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Morning Edition, with Cathy Wurzer in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington and Los Angeles, brings you all the news from overnight and the information you need to start your day. Listen from 4 to 9 a.m. every weekday.

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Skier Jessie Diggins on next week’s World Cup race – and her new memoir

Skier Jessie Diggins on next week’s World Cup race – and her new memoir

Many of the world's best cross-country skiers will gear up in Minneapolis next week for the final sprint race of the World Cup season. MPR News host Cathy Wurzer talked with Olympic gold medalist and Afton native Jessie Diggins about the World Cup, and her new memoir, “Brave Enough.”
by Cathy Wurzer and MPR News Staff

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St. Paul classes canceled as city’s public school teachers strike

St. Paul classes canceled as city’s public school teachers strike

Thousands of union teachers and other school staff headed for picket lines Tuesday morning after overnight contract talks failed. The district superintendent says no new talks are scheduled and school remains canceled indefinitely.
by Tim Nelson and Elizabeth Shockman

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Coronavirus forces houses of worship to change some practices

Coronavirus forces houses of worship to change some practices

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis also suspended communion from the chalice and discouraged hand holding during the Our Father prayer, Archbishop Bernard Hebda said in a recent statement.
by Peter Cox

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Ghosts, murder, forbidden love roam northern MN in Ojibwe writer's new novel

Ghosts, murder, forbidden love roam northern MN in Ojibwe writer's new novel

Dennis Staples' debut novel "This Town Sleeps" depicts the struggle of a gay Ojibwe man to accept a Native tradition where he rarely felt at home, while escaping a reservation he could never quite leave. Staples is a member of the Red Lake Nation.
by John Enger

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Another day of contract talks for St. Paul teachers yields little progress

Another day of contract talks for St. Paul teachers yields little progress

Officials with St. Paul Public Schools and the union representing its educators continued talks this weekend aimed at averting a strike scheduled for Tuesday. But as of Sunday afternoon there were no indications an agreement was close.
by Mike Moen

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