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Minnesota, Finland agree to team up on climate change

Minnesota, Finland agree to team up on climate change

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has signed a letter of understanding with Finland, pledging to encourage the state's agencies, universities and businesses to collaborate with Finland on sustainable technology.
by Paul Huttner

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Art Hounds: A dose of natural beauty, a pinch of Halloween horror

Art Hounds: A dose of natural beauty, a pinch of Halloween horror

Wildlife photographer Dudley Edmondson captures the beauty of northern Minnesota’s waters. Art Hounds also recommend two one-act shows running through Halloween which make audiences question reality.
by Emily Bright

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Appetites: Sara Farhat's recipe for date anise bars embraces traditional Lebanese flavors and ingredients

Appetites: Sara Farhat's recipe for date anise bars embraces traditional Lebanese flavors and ingredients

Lebanese-American cook and nutritionist Sara Farhat spent more than three years adapting her favorite family recipes from her childhood in Lebanon to create her first cookbook that she self-published and released last month.
by John Wanamaker and Lindsay Guentzel

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Rethinking the 'aspirin a day' mantra for heart attack prevention

Rethinking the 'aspirin a day' mantra for heart attack prevention

One baby aspirin a day keeps a heart attack away. At least that's the understanding a lot of adults have had for some time. But the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is revisiting its guidance on using aspirin for heart health. It released a new draft for public comment this month.
by Steven John and Megan Burks

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COVID-19 in MN: Worst of summer-fall surge may be over

COVID-19 in MN: Worst of summer-fall surge may be over

The newest numbers offer fresh evidence that case counts, hospitalizations and community spread are ebbing, although deaths remain relatively high. Officials also said Wednesday they’re getting ready to give COVID-19 shots to kids ages 5 to 11.
by MPR News Staff

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MPD is looking for a new early intervention program — have they gotten any better?

MPD is looking for a new early intervention program — have they gotten any better?

The city of Minneapolis will soon be shopping for new early intervention software for police. The programs are designed to identify officers who are struggling before misconduct arises. They're also not new; they've been around since the 1980s and have often been criticized as ineffective.
by Steven John, Megan Burks and Matt Mikus

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The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without a prescription

The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without a prescription

For decades, the FDA has regulated hearing aids as prescription medical devices — an arrangement that adds to the cost and effort people must invest to get them.
by Bill Chappell

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Minnesota traveling nurse returns home after grueling year fighting pandemic

Minnesota traveling nurse returns home after grueling year fighting pandemic

The current COVID-19 surge has stretched staffing at Minnesota hospitals to the thinnest margins since the start of the pandemic, with ICU capacity hitting an all-time low. To cope, many hospitals are turning to traveling nurses. Kirstin Wilson is one such professional. She spoke with MPR News guest host Steven John.
by Steven John, Megan Burks and Matt Mikus

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COVID-19 in MN: Signs summer-fall wave may be ebbing; hospitalizations dip

COVID-19 in MN: Signs summer-fall wave may be ebbing; hospitalizations dip

As Minnesota continues to grind its way through a hard stretch of COVID-19, the newest numbers offer the best hope in weeks that the worst of the current surge might — might — be over.
by MPR News Staff

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