Nov. 6, 2020

Record warmth lingers into weekend. We’re expecting highs in the upper 70s in the Twin Cities metro area, which will shatter our current Twin Cities Nov. 6 record high of 73.

Saturday highs will range from the lower 50s in far northwestern Minnesota to the 70s in central and southern Minnesota. Sunday highs will be in the 60s in northern Minnesota, with 70s in central and southern Minnesota; windy, chance of showers Sunday night.

Minnesota's U.S. Attorney's Office announced new charges against two men who are part of an anti-government group called the "Boogaloo Bois."

Michael Solomon of New Brighton, Minn., and Benjamin Teeter of Hampstead, N.C., are charged with illegally possessing machine guns and attempting to provide material support to a terrorist group.

Minnesota surpasses 5,000 daily COVID cases for the first time in the pandemic. The Health Department on Friday reported 5,454 newly confirmed or probable cases of the disease — a new one-day high. It was the fourth consecutive day of record new cases; 36 more people died, another grim daily record.

Health officials say new cases are consistently growing more quickly than new testing for the first time since May. Hospital and ICU use are near record highs.

Three days after the election, there's still no winner in the presidential race. Here are the major developments in the race today:

Joe Biden has taken the lead in both Pennsylvania and Georgia.
With his path to victory narrowing, President Trump is falsely alleging election fraud and latching onto conspiracy theories.
In Georgia , a razor-thin margin and ongoing vote count makes the race there too early to call.
Pennsylvania still has a large number of outstanding votes to be counted.

More election updates and results:

National election news and analysis: MPR News/NPR live coverage
Full results:Election 2020

You can get more of the latest news, in just a few minutes, via the Minnesota Today podcast.

— Nina Moini | MPR News

Road to 270: States still in play and what makes them that way

A handful of states remained in play Friday in the tightly contested U.S. presidential race. The outcome of contests in Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Nevada will determine whether Democrat Joe Biden or President Donald Trump wins. Read the Associated Press' review of the states that will determine the presidency.

The latest: Biden on cusp of presidency after gains in Pennsylvania

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Doctors warn of COVID-19 hospital capacity impacts

As COVID-19 cases surge around the state, Minnesota hospitals are nearly full. Doctors working on the front lines of the pandemic say it’s just a matter of time before the system is in crisis.

In October: Wisconsin activates field hospital as COVID-19 keeps surging
Nationally: U.S. sets coronavirus record with daily new cases pushing past 100,000

Many places hard hit by COVID-19 leaned more toward Trump in 2020 than 2016

An NPR analysis shows that the majority of counties with the highest COVID-19 death rates showed stronger support for Trump in 2020 than they did four years ago.

CDC report: Officials knew coronavirus test was flawed but released it anyway

An unreleased CDC review obtained by NPR shows that lab officials knew an early coronavirus test kit had a high failure rate. They decided not to recall it and sent it to the nation's labs anyway.

MN school levy approvals hit a 24-year low

Minnesota K-12 districts received low voter approval on school funding requests in an unprecedented presidential election year. Already cash-strapped schools are worried about the potential for more financial strain.

High voter turnout a sign of fraud? Not really

Some charges circulating on social media say high voter turnout in specific areas of Minnesota is evidence of election fraud favoring Joe Biden. Actually, the turnout numbers are not unusual, and there were similar high turnouts in places where President Donald Trump won a big share of the vote.

Did we break a record?: Minnesota election officials say it's close, but not yet
Analysis: Biden won big in Minnesota. Why didn’t legislative Democrats?

ChangeMakers: David Glass challenges appropriation of Native imagery, culture in sports

David Glass, 69, has been fighting for the dignity and rights of Indigenous communities for decades. He has been working with the National Coalition Against Racism in Sports and Media for more than 30 years to lobby sports teams to drop racist and offensive names and to stop using depictions of Indigenous people as mascots.

Nicole Matthews: Ending sexual violence is ‘part of my purpose’

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