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Paris dazzles with a rainy Olympics opening ceremony on the Seine River

Paris dazzles with a rainy Olympics opening ceremony on the Seine River

More than three hours into the show, French President Emmanuel Macron declared the Games open. In a gaffe before that, the five-ring Olympic flag was raised upside down at the Trocadero across from the Eiffel Tower.
by The Associated Press

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From ‘Cork Truck’ to ‘Garden-Rainbow-Space-Mushroom-Whatever’: The Minnesota ArtCars Parade Celebrates 30 Years

From ‘Cork Truck’ to ‘Garden-Rainbow-Space-Mushroom-Whatever’: The Minnesota ArtCars Parade Celebrates 30 Years

In Minneapolis, children at Articulture’s ArtCar camp creatively transform a Toyota hatchback as part of a local tradition where art cars, decorated and driven daily, partake in a vibrant parade celebrating its 30th anniversary around Lake Harriet.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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Meet the summer Olympians and Paralympians with Minnesota ties headed for Paris

Meet the summer Olympians and Paralympians with Minnesota ties headed for Paris

More than 40 athletes competing in the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic games, representing various countries, have connections to Minnesota. Whether they live here, train here or were born here, here’s your chance to learn about the Minnesota ties at the Paris Games.
by Matt Mikus

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Hmong senator en route to Paris to support Suni Lee, helped bring gymnastics trials to Minnesota

Hmong senator en route to Paris to support Suni Lee, helped bring gymnastics trials to Minnesota

About two dozen Minnesotans — including gold medalist and St. Paul native Suni Lee will attend the unconventional and unprecedented Opening Ceremony of the Summer Games in Paris. Sen. Foung Hawj, DFL-St. Paul is also on his way to France to support Lee and he hopes to witness Olympic history.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Latest tests show Seine water quality was substandard when Paris mayor took a dip

Latest tests show Seine water quality was substandard when Paris mayor took a dip

Tests results released Friday showed the water quality in the River Seine was slightly below the standards needed to authorize swimming — just as the Paris Olympics start.
by The Associated Press

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Critical DMs: The brat and the brät, or the semiotics of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

Critical DMs: The brat and the brät, or the semiotics of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

MPR News’ Max Sparber and Alex V. Cipolle discuss the presidential campaign in terms of aesthetic and generational coding, highlighting how Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, though close in age, symbolize different generations — Gen X and Boomer, respectively — through their public personas and stylistic choices.
by Alex V. Cipolle and Max Sparber

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Cube Critics discuss ‘Fly Me to the Moon‘ and ‘Twisters‘

Cube Critics discuss ‘Fly Me to the Moon‘ and ‘Twisters‘

Cube Critics Jacob Aloi and Mandy Thalhuber discuss a historical fiction that was confusing and a movie about weather-obsessed individuals doing anything they possibly could to die.
by Jacob Aloi and Mandy Thalhuber

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Minneapolis Park Board, striking workers reach tentative contract agreement

Minneapolis Park Board, striking workers reach tentative contract agreement

After a strike lasting more than three weeks, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and the union representing park workers announced Friday morning that they’ve reached a tentative contract agreement.
by MPR News Staff

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COVID-19 hospitalizations rise for fifth consecutive week in Minnesota

COVID-19 hospitalizations rise for fifth consecutive week in Minnesota

Over 150 people were admitted to hospitals throughout the state with COVID-19 during the week ending July 6. Preliminary data for the week ending July 13 already shows 155 COVID-19 admissions, which is five consecutive weeks of increases.
by Craig Helmstetter

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Ones to watch: These Minnesota men are running for Liberia at the Paris Olympics

Ones to watch: These Minnesota men are running for Liberia at the Paris Olympics

Jabez Reeves, Emmanuel Matadi, Akeem Sirleaf and Joseph Fahnbulleh are representing Liberia in the 2024 Olympics but all have close ties to the North Star state. Minnesota is home to one of the largest Liberian populations in the U.S., estimated at around 30,000 people.
by Peter Cox

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