| Wednesday night, an unlikely pair of musicians takes the stage of the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis. Gao Hong plays the Chinese instrument known as the pipa; Issam Rafea plays the Middle Eastern instrument called the oud. The instruments have more in common than you might think. | Forecast | Updraft | NewsCut |
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| Noor signals he'll plead not guilty in Ruszczyk killing | | Attorneys for former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor filed a court document Wednesday saying that the officer intends to plead not guilty on charges filed against him in the shooting death of Justine Ruszczyk last July. | |
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| Minnesota health officials warn of possible measles exposures | | Minnesota Department of Health infectious disease director Kris Ehresmann said people who were at the McDonald's at 172 Main St. in Winona, between 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. April 13th or at the Freeborn County Co-op at 1840 Margaretha Ave. in Albert Lea between 9:30 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. the morning of April 16th, should check their immunization status and watch for signs of the disease. | |
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| Duluth to Montgomery: 'It's going to be painful and exciting' | | Carl Crawford admitted to feeling "a million emotions" before boarding a bus Tuesday evening. He's part of a group of nearly three dozen heading from Duluth, Minn., to Montgomery, Ala., to attend the opening day of a new national memorial that highlights the history of lynching in the United States. | |
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| Listen: A surge of women are running for office | | Some are calling this the 2018 version of the Year of the Woman, with nearly 60 percent more women running for the House and Senate than in 2016. But women candidates are still trying to balance family responsibilities, campaign money, and their influence in politics once elected. MPR News host Kerri Miller hosts a discussion on the subject. | | |
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