Good morning! Cool, dry and breezy today, with highs near 50. We could reach 60 on Thursday! We don't know about you, but we strongly feel someone needs to make this mistake a reality. The U.S. Embassy in Australia apologized yesterday after sending an invitation to a "cat pajama-jam." The invite featured a photo of a cat dressed as the Sesame Street character Cookie Monster. A State Department spokesperson said the email invitation was a "training error." OK, but when's the party? This sounds like the kind of get-together everyone would enjoy. | What's on MPR News? | Forecast
Twelve years in Congress gives Tim Walz plenty to tout in his governor's campaign and lots for his opponents to mine, too. No U.S. House member has been elected Minnesota governor since 1978. | 'Citizen soldier' Walz honed leadership in uniform
The Sears across from the state Capitol has been a fixture on Rice Street for more than a half-century. One City Council member says several groups have come to his office with redevelopment ideas for the 17-acre parcel.
The Red Lake Nation and the city of Minneapolis are rushing to build emergency shelter for around 200 people living at the state's largest homeless encampment. The new shelter, a so-called "navigation center," has never been built before in Minnesota. | Volunteers help make sure those living at encampment have food
As the CVS pharmacy chain prepares to close on its buyout of health insurer Aetna, neither has a huge presence in Minnesota. But Aetna has a partnership with the big health system, Allina Health, and the effect on that effort remains unclear.
Pompeo's arrival came hours after a Turkish forensics team finished a search inside the Saudi Consulate. Police planned a second search, this one of the Saudi consul's home in Istanbul, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said.
The list, which includes allegations dating back as far as 1948 and as recently as 1996, was released days after Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Archbishop Cardinal Donald Wuerl.
Johnson said she hopes the fellowship will encourage students to take risks, to deeply study and try new ideas. "I just think it's important for our children to feel that things are possible," she said. | Listen: Walter Mondale and Josie Johnson on civil rights in America
Nothing much has worked so far to get the message through to the masses that climate change is real and it's going to hurt. So a group of researchers have changed their approach. Drought? Famine? Floods? It's not enough to get people interested.
