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Good morning and welcome to Friday. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. 

A decent fall Friday. Partly sunny statewide with highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s. Clouds, lower temps and possible showers move in during the evening, though. Clouds in the Twin Cities with highs in the mid 50s. More on Updraft.

Sergio Romo did not mince words when talking about Yankee Stadium.We’re going to go into a hostile environment,” the Twins’ relief pitcher says of Friday night’s playoff game in New York. But he’s ready to take on the Yanks in the MLB playoffs’ first round, despite 10 straight playoff losses to the team. 

Lake Superior’s water is at a record high, again. September was the fifth-straight month in which our great lake has hit its all-time high water level, reports John Myers of the Duluth News Tribune. Large rainfalls were the cause and, as we already know, are a symptom of climate change.

Minneapolis cops say they’re ready for Trump’s visit and and whatever comes with it. A police spokesperson wouldn’t give an idea of the department’s plans, other than telling Fox 9 it’ll be an “all hands on deck” affair. 

The Homer Hanky gets a red revival. The 2019 iteration of the Minnesota Twins’ rally flag reads “WELCOME TO BOMBA SZN” in honor of this year’s slugging roster. But unlike Homer Hankies past, this year’s will be read — the MLB doesn’t allow white towels, as KARE 11 reports.

An advocate for insulin affordability is running for Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District. Quinn Nystrom has launched a campaign against first-term Republican Rep. Pete Stauber. A meeting with Stauber about insulin is what pushed Nystrom to run as a DFLer for his seat, as MPR News’ Briana Bierschbach reports

If you can’t beat ‘em, make some propaganda. President Trump told a crowd in Florida on Thursday that he may start a pro-state media outlet. He continued to slam national news sources, saying “we should do something about” them, Newsweek reports

Cody Nelson, MPR News
Twin Cities mosque on edge after opponents start pointing the cameras at children
Riham Feshir | MPR News
Worshipers, mosque officials and Bloomington residents say recent videos about Dar Al Farooq are creating hysteria about Muslims.
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Bombas vs. Bombers: Here’s why Twins-Yankees series will be like no other
Brian Murphy | MPR News
The division games that start Friday feature two evenly matched, high-octane offenses that helped make 2019 the year of the long ball. This Twins squad is eager to help bury Minnesota’s sad playoff history in New York.
Mankato author draws on childhood experience to write YA novel on cults
Euan Kerr | MPR News
Megan Cooley Peterson says an experience with her family when she was a teenager spurred her interest in cults, and led to her writing her first young adult novel "The Liar's Daughter."
Hennepin deputy under investigation after county vehicle found in Wisconsin ditch
Matt Sepic | MPR News
Hennepin County Sheriff David Hutchinson has demoted a deputy from major to lieutenant after authorities found a county-owned vehicle stuck in a ditch near a western Wisconsin tavern.
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9 a.m. — MPR News with Kerri Miller

When the housing market numbers came out last month, many analysts noted signs that buying, selling and building appeared to have leveled off — and may have even declined a bit over the last year.

According to Realtor.com, the Minneapolis-St. Paul inventory was down, and the median housing price was the same as in February 2018. Prices have been dropping significantly in places like Dallas, Atlanta and Austin, as well.

This is partly due to a slowing economy and modest wage growth. But young people also are entering their home-buying years more cautiously than their predecessors.

What does it mean that millennials — people in their early 20s to late 30s — are entering adulthood with what the Federal Reserve called  "lower earnings, fewer assets and less wealth"?

MPR News host Kerri Miller spoke with two millennial financial experts, Jarim Person-Lynn and Bola Sokunbi.

10 a.m. — 1A with Joshua Johnson

In Washington, questions remain over who asked whom to do what - and whether that included snakes & alligators at the border. It has been another bumper week for big headlines. Join Joshua Johnson for The Friday News Roundup.

11 a.m. — MPR News with Angela Davis

Schizophrenia, a condition that afflicts about 1 percent of the U.S. population, is a "chronic and severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and behaves," according to the National Institute of Mental Health. 

Host Angela Davis explored schizophrenia with two guests, as part of Mental Health Awareness Month. 

12 p.m. — MPR News Presents

From the White House to the Capitol to congressional town halls — what’s being said about impeachment. We’ll hear it all and try to make sense of what it means on the next Politics with Amy Walter.

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