Nancy YangIf ever there was a #FF, this is it. Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Cody NelsonA 21-year-old pilot must’ve had luck on his side in an emergency landing Thursday morning near Watkins, Minn.
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A nasty red tide in south Florida can be blamed on pollution and heat. Read more →
Here’s a lesson in political distractions, courtesy of the Verge. It involves Bigfoot erotica and a Virginia congressional race.
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Turns out it takes some expertise to cook with raw wild mushrooms and berries.
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Fever and vomiting were the first signs. Then he became delirious and the fever got higher. Read more →
Bob CollinsI’ll be on vacation for the next week or so.
But just so your visit wasn’t a complete waste, here’s some puppies being carried in watermelons. Read more →
You’d have to be at the end of your rope to stick your resume on a race car, but that’s a promotion a beer company is planning for NASCAR’s South Point 400 in Las Vegas. Read more →
The police are a political wedge issue now. Read more →
There is only one openly gay player on any professional men’s sports team in America — Minnesota United’s Collin Martin. That should tell you plenty about the climate for people who are gay in professional men’s sports because it’s a sure bet that there’s more than one gay man in all of baseball, football, hockey, or soccer.
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It was only a matter of time before the politics landfill of America included a controversy surrounding Bigfoot. In Virginia’s 5th District, Democrat Leslie Cockburn says Republican Denver Riggleman is “a devotee of Bigfoot erotica,” the Washington Post says. “This is not what we need on Capitol Hill.” Included in her tweet was a drawing Read more →
Here are the stories, topics, and guests you’ll hear today on Minnesota Public Radio News. Read more →
Allow us a moment of pride as we point out that a small cadre MPR newsies as well as David Folkenflik and Mary Louise Kelly at NPR, have been awarded 2018 Ethics in Journalism Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists.
Both groups had a difficult task in the last year. They had to report on failings within their own organizations. Read more →
What if they had a photo opportunity and nobody showed up? Read more →
The 2016 ban is Minnesota’s first countywide frac sand mining ban. Winona County has some of the largest deposits of silica sand, which is used in the controversial technique to force oil out of the ground. Read more →