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Cathy Wurzer
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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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Who gets to teach teachers? Palestinian activist-led training sparks controversy in Minneapolis

Who gets to teach teachers? Palestinian activist-led training sparks controversy in Minneapolis

A sub-group of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers union called Educators for Palestine is moving the location of their event with local Palestinian advocate Taher Herzallah after Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey condemned the workshop.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard tracks the desert black rhino in northwest Namibia

Meteorologist Sven Sundgaard tracks the desert black rhino in northwest Namibia

Namibia, in southwest Africa, has the largest population of black rhinos and has done something that few other places have been able to do — greatly reduce poaching for their horns and preserve this unique ecosystem.
by Sven Sundgaard

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Art Hounds: The M gets bigger, student-curated Black joy and fancy chairs you can’t sit on

Art Hounds: The M gets bigger, student-curated Black joy and fancy chairs you can’t sit on

Art Hounds discuss the expanded Minnesota Museum of Art’s new wing, a show curated by students at the University of Minnesota about Black joy and a new exhibit with 20 chairs and five mini golf holes.
by Emily Bright

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Listen: New York Times reporter Reid Epstein on Ken Martin’s bid for DNC chair

Listen: New York Times reporter Reid Epstein on Ken Martin’s bid for DNC chair

Reid Epstein, a reporter with The New York Times, spoke with Martin, who argued Democrats’ downfall was their message failing to land with voters ahead of the 2024 election.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Cannabis regulator faces heat after rejecting over 1,000 initial applicants

Cannabis regulator faces heat after rejecting over 1,000 initial applicants

Minnesota cannabis regulators say they’ll hold a lottery in the coming weeks to determine who will operate the state’s first legal marijuana businesses. But the Office of Cannabis Management is facing pushback this week after it rejected around two-thirds of the applicants it deemed ineligible.
by Matt Sepic

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