Tuesday will be another mild day with sunshine. Highs will be mostly in the 30s and 40s, about 10 to 15 degrees above normal. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.
Coming up on Morning Edition: MPR News host Cathy Wurzer will talk with Albertville Fire Chief Eric Bullen, president of the Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association, about the toll that incidents like the deadly shooting in Burnsville have on first responders. Coming up at 9 a.m.: Immigration is a hot topic this election year, but the issue isn’t just political — it’s personal. MPR News host Angela Davis co-hosted a North Star Journey Live conversation with experts who gave us an intimate look at how the border crisis is impacting Minnesota’s immigrant families.
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on Monday confirmed the identity of the heavily armed man police encountered during the six-hour standoff as Shannon Cortez Gooden, 38.
Gooden also died in the incident. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner issued a report early Tuesday saying he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Court records show Gooden was ineligible to own firearms and tried unsuccessfully to regain his gun rights in 2020.
Buffalo resident Stella Huso has clear memories of many of the 20th century’s historic moments, the good times and the bad.
She’s believed to be the oldest living Gold Star mother. The designation is given to women who have lost a son or daughter in active service of the U.S. armed forces. Three months after her son Wayde arrived to Vietnam, he was killed by an artillery round. He was just 20 years old.
As part of our Talking Sense series, correspondent Catharine Richert visited John Marshall High School where the Black Student Union is using Spirit Day, movie nights and lots of food to help students expand their cultural knowledge about Africa.
African and African American students are sometimes viewed by their white peers as a monolithic group with identical life experiences because of the color of their skin, said School Equity Specialist Rodney Sharp, who has been helping the Black Student Union with their programming.
“A lot of people from the outside just see their skin color,” said Sharp. “And they say, ‘Oh, they must be African American,’ when a lot of the Africans are like, ‘Well, don’t take away from our culture, and say that we’re African Americans.’”
What else we're watching:
‘The most special weekend of my career’: Jessie Diggins triumphant Minnesota homecoming. It was a historic weekend for cross country skiing here in Minnesota. Hometown hero and Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins joined us for a post-race debrief. Wisconsin’s Democratic governor signs his new legislative maps into law after Republicans pass them. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed new legislative district maps into law on Monday that he proposed and that the Republicans who control the Legislature passed to avoid having the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court draw the lines.
How far can cities go to clear homeless camps? The U.S. Supreme Court will decide. The legal issue is whether cities can fine or arrest people for sleeping outside if there's no shelter available. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has deemed this cruel and unusual punishment.
Putin's regime is 'running out of fuel,' a Russian opposition activist says. In the wake of the death of prominent opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition activist based in Moscow argues that Putin's grip on power is less steadfast than it seems.
