What's happening in Minnesota today
A look at what's going on around the state from MPR News, other trusted news sources and you. Tag your local stories on Twitter with #mntoday and check on this stream for your daily dose of news that affects you.
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NRA spokeswoman becomes new face of gun rights movement mprnews.org/story/2018/02/…by MPRnews via twitter 2/25/2018 4:03:02 PM -
'You have dark skin and you are beautiful': the long fight against skin bleaching mprnews.org/story/2018/02/…by MPRnews via twitter 2/25/2018 4:45:59 PM
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Minnesnowta! 11.6" of snow has fallen at MSP Airport since Thursday. More like 2-feet up north. #mnwx twitter.com/NWSTwinCities/…by MPR Weather via twitter 2/25/2018 5:59:10 PM -
Marissa Brandt named honorary ambassador for Korea adoptees mprnews.org/story/2018/02/…by MPRnews via twitter 2/25/2018 9:03:17 PM
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Michelle Obama to release memoir in November
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ICYMI: Afton's Jessie Diggins carried the U.S. flag in the Olympic closing ceremony mprnews.org/story/2018/02/… https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DW9fGShWsAEHUhE.jpg
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British baker @catfoodcakes is publishing a Prince-inspired cookbook: "Little Red Velvette." bddy.me/2ERzK8h https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DW9pen9X0AAXEgn.jpg
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Parkland school’s hockey team wins state championship, weeks after shooting ift.tt/2BQk7v3by NewsCut via twitter 2/26/2018 1:24:33 PM
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A teenager has died after being hit by a Northstar Commuter Rail train near Elk River mprnews.org/story/2018/02/…by MPRnews via twitter 2/26/2018 1:26:13 PM
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California Democratic Party won't endorse Sen. Dianne Feinstein mprnews.org/story/2018/02/…by MPRnews via twitter 2/26/2018 1:40:32 PM
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An online fundraising effort has earned more than $19 ,000 in pledges for the family of student whose social media posts prompted a school lockdown in Orono last week mprnews.org/story/2018/02/…by MPRnews via twitter 2/26/2018 1:49:12 PM
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Parkland school’s hockey team wins state championship, weeks after shooting blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2018/0… via @newscutby MPRnews via twitter 2/26/2018 2:04:15 PM
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The melt of 2018 is on: Thaw-freeze-repeat. Take it easy out there driving and walking this week! blogs.mprnews.org/updraft/ #mnwx https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DW953y6U8AEHCLi.jpg
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Peak Snow: This is the deepest snow cover we'll see this winter. There's about 3-feet on the ground at Wolf Ridge ELC near Finland! blogs.mprnews.org/updraft/ #mnwx https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DW96OUaVMAALuI-.jpg
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China proposes lifting presidential term limit. Critics see the move as reversing decades of efforts to create rules in China for the orderly exercise and transfer of political power mprnews.org/story/2018/02/…by MPRnews via twitter 2/26/2018 2:23:20 PM
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Jessie Diggins.
The men's curling team.
Women's hockey.
Lindsey Vonn.
What was your favorite Minnesota Olympic moment? mprnews.org/story/2018/02/… https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DW9vzs_X4AAZrje.jpgby MPRnews via twitter 2/26/2018 2:29:24 PM -
Iowa player misses free throw because ‘life is bigger than basketball’ ift.tt/2FxfBBzby NewsCut via twitter 2/26/2018 2:29:28 PM
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"She's so positive, and knows how to be a good role model": Diggins' golden Olympic spirit inspires skiers at the "Birkie" and beyond mprnews.org/story/2018/02/… https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DW9w6q_WkAA5hwn.jpg
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The Supreme Court is rejecting the Trump administration's highly unusual bid to get the justices to intervene in the controversy over protections for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants mprnews.org/story/2018/02/…by MPRnews via twitter 2/26/2018 2:53:48 PM
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Thaw, freeze, repeat: Daytime temps will push 40 in much of Minnesota this week. Nights will be below freezing. That means icy patches from daily snow melt. Take it easy out there driving, and walking blogs.mprnews.org/updraft/2018/0… #mnwxby MPRnews via twitter 2/26/2018 3:03:24 PM
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"Black Panther" fans, here's your next read, recommended by bookseller Jeffrey Blair at @eyeseeme :… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… -
A Forest Lake City Council vote tonight could stop the development of Minnesota's first residential psychiatric treatment facility for children in its tracks mprnews.org/story/2018/02/…by MPRnews via twitter 2/26/2018 3:08:13 PM
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Love, love, love this story about Jessie Diggins via Birkie reporter @dankraker . So inspiring, even if you aren't a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… -
Duluth to honor Twin Ports Olympians on Tuesday. They'll enter the celebration under a canopy of curling brooms mprnews.org/story/2018/02/… https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DW-EOrOWsAAannF.jpg
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Speaking of the men's curling team, they got a little lesson in the dangers of Twitter before heading back to Minnesota and a heroes’ welcome in Duluth blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2018/0…by MPRnews via twitter 2/26/2018 3:18:16 PM
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Local jurisdictions are pushing back against the MPCA's desire to tighten regulations on unlined construction landfills, which have been found to pollute groundwater mprnews.org/story/2018/02/…by MPRnews via twitter 2/26/2018 3:33:12 PM
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Curling team accidentally gives Delta a PR headache ift.tt/2Fz8dWvby NewsCut via twitter 2/26/2018 3:34:30 PM
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After nearly a month of pronouncements, melodrama, headlines and strife, Round One of memo mania is finally complete mprnews.org/story/2018/02/…by MPRnews via twitter 2/26/2018 3:58:12 PM
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The childhood obesity epidemic rages on in the United States, with a big surge among the youngest kids mprnews.org/story/2018/02/…by MPRnews via twitter 2/26/2018 4:12:13 PM
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Jordan Bohannon, Iowa’s sophomore guard, went to the free-throw line with a chance to erase Chris Street’s name from the record books.
But he didn’t want the new record. So he missed the free throw on purpose blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2018/0…by MPRnews via twitter 2/26/2018 4:20:13 PM -
New! @ComoZoo is proud to present Autism & Sensory Friendly Early Entry Days. An experience for individuals on the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… -
Minnesotan Marissa Brandt, who played Olympic hockey for South Korea's historic combined women's team, named honorary ambassador for Korea adoptees mprnews.org/story/2018/02/… https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DW9zJt2X0AA6TmQ.jpg
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"Black Panther" fans, here's your next obsession mprnews.org/story/2018/02/… https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DW94T2gWkAE8tuL.jpg
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For some, the USDA's plan to deliver SNAP benefits as canned, shelf-stable food is painfully familiar. The agency has long given this type of aid to Native American tribes, with devastating health effects mprnews.org/story/2018/02/…by MPRnews via twitter 2/26/2018 5:06:11 PM
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Americans say Congress is listening to all the wrong people
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When we bend over in the U.S., most of us look like nuts. And that could be one reason back pain is so common in the U.S mprnews.org/story/2018/02/…by MPRnews via twitter 2/26/2018 5:15:12 PM
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