Good morning! C-c-cold the next couple of days but the good news is that warmer weather is on the way. 20s today, 40s by Wednesday. We shut down HAL once but he was always still around. Now, he's really gone. Douglas Rain, the man who provided the eerie, calmly homicidal voice of HAL in Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey," has died at the age of 90. Let's all sing "Daisy Bell" in his honor. | What's on MPR News today? | Forecast
Firefighters are racing against wind gusts to control blazes raging in two areas of the state. In Northern California, officials say six more bodies were found.
All 67 counties are facing a state-ordered deadline of Thursday to complete their recounts and half already had begun. Many other counties were expected to begin the work Monday.=
"We are not anti-gun: we are anti-bullet holes in our patients," wrote one physician in response to the NRA. Another posted a photo of his own scrubs, bloody from trying to save a gunshot victim.
According to the AAP, research shows that spanking is harmful to child development, in the long run. The AAP also says to avoid non-physical punishment that is humiliating, scary or threatening.
A scientist working for the University of Minnesota has spent more time than anyone else at South Pole station, a decade and a half of nights. Next year will be his final planned year, as the telescope he maintains will be retired. | Video: See the 'absolutely amazing' auroras in Antarctica
Page is one of seven individuals who will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom next week from President Trump. The White House made the announcement Saturday.
It's exceedingly rare for anyone running for office as a write-in candidate to succeed. But last week a city council candidate in one Minnesota community managed to pull it off.
Rare mummified scarabs, preserved in coffins decorated with beetle drawings, were also found. Egypt hopes to attract visitors to the country's heritage sites, where tourism has dropped since 2011.
Lyle Conaway was 21 years old when he watched Joe Vittori, his comrade and fellow member of Company F, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division (Reinforced), conduct a "valiant stand" against the enemy in Korea.
