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Stories from July 18, 2025

Where to start? This week’s new releases are an all-you-can-read buffet

Where to start? This week’s new releases are an all-you-can-read buffet

This week, new horror from Silvia Moreno-Garcia, a funny college do-over from Jeneva Rose, and autofiction from Hannah Pittard. Plus, stories about the American South, and a deep dive into the Earth.
by Colin Dwyer

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Channeling Paul Bunyan: Veterans try axe throwing at National Wheelchair Games in Minneapolis

Channeling Paul Bunyan: Veterans try axe throwing at National Wheelchair Games in Minneapolis

This week, 550 athletes are in Minneapolis for the National Veterans Wheelchair Games — the world’s largest wheelchair sport and rehabilitation event for military veterans. Each year, a new sport is chosen to exhibit. For Minnesota, it’s axe throwing.
by Kyra Miles

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Loss of public media funding a blow to tribal radio stations

Loss of public media funding a blow to tribal radio stations

Tribal radio stations across the country, including three in northern Minnesota, will lose significant dollars after Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding recission.
by Melissa Olson

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Air quality alert for northern Minnesota this weekend

Air quality alert for northern Minnesota this weekend

Another batch of Canadian wildfire smoke will drift across much of northern Minnesota this weekend.
by Paul Huttner

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Stepmother, police testify in trial of Rep. Nicole Mitchell

Nicole Mitchell, a Democrat from Woodbury, is accused of breaking into her stepmother’s home in April 2024.
by Lisa Ryan

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Latest drought monitor shows widespread recovery across Minnesota

Latest drought monitor shows widespread recovery across Minnesota

Drought conditions across Minnesota are minimal heading into the second half of summer, thanks to recent rainfall. However, we’re not in the clear yet — forecast models point to a warm, dry pattern for the rest of July, which could quickly reverse those gains.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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Isaac Thompson named president and CEO of Minnesota Orchestra

Isaac Thompson named president and CEO of Minnesota Orchestra

Isaac Thompson, a Twin Cities native and current head of the Oregon Symphony, has been named president and CEO of the Minnesota Orchestra, returning to lead the organization he grew up attending.
by Max Sparber, Tom Crann and Gretchen Brown

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Trump files defamation suit over 'Wall Street Journal' story on his Epstein ties

Trump files defamation suit over 'Wall Street Journal' story on his Epstein ties

President Trump said Friday he looked forward to seeing “The Wall Street Journal” and its owner, Rupert Murdoch in court after reporting on his past ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
by Stephen Fowler

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Joy Harjo bends time with her poetry to honor her mother's death

Joy Harjo bends time with her poetry to honor her mother's death

In her book, “Washing my Mother’s Body,” Joy Harjo bends time with her poetry to return to what she deems an essential ritual of love and dignity to honor her mother’s passing.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Morning Announcements for July 18

Morning Announcements for July 18

These are the Morning Announcements for Friday, July 18. Tell us what you’re celebrating!
by MPR News Staff

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ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75 percent more next year, research shows

ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75 percent more next year, research shows

A new analysis shows that health insurance premiums for Obamacare are set to soar next year, as financial help that subsidized the cost expires. Congress is not likely to extend the subsidies.
by Selena Simmons-Duffin

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How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era

How bipartisan support for public media unraveled in the Trump era

“It will test every single shred of creativity we have to continue to try to serve our mission,” says one public media executive, as Congress ends federal funding for public broadcasting.
by David Folkenflik

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CBS will end ’The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ next year

CBS will end ’The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ next year

Colbert confirmed the cancellation during a show taping on Thursday. CBS said the move was “purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night.”
by Mandalit del Barco

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WNBA All-Stars dazzle fans with stunning fashion on the Orange Carpet

WNBA All-Stars dazzle fans with stunning fashion on the Orange Carpet

WNBA All-Stars kicked off their weekend with a fashion showcase on Thursday night in Indianapolis. Players turned the orange carpet into a runway, delighting fans with bold outfits and stylish looks.
by The Associated Press

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Rain and thunder chances return Friday ahead of a decent weekend

Rain and thunder chances return Friday ahead of a decent weekend

Our next chance of rain and thunder develops Friday into Friday night. Clouds decrease Saturday with highs both Saturday and Sunday closer to 80 degrees again. 
by Sven Sundgaard

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Sen. Nicole Mitchell testifies, says she was there to check on her stepmother’s welfare

State Sen. Nicole Mitchell took the stand Thursday in her burglary trial at the Becker County Courthouse. The DFL’er from Woodbury told jurors she broke into her stepmother’s Detroit Lakes home over a year ago to check on her welfare.
by Phil Picardi

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Sen. Nicole Mitchell guilty of two counts of burglary after multi-day trial

Sen. Nicole Mitchell guilty of two counts of burglary after multi-day trial

A jury found state Sen. Nicole Mitchell guilty of two felony burglary charges for breaking into her stepmother’s home in April of 2024. The conviction could cost the DFL control of the Minnesota Senate.
by David Schaper, Peter Cox, Mathew Holding Eagle III, Annie Baxter and Dana Ferguson

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Days of conventions past: How a fan event captures why people love the X-Men

Days of conventions past: How a fan event captures why people love the X-Men

A Minneapolis fan convention called “The Uncanny Experience” transformed the historic Minneapolis Club into the X-Men’s Xavier Institute, offering immersive cosplay, storytelling, and community-building for fans who connect deeply with the X-Men’s themes of outsider identity, found family, and empowerment through shared weirdness.
by Jacob Aloi

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Vikings' Jordan Addison resolves DUI case by pleading no contest to a lesser charge

Vikings' Jordan Addison resolves DUI case by pleading no contest to a lesser charge

Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jordan Addison has resolved a 2024 DUI charge by pleading no contest to a lesser offense. His attorney announced Thursday that Addison agreed to a “wet reckless” charge in California. 
by The Associated Press

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