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Expect mostly sunny skies with highs in the lower 80s to start our week. After a bit of rain in various spots around Minnesota, Monday and Tuesday look to be dry. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

🎙️Coming up on Morning Edition: Workers are needed for all kinds of different jobs around Minnesota, but none more so than in what the state refers to as “caring careers” — jobs like nursing assistants and personal care aides for which there are a record 45,000 open positions statewide. Dan Kraker profiles an Iranian immigrant in Duluth who’s climbed the career ladder at a long-term care facility and reports on efforts to recruit more workers like her

🎧 Coming up at 9 a.m., we listen back to a conversation between MPR News host Angela Davis and Damaris Hollingsworth, talking about her journey to becoming an architect in Minnesota and about the inclusive perspective she brings to design as a woman and an immigrant.
 
Last ex-cop convicted in George Floyd's killing faces sentencing

The final former Minneapolis police officer to be convicted in connection with George Floyd's killing faces sentencing today. In May, a Hennepin County judge convicted Tou Thao of aiding and abetting manslaughter.

Thao, 37, was one of four ex-officers charged in Floyd’s May 25, 2020, death.

 
Immigrants, refugees in Minnesota increasingly filling critical direct care jobs

There are currently 45,000 vacancies in direct care positions in the state. Officials are increasingly turning to foreign-born Minnesotans to fill those vital jobs.

According to data from the state Department of Employment and Economic Development, or DEED, foreign-born workers make up about 18 percent of the direct caregiver workforce even though they make up only 12 percent of the overall workforce.

MPR News reporter Dan Kraker shares the story of Rangineh Ralhor, who has a degree in physics and math from Iran, but with limited English skills when she moved to Duluth in 2017, she started in housekeeping at Aftenro.  
 
What else we're watching:
'A bright, happy kid': Family of 12-year-old shot in St. Paul in shock. Markee Jones loved the latest fashions, playing basketball and hanging out with his cousins, a family member said. He died on a cousin’s birthday after being shot in St. Paul.

Knocked out. Sweden bounces top-ranked U.S. out of the Women's World Cup in penalties. It was the earliest tournament exit for the two-time defending champions. The U.S. has not looked as sharp or dominant at the Women's World Cup as questions about tactics and lineups have swirled.

Some states are trying to boost youth voter registration. More states are adopting policies to increase voter registration, including for young people. Those policies include automatic voter registration and pre-registration before age 18. 

Fargo police officer released from hospital three weeks after fatal shooting. Andrew Dotas, a Fargo police officer who suffered critical injuries from a shooting July 14 that killed a fellow officer and injured another, was released from the hospital Saturday.
 
RSV prevention shot for babies gets OK from CDC. This fall, for the first time, many babies in the U.S. will be eligible to get a shot to fend off RSV, a respiratory virus that can cause serious lung disease in infants and young children.

— Matt Mikus,  MPR News
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