| Good morning! It was a busy night at the MPR News weather lab Tuesday, with a storm that came within a razor's edge of dropping a tornado in the southwest metro. More showers are possible this morning, but it should dry up later today. And now, a look back to July 12, 1984, the day a Minnesota politician made history. | Stories from MPR's archives | Forecast |
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| Officer Mohamed Noor joined the police force through a nontraditional, 30-week cadet academy. Police officials say it's condensed, but thorough. | 'Off the rails' culture prompts some cops to expect trouble |
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| Todd Waters lived a full life. Actually, he lived two full lives. |
| Senators planned to vote Wednesday on a Republican amendment repealing much of President Barack Obama's law and giving Congress two years to concoct a replacement. | The two sides of John McCain |
| The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to go ahead with a hearing about foreign influence in the United States, albeit without three of the star witnesses it wanted. |
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| The mayor said she's heard constituents call for urgency in changing police leadership, so she wants to skip the "lengthy process" of searching externally for a new chief. |
| Farmers face competing demands for local food, environmental stewardship and the need to feed a hungry world. | What do you want to know about our food system? |
| High school athletes who tended to focus on one sport were 50 percent more likely to get hurt than those who hadn't specialized. Injuries included ankle sprains, knee tendonitis, and stress fractures. |
