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Temperatures are quickly warming up for the rest of the week right into the Christmas holiday. Highs will be mostly in the 30s Tuesday — above normal by nearly 10 degrees. It’ll be warmer this weekend with rain and snow possible. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

Coming up on Morning Edition: A controversial encampment in Minneapolis is expected to close, but the city has declined for now to say when. Dozens of people have been living at Camp Nenookaasi in the East Phillips neighborhood, but some are concerned about safety there. City officials had said they would clear the encampment today, but late last week postponed that move. MPR News reporter Melissa Olson will fill us in on the latest.

Coming up at 9 a.m.:  The holidays are almost here — and so is another contentious election year. MPR News host Angela Davis introduces MPR’s new project, Talking Sense, designed to teach Minnesotans how to have conversations with friends and family on opposite ends of the political spectrum.  
 
Almost done: New Minnesota flag gets its final touch-ups today before becoming official

The State Emblems Redesign Commission is set to make its final edits to a new state flag. The banner will go up in May unless lawmakers intervene.

The working flag design includes a K-shaped figure that resembles Minnesota on the left side, with an eight-point star inside. Horizontal stripes run to the right in light blue, white and green — though the color palette and the number and thickness of stripes could change.
 
Two Minnesota teens create new app to address youth mental health crisis

Two Minnesota teens had an idea to get ahead of mental health crises by helping other young people become more aware of their feelings.

Taara Verma and Siena Pradhan joined MPR News Host Cathy Wurzer to talk about Feel Now, the app they launched earlier this year.

 
What else we're watching: 

Gen Z is suddenly obsessed with Snoopy — and not just because he's cute. The anthropomorphic, imaginative beagle by St. Paul's very own Charles M. Schulz made his Peanuts comic strip debut in October 1950. More than half a century later, he's winning over yet another generation of fans — with the TikTok views and sold-out store shelves to prove it.

A father and daughter went fishing in Wisconsin. What they found was a 152-year-old shipwreck. Tim Wollak and his 5-year-old daughter Henley first thought they came across an octopus. But their discovery is presumed to be a shipwreck connected to the deadliest wildfire in American history. 

Listen: Minnesotans inhaled more wildfire smoke in 2023 than much of the U.S. A special report from Axios finds this year Minnesotans inhaled more Canadian wildfire smoke than much of the United States. In fact, the amount of smoke you took in was as if you smoked nearly four packs of cigarettes.

The Minnesota  Vikings are on a slippery track with a series of late-game slides. The Vikings have stumbled down the stretch of this most unpredictable season. Their recent defeats have mirrored the bigger picture, with multiple failures in favorable situations to close the deal.

— Sam Stroozas, MPR News


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