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Stories from August 9, 2024

Special education support staff can get fully licensed teaching degrees through new apprenticeship program

Special education support staff can get fully licensed teaching degrees through new apprenticeship program

Starting Monday, public schools in Minneapolis, North Branch and Owatonna are partnering with Minnesota State University, Mankato to launch “The Forward Together: Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Program. The goal: address the demand for special education teachers in urban and rural school districts amid an educator shortage. 
by Hannah Yang

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Japan’s b-girl Ami wins Olympic breaking’s first gold medal

Japan’s b-girl Ami wins Olympic breaking’s first gold medal

Japan’s b-girl Ami won gold at the Olympics’ first breaking event by spinning, flipping and toprocking past a field of 16 dancers Friday in a high-energy competition that may not return for future Games.
by The Associated Press

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Man who attacked police at the U.S. Capitol with poles gets 20 years, one of longest Jan. 6 sentences

Man who attacked police at the U.S. Capitol with poles gets 20 years, one of longest Jan. 6 sentences

A California man with a history of political violence was sentenced on Friday to 20 years in prison for repeatedly attacking police with flagpoles and other makeshift weapons during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
by The Associated Press

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Oldest Black-owned newspaper in Minnesota turning 90 years old

Oldest Black-owned newspaper in Minnesota turning 90 years old

On Aug. 10, 1934, the Minneapolis Spokesman and the St. Paul Recorder began printing news for what was then a small, but growing, Black community. The papers would later be combined into the Minnesota Spokesman.
by Brandt Williams

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GOP’s Protect the Vote tour stops in Minnesota to recruit election judges, challengers

GOP’s Protect the Vote tour stops in Minnesota to recruit election judges, challengers

Secretary of State Steve Simon says the state needs 30,000 poll workers and that he welcomes them — and is required to recruit them — from both sides of the aisle.
by Cari Spencer and Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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Weekend forecast: Cool, crisp and dry

Weekend forecast: Cool, crisp and dry

Friday afternoon temperatures continue to range from the 60s to low 70s. Winds will continue out of the northwest. Very isolated rain chances are possible up north into Friday evening.
by Mandy Thalhuber

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Is COVID endemic yet? Yep, says the CDC. Here’s what that means

Is COVID endemic yet? Yep, says the CDC. Here’s what that means

The nation — and Olympic athletes, like Noah Lyles — are in another summer surge of COVID infections. CDC officials say the virus has become endemic. That means it is here to stay in a predictable way.
by Rob Stein

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A win for the Harris-Walz ticket would also mean the country’s first Native American female governor

A win for the Harris-Walz ticket would also mean the country’s first Native American female governor

If Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are elected this fall, not only would a woman of color lead the country for the first time, but a Native woman would govern a state for the first time in U.S. history too.
by The Associated Press

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State GOP leader calls Harris-Walz agenda ‘extreme,’ out of touch with rural voters

State GOP leader calls Harris-Walz agenda ‘extreme,’ out of touch with rural voters

“I think that he does very minimal to reach out across the aisle or directly,” Demuth said. “So I don’t think that plays very well, especially in greater Minnesota, when they hear that he is not available and willing to work for all Minnesotans.”
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Tornadoes touch down after severe weather earlier in the week

Tornadoes touch down after severe weather earlier in the week

The beginning of August had tornadoes touching down in parts of Minnesota. Climatologist and meteorologist Mark Seeley talked about the severe weather in his weekly chat with MPR News host Cathy Wurzer.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lukas Levin

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I-35E construction closures begin. Fort Snelling State Park reopens after flooding

Construction will close parts of Interstate 35E for two weekends starting Friday night. And after being closed for more than a month due to river flooding, Fort Snelling State Park in the Twin Cities is open again. 
by Phil Picardi

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Walz and legions of 'dudes' want to give men permission to vote Democrat

Walz and legions of 'dudes' want to give men permission to vote Democrat

With the selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Harris continues a trend that has risen out of her run for president: clearing the way for men to identify with their gender as they vote.
by Danielle Kurtzleben

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U.S. women's soccer, reinvigorated by a trio of stars, will play for Olympic gold

U.S. women's soccer, reinvigorated by a trio of stars, will play for Olympic gold

The team's trio of star forwards — Mallory Swanson, Trinity Rodman and Sophia Smith — has combined for nine of 10 goals in the Olympics. But they want more: the first U.S. gold medal since 2012.
by Becky Sullivan

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A 3rd person has died in connection to the listeria outbreak in Boar's Head products

A 3rd person has died in connection to the listeria outbreak in Boar's Head products

Three people have now died connected to the listeria outbreak among Boar’s Head deli meats, the CDC said. A person most recently died in Virginia, adding to earlier deaths in New Jersey and Illinois.
by Ayana Archie

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