Temperatures will dip to more seasonable readings tonight (think 30s to around 40 in the Twin Cities.) Temperatures the remainder of the week will be near normal.
By the end of the week into early next week, we’re looking at temperatures once again climbing above normal with low 60s in southern Minnesota as we bid farewell to October. Get the latest on Updraft.
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Former Minneapolis police officer J. Alexander Kueng pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting manslaughter in George Floyd's killing. Tou Thao, also charged, agreed to a bench trial today.
Another defendant in the sprawling Feeding Our Future investigation is expected to plead guilty this week. Prosecutors have charged 50 people with stealing around $250 million from two federal child nutrition programs by putting phony children’s names on reimbursement forms and falsifying other paperwork.
The combination of high-level winds carrying dust from the Great Plains, and a trace of rain to bring it to the ground, left a dirty patina on cars and trucks across the region Monday morning. That sent some drivers to car washes with vehicles that looked like they'd been abandoned outside for a lengthy period.
Considered a centrist politician, Rishi Sunak is now all but guaranteed to become Britain's next prime minister. This comes after both the leading contenders in the race to replace Liz Truss pulled out before a single vote was cast among members of the Conservative party.
Following a successful first season, leaders of the Minnesota Aurora women’s soccer team said Monday they are accelerating the team’s timeline to join a professional league and are talking now to investors.
An unseasonably early spike in respiratory syncytial virus cases among young children is pushing some hospitals to capacity. RSV, as it's called, is a respiratory virus that mostly manifests as a mild illness with cold-like symptoms in adults but can cause pneumonia and bronchiolitis in very young children.
