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Mornin’, and welcome to Tuesday. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. 

It’s about time for a snowstorm. Snow in the southern part of the state, including the Twin Cities, begins in the afternoon. After midnight, the blowing, drifting heavy snow takes over. Accumulation between 4 and 6 inches is expected, more in the south.. Statewide highs in the upper 20s to mid 30s. The latest | Forecast | Get a daily push notification from MPR Weather via Outside in MN app

Read this before you hit the road. As a newsroom based in these frigid northlands, we here at MPR News have written a lot about getting by in the winter. Part of that has to do with driving on the snow and ice, so I gathered a few years of our work into this guide driving tips and winter best practices for taking care of your vehicle. 

Democratic Party leaders don’t know what to do about disinformation in the 2020 election. The Star Tribune’s Stephen Montemayor reports on the party’s internal struggle on whether to adopt a pledge disavowing disinformation tactics. State DFL chair Ken Martin and others have pushed the national party to explicitly decry fake and manipulated information, but others in the party worry it could be a disadvantage in campaigning against President Trump. 

Don’t wash your turkey. Even though it may be instinctual, rinsing poultry before cooking it doesn’t do any good and only risks spreading harmful bacteria onto kitchen surfaces and other foods, reports the AP via KARE 11. 

Remember that $47 million that Minnesota got from Volkswagen? Minnpost’s Walker Orenstein does, and he dug into what’s going to happen with that money. I’ll buy hundreds of greener vehicles and add electric car infrastructure, but it’s really a drop in the bucket, financially, when it comes to climate change: “The $47 million also underscores the challenge of shrinking the carbon emissions that emanate from millions of cars, boats and other vehicles roaming Minnesota”

What’s something you are curious to learn about in your community? We want to know more about you and your life in Minnesota. Send us your questions here and we’ll try to track down the answers.

— Cody Nelson, MPR News
The unnatural history of Minnesota’s freshwater mussels
Daniel Ackerman | MPR News
Once abundant throughout Minnesota’s waterways, native freshwater mussels have declined after 150 years of setbacks. Some mussel species have disappeared from the state altogether. Evidence of the mollusk’s decline can be found in some unexpected places.
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Jury gets the case in federal trial of St. Paul cop charged with excessive force
Brandt Williams | MPR News
Prosecutors described officer Brett Palkowitsch as a bully who bragged about injuring Frank Baker to fellow officers. Defense attorneys say the prosecution lied when portraying Palkowitsch as the only officer who saw Baker as a threat.
What's on the radio today

9 a.m. — MPR News with Kerri Miller

What if the key to a vibrant faith is an equally dynamic doubt? A new book by local pastor and activist Stephanie William’s O’Brien says it is. She’ll join host Kerri Miller in studio to talk about how curiosity resurrected her faith to be something that’s more questioning than certainty — and she has tips for how we can let our doubt animate our journeys, no matter where we are on life’s path.

10 a.m. — 1A with Joshua Johnson

No one likes talking about shame ... including Brene Brown. But her groundbreaking research on the subject has changed countless lives — starting with her own. Brown continues to urge Americans to get closer to one another. Because it's much harder to hate each other that way.

11 a.m. — MPR News with Angela Davis

Chief meteorologist Paul Huttner will join host Angela Davis to talk about the impending storm that might make Thanksgiving travel a little tricky.

Then, what is it that makes us inclined to donate money? Davis talks with an auctioneer and a philanthropist about what is changing in fundraising.

Noon — MPR News Presents

A new program from the Climate One series. Carbon offsets: Are they the best thing individuals can do to respond to climate change, or are they just privileged pollution?

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