Aug. 5, 2019

E-cigarettes and vaping devices are now restricted under the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act, which prevents tobacco smoking in many indoor public places. The new restrictions take effect just in time for the start of the new school year. 1 in 5 Minnesota high schoolers used e-cigarettes last year. Two experts on teen vaping joined me today to talk about the new restrictions, how schools are enforcing the law and what parents need to know if their children are vaping. ~ Angela Davis, MPR News host | Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts

Hennepin County charges R. Kelly in sex crime with teen in 2001

Prosecutors brought prostitution charges against the high-profile singer, alleging he had sexual contact with a girl, 17 years old at the time, who’d asked for his autograph during a Minneapolis stop.
July 12: R. Kelly arrested again in Chicago on federal sex charges

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Life in era of mass shootings in U.S.: 'You can't just not go'

Two consecutive summer weekends. More than 30 fellow human beings gone in moments, in public places exactly like those where huge swaths of the American population go without a second thought. Perhaps no longer. Have we crossed into an era of second, third, even fourth thoughts?
Police: Ohio gunman who killed 9 was stopped in 30 seconds
Victims: Shooting victims include a mother who died protecting her baby
The latest: El Paso victim dies, raising death toll to 22
'Uniquely lawless': Security firm drops 8chan website following El Paso shooting

Walz presses Minnesota Republicans to hear gun bills

DFL Gov. Tim Walz says he wants hearings on stalled gun legislation in light of the weekend mass shootings in Ohio and Texas but that leaders in Minnesota’s GOP-controlled Senate won't commit.
'Hate has no place':Trump says after El Paso and Dayton shootings
Minnesota: Elected officials respond to mass shootings in Texas, Ohio
'Do something!': Calls for action after mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton

Data: Nearly 1 billion pain pills flooded Minnesota during height of opioid crisis

Data made available by the Washington Post show a link between prescribing practices and rising opioid overdose deaths in Minnesota and across the country.

Stocks plunge after China lets yuan drop, halts U.S. farm purchases

China decided Monday to meet President Trump's latest tariff threat with defiance, letting its currency drop to an 11-year low. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended Monday down nearly 3 percent.

Twin Cities live performers Davina and The Vagabonds launch studio album

Davina Lozier says her jazz- and blues-influenced music is genre-defying, nods to decades of music history and contains "a hum of sadness.” Davina and her band The Vagabonds celebrate the release of their new album "Sugar Drops" at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis Monday.

Solar flare: Minnesota leads nation in solar mini-gardens

The solar gardens are rising like soybeans in Cottage Grove, Lakeville and Farmington. They are the reason why Minnesota's solar capacity leaped by 47 percent last year.

Judge sentences man who sent pipe bombs to Dems to 20 years

A Florida amateur body builder who admitted sending inoperative pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and CNN has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

White Earth Nation prepares to choose new leader

After tribal chair Terry Tibbetts died in office earlier this year, the White Earth Nation is holding a special election Tuesday to fill the rest of his term. The new chair must negotiate bitter disputes among government factions, and address an ongoing opioid crisis and a host of social and economic issues.

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