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Here are the stories, topics, and guests you'll hear today on MPR News.
Police officer praised for not shooting kids holding toy gun
Officer Peter Casuccio, of the Columbus Ohio police, has become quite the media star in the last 24 hours because he didn't kill an 11-year-old kid holding a toy gun when he was responding to a report of young men with guns on Saturday afternoon.
Timberwolves ready to open a lost season
It's like old times at Target Center; a Timberwolves season seems lost before it even begins.
North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, who is in a close re-election fight with Rep. Kevin Cramer, was put on the defensive today while trying to go on the offensive over the sexual assaults of women.
You know how it is; sometimes you just get caught up in the moment and do something stupid. It happens, particularly with kids.
Jason Lewis, the 2nd District congressman, is in a close race with DFLer Angie Craig in next month's election. So it seems unusual that Lewis got op-ed space in Monday's Star Tribune -- and Tom Emmer got similar space today -- to use to campaign against the opposition if they so choose.
‘Her addiction stalked her and stole her once again’
There are plenty of big, national problems that are too complex to make a dent in solving. Opioid addiction isn’t one of them.
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you'll hear today on MPR News.
Nothing much has worked so far to get the message through to the masses that climate change is real and it's going to hurt. So a group of researchers have changed their approach. Drought? Famine? Floods? It's not enough to get people interested.
Kenya’s coolest sport? It’s hockey
Here's your daily dose of sweetness. Satellite TV has brought hockey to Kenya. A doughnut company from Canada, displaying marketing genius, took care of the rest.