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Highs on Wednesday will again top out mostly in the 70s across the state, with highs near 80 in the Twin Cities. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

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🎙️Coming up on Morning Edition: A dynamic duo in Hastings is detailing a troubling piece of history from their hometown through the new graphic novel "Hate Stings."

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Hastings natives create graphic novel from difficult hometown history

A difficult chapter of Minnesota history is now being told in a graphic novel. “Hate Stings” lays out what happened to the author’s African American family in 1800s Hastings. Visitors at the recent Minnesota Con in Minneapolis got a preview.
 
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Two firms want to bring high tech jobs to north Minneapolis. Two CEOs with strong ties to north Minneapolis have plans to expand their companies in a section of the city that has long been in need of well-paying jobs.   

'The uniqueness of who we are': Minnesota’s Asian American art renaissance. The Asian American Renaissance (AAR), a significant pan-Asian arts organization in Minnesota that operated from 1992 to 2005, played an essential role in supporting Asian American artists and promoting social justice, leaving a lasting impact on the community despite its closure.

Minneapolis unveils 'audacious' community safety plan. Minneapolis leaders unveiled a new community safety plan Tuesday afternoon that lays out a roadmap for public safety that goes beyond policing. But it doesn’t have a set budget.

DOJ won't shield Trump from claims he defamed writer E. Jean Carroll. The Justice Department said it will decline to shield former President Trump from a defamation claim by New York writer E. Jean Carroll, reversing course on one of its most controversial decisions during the early stretch of the Biden administration.

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