Good morning! Foggy this evening with highs in the 30s today. If this quote doesn't make you want to keep on reading, I don't know what will: "It's not as though I'm electrically lobotomizing myself." That's Minnesota rapper and singer Dessa, who explained to NPR why she enlisted a team of neuroscientists on the path to creating her latest album, "Chime." | Forecast
Several bills focused on fighting the opioid epidemic in Minnesota have bipartisan backing among lawmakers. But the measures will no doubt face stiff opposition from the drug industry. | Dayton wants Big Pharma to fund Minnesota's anti-opioid battle
Republican Rep. Erik Paulsen said his constituents will get a larger tax cut than the national average, but Democratic candidates say it piles on the national debt. | How the GOP tax bill will affect you
Coal still accounts for 39 percent of Minnesota's electricity generation, but wind and solar continue to gain, according to a report released Thursday by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
In 2015 and 2016, the number of pedestrians killed in the U.S. increased significantly. In 2017, the number held steady at nearly 6,000 estimated fatalities, according to a new report. | NewsCut: The killers on the highways use smartphones
The Founding Fathers were willing to be edited, it seems, but they did not want it to be easy. So they made the amending process a steep uphill climb, requiring a clear national consensus to succeed. | Walmart, Dick's expand corporate rift with gun lobby
The Russian president said the weapons include a nuclear-powered cruise missile, a nuclear-powered underwater drone and new hypersonic missile that have no equivalent elsewhere in the world.
