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Temperatures will remain at normal to above normal readings Friday and Saturday, but things are heating up heading into the weekend. Highs will be near 90 or warmer for southern and western Minnesota by Sunday into early next week. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

🎙️Coming up on Morning Edition: State officials are moving the first deadline for eligible Medical Assistance recipients, giving 35,000 Minnesotans more time to complete and submit their renewal paperwork to maintain coverage.

🎧 Coming up at 11 a.m. on this week’s Big Books and Bold Ideas, David Grann tells host Kerri Miller that far from being just a swashbuckling tale, the story of The Wager echoes themes we grapple with today, like the dangers of imperialism and the war over truth.

 
Minnesota colleges consider future diversity following affirmative action's overturn

After the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of race-conscious college admissions policies, Minnesota higher education institutions say they are just beginning to consider how they may ensure student diversity.

According to data collected by the OHE, from 2010 to 2021, enrollment of students of color at Minnesota post-secondary institutions increased from 19 percent to 30 percent. However, white students are still 34 percent more likely to attend than students of color statewide.

 
Care about punk music, trans history or both? You need to know Venus DeMars

Venus DeMars, 63, formed her first band and came out as trans in the ‘80s. She’s full of stories and wisdom from more than three decades as an out trans rock star in Minnesota.

In celebration of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, throughout June MPR News is featuring stories about transgender and nonbinary Minnesotans making an impact. This is our final ChangeMaker, thank you for supporting our project and the trans community in Minnesota. See more at mprnews.org/changemakers.

 
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Minnesota officials extend initial renewal deadline for Medicaid recipient. The extension gives 35,000 Minnesotans more time to complete and submit their renewal paperwork to maintain coverage. 

Insanity defense expected in mosque arsons. A man accused of setting fires inside two Minneapolis mosques in April has indicated that he'll assert an insanity defense. A federal grand jury last month indicted Jackie Rahm Little, 36, of Plymouth on charges of arson and damage to religious property, a hate crime.

Here's what happened when affirmative action ended at California public colleges. As college admissions offices prepare to tailor their policies to the Supreme Court ruling, California offers lessons on what may be in store for the rest of the country.

More than 600 arrests after a new night of protests across France over teen's killing. Protesters erected barricades, lit fires and shot fireworks at police as tensions grew over the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old that has shocked the nation.

Overdose deaths involving street xylazine surged years earlier than reported. The CDC concluded that by 2021, the "rate of drug overdose deaths involving xylazine was 35 times higher than the 2018 rate."

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