Good morning! Cold and clear today, with highs in the single digits. It seems pretty clear now we’re in a no-school-announcement arms race. This week alone, we had the principal of a Kentucky academy send a video to students announcing the cancellation of classes. You can’t top something like that. “Hold my homework,” said the Cumberland, Wis., school district. | Forecast
President Trump questioned why the U.S. would accept more immigrants from Haiti and "shithole countries" in Africa rather than places like Norway. On Friday the president tweeted, "The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used."
The Super Bowl will shine a spotlight on Minnesota and bring visitors to the Twin Cities. But there are concerns about what the big event may mean for homeless people.
Like his counterpart in Minneapolis, St. Paul's new mayor Melvin Carter has pledged to reduce or eliminate racial disparities. Carter, the city's first African American mayor, says he has a unique perspective on the problem because he's lived it. | Mpls. mayor Frey pledged to increase job opportunities. He's not the first
The president says his decision is because the old embassy was sold for "peanuts." Meanwhile, British media speculate that Trump is concerned about a likely negative reception in the U.K. | Fact check: Trump claims London embassy deal is 'bad deal'
The highest-level alert cites deadly violence and widespread crime. The frequency of attacks has "limited the U.S. government's ability to provide emergency services to citizens."
An administrative law judge has rejected an attempt to change Minnesota's water quality standard for protecting wild rice, saying it violates federal and state law and puts an unfair burden on Native Americans who harvest wild rice for food.
Schools flagged multiple times as low-performing will be required to direct some of their federal funding toward improvement plans. Those schools will also undergo yearly state audits and get access to increased staff training and regional specialists.
Sometimes you realize you're about to slip and fall, and there is nothing you can do to prevent it. But there is a right way to fall if you want to avoid really serious injury.
