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Keep an eye and ear out for possible severe weather watches and warnings through Friday afternoon. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

🎙️Coming up on Morning Edition: A non-profit organization on St. Paul's east side is creating a pipeline for underserved students of color to access careers in the tech industry. Reporter Aaliyah Demry brings us the story.

🎧 Coming up at 11 a.m. on Big Books and Bold Ideas: Christian Cooper was birdwatching in Central Park in 2020 when a white woman falsely accused him of threatening her. That incident went viral, pushed his work as a Black birder into the public eye and led to his fantastic memoir, “Better Living Through Birding: Notes From a Black Man in the Natural World.”
 
Teens strive to earn long-term tech positions in the Twin Cities

Through its Tech Geeks program, 30,000 Feet offers paid training and a pathway to lucrative careers, in particular for young people of color.

“We’re disproportionately left out of tech opportunities and so we want to ensure that young people are equipped with the knowledge. The competitive knowledge,” said Vanessa Young, co-founder of 30,000 Feet.
 
What else we're watching:
Trans pro disc golfer suing sport's top league for discrimination in Minnesota. A professional disc golfer who is a trans woman is suing the sport’s top organization over its gender-based rules for competition. A Minnesota judge cleared the way for Natalie Ryan to play in the state earlier this year. 

Biden vs. Trump rematch doesn’t excite some Minnesotans. As the 2024 campaign begins, some Minnesotans say the prospect of a presidential rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump makes them wish there were alternatives.

Minneapolis increases affordable housing funding by $4 million. Mayor Jacob Frey announced Thursday that the city has agreed to give the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) $5 million annually for property improvements and expansions — an increase over current annual amount of $1 million.

More endangered red wolves will be released in the U.S. under a legal settlement. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to continue releasing red wolves into the wild in order to settle a lawsuit brought by conservation groups.

— Sam Stroozas, MPR News
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