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Stories from January 21, 2025

U.S. throws out policies limiting arrests of migrants at sensitive locations like schools, churches

U.S. throws out policies limiting arrests of migrants at sensitive locations like schools, churches

Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like schools and churches after the Trump administration threw out policies limiting where those arrests could happen.
by The Associated Press

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60 degrees warmer next week? Highs in the 40s look likely

60 degrees warmer next week? Highs in the 40s look likely

Temperatures will gradually rise this week. Forecast models favor 40s in the Twin Cities next week.
by Paul Huttner

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Minnesotans pardoned for January 6th riots; House Republicans file lawsuit over power struggle

A trial that had been underway for two Minnesota men charged in the January 6 attack did not resume as scheduled this morning after President Trump granted clemency to them and nearly 1,600 other defendants. And House Republicans have filed a response to lawsuits before the Minnesota Supreme Court over a power struggle in the Legislature.
by Emily Reese

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Trump invoked all corners of American history. How might he use them to build his new ‘Golden Age’?

Trump invoked all corners of American history. How might he use them to build his new ‘Golden Age’?

In summoning people to his vision for the future, Donald Trump assembled a dizzying collage of time-honored and time-worn American myths, tropes and ideals. His new “Golden Age” was brimming with the stories that shaped the nation’s history. 
by The Associated Press

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Trump gave pardons to hundreds of violent Jan. 6 rioters. Here's what they did

Trump gave pardons to hundreds of violent Jan. 6 rioters. Here's what they did

On his first day in the White House, President Donald Trump gave commutations and pardons to every defendant charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Many assaulted police.
by Carrie Johnson, Tom Dreisbach, Barbara Van Woerkom and Ari Shapiro

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Trump administration strips schools, churches of immigration enforcement protections

Trump administration strips schools, churches of immigration enforcement protections

The memo rescinds a Biden administration guideline that created "protected areas" consisting of places where "children gather, disaster or emergency relief sites, and social services establishments."
by Ximena Bustillo and Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

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Trump’s federal health website scrubs ‘abortion’ search results

Trump’s federal health website scrubs ‘abortion’ search results

The most “relevant” results that come up in a search of “abortion” on HHS.gov, the website for the federal Department of Health and Human Services, are several years old, from the first Trump administration.
by Selena Simmons-Duffin

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How will Trump’s executive orders on gender impact Minnesotans? A lawyer explains

How will Trump’s executive orders on gender impact Minnesotans? A lawyer explains

One of the many executive orders President Donald Trump signed on his first day in office Monday includes a declaration that the U.S. government recognizes only two sexes: male and female.
by Emily Bright and Ellen Finn

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Minnesota hockey legend Willard Ikola dies at age 92

Minnesota hockey legend Willard Ikola dies at age 92

Minnesota hockey legend Willard Ikola — who won three state high school titles as a player with Eveleth, then coached Edina to eight more — has died at the age of 92.
by MPR News Staff

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Minnesota and other states sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship

Minnesota and other states sue to stop Trump’s order blocking birthright citizenship

Attorneys general from 22 states have sued to block President Donald Trump’s move to end a century-old immigration policy known as birthright citizenship guaranteeing that U.S.-born children are citizens regardless of their parents’ status.
by The Associated Press

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Photos: Twin Cities see their coldest morning since Valentine’s Day 2021

Photos: Twin Cities see their coldest morning since Valentine’s Day 2021

Tuesday was the coldest morning of this winter in the Twin Cities and most of Minnesota. Temperatures dipped to -19 degrees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, making it the coldest morning there in almost four years.
by MPR News Staff

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Bipartisan housing plan still remains priority despite divided state Legislature

Bipartisan housing plan still remains priority despite divided state Legislature

Week two of an unusual Minnesota legislative session is underway with the struggle over power still gripping the Capitol. Republicans in the House continue to hold floor sessions while Democrats continue to boycott as court decisions late last week pushed a House special election into March.
by Emily Bright and Ellie Roth

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Two dead in two shootings in south Minneapolis

Two dead in two shootings in south Minneapolis

Two people died in two shootings — minutes apart — in south Minneapolis on Monday night. Investigators are working to determine whether the two shootings are related.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Refugees set to resettle in Minnesota next month now barred entry after Trump order

Refugees set to resettle in Minnesota next month now barred entry after Trump order

Jane Graupman, the executive director of International Institute of Minnesota, and Nasreen Sajady, the executive director of the Afghan Cultural Society, joined Minnesota Now to talk about the impacts of Trump’s order to temporarily suspend all refugee resettlement.
by Emily Bright and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Morning Announcements for Jan. 21

Morning Announcements for Jan. 21

Here are the morning announcements for Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.
by MPR News Staff

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20 years On Air: The Current’s impact on Minnesota music

20 years On Air: The Current’s impact on Minnesota music

MPR News guest host Chris Farrell talks with some of the voices behind Minnesota Public Radio’s alternative music station, The Current, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this week.
by Chris Farrell and Nikhil Kumaran

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Cold start causes school cancellations around Minnesota. Leonard Peltier granted clemency by Biden

Tuesday starts with extreme cold warnings and many school districts canceling or delaying classes. Anoka-Hennepin, Duluth, Minneapolis, Rochester, St. Paul and Winona all closed Tuesday. And Native American activist Leonard Peltier was granted clemency Monday by former President Joe Biden in one of his final acts before leaving office. 
by Phil Picardi

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Bitter cold stretch ends Tuesday afternoon

Bitter cold stretch ends Tuesday afternoon

Our extreme cold warning finally ends by Tuesday afternoon as much of Minnesota ends a streak of subzero temperatures. A warm front brings a more comfortable Wednesday, then a cold front takes another hit to temperatures Wednesday night. This system also brings light snow with a dusting possible.
by Brandon Weatherz

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At least 10 dead, 32 injured in a hotel fire at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey

At least 10 dead, 32 injured in a hotel fire at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey

A fire in a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey has killed at least 10 people and hospitalized 32 others. The fire broke out early Tuesday at the restaurant of the 12-story Grand Kartal hotel in the resort of Kartalkaya in Bolu province. 
by The Associated Press

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Ex-Georgia prosecutor on trial for hindering Ahmaud Arbery's murder investigation

Ex-Georgia prosecutor on trial for hindering Ahmaud Arbery's murder investigation

Former district attorney Jackie Johnson is accused of interfering with the police investigation into the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, nearly five years after he was murdered while jogging.
by Debbie Elliott

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Court cases could shape — or reshape — where Minnesota Legislature heads next

Court cases could shape — or reshape — where Minnesota Legislature heads next

The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear arguments this week over whether the Republican-only start to session in the House is lawful. Two court decisions late last week have also set the stage for more partisan standoffs.
by Clay Masters

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For Duluth area ultra runner Michael Koppy, age is irrelevant

For Duluth area ultra runner Michael Koppy, age is irrelevant

At 74, Hermantown ultra-athlete Michael Koppy is aiming to become the oldest runner ever to finish the Arrowhead 135 — a grueling race, longer than five marathons back-to-back, across northern Minnesota through the dead of night, often in subzero temperatures.
by Dan Kraker

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Trump signs executive order to pause TikTok ban, provide immunity to tech firms

Trump signs executive order to pause TikTok ban, provide immunity to tech firms

The order follows TikTok going dark for about 14 hours after the Supreme Court upheld a law prohibiting the service from operating in the U.S. unless it breaks away from its parent company in China.
by Bobby Allyn

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Trump seeks to end telework for federal workers

Trump seeks to end telework for federal workers

President Trump has signed an executive action ordering federal agencies to bring their workers back to the office full time. Roughly 1.1 million federal employees are telework-eligible.
by Andrea Hsu

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