MPR News Update, AM Edition for February 17, 2017

Ted Mondale quits stadium authority amid suites controversy

Mondale, executive director of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, resigned hours after authority chair Michele Kelm-Helgen stepped down amid criticism agency leaders used U.S. Bank Stadium suites to entertain family and friends.

'Kitchens are empty': Twin Cities marks 'Day Without Immigrants'

Several dozen restaurants across the Twin Cities were shuttered Thursday as part of nationwide rally designed to show how important immigrants are to daily life.

State report shows slight uptick in reportable hospital errors

The annual "adverse events" report also showed that patient deaths due to medical mistakes declined last year.

Republican health care proposal would cover fewer low-income families

The plan that House Republicans discussed Thursday would replace Affordable Care Act subsidies with tax credits and cut Medicaid funds to the states.

A daughter of coal country battles climate change -- and her father's doubt

In southwestern Pennsylvania, collapsed mining and steel industries led to economic and environmental downturn. A divided father and daughter work to find common ground to save their hometown. | Environment

With town hall script flipped on GOP, will history repeat itself?

Democrats say the anger at recent GOP town halls reminds them of the same backlash they faced eight years ago with the rise of the Tea Party. Now, Democrats are using that as a blueprint. | Politics

'What did I do to deserve this?': The 75th anniversary of Japanese incarceration

Executive Order 9066 forced 120,000 people of Japanese descent into internment camps during World War II. Today, survivors still vividly remember the shame and pain of being imprisoned and stripped of their rights. | Fred Korematsu: Celebrating a foe of U.S. internment camps | 'Secret weapons' of WWII: Japanese-American linguists

'Arctic Riviera': Global birders flock to northeast Minnesota bog

Sax-Zim Bog doesn't look like much, but it's a rock star in the sometimes fanatical world of international birding. Come on the search for the "king of the bog," the elusive great gray owl. | Winter birdwatching tips

St. Cloud teen hits big time at New York Fashion Week, and keeps her hijab on

Halima Aden, a 19-year-old of St. Cloud, made a splash for competing in the Miss Minnesota USA competition wearing a hijab. This week, she got a new level of exposure at New York Fashion Week.