MPR News PM Update
July 22, 2019
It's been a beautiful Monday -- and this lovely July weather will continue into mid-week. Do you remember the "Long Hot Summer" of 1967 when Plymouth Avenue in north Minneapolis went up in flames? A new audio documentary “A Fiery Unrest: Why Plymouth Avenue Burned” digs into the simmering conflicts that boiled over in north Minneapolis in July 1967. ~ MPR News staff | Weather forecast
 
5 ways to follow Minnesota’s new hands-free cellphone driving law
From Bluetooth and earphones to dashboard mounts, there are some simple ways to make sure you’re complying with the new law.
 
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State officials kick off initiative to examine shootings by police
A 16-member panel will hold three public hearings this summer and make new recommendations to the Legislature about ways to reduce deadly force encounters and respond to them consistently.
More: Law gives officers wide discretion in deadly force incidents
MPD: Use of force by Minneapolis police down
NewsCut: How to reduce use of force by police
 
Tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans demand governor resign
Waving flags, chanting and banging pots and pans, tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans jammed a highway Monday to demand the resignation of Gov. Ricardo Rosselló in a crisis triggered by a leak of offensive, obscenity-laden chat messages between him and his advisers.
 
Trump denies Iran has captured 17 CIA spies
A senior Iranian intelligence officer says Iran has detained CIA-trained spies who were attempting to gather information on the country's military and nuclear capabilities.
 
Equifax to pay up to $700M in data breach settlement
The breach was one of the largest ever to threaten private information. The consumer reporting agency did not detect the attack for more than six weeks. The compromised data included Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, driver license numbers, credit card numbers and in some cases, data from passports.
 
Prisons resort to video for psychiatric care
The difficulty of finding psychiatrists willing to work in prisons is forcing the institutions to provide care via video to populations with high rates of mental illness.
 
Lamoureux twins start foundation to help disadvantaged kids
Olympic gold medal-winners Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Morando are launching a foundation to help underserved children and communities.
 
Feeling blue? Oregon students now can take 'mental health days'
Oregon will allow students to take "mental health days" just as they would sick days, expanding the reasons for excused school absences to include mental or behavioral health under a new law that experts say is one of the first of its kind in the U.S.
 
Riverboat performance lets audience navigate a murder mystery
A story set just before the Civil War plays out on the Jonathan Padelford, where actors and audience members plumb the depths of criminal behavior.
 

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