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Highs Thursday will hover in the 70s north and 80s south across Minnesota. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

🎙️Coming up on Morning Edition: A University of Minnesota medical student and EMT has spent the last two months behind the front lines in Ukraine as a combat medic. As 24-year-old Sergey Karachenets prepared to leave this week and return to Minnesota for his fall classes, he told Morning Edition about his experience.

🎧 Coming up at 9 a.m.: Can mind-altering drugs make you feel better? Many people are wondering. MPR News host Angela Davis talks with guests who have studied the use of psychedelics.

We want to hear from you, too. Have you used drugs like magic mushrooms, LSD or MDMA? What was your experience when it comes to your mental health? What questions do you have for our guests? Call 651-227-6000 or 800-242-2828 during the 9 a.m. hour.
 
Minnesota Rokkr Regiment reconnects veterans, active duty members through video game

A Twin Cities based esports organization is helping active service members and veterans build community and talk through common challenges while playing the popular video game, Call of Duty.

Launched in 2021, the Rokkr Regiment has more than 900 members all over the country. Anyone enlisted or a veteran can join for free and get access to online tournaments and community events. 

“It provides something that we were all kind of long [for] in the sense of that teamwork, competitive nature,” Major Jeff Sabatke said. “You know, that just makes us who we are in the military.”

Long wait times and far out appointments frustrate Minnesotans seeking drivers licenses

Nearly a year after the Minnesota Driver and Vehicle Services department took steps aimed at reducing wait times for behind the wheel exams, appointments still are hard to come by.

Officials  say continuing staffing shortages are largely to blame for the struggle to nail down an appointment, with backlogs from the pandemic making matters worse.

 
What else we're watching:
Singer and songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, subject of 'Searching for Sugar Man' documentary, dies at 81. Sixto Rodriguez, who lived in obscurity as his music career flamed out early in the U.S. only to find success in South Africa and a stardom he was unaware of, died Tuesday in Detroit. He was 81. Read his 2012 with MPR News editor Euan Kerr here.

Lake Superior's shipwrecked history on full display in "Too Much Sea for their Decks." While the Great Lakes have been vital to the American economy, they’ve also shown the ships — and the crews of people on them — harrowing, sometimes life-threatening storms.

Vikings defense under Brian Flores is being redone with aggression, deception and freedom. After ranking second-to-last in the NFL in yards allowed and giving up the fourth-most points in the league last season under defensive coordinator Ed Donatell, the Vikings turned to Flores and turned over more than half of their starting lineup.

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