Play9min 18secMinnesotan plans to be the first Black woman to kayak the Mississippi from source to seaDevin Brown is embarking on a journey to kayak from the source of the Mississippi River at Lake Itasca to the Gulf of Mexico. If successful, she would be the first Black woman to solo the length of the river.
‘We’re not going to stop’: Protests continue at the University of Minnesota campusA University of Minnesota protest was cleared late Tuesday night for the second time in a day. They picked things back up on Wednesday and say they will not quit until their demands are met.
Play4min 47secMinnesota lawmakers return from break to uncertainty after DFL lawmaker’s arrestSen. Nicole Mitchell’s legal troubles consumed the Capitol on the first day back from a short recess. The situation has put the power dynamic and policy prospects in question for the last four weeks of the legislative session.
Play3min 51secSammy McDowell remembered as ‘pillar’ of his north Minneapolis communityHundreds of people celebrated the life of Sammy McDowell on Tuesday night in north Minneapolis. They remembered McDowell as a community champion who made a point to look out for others.
Play4min 28secSecond suspect in Nudieland mass shooting in custodyA second suspect in the mass shooting at a Minneapolis punk show last summer is in juvenile detention and was in court Wednesday afternoon.
Play3min 33secAppetites: Flaky and puffed with air, popovers are a Passover stapleThousands of popovers push through the doors at Yum! Kitchen and Bakery every year during Passover. MPR News Host Tom Crann talks with Yum co-owner, Patti Soskin on how they’re made and why they’re such a versatile Passover pastry.
Body camera footage shows part of fatal Minnetonka standoff between armed man and deputiesBody camera video released Wednesday by the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office shows portions of an April 10 shootout in Minnetonka that resulted in the wounding of two deputies and the death of a man who officials say fired at the officers.
Minneapolis releases new analysis on Uber, Lyft driver pay estimatesThe analysis by the city’s Policy and Research Division is mostly in line with previous state and city studies of rideshare drivers’ wages, and doesn’t appear to shift the debate at the Minneapolis City Council over the new rideshare ordinance in either direction.
Minneapolis teachers set to vote this week on strike authorizationThe Minneapolis Federation of Teachers says its members will vote on Thursday and Friday on authorizing a possible strike. The move comes after the union and district failed to reach a contract agreement after an 18-hour mediated negotiating session.
Biden signs $95 billion military aid package for Ukraine, Israel and TaiwanUkraine will get most of the assistance as it struggles to combat Russia’s overwhelming firepower. The bill also includes more weapons for Israel, and humanitarian help for Gaza.
Play12min 27secAnoka-Hennepin school board OKs plan to avoid budget showdownBoard members of the state’s largest school district agreed early Wednesday to move ahead with the budget process separately from policy and curriculum questions raised by a board member, the superintendent said.
With federal fraud trial looming, George Santos drops out of New York House raceThe scandal-plagued former Republican congressman, ousted from his House seat last year, abandoned his long-shot independent bid for Congress. But he suggested his political career may not be over.
Play4min 33secReport: Twin Cities air quality improving, but climate change complicates cleanupThe American Lung Association released its 25th annual State of the Air report Wednesday and it shows air quality in the Twin Cities metro area improved slightly between 2020 and 2022.
Runaway horses gallop through central London, blazing a path of mayhem and injuriesFive military horses got spooked during a training exercise, bolting and weaving a path of destruction across the city before being captured. Several people and horses are being treated for injuries.
President Biden signs law to ban TikTok nationwide unless it is soldThe measure was included in a foreign aid package providing support to Ukraine and Israel. TikTok vowed to challenge the law in federal court.
Northland College postpones closure decision after receiving several ‘transformative’ giftsNorthland College, a small, liberal arts school with an environmental focus in Ashland, Wis., has postponed a decision to possibly close after receiving several last-minute large donations.
Caitlin Clark becomes 1st two-time winner of Sullivan Award as nation's top college athleteCaitlin Clark is still picking up trophies. The Iowa basketball star who was recently the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft has won the James E. Sullivan Award for the second straight year.
Play6min 47secSupreme Court to examine a federal-state conflict over emergency abortionsThe case comes from Idaho, where the law banning abortions is sufficiently strict that the state's leading hospital system says its patients are at risk.
A hunk of space junk crashed through a Florida man's roof. Who should pay to fix it?"It was not like anything I had ever seen before," Alejandro Otero says. It turned out his home was hit by debris from the International Space Station that had been circling the Earth for three years.
Buxton, Kirilloff help Twins rally past White Sox 6-5. MLB-worst Chicago falls to 3-20Alex Kirilloff hit a two-out, game-ending single after Byron Buxton led off the ninth inning with a tying homer, and the major league-worst Chicago White Sox fell to 3-20 with a 6-5 loss to the Minnesota Twins.