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Brrrrr. The biggest impact for all of Minnesota on this chilly Friday will be the sharp temperature plunge as a cold front sweeps across our state overnight. Friday brings gusty northwest winds and falling temperatures into the 30s. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

Coming up on  Morning Edition:  About 1,000 volunteers fanned out across the state last night to sit down and talk with an estimated 4,000 people experiencing homelessness. They went to homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, encampments and transit centers where they spent 45 minutes asking questions and listening. It's part of the Minnesota Homeless Study led by Wilder Research to get an in-depth look at homelessness in the state. And it was the first one since 2018 after the pandemic forced an unplanned hiatus. Naseem Farahid was one of those volunteers, and they'll be joining us on Morning Edition.

Coming up at 11 a.m.:  Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen joined host Kerri Miller on stage at the Fitzgerald Theater for Talking Volumes to talk about his new memoir, “A Man of Two Faces.” Nguyen won the Pulitzer Prize in 2016 for his novel, “The Sympathizer.”
 
Dean Phillips pushes ahead with presidential run despite Democratic pressure to stay out

Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips embarked Thursday on a run for president and will take on a fellow Democrat in incumbent President Joe Biden. His presidential campaign website went live just before 9 p.m., but his campaign was well in action before that. He also filed required paperwork to open a presidential campaign committee. On Friday, he is set to appear at a New Hampshire elections office to file for the presidential primary.

The Phillips announcement had been long in the making. He began sounding alarms in July 2022 about Biden’s ability to hold the White House in a potential rematch with Republican Donald Trump. Phillips, 54, said it was time for “generational change” in his party and in Washington more broadly.
 
Bone-Iver and bony Taylor Swifts: 12-foot skeletons delight across Minnesota

When Pamela Eklof assembled her skeleton army, there was one question — what would they wear?

She was stumped so she asked her book club and there was a consensus — Taylor Swift costumes, of course. Eklof got to work dressing her two 12-foot skeletons and eight human-sized ones with outfits from her sister, neighbors, Goodwill and Amazon to represent each of Swift’s eras, based on her tour. And, every skeleton has the coveted friendship bracelet. They stand together outside her south Minneapolis home.

In 2020, Home Depot changed the spooky scene by debuting the 12-foot legend. Every year, it sells out almost immediately.
 
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Meet 3 men helping felons like themselves vote for the first time since conviction. An estimated 55,000 Minnesotans convicted of felonies had their voting rights restored in June and will have their first opportunity to vote on Nov. 7. It’s the largest voter-eligibility change in Minnesota in half a century.

Law enforcement descend on suspected mass shooter's Maine home as manhunt intensifies. The residents of Lewiston, Lisbon and Bowdoin, which remain under a shelter-in-place order, are balanced between sorrow and fear as authorities continue the statewide search

Incarcerated Minnesotans pen new book showcasing vibrant writing community. Minnesota is home to a robust prison writing community. The Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop teaches creative writing at all of the state’s prisons and its members have published novels, poetry and non-fiction.

At least 27 people are dead after Hurricane Otis plowed into Mexico's Pacific coast. Tens of thousands of residents in damaged homes without electricity awaited help more than a day after Otis roared ashore in Acapulco.

Palestinian officials post the names of the people killed in Gaza since the war began. Israel has pummeled Gaza ever since Hamas, the militant group that governs the territory, unleashed a day of violence on Israeli communities near its border on Oct. 7, attacking soldiers and civilians in a rampage that Israel says left 1,400 people dead. Nearly 230 hostages continue to be held by Hamas.

— Sam Stroozas, MPR News


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