Travel woes easing at MSP + Minnesota's Olympic ties
☀️ A pleasant Wednesday is in store for most of Minnesota. Look for dry conditions and partly-cloudy skies. Temperatures will be just a bit below normal, mostly in the upper 70s to near 80 in the Red River Valley.
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🌱 The one-year anniversary of recreational cannabis becoming legal in Minnesota is just days away. And even though dispensaries aren’t widely available for Minnesotans to buy cannabis, people are allowed to possess, grow and use it. So what are the health implications of eating a gummy or smoking a joint? And when should you seek medical attention? Dr. Jon Cole, medical director of the Minnesota Poison Control System and emergency room physician, answers those questions and shares what he's seen over the last 12 months,.
👩🏽 And while Kamala Harris is not the official Democratic Party presidential nominee yet, many of her supporters are hopeful she'd bring her perspective as a woman — and a woman of color — to the top job in U.S. politics. However, not all Americans are on board with Harris' perspective on reproductive rights. Annette Meeks, CEO and founder of the Freedom Foundation of Minnesota joins us with a different perspective. |
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💩 Do you have tummy troubles? Digestive system struggles? Problems pooping? MPR News host Angela Davis talks with two doctors who will help us understand what good gut health looks like and how can you make your digestive system as healthy as possible.
📞 And we want to hear from you. How’s your gut treating you? What questions do you have about how your digestive system works, how it affects the rest of your body and how you can keep it healthy? Call us at 651-227-6000 or 800-242-2828. |
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| | Travel woes and Delta delays continue, but may be easing at MSP airport |
After several days of canceled and delayed flights, Delta Airlines is edging toward normal operation at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The airline, dominant at the Twin Cities airport, struggled to come back from the effects of a software glitch that snarled air travel across the country. | |
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| What else we're watching: |
🧑⚖️ Feeding Our Future defendant pleads guilty to jury bribery attempt. Abdimajid Nur, one of the five people charged with trying to bribe a juror in the Feeding Our Future trial last month, admitted that he handed a large amount of cash to a co-defendant whom he recruited to deliver the money to a juror’s home.
🚨 Minnesota BCA releases case file on fatal shooting of Ricky Cobb II by state trooper. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has released a case file from the investigation into last year’s fatal shooting of motorist Ricky Cobb II by a state trooper.
🗳️ Speaker Hortman praises Harris’ ‘cool aunt appeal,’ hopeful of down-ballot boost. Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman says she expects Vice President Kamala Harris, not former President Donald Trump, to have coattails in the North Star state.
💰 Federal money to tackle food waste and climate pollution flows to Minnesota in the fall. The state is set to receive a $200 million grant to reduce food waste and climate pollution. The money will go toward projects that decarbonize food systems while keeping Minnesotans sustainably fed.
📣 In an energized 1st campaign speech, Harris makes her pitch for 2024. The song “Freedom” by Beyoncé played as Harris greeted an excited crowd, holding up white and blue signs that read “Kamala” and chanting her name. Harris’s speech marks the first campaign event she’s held since President Biden ended his campaign on Sunday.
🏛️ For the first time since he exited the presidential race, Biden to address the nation. In an Oval Office speech Wednesday evening, President Joe Biden will address his decision to abandon his race for a second term, as well as his plans to “finish the job for the American people” during his final months in office.
— Sam Stroozas and Anna Haecherl, MPR News |
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