| That warm spell sure was nice, but now we're heading to colder, wetter weather. Expect showers and a chance of thunderstorms with temperatures in the mid-50s. Colder air blows in through the weekend. | | |
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| The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has an ambitious strategy to deal with PFAS — human-made “forever chemicals” that have polluted public drinking water supplies, and accumulated in fish and wildlife. Christine T. Nguyen | MPR News |
By Kirsti Marohn
This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a long-awaited plan to regulate so-called "forever chemicals."
Known as PFAS, these chemicals are found in a variety of products. They have contaminated drinking water supplies around the United States, including in Minnesota.
Minnesota has been dealing with the impacts of PFAS pollution for years. Here’s a closer look at how the federal plan could affect those efforts.
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Lyna Khoudri, Frances McDormand and Timothée Chalamet in the Wes Anderson's "The French Dispatch" which will receive its Minnesota premiere at the 2021 Twin Cities Film Fest. Courtesy Searchlight Pictures |
By Euan Kerr
The 12th Annual Twin Cities Film Fest launches Thursday with its trademark mix of big Hollywood blockbusters and local features and shorts.
This year the festival is maintaining its hybrid of live events and streaming — and not just because of the pandemic.
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- Bannon in trouble with Jan. 6 panel: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday evening approved a criminal contempt report against Steve Bannon, an ally of former President Donald Trump's, for defying a subpoena from the panel.
- Renaissance Festival manager faces new charges: Scott County prosecutors have re-filed sexual assault charges against a former Renaissance Festival manager. Prosecutors initially charged 63-year-old Carr Hagerman in 2018 with first-degree criminal sexual conduct. But last October the alleged victim said traveling to Shakopee from out of state to testify would be a hardship amid the pandemic.
- Why are so many Americans quitting their jobs? Americans are exiting their employers' doors and Zoom meetings in droves. In a new working paper, the UC Berkeley economist Ulrike Malmendier suggests there's something existential behind the Great Resignation: The pandemic and the rise of remote work have changed the way we view our lives and the world.
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