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Good morning and welcome to the new week. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. 


A mild, gray Monday. Most of the state will be cloudy all day, with a slight chance of freezing drizzle in the west. Twin Cities highs in the lower 30s with nighttime lows around 19. Statewide, lows range from 16 to 24 during the day.  More on Updraft. | Forecast


The Iowa presidential caucus is just a week away, and there’s still no front-runner. The latest polling aggregates show Joe Biden with a slight lead over Bernie Sanders, followed by Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren. Amy Klobuchar trails with 8 percent in fifth place — 8 points separate the Minnesota senator and fourth-place Warren; there are 5 points between Warren and Biden. And for more pre-caucus studying ... check out the  Des Moines Register’s analysis of three crucial counties to watch on caucus night. 


“When we arrived we could smell something really horrible. And that's when they were burning the bodies.” That’s one of Judy Baron’s memories of arriving at Auschwitz in 1944 as a teenager. She and Eva Gross had similar experiences they shared with MPR News reporter Tim Nelson on the 75th anniversary of the camp’s liberation. 


If you logged off for the weekend, you missed plenty of national politics. President Trump’s impeachment trial legal team made the case that he did “nothing wrong” in its opening arguments. Proceedings pick back up at noon Monday . And Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused veteran NPR reporter and host Mary Louise Kelly of lying to him, without offering an explanation or evidence


Cody Nelson, MPR News
Basketball legend Kobe Bryant, daughter among 9 dead in California helicopter crash
NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash on a remote, steep hillside in Southern California on Sunday, his sudden death at age 41 touching off an outpouring of grief for a star whose celebrity transcended basketball. | Reaction to the death of Kobe Bryant
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When grandparents step in to fill a parenting gap
Across Minnesota, more than 70,000 grandchildren are being raised by their grandparents, according to the state. The true numbers are likely higher, given that many grandparents don't go through formal processes to assume responsibility for the kids.
Senate Republicans want to renew voter ID push in 2020; DFLers say no way
A proposed constitutional amendment in 2012 failed by a margin of 52 percent to 46 percent.
Arizona, California cases push U.S. tally of new virus to 5
Dozens of people have died from the virus in China, which has issued massive travel bans in hard-hit sections of that country to try to stem spread of the virus. The U.S. consulate in Wuhan announced Sunday that it would evacuate its personnel and some private citizens aboard a charter flight.
Mushers, dog teams begin John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon
Spectators are welcome at the start, finish and checkpoints in between. Can't go in person? Catch the livestream or track the teams via GPS. | Runners, skiers, bikers hit trail for Arrowhead 135 in northern Minnesota
What's on the radio today?

9 a.m. — MPR News with Kerri Miller

As the number of aging Americans in need of care grows, so does the home health care industry. We dig into the push for better wages and improved training for workers. Chris Farrell guest hosts.


10 a.m. — 1A 

A new novel has unleashed a firestorm about who gets to write about the migrant Latino experience and the realities in Mexico. The author of “American Dirt” bagged a seven-figure deal for her book, but she identifies as white — with Latina heritage. But who gets to tell whose stories?


11 a.m. —  MPR News with Angela Davis 

Have you ever had your heart broken? A “breakup coach” and a Twin Cities-based marriage and family therapist join Angela Davis to talk about how to process, recover and move on from this kind of hurt.


12 p.m. — MPR News Presents

Live NPR coverage of Senate impeachment trial of President Trump.

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