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Twin Cities highs will be in the upper 30s with nighttime lows in the upper 20s, and 5 to 10 mph winds all day. Statewide highs in the lower 30s to lower 40s with evening lows in the 20s and a chance of snow.

Throwing out a vape pen is a healthy move, but one that needs care. 

 at a recycling collection center in Mound, Minn., which pushed Hennepin County to end battery recycling at all but two locations. The county has 

Marijuana opponents are jumping on the same lung injuries that are pushing people to throw out vapes. 

The Star Tribune’s J. Patrick Coolican 

 that recreational cannabis opponents see recent vaping injuries and deaths as cause to slow the pace of marijuana legalization.

 whether to extend the shutdown of Water Gremlin indefinitely.

 The White Bear Township, Minn., company makes car battery terminals and fishing weights out of lead.

Several environmental groups are petitioning the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to ban lead fishing tackle and ammunition across the state.

 the toxic chemical poses too great a threat to wildlife and human health.

Ilhan Omar is under fire for a “present” vote. 

The congresswoman didn’t give a yay or nay to a measure that would recognize Ottoman Turks’ mass killings of Aremenians as genocide, drawing criticism from Minnesota’s Armenian community, the 

. She said accountability for human rights violations is important, but she suggested the vote was politically motivated.

Transportation Security Administration officials say the InterContinental Hotel checkpoint is underutilized and will close Nov. 18. However, an airport spokesperson said the hotel checkpoint eases crowding elsewhere and that TSA should staff it.

They scored higher on average than students from 17 states where at least 95 percent of high school students took the test, as MPR News’ Elizabeth Shockman 

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