Here's the latest news from across the state to start your day.
WEATHER
🌬️ We have one more cooler day of temperatures when compared to the start of the week. Highs Thursday will be near 70 in the Twin Cities with mid-70s west and 60s northeast.
😎 It’s back to summerlike temperatures Friday into the weekend and next week. Highs will top out above 80 degrees for southern Minnesota Friday and potentially each day through next Friday.
One of the biggest threats loons face is poisoning from swallowing lead sinkers, lures and jigs. Yet efforts to ban lead tackle in Minnesota have repeatedly failed and convincing anglers to voluntarily switch out their lead tackle for non-toxic alternatives has been a slow process.
In a video that’s gained national attention, a Rochester woman called a Somali American child a racial slur on a playground at a public park. Leaders of the Black and Somali American communities in Rochester are calling for legal action in the wake of the incident.
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Kids are getting stuck in Minnesota’s mental health care pipeline. Lawmakers are weighing a fix. An increasing number of children are being held in Minnesota hospitals and — in some cases — detention facilities as they await mental health care in their communities. Some children get stuck for days or weeks.
🚨 Robbinsdale schools employee arrested for allegedly possessing child sex abuse images. A
Robbinsdale school district employee is jailed and could face felony charges after investigators allegedly found him in possession of child sex abuse images.
⚖️ Trump nominates candidate for next U.S. attorney for Minnesota.President Donald Trump has nominated Minneapolis attorney Daniel Rosen
to serve as the next U.S. attorney for Minnesota. Rosen is a U.S. Navy veteran and graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School.
🎨 Art Hounds: Somali dance traditions, sculptural books and raw photography. This week, Art Hounds highlight a youth dance showcase of Somali folk traditions, a sculptural retrospective that blends books and architecture, and a photographic call to face homelessness head-on.
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Toronto Sceptres beat Minnesota Frost 3-2 in PWHL playoff opener. The Toronto Sceptres beat the defending champion Minnesota Frost 3-2 on Wednesday night in Game 1 of the PWHL semifinal series. Game 2 of the best-of-five series is Friday night in Toronto.
🏀 Warriors sideline Curry for at least a week with hamstring strain, putting rest of series against Timberwolves in flux. The Golden State Warriors are planning to
play without Stephen Curry for at least the next three games of their second-round series against Minnesota.
MUST LISTEN
🎧 Out to Lunch: MPR News host Tom Crann has guided Minnesotans through two decades of headlines. Crann is leaving MPR News to return to his roots as a classical music host with YourClassical MPR. He joined Minnesota Now host Nina Moini for lunch to reflect on his career and what’s ahead.
🎧 Hennepin County promotes using salvaged goods for home renovations with Salvage Crawl. Throughout May, Hennepin County is promoting local businesses that collect salvage and resell it at a fraction of its original cost. The hope is to get more people exposed to the idea of reusing the old materials to build for newer projects.
🎧 Mike Osterholm on how the Trump administration is reshaping public health in America
🎧 As the conclave begins, a look at Minnesota's changing Catholic Church. The next Pope will shape decades of church doctrine. The Catholic Church looks different after Pope Francis’s tenure. Minnesota’s Catholic congregation looks different, too.
