughby prepares for start of delayed Tokyo Olympic Games

Athletes across the country are preparing to head to Tokyo. One that has ties to Minnesota is BMX racer Alise Willoughby from St. Cloud. She spoke with host Tom Crann on her training, facing challenges with her husband’s injury, and preparing after the pandemic.
by Tom Crann and Lindsay Guentzel

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Minneapolis takes another try at opening George Floyd Square to traffic

Minneapolis takes another try at opening George Floyd Square to traffic and heat closes Twin Cities schools. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

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Duluth teenager saves family from house fire

Duluth teenager saves family from house fire

Fire officials say the actions of the 15-year-old girl prevented injury or death. Four adults and four children were displaced by the blaze.

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Talking farming with Minnesota farmers of color

Talking farming with Minnesota farmers of color

Host Angela Davis spoke with a Somali American farmer, a Hmong farmer and one of the state's assistant agriculture commissioners about the experiences of farmers of color and the barriers they face.
by Angela Davis and Samantha Matsumoto

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Air quality alert for Twin Cities and St. Cloud until 9 p.m.

Air quality alert for Twin Cities and St. Cloud until 9 p.m.

An Air quality alert is in effect until 9 p.m. for the Twin Cities and St. Cloud areas. Sunlight, heat, and light winds boosting ground-level ozone today.
by Paul Huttner

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Trump impeachment lawyers are now representing Capitol riot defendants

Trump impeachment lawyers are now representing Capitol riot defendants

Attorney Bruce Castor is best known for a "rambling" performance defending former President Donald Trump at his second impeachment trial. Now, Castor is representing people charged in the U.S. Capitol riot.
by Tom Dreisbach

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As temporary protected status shifts, one activist deals with uncertainty

As temporary protected status shifts, one activist deals with uncertainty

César Magaña Linares is a temporary protected status, or TPS, holder from El Salvador. As an activist and law student, he's redefining what it means to be an immigrant, beyond the headlines.
by Michael Zamora, Anjuli Sastry, Diba Mohtasham and Julia Furlan

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Protesters maintain blockade overnight at Line 3 pipeline site

Protesters maintain blockade overnight at Line 3 pipeline site

Protesters fighting the Enbridge Energy company’s push to replace an aging oil pipeline across northern Minnesota maintained a blockade at a pump station Tuesday as part of a summer drive to stop the project before it can go into service.
by Evan Frost and The Associated Press

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Debt relief for Black farmers and other farmers of color

Debt relief for Black farmers and other farmers of color

This month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is poised to give money to farmers of color for debt relief. Some say it’s an unfair stimulus. Others say it’s a much-needed form of reparations, after decades of systemic discrimination.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of never-before-seen records reveal how the wealthiest avoid income tax

The Secret IRS Files: Trove of never-before-seen records reveal how the wealthiest avoid income tax

ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.

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Minnesota's hot weather moderates slightly by the weekend

Minnesota's hot weather moderates slightly by the weekend

Minnesota’s heat wave continues, and as the humidity nudges higher the weather turns stickier and occasional showers and storms become more likely.
by Nicole Mitchell

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Crews try to reopen George Floyd Square to traffic

Crews try to reopen George Floyd Square to traffic

Shortly before 7 a.m., cars were seen driving through 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, though there are efforts underway to block the street again. Garbage carts and other debris were pushed back out onto the streets within minutes of the departure of city crews.
by Tim Nelson

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Humidity nudges higher Tuesday

Minnesota is facing yet another hot day in our current heat wave, with higher humidity across most of the state and a few storms likely.
by Nicole Mitchell

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Global glitch: Swaths of internet go down after cloud outage

Global glitch: Swaths of internet go down after cloud outage

Multiple websites went offline briefly across the globe Tuesday after an outage at the cloud service company Fastly, revealing how critical a handful of companies running the internet's plumbing have become.
by The Associated Press

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Senate report details sweeping failures around Jan. 6 attack

Senate report details sweeping failures around Jan. 6 attack

A Senate investigation of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has uncovered broad government, military and law enforcement missteps surrounding the violent attack, including a breakdown within multiple intelligence agencies and a lack of training and preparation for Capitol Police officers who were quickly overwhelmed by the rioters.
by The Associated Press

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Line 3 opponents occupy Enbridge pump station as protest ramps up

For several years now, environmental and tribal groups battling the Line 3 oil pipeline have fought the project in front of state regulators, in the courts and on the streets. On Monday morning, hundreds of people trespassed onto the Two Inlets pump station site a few miles south of Itasca State Park to protest the ongoing construction of the new pipeline, which will replace a line that's been carrying Canadian tar sands oil across northern Minnesota since the 1960s. This is an MPR News morning update for Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Hosted by Phil Picardi. Our theme music is by Gary Meister.

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4 books to broaden your Pride Month reading list

There are a lot of Pride Month reading lists out there — so we thought we'd get away from the classics everyone knows. We asked author Akwaeke Emezi to recommend some of their favorite reads.
by Noel King

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Fake COVID vaccine cards are being sold online. Using one is a crime

Fake COVID vaccine cards are being sold online. Using one is a crime

Officials have pleaded with tech giants to keep the documents off their sites, but Amazon briefly had blank vaccination cards for sale this week. They could land their bearers in prison.
by Jaclyn Diaz

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Line 3 opponents occupy Enbridge pump station as protest ramps up

Line 3 opponents occupy Enbridge pump station as protest ramps up

Hundreds of activists gathered Monday near the headwaters of the Mississippi River to protest the ongoing construction of the new pipeline, which will replace a line that's been carrying Canadian tar sands oil across northern Minnesota since the 1960s.
by Dan Kraker and Evan Frost

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Anti-vaccine film targeted to Black Americans spreads false information

Anti-vaccine film targeted to Black Americans spreads false information

A new movie produced by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine group tries to capitalize on the COVID-19 pandemic, the racial justice movement and renewed interest in the history of medical racism.
by Will Stone

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June 8 update on COVID-19 in MN: Hospitalizations, ICU needs, active cases fall

June 8 update on COVID-19 in MN: Hospitalizations, ICU needs, active cases fall

Tuesday’s data offers more evidence of a pandemic receding quickly. Known, active cases remain below 2,000 and at their lowest point since April 2020. Hospitalizations and ICU needs are less than half of what they were a month ago.
by MPR News Staff

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Clean car rules still a sticking point in budget deal

Clean car rules still a sticking point in budget deal

New rules for curbing vehicle emissions are still a sticking point as Gov. Tim Walz and top legislators try to reach agreement on a new two-year state budget before a July 1 deadline.
by Tim Pugmire

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Harris tells Guatemalans not to migrate to the United States

Harris tells Guatemalans not to migrate to the United States

The vice president met with Guatemala's president to talk about the root causes behind migration to the United States, including corruption. But another prominent Democrat called that "disappointing."
by Brian Naylor and Tamara Keith

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The ways new voting laws could help or hurt democracy in America

The ways new voting laws could help or hurt democracy in America

Three election experts explore the proposed changes in election laws in America at a University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs event.

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Fourth man sentenced for burning Minneapolis police station

A federal judge has sentenced the last of four men who pleaded guilty to burning a Minneapolis police station last summer. U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz sentenced 27-year-old Bryce Michael Williams to two years and five months in prison and ordered him to help pay $12 million in restitution for the damage. 
by The Associated Press

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