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Overnight snow will carry into the morning. Even if the trek to work is bad, at least the bone-chilling cold is gone. Statewide highs range from 9 to 12 in the northwest to 20s in the southeast. In the Twin Cities, nighttime lows around 10 with a chance of more snow after midnight. More on Updraft. | Forecast


How much does population growth contribute to climate change? More people, more problems. But talking about population, or overpopulation, is tricky. So, let reporter Elizabeth Dunbar do the heavy lifting and explain the answer to this reader question. 


You can help the families of the National Guard members killed last week. A fund has been set up for donations to the families of Charles Nord, James Rogers Jr. and Kort Plantenberg, who died in a helicopter crash.


There’s a lot to see in the sky the next couple days. The decade’s last full moon is Thursday and the Geminid meteor shower peaks Friday night and Saturday morning. Turn your gaze skyward with this guide


Turns out the timing you pop pills may matter. A new study found that blood pressure meds were more effective when taken at night. Dr. Jon Hallberg says timing of drugs matters because are bodies go through different processes at different times: “For example, our stomach can produce a lot of acid at 2 or 3 in the morning. Many people who suffer from heartburn or reflux will know that they'll wake up in the middle of the night with this pain. … Also, our liver makes LDL cholesterol molecules more at night, so that's why people might take their statin medication at night.”


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House expected to move one big step closer to impeaching Trump Thursday
Domenico Montanaro | NPR
Democrats control the Judiciary Committee, so Thursday's vote is considered a fait accompli, but it moves the articles of impeachment to a full House vote. We'll have live coverage beginning at 8 a.m. on air and on mprnews.org
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Why Kmart still stands at Lake and Nicollet as other Minnesota outlets close down
Matt Sepic | MPR News
Two of the last three Kmart stores in Minnesota are set to close Sunday. That means the Minneapolis store that blocks Nicollet Avenue at Lake Street, as it has for more than four decades, will be the retailer’s sole remaining outpost in the state. 
Divided St. Paul City Council passes budget with property tax increase
Nina Moini | MPR News
St. Paul homeowners will soon find out whether they’ll pay more in property taxes and by how much. City Council members passed the city’s 2020 budget by one vote that includes a levy increase. 
How the House prescription drug plan would try to lower drug prices
Selena Simmons-Duffin | NPR
Lawmakers are voting Thursday on a bill to rein in drug costs. President Trump has vowed to veto it. But the plan shares a lot with other bipartisan efforts. Here's how it would work. 
Like clockwork, filmmaker Apted returns with '63 Up'
Euan Kerr | MPR News
After profiling a group of Britons every seven years since they were 7, the series has captured changes in British society and the world. Now the participants are 63, and they are dealing with aging. | Art Hounds: 'Who You Are' takes mall shoppers on a treasure hunt for art
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