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Highs in the mid 50s to lower 60s statewide, except near Lake Superior where it’ll be chillier. It should stay mostly clear into the evening in the Twin Cities with some clouds elsewhere. Statewide lows at night in the upper 30s to mid 40s.

Yes, society is polarized today. But it’s not all a divide. 

The APM Research Lab, a sister company to MPR News, 

. Among their findings: Most Americans back several gun safety measures and abortion isn’t as a dividing an issue as some media portray.

The presidential spotlight shines on Boundary Waters. 

At least three Democratic contenders, including Elizabeth Warren, are calling attention to our special woods by supporting a moratorium on nearby mining. MinnPost’s Gabe Schneider 

Sometimes a parking lot isn’t just a place to keep cars. 

In Rochester, a proposed parking lot for Mayo Clinic employees at an old Kmart store site is 

 and showing the tension that comes with being a one-industry town. “Making it a parking lot? You call that revitalization?” one local said. “That’s not what the city touted to us.”

“I’m starting not to care that she is brutal to her staff.” 

 is talking about Amy Klobuchar. The website’s piece named the Minnesota senator and Pete Buttigieg its top performers at Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debate, according to “20 experts, insiders, activists and political professionals” who watched the three-hour affair.

Two more people have died of vaping-linked lung injuries in Minnesota. 

At least one of the latest people to die 

, the high-producing compound in marijuana. Health officials say they “cannot guarantee the safety of any vaping products.”

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