March 18, 2022

A beautiful spring weekend is on the way! We have another somewhat cooler (though still warmer than normal) day Friday. Skies will clear overnight Friday night, leading to cooler temperatures early Saturday morning. Watch out for wet surfaces refreezing.

Saturday brings a return to sunshine and warmer temperatures. Expect highs in the 50s south and 40s north.

Get the latest forecast and weather news via Updraft. — Sven Sundgaard, MPR News

For some kids, long COVID-19 is harder than having the virus

Most kids don't get severely ill with COVID-19. But the milder cases seen in children obscure kids who develop long COVID, a cluster of symptoms that can stick with them for months and upend their lives.

Hopeful signs emerge in negotiations on Day 9 of Mpls. teacher strike

District officials say as of Friday, Minneapolis Public Schools is now running four days behind state requirements for instructional days.

Russian strikes hit Ukrainian capital and outskirts of Lviv

Russian forces are pressing their assault Ukrainian cities, striking on the outskirts of the capital Kyiv and the western city of Lviv, as world leaders push for an investigation of the Kremlin’s repeat attacks on civilian targets.

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A conversation with Republican gubernatorial candidate Dr. Scott Jensen

As Gov. Tim Walz seeks another term, more than a half dozen Republicans are competing for the chance to run against him. MPR News host Mike Mulcahy talks with the GOP frontrunner Dr. Scott Jensen, a family physician who served one term in the Minnesota Senate and got national attention for criticizing the state’s handling of COVID-19.

House passes bill to prohibit discrimination based on hair

Black people who wear hairstyles like Afros, cornrows or tightly coiled twists should not face bias in society, school and the workplace, the U.S. House said Friday in voting to make it explicit that such discrimination is a violation of federal civil rights law.

This form of memory loss is common — but most Americans don't know about it

Mild cognitive impairment, a common brain condition, can be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease. But most people don't know the symptoms. And some may mistake it for normal aging.

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