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Good morning and welcome to a fresh week in a fresh year. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. 


Colder and windy. Twin Cities highs begin in the lower 20s during the day and get to lows around minus 1 by nighttime. Winds between 10 and 15 mph all day. Daytime highs in the north between 5 and 15; 15 to 25 in the south. At night, northern lows between minus 12 and minus 18; southern lows between minus 2 and 6. More on Updraft. | Forecast


There is a silver lining to the cold, though. As meteorologist Paul Huttner points out, days are getting longer. We’ve gained a quarter hour of daylight in the past month and each day is growing a minute longer than the last. 


Thirty-one people died last year in homicides in St. Paul. Martin Moylan and Elizabeth Shockman tell the stories of some victims through interviews with family members of two men shot and killed in 2019. Their stories reveal that the damage done extends far beyond the bullets.


Minnesota might not lose a seat in Congress after all. While many signs point to the state going from eight to seven congressional seats after the next Census, MinnPost’s Peter Callaghan and Greta Kaul outline four factors that could help us keep a seat in the U.S. House.


— Cody Nelson, MPR News
'An incredibly powerful tool,’ DNA database, turns 30
The FBI's Combined DNA Index System — or CODIS — is a database that has been used to catch the guilty and clear the innocent for decades. 
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Police officer, suspect shot during incident in Waseca
The incident occurred while police were responding to a disturbance at a residence, according to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Both were taken to a Robbinsdale hospital for treatment.
U.S. prepares for possible Iranian reprisal after drone strike
U.S. officials braced for Iran to respond to the killing of its most powerful general, noting heightened military readiness in the country and preparing for a possible "tit-for-tat" attempt on the life of an American military commander. | Stampede kills 32 at funeral for Iran general
Trump says he'll target Iran's cultural sites. That's illegal
The targeting of cultural properties by the U.S. is not allowed. The U.S. is a signatory to the 1954 Hague Convention, which requires "refraining from any act of hostility" directed against cultural property. 
Mississippi prosecutor Doug Evans takes himself off the Curtis Flowers case
In a court filing late Monday afternoon, Evans voluntarily recused himself from further prosecution of Flowers. He asked Circuit Judge Joey Loper to assign the case to the Mississippi attorney general's office.
'Why We Can't Sleep' documents the unique pressures on Gen X women
Ada Calhoun talked to a lot of Gen X women about the angst they feel as they approach midlife — the pressure to have it all and the feeling that they should have done better for themselves. 
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9 a.m. —MPR News with Kerri Miller


The ripple effects of a warming climate touch almost every aspect of living — including what we eat and how we get it. Tech startups are working on high-tech ways of growing vegetables and fruits, farming fish and even harvesting meat without killing animals. Are you willing to replace your beef with the Impossible Burger to help a planet in crisis?


10 a.m. — 1A


As tensions with Tehran escalate, are Iranian Americans being singled out by Border Patrol? Some say they were held for more than 10 hours as they tried to reenter the country over the weekend. CBP says such reports are "false." Who is now under suspicion as the country prepares for a potential attack?


11 a.m. — MPR News with Angela Davis

Kim Hunter, a Minnesota attorney who is spending six months at the border with Mexico, talks to us via phone about what she is seeing there. Mukhtar Ibrahim, editor and executive director of the Sahan Journal, talks about the stories they have been covering and the future of the publication.


12 p.m. — MPR News Presents

Our "Best of the Aspen Ideas Festival" series continues with science journalist Joshua Foer, who has studied techniques for improving your memory. He's the author of "Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything."

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