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Today's 90-degree temperatures may be the last for a little while. A cooler weather pattern is setting up that will bring highs in the 70s and 80s to Minnesota as we move into the upcoming weekend. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

🎙️Coming up on Morning Edition: Minnesota wasn’t the first state to legalize marijuana, not even the first in the Midwest. That distinction goes to Michigan, which  has dealt with growth, and some growing pains, in its marijuana industry since then.

🎧 Coming up at 9 a.m., MPR News guest host Chris Farrell talks with a Minneapolis business that incorporates artificial intelligence into its workflow and an AI researcher about the future of work with machine learning technology.

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Activists call for firing, prosecution of state troopers involved in Ricky Cobb's death

Racial justice activists joined relatives of Ricky Cobb II Wednesday in calling for the firing and prosecution of the state troopers involved in the killing of the 33-year-old Black man during a traffic stop.

A trooper fatally shot Ricky Cobb II early Monday along Interstate 94 in north Minneapolis.
 
New Minnesota marijuana law forces menu choice: THC or booze, but not both

Minnesotans looking for a night out at a restaurant or bar face a choice under the state’s new marijuana law: booze or THC products, but not both.

The law that took effect Tuesday legalizing marijuana for recreational use by adults 21 and older also made changes to the state’s existing hemp-derived THC rules. And for some establishments, that means assessing what they’re offering and how.
 
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White Earth Nation to begin recreational marijuana sales Thursday. Despite initially saying it might be weeks until sales begin, the White Earth Nation has moved up the opening of its recreational cannabis operation.

With cannabis legalized, Twin Cities partygoers celebrate end of ‘prohibition.’ People across the Twin Cities let out a breath of air on Tuesday – both in relief and with a cloud of smoke. It was the long-awaited first day that it was legal to possess and use cannabis recreationally in Minnesota (for adults 21 and older).

'It Happens Here' explores how language feeds into racial stereotypes. Every word has a history, but some of those histories are more troubled than others. An installment of the series It Happens Here: The Roots of Racial Inequity on the North Shore untangles the meaning of one word in particular.

Michigan’s lessons for Minnesota on legal cannabis. Michigan legalized recreational marijuana use in 2019. What can Minnesota learn from another Midwestern state’s experience?

Trump's attorney tells NPR how he plans to defend against the latest charges. One of Donald Trump's attorneys, John Lauro, outlines what he says is a 'very straightforward' defense against the latest charges against the former president.

Texas Medicaid drops 82% of its enrollees since April. Medicaid is shedding enrollees for the first time since the pandemic started, but rolls in some states are shrinking much faster than in others.

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