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Seasonable weather on Halloween. Tonight, it'll be mostly clear with lows in the upper 20s to the mid-30s. Under southerly winds and the influence of a warm front Saturday morning, highs make it into the 40s and low 50s, which is very close to average for Halloween. Sunday will be mostly sunny with highs in the 30s.

Another grim milestone: Record 3,100 COVID cases reported today. Minnesota’s grim week of COVID-19 records continued Friday as the Health Department reported more than 3,100 newly confirmed cases of the disease, the first time the daily report has topped 3,000 in the pandemic. State officials said 18 more Minnesotans have died, continuing a troubling October of steeply rising cases, hospitalizations and deaths to COVID-19.

Biden-Trump hold dueling rallies in Minnesota this afternoon. Tune into our special coverage at 6 p.m. Former Vice President Joe Biden is at the State Fairgrounds this afternoon for a drive-in rally, while President Donald Trump is slated to hold a rally at the Rochester airport later this evening. Watch the rallies live on MPRNews.org tonight, and stay tuned for the special coverage this evening with our politics reporters who are covering the events.

Secretary of State Steve Simon: You can override your recently-mailed absentee ballot if you're worried it won’t arrive by the new court-ordered deadline.