Stories from December 24, 2021

Very mild Christmas Eve Day; snow chances increasing for Christmas Day and Sunday
Mild temperatures Friday for Christmas Eve Day. A weak weather system will bring mostly light snow on Christmas Day. Plowable snow likely for Sunday into Monday with most of the snow north of the Twin Cities.  
Authorities in southeastern Minnesota say a person allegedly armed with a knife has died following a lengthy standoff with police that ended when an officer shot the individual.
Ask a Bookseller: Loved the movie? Try reading 'Dune'
Isaac Frankel of Peregrine Book Company in Prescott, Ariz., has fond memories of picking his father's copy of Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel "Dune" off the shelf and reading it for the first time. Now, he says he's seen a huge interest in the “Dune” series since the new film version came out this fall.
For queer Seoulites in 'Love in the Big City,' pride and shame intertwine
Sang Young Park's novel can be read as an anthropological approach to Seoulite queer lives in the 21st century: Its four linked stories capture the experience of being both visible and unacknowledged.
Explainer: What judge will weigh in sentencing Kimberly Potter in Daunte Wright's killing
The former Brooklyn Park police officer convicted Thursday of first- and second-degree manslaughter in the April shooting death of Daunte Wright will be sentenced in February. Here is how that might play out.
Warm weather Friday will continue to melt snow around Minnesota, especially south. Two different systems will return snow back over the weekend, bringing much of the state a chance for a white Christmas.