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Good morning and welcome to a busy news week. Here’s what you need to know this Monday.

Colder, but not too bad. Twin Cities highs in the mid 30s with steady nighttime temps in the upper 20s. Statewide, highs in the mid 30s with a chance of snow in the North. More on Updraft. | Forecast

Protesters shut down an Amy Klobuchar campaign event. As the senator was making an 11th hour pitch to Minnesota voters before the Tuesday presidential primary, people protested over Myon Burrell’s lifetime prison sentence in the killing of 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards. Burrell has maintained his innocence and a recent  investigation suggests he may have been wrongfully convicted. The prosecutor in the case: Amy Klobuchar, who has used the case in her presidential campaign.

And then there were sixTom Steyer and Pete Buttigieg have dropped from the Democratic presidential race, leaving Bernie Sanders, Amy Klobuchar, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Michael Bloomberg and Tulsi Gabbard (yes, she’s still running) still vying for the nomination.

The Super Tuesday campaigning is continuing to the bitter end. Klobuchar had a home-state rally Sunday night in St. Louis Park and Sanders, the frontrunner, will be in St. Paul Monday night. If you want to get in on the fun, here’s a guide for Minnesota’s presidential primary and our live blog with the latest news. And I wrote a bunch more about national politics in our daily politics newsletter, too.

How should the census count people who are incarcerated? Currently, Minnesota prisoners are counted as residents in the town where they are incarcerated, instead of their hometown. But that could change, reports Nina Moini : “In Minnesota … there’s a movement to rethink that and instead consider a prisoner’s last address as their official home. With Minnesota state political boundaries set to be redrawn next year using the 2020 census data, such a move could mean a significant change for some towns and neighborhoods.”

Worried about the new coronavirus? Take a read through NPR’s guide on how to prepare your home for a potential outbreak. Among the tips: No, you probably don’t need to wear a facemask. And yes, you should clean frequently touched surfaces, but even soap and water will do the trick.

-- Cody Nelson, MPR News
Protesters force cancellation of Klobuchar campaign rally in St. Louis Park
Several dozen protesters took the stage at St. Louis Park High School Sunday with chants including “Black Lives Matter” and “Free Myon,” in reference to the case of Myon Burrell, a black teenager who was convicted of murder while Sen. Amy Klobuchar was Hennepin County Attorney and who maintains his innocence.
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Super Tuesday race tightens in Amy Klobuchar's Minnesota
With the Vermont senator's Democratic presidential campaign surging nationally and Sen. Amy Klobuchar still struggling for a breakthrough, observers increasingly see the race in Minnesota as a toss-up.
Despite cybersecurity risks and last-minute changes, the 2020 census goes online
After centuries of putting pen or pencil to paper, the U.S. government is getting ready to rely on digital screens and the cloud for its first-ever primarily online census.
Authorities announce second coronavirus death in U.S.
Health officials in Washington state said Sunday night that a second person had died from the coronavirus — a man in his 70s from a nursing facility near Seattle where dozens of people were sick and had been tested for the virus.
Former Viking Chris Kluwe attacks online harassment in YA sci-fi novel ‘Otaku’
Former Vikings punter Chris Kluwe became known in his eight seasons with the team as much for his activism as his kicking. Now retired from football, he is taking his battle for equal rights into a new arena: young adult science fiction. Kluwe returns to Minnesota Tuesday to read from his new novel, "Otaku."
What's on the radio today?
9 a.m. —  MPR News with Kerri Miller
First, South Carolina voters had their say over the weekend on who they want to represent the Democratic Party in the 2020 presidential election. We review the results of the state primary and analyze next steps for the candidates as they prepare for Super Tuesday.

Then, to tackle the new coronavirus, scientists are accelerating the vaccine process. What other vaccines are on the horizon, and how is research changing our approach?

10 a.m. — 1A

The U.S. and the Taliban have agreed on a peace deal — one that promises to write the final chapter in America's longest war. It’s an agreement that brings both hope and fear, but it does put an end in sight. So what happens now?

11 a.m. —MPR News with Angela Davis

An investigation by the Associated Press and APM Reports revealed problems with the evidence used to convict Myon Burrell for the murder of Tyesha Edwards 18 years ago. Some of the problematic evidence included eyewitness testimony and statements by jailhouse informants. The Center on Wrongful Convictions has found a pattern of problems in convictions based on eyewitness testimony, jailhouse informants and forced confessions. This hour we’ll talk about wrongful convictions with the reporter who led the investigation into the Burrell case and the co-director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University.

12 p.m. — MPR News Presents

On the eve of Super Tuesday, hear political science professor Julia Azari of Marquette University, who spoke at the University of Minnesota at an event titled, "How the Presidential Nomination Process is Failing." University of Minnesota political science professor Kathryn Pearson was the moderator.

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