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Stories from January 27, 2023

Saturday snow south; arctic week ahead

Saturday snow south; arctic week ahead

We’re overdue for a temperature correction this month.
by Paul Huttner

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Amid slight rise in MN COVID deaths, CDC says bivalent booster adds protection

Amid slight rise in MN COVID deaths, CDC says bivalent booster adds protection

Deaths have risen in recent weeks, while hospitalizations have fallen. Case-related data is mixed and COVID load in wastewater is somewhat down. Recent data from the CDC has shown that the most recent booster dose helps protect against infection, illness and death.
by Alyson Clary and Elisabeth Gawthrop

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Minneapolis police chief condemns Memphis police officers for Tyre Nichols killing

Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara is condemning the actions of five Memphis, Tennessee, police officers charged Thursday with murder in the killing of Tyre Nichols.   This is an evening update from MPR News, hosted by Hannah Yang. Music by Gary Meister.
by Hannah Yang

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U.S. poet laureate Ada Limón stops by the Twin Cities

U.S. poet laureate Ada Limón stops by the Twin Cities

Award-winning poet Ada Limón is in the middle of a reading tour right now, doing her duty as the 24th and first ever Latina U.S. poet laureate. And MPR News producer Ngoc Bui got the chance to catch up with her when she made a stop at the U of M.
by Ngoc Bui and John Wanamaker

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How to navigate estrangement and toxic relationships

How to navigate estrangement and toxic relationships

About 27 percent of American adults say they have cut off contact with a family member, according to one study from Cornell University. Guest host Catharine Richert talks with two psychologists about estrangement and how we can navigate our most complicated relationships with family and friends.
by Catharine Richert, Samantha Matsumoto and Nicole Johnson

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Weekend weather: Subzero temps set to grip Minnesota

Weekend weather: Subzero temps set to grip Minnesota

Find your warmest coats, gloves, mittens and hats. This will be the coldest weekend of January 2023. Far southern Minnesota and much of Iowa and southern Wisconsin will see snow Friday night into Saturday.
by Ron Trenda

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Capping off a warmer-than-normal January

Capping off a warmer-than-normal January

Minnesota has recorded the coldest temperature in the nation just twice this month.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Memphis braces for the release of Tyre Nichols arrest footage

Memphis braces for the release of Tyre Nichols arrest footage

Memphis authorities say they're planning to release body camera footage depicting the 29-year-old's death sometime after 6 p.m. CT. Cities across the U.S. are bracing for protests.
by Emily Olson

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A curious Colorado bear strikes a pose for 400 selfies on a wildlife camera

A curious Colorado bear strikes a pose for 400 selfies on a wildlife camera

Photoshoots are an unintended — but amusing — use of the cameras. The Open Space and Mountain Parks department in Boulder, Colo., set up nine of them to learn about and protect local wildlife.
by Kaitlyn Radde

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Clint Smith on how to reckon with slavery as America's original sin

Clint Smith on how to reckon with slavery as America's original sin

Clint Smith’s acclaimed book, “How the Word Is Passed,” is now out in paperback. In it, he examines how slavery has been central in shaping our country’s collective history, and ourselves.
by Kelly Gordon

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Bundle up: Bitter cold weekend, deep freeze week ahead

Bundle up: Bitter cold weekend, deep freeze week ahead

Temperatures will drop through the day Friday as gusty northwest winds at 15-25 mph blow in much colder air. Lows Friday night will drop into the single digits southeast to near 20 below zero northwest.
by Sven Sundgaard

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Fresh snow, gusty winds cause difficult driving across Minnesota

Fresh snow, gusty winds cause difficult driving across Minnesota

Light snow and gusty winds made for a tricky morning commute across much of Minnesota on Friday, especially in western parts of the state where many school districts delayed the start of classes.
by Andrew Krueger

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Fohrenkam guilty of murder in killing of Minneapolis student Deshaun Hill

Charging documents alleged Hill and Cody Fohrenkam passed close to one another on a sidewalk in February 2022, possibly close enough to brush shoulders, before Fohrenkam shot. This is a morning MPR News update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.

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House Democrats' new leader Jeffries vows not to 'go off the cliff' on debt ceiling

House Democrats' new leader Jeffries vows not to 'go off the cliff' on debt ceiling

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries insists the looming debt ceiling crisis will be resolved without his party submitting to demands by Republicans who want to tie government spending cuts to a debt limit hike.
by Steve Inskeep and Simone Popperl

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Utah's solution to ski traffic snarl? Build the world's longest gondola

Utah's solution to ski traffic snarl? Build the world's longest gondola

Two of Utah's most acclaimed ski resorts are at the end of a narrow canyon road that's increasingly jammed with traffic but the state's plan to fix it is sparking controversy.
by Kirk Siegler

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Snow pushes east, wind and bitter cold fills the void behind it

Snow pushes east, wind and bitter cold fills the void behind it

Snow showers push east early Friday. Temperatures will drop from near 30 in southern Minnesota to the teens by evening with subzero air settling into northern Minnesota by evening. Wind gusts will range from 30 mph east to as high as 50 mph west Friday.
by Sven Sundgaard

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Minnesota House passes bill requiring carbon-free electricity by 2040

Minnesota House passes bill requiring carbon-free electricity by 2040

The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a landmark bill Thursday night requiring the state’s electric utilities to get all of their electricity from carbon-free sources by 2040.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Virologists defend their science as officials eye more oversight of risky experiments

Virologists defend their science as officials eye more oversight of risky experiments

Policymakers have long grappled with how to handle experiments that might generate potentially dangerous viruses. Now, officials are considering whether oversight needs to be expanded.
by Nell Greenfieldboyce

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Migration could prevent a looming population crisis. But there are catches

Migration could prevent a looming population crisis. But there are catches

“Population decline” is a mild way to describe what could be a global demographic crisis, according to experts. But while migration may be the obvious solution, politics could get in the way.
by Kai McNamee

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When gun violence ends young lives, these men prepare the graves

When gun violence ends young lives, these men prepare the graves

Just outside St. Louis, a cemetery for children sits on a hill. A wooden, weather-worn sign welcomes mourners to “Baby Land.” The gravediggers who made the special spot work quietly in the shadows.
by Cara Anthony

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You asked, we answered: What would the ‘PRO Act’ really change?

You asked, we answered: What would the ‘PRO Act’ really change?

The proposal to put the right to abortion in state law has spurred emotional support and opposition at the Capitol. And it could make Minnesota the first state to guarantee abortion access through legislative action in the post-Roe era.
by Dana Ferguson and Michelle Wiley

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'40 Below' documentary follows the frozen competitors in 'the world's toughest race'

'40 Below' documentary follows the frozen competitors in 'the world's toughest race'

A new documentary titled "40 Below: The World's Toughest Race," features competitors from around the world in Minnesota's own infamously chilly ultramarathon, the Arrowhead 135. 
by Mathew Holding Eagle III

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Bon appétit: Opera based on Julia Child comes to Fargo-Moorhead

Bon appétit: Opera based on Julia Child comes to Fargo-Moorhead

This weekend, the Fargo Moorhead Opera company debuts a Julia Child-esque opera star: Mezzo soprano Holly Janz will be in the kitchen and onstage in the one act opera, “Bon Appétit!”
by Tom Crann and Amy Felegy

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