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Stories from April 24, 2024

Appetites: Flaky and puffed with air, popovers are a Passover staple

Appetites: Flaky and puffed with air, popovers are a Passover staple

Thousands 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.
by Tom Crann, Ngoc Bui and Lukas Levin

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Body camera footage shows part of fatal Minnetonka standoff between armed man and deputies

Body camera footage shows part of fatal Minnetonka standoff between armed man and deputies

Body 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.  
by MPR News Staff

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Minneapolis releases new analysis on Uber, Lyft driver pay estimates

Minneapolis releases new analysis on Uber, Lyft driver pay estimates

The 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.   
by Jon Collins

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Minneapolis teachers set to vote this week on strike authorization

Minneapolis teachers set to vote this week on strike authorization

The 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.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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Some Minnesota senators want to expel Nicole Mitchell for burglary charges; Anoka-Hennepin school board dispute settled

Minnesota senators failed to advance a motion to eventually expel the DFL lawmaker charged with a felony over an alleged burglary this week. The senator charged, Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury, did not appear at the Capitol today. And school board members governing Minnesota’s largest district have reached an agreement to avoid disrupting the annual budget process. Three out of six Anoka-Hennepin school board members had said they could not vote in favor of a budget that funded things like culturally responsive teaching and equity initiatives.
by Emily Reese

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9 local papers closing after over 150 years, expanding the suburban news desert

9 local papers closing after over 150 years, expanding the suburban news desert

This week marks the final printing of The Chaska Herald, Chanhassen Villager, Jordan Independent, Shakopee Valley News, Prior Lake American, Savage Pacer and Southwest.
by Cathy Wurzer and Aleesa Kuznetsov

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Anoka-Hennepin school board OKs plan to avoid budget showdown

Anoka-Hennepin school board OKs plan to avoid budget showdown

Board 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.
by Elizabeth Shockman

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With federal fraud trial looming, George Santos drops out of New York House race

With federal fraud trial looming, George Santos drops out of New York House race

The 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.
by Brian Mann

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Report: Twin Cities air quality improving, but climate change complicates cleanup

Report: Twin Cities air quality improving, but climate change complicates cleanup

The 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.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Talking Sense in Rochester: Skills for disagreeing better

MPR News, the nonpartisan organization Braver Angels and University of Minnesota-Rochester hosted an in-person conversation on April 24 for Talking Sense — our election-year reporting project that aims to help Minnesotans have hard political conversations, better.

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Living with autism as an adult: Part two

Living with autism as an adult: Part two

The number of adults who identify as being on the autism spectrum is growing along with awareness. MPR News host Angela Davis hosts part two of a conversation about living as an adult with autism, tied to April’s designation as Autism Awareness Month.
by Angela Davis and Maja Beckstrom

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Runaway horses gallop through central London, blazing a path of mayhem and injuries

Runaway horses gallop through central London, blazing a path of mayhem and injuries

Five 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.
by Rachel Treisman

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Northland College postpones closure decision after receiving several ‘transformative’ gifts

Northland College postpones closure decision after receiving several ‘transformative’ gifts

Northland 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.
by Dan Kraker

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Minnesotan plans to be the first Black woman to solo kayak the Mississippi from source to sea

Minnesotan plans to be the first Black woman to solo kayak the Mississippi from source to sea

Devin 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.
by Cathy Wurzer and Alanna Elder

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‘We’re not going to stop’: Protests continue at the University of Minnesota campus

‘We’re not going to stop’: Protests continue at the University of Minnesota campus

A 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.
by MPR News Staff and Alex V. Cipolle

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Caitlin Clark becomes 1st two-time winner of Sullivan Award as nation's top college athlete

Caitlin Clark becomes 1st two-time winner of Sullivan Award as nation's top college athlete

Caitlin 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.
by The Associated Press

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A hunk of space junk crashed through a Florida man's roof. Who should pay to fix it?

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.
by Bill Chappell

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Teen charged in shooting at punk rock show. DFL lawmaker’s arrest brings call for resignation

A teenager has been charged — and another minor has been identified — in connection with a shooting last summer at a Minneapolis punk music show. And the top Republican in the Minnesota Senate is calling on DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell to resign following her arrest in northwest Minnesota.
by Phil Picardi

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Buxton, Kirilloff help Twins rally past White Sox 6-5. MLB-worst Chicago falls to 3-20

Buxton, Kirilloff help Twins rally past White Sox 6-5. MLB-worst Chicago falls to 3-20

Alex 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. 
by The Associated Press

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U’s Center of American Indian and Minority Health expands to Minneapolis campus

U’s Center of American Indian and Minority Health expands to Minneapolis campus

The University of Minnesota’s medical school hosted the grand opening of the expanded Center of American Indian and Minority Health in Minneapolis on Tuesday. The center focuses on research, education and programming to positively impact American Indian and Alaskan Native health.
by Leah Lemm

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Minnesota lawmakers return from break to uncertainty after DFL lawmaker’s arrest

Minnesota lawmakers return from break to uncertainty after DFL lawmaker’s arrest

Sen. 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.
by Dana Ferguson and Clay Masters

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Timberwolves take 2-0 lead on Suns behind 25 points and ace defense from Jaden McDaniels

Timberwolves take 2-0 lead on Suns behind 25 points and ace defense from Jaden McDaniels

Jaden McDaniels scored 25 points for a career best in the playoffs and spearheaded another stifling defensive performance by the Minnesota Timberwolves in a 105-93 victory over the Phoenix Suns to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round series.
by The Associated Press

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Higher-ed institutions find themselves in a financial pinch

Higher-ed institutions find themselves in a financial pinch

Northland College announced earlier this month that it was short on funds, and the school’s future is uncertain. Meanwhile, the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul told its employees that it will lay off 26 staff members and leave 30 open positions unfilled. Minnesota’s largest private university is contending with a $10.5 million budget gap. Higher-ed is struggling. 
by Cathy Wurzer, Matthew Alvarez and Heidi Raschke

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