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Stories from April 12, 2022

Severe thunderstorms Tuesday evening; a blizzard through Thursday

Severe thunderstorms Tuesday evening; a blizzard through Thursday

A messy spring storm is bringing severe storms to Minnesota for Tuesday evening. A blizzard through Thursday will make travel across North Dakota impossible. Periods of cold wind-driven rain and snow will make Wednesday and Thursday seem more like early March than mid April.
by Bill Endersen

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Two Illinois men get more than a decade in prison for 2017 Bloomington mosque bombing

Two Illinois men get more than a decade in prison for 2017 Bloomington mosque bombing and the severe storm season kicked off with a bang this afternoon. This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Tim Nelson. Music by Gary Meister.

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Minnesota man recounts imprisonment during escape from Ukraine

Minnesota man recounts imprisonment during escape from Ukraine

Tyler Jacob, a Minnesota man who was detained by Russian forces as he tried to leave embattled Ukraine, recounted his ordeal Tuesday as he met with Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who helped secure his release.
by Peter Cox

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Cyber security expert Faisal Kaleem discusses the impact of cyber-attacks

Faisal Kaleem, professor of computer science and cyber security at Metro State University, joined host Cathy Wurzer to discuss the impact of cyber-attacks, and how people can protect their personal information.
by Cathy Wurzer and Simone Cazares

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Possible spring COVID surge? Mayo infectious disease expert shares insights

Possible spring COVID surge? Mayo infectious disease expert shares insights

When you look around, it would appear that many people think the pandemic is over. Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious disease expert at Mayo Clinic, says that’s “a deadly and wrong assumption.”
by Cathy Wurzer and Julia Franz

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Dar Al Farooq imam reacts to mosque bombers' sentencing

Host Cathy Wurzer talked with MPR News reporter Matt Sepic about the news. She also checked in with Imam Mohamed Omar from Dar Al Farooq, who was in the mosque the morning the bomb came through the window.
by Cathy Wurzer, Matt Sepic, Melissa Townsend and Ellen Finn

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'Pandemic, Inc.' author says financial predators made more than $1 billion off COVID

'Pandemic, Inc.' author says financial predators made more than $1 billion off COVID

In his new book, ProPublica reporter J. David McSwane says a shocking number of companies that received funds at the beginning of the pandemic to distribute protective gear had no experience doing so.
by Dave Davies

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Reaction to Dar Al Farooq mosque bombers' prison sentences

Host Cathy Wurzer talked with MPR News reporter Matt Sepic about the news. She also checked in with Imam Mohammed Omar from Dar Al Farooq, who was in the mosque the morning the bomb came through the window. He had circulated a letter asking the court to act with compassion in the sentencing.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Twin Cities mosque bombers get more than 14 years in prison

Twin Cities mosque bombers get more than 14 years in prison

Michael McWhorter and Joe Morris had previously pleaded guilty to bombing the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington in 2017. McWhorter allegedly told police he wanted to scare Muslims from the country.
by Matt Sepic

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What increasingly partisan and venomous Wisconsin school board races reveal about American elections

What increasingly partisan and venomous Wisconsin school board races reveal about American elections

As traditionally nonpartisan school board campaigns become polarized battlegrounds, voters in next week’s Wisconsin races may set the tone for how contentious races across the country will become this year.
by ProPublica Staff

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From the archives: Physicist Lisa Randall on dark matter, meteoroids and the demise of the dinosaurs

From the archives: Physicist Lisa Randall on dark matter, meteoroids and the demise of the dinosaurs

This Friday, MPR News host Kerri Miller talks with Emily St. John Mandel about her much-anticipated and just released novel “Sea of Tranquility.” It asks some big philosophical and science fiction questions about time travel. So as a throwback, we thought you’d enjoy this 2015 conversation with astrophysicist Lisa Randall, who says there’s a closer parallel between imagination and science than you might guess.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Gunman opens fire on Brooklyn subway; at least 10 shot

Gunman opens fire on Brooklyn subway; at least 10 shot

Police are looking for a U-Haul truck in connection to the Brooklyn subway shooting. At least 10 people were shot and seven others injured in the Tuesday morning shooting.
by The Associated Press

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Severe storms possible late Tuesday; rain, snow late Wednesday

Severe storms possible late Tuesday; rain, snow late Wednesday

Moisture surges north Tuesday, developing afternoon showers and evening storms. Some could be strong to severe in southern Minnesota. It will be mild and windy as well.
by Sven Sundgaard

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Two Illinois men face sentencing for Twin Cities mosque bombing

Joe Morris and Michael McWhorter will be sentenced Tuesday in the 2017 firebombing of the Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington. A third person convicted in the bombing is currently serving more than fifty years in prison. This is an MPR News morning update for Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Our theme music is by Gary Meister.

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Severe storm threat for southern Minnesota late Tuesday

Severe storm threat for southern Minnesota late Tuesday

Moisture surges north Tuesday developing afternoon showers and evening storms; some could be strong to severe in southern Minnesota. It will be mild again with 50s south; 40s north.
by Sven Sundgaard

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Mayor: 10,000 dead in Ukraine's Mariupol and toll could rise

Mayor: 10,000 dead in Ukraine's Mariupol and toll could rise

The besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol has yielded up more horrors after six weeks of pummeling by Russian troops. The mayor said more than 10,000 civilians have died in the strategic southern port, their corpses “carpeted through the streets.”
by The Associated Press

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Buxton, Bundy lift Twins to 4-0 win, split with Mariners

Buxton, Bundy lift Twins to 4-0 win, split with Mariners

Byron Buxton and Luis Arraez each had three hits and Dylan Bundy earned his first win in a Twins uniform as Minnesota won its series finale against the Seattle Mariners by a 4-0 final Monday at Target Field.
by The Associated Press

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As 'The Velveteen Rabbit' turns 100, its message continues to resonate

As 'The Velveteen Rabbit' turns 100, its message continues to resonate

"To engage children's interest in anything you have to be keenly interested in that thing yourself," Margery Williams Bianco wrote in 1925. Her story endures because it connects to so many people.
by Elizabeth Blair

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How soaring inflation forces stark choices on low-income Americans

How soaring inflation forces stark choices on low-income Americans

Inflation likely hit another 40-year high in March, with prices up more than 8 percent from a year ago. Rising prices are especially hard on low-income people, who spend more of their money on necessities.
by Scott Horsley

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On the presidential campaign trail, competing visions of France emerge

On the presidential campaign trail, competing visions of France emerge

As President Emmanuel Macron and challenger Marine Le Pen campaign for the April 24 run-off election, analysts say the vote results will have deep consequences in France and on the world stage.
by Eleanor Beardsley

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Romania hasn't always seen itself as a safe haven. War in Ukraine has changed that

Romania hasn't always seen itself as a safe haven. War in Ukraine has changed that

Romanians have been welcoming the world's second-largest influx of Ukrainian refugees. It's a marked change from the country's response during Europe's last major migrant crisis.
by Michel Martin, Liz Baker, Emma Bowman and Eliza Dennis

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Coming back to America: U.S.-born children who return from parent's native country face unique hardships

Coming back to America: U.S.-born children who return from parent's native country face unique hardships

Data on how many U.S. citizen children return to a deported parent’s native country is hard to come by. Jordi Garcia Leal is one of an unknown number of young people who decide to return to the U.S.
by Vicki Adame

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