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Brand new books: Stephen King’s latest, plus tales of a tired mom and a scary stalker

Brand new books: Stephen King’s latest, plus tales of a tired mom and a scary stalker

Holly Gibney is back in King’s thriller, “Never Flinch.” “The Stalker” follows a manipulative man. Happily ever after is evasive in “Consider Yourself Kissed.” Plus, new work from Tash Aw and Etgar Keret.
by Colin Dwyer

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Smoky haze and hot days take hold

Smoky haze and hot days take hold

Minnesota remains under a statewide air quality alert as wildfire smoke from Canada continues to blanket the region. Meanwhile, summer-like temperatures are expected to persist through early next week, with highs in the 80s and 90s.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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DHS demands Minnesota counties and cities review, revise ‘sanctuary’ policies

DHS demands Minnesota counties and cities review, revise ‘sanctuary’ policies

Minneapolis and St. Paul city leaders have pushed back against the Trump Administration’s attempts to get them to use local police to enforce federal immigration law. And they say “sanctuary” policies foster greater public safety.
by MPR News Staff

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Smoky air is forcing air quality alerts

An air quality alert is now in effect for all of Minnesota through Monday evening, as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to stream across the state. That's an expansion of earlier alerts, as the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says reinforcing waves of smoke are expected Saturday, Sunday and again on Monday.
by Emily Reese

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PBS and Minnesota public TV station sue Trump White House

PBS and Minnesota public TV station sue Trump White House

PBS and Lakeland PBS in rural Minnesota are suing President Trump over his executive order demanding that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting kill all funding for the public television network.
by David Folkenflik

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I-94 reopened through Lowry Hill Tunnel in Minneapolis after crash

I-94 reopened through Lowry Hill Tunnel in Minneapolis after crash

Interstate 94 through the Lowry Hill Tunnel in Minneapolis is open in both directions after a rollover crash involving a semi carrying ammunition closed both lanes on Friday morning.
by MPR News Staff

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Taylor Swift has regained control of her music, buys back first 6 albums

Taylor Swift has regained control of her music, buys back first 6 albums

Taylor Swift says she’s has regained control over her entire body of work. In a lengthy note posted to her official website on Friday, Swift announced that all the music she’s ever made now belongs to her.
by The Associated Press

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‘Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine’ talks about bars, the blues and belonging

‘Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine’ talks about bars, the blues and belonging

Callie Collins’ new novel is a blues song in literary form, set in a saloon in 1970s Austin, Texas. What happens when the need to belong collides with a world that just keeps moving on?
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Morning Announcements for May 30

Morning Announcements for May 30

These are the Morning Announcements for Friday, May 30. Tell us what you’re celebrating!
by MPR News Staff

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Bernard Kerik, who led NYPD on 9/11 before prison and pardon, has died at 69

Bernard Kerik, who led NYPD on 9/11 before prison and pardon, has died at 69

Kerik, an Army veteran, was hailed as a hero after the 9/11 attack and eventually nominated to head the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, before a dramatic fall from grace that ended with him behind bars.
by The Associated Press

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A Swiss village is buried after a glacier collapses in the Alps

A Swiss village is buried after a glacier collapses in the Alps

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village. Authorities had evacuated residents earlier this month, but one person is missing.
by Eleanor Beardsley

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Anthony Edwards and the T-wolves again enter the summer focused on the final 2 steps to an NBA title

Anthony Edwards and the T-wolves again enter the summer focused on the final 2 steps to an NBA title

Reaching a second straight Western Conference finals was a remarkable accomplishment for the Minnesota Timberwolves after a surprise shuffle of the roster right before training camp and the pains of adjustments and injuries throughout the regular season.
by The Associated Press

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Trump holding Pennsylvania rally to promote deal for Japan-based Nippon to ‘partner’ with U.S. Steel

Trump holding Pennsylvania rally to promote deal for Japan-based Nippon to ‘partner’ with U.S. Steel

President Donald Trump is holding a rally in Pennsylvania on Friday to celebrate a details-to-come deal for Japan-based Nippon Steel to invest in U.S. Steel. He says the plan will keep the iconic American steelmaker under U.S. control.
by The Associated Press

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Federal workers keep America’s farms healthy. What now under Trump?

Federal workers keep America’s farms healthy. What now under Trump?

More than a thousand people who worked to keep American agriculture free of pests and disease have left the federal workforce in President Trump’s massive government downsizing.
by Andrea Hsu

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State trooper pleads not guilty in fatal crash case

A former state trooper has pleaded not guilty to charges of killing someone in a car crash while on the job. And attorneys presented their opening statements Thursday in the trial of a Brooklyn Park man accused of killing five women in a high speed crash in 2023.
by Phil Picardi

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Pro rugby finds a friendly scrum in Minnesota’s fast-growing women’s sports market

Pro rugby finds a friendly scrum in Minnesota’s fast-growing women’s sports market

TC Gemini, the new Twin Cities women’s professional rugby team, is finding a fan base here for a sport increasingly popular with women. With a roster that includes locally grown players, the team’s riding a wave of interest in women’s sports, especially in Minnesota.
by Sam Stroozas

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Friction builds between Walz, public sector unions on multiple fronts

Friction builds between Walz, public sector unions on multiple fronts

Democratic Gov. Tim Walz has been an unflinching ally to public employee unions through most of his political tenure. These days, their alliance is a little rocky to say the least. 
by Clay Masters

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Long stretch of Interstate 494 will be closed this weekend

Long stretch of Interstate 494 will be closed this weekend

If you’re driving in the southern Twin Cities metro area this weekend, you may want to allow some extra time to reach your destination. A long stretch of Interstate 494 in Bloomington will be closed in both directions.
by MPR News Staff

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MN Shortlist, May 30–June 5: Hitchcock with a live score, an outlaw musical and women muralists

MN Shortlist, May 30–June 5: Hitchcock with a live score, an outlaw musical and women muralists

This week’s MN Shortlist highlights a live score performance of Hitchcock’s “The Lodger,” a new musical about Minnesota outlaw Nellie King and a talk on Latin American women muralists.
by Jacob Aloi, Anika Besst, Alex V. Cipolle and Max Sparber

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She left a career in government auditing to advocate for farmers like her parents

She left a career in government auditing to advocate for farmers like her parents

Friendly Vang-Johnson’s parents were some of the first Hmong refugees to farm in Minnesota. She wasn’t planning to follow in her parents’ footsteps, but that changed when she started a delivery program that eventually became Friendly Hmong Farms, a wider effort to support farmers in Washington and Minnesota.
by Alanna Elder

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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to end humanitarian status for some migrants

Supreme Court allows Trump administration to end humanitarian status for some migrants

The move to grant a stay in the case means that the Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who were granted temporary parole under the program known as CHNV would lose their temporary legal status to be in the U.S.
by Nina Totenberg

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Head of violence intervention nonprofit charged with wage theft

Minneapolis community leader and violence prevention non-profit head Bishop Harding Smith is facing wage theft charges, after allegedly misusing funding from Hennepin County that was intended to go into his employees’ paychecks.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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