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Wind chill warnings are out for northeastern Minnesota. Wind chills in the minus 40s to near minus 50 degrees will occur overnight into early Friday across northeastern Minnesota. Get the latest on Updraft.

🎧 Anatoly Liberman is a favorite guest on Kerri Miller’s show, and this Friday, he returns to talk about the history of popular and obscure idioms. It’s not rocket science, but it is a delightful and engaging conversation that will leave you feeling as right as rain.
A dump truck clears an encampment
Minneapolis has increased police presence at encampment clearings

One of the most noticeable changes the city made to encampment response in 2022 was to expand police presence at encampment evictions.
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Winter Play: We tried Minnesota birrrd-watching

It’s cold. But the birds here don’t mind. Why not try your hand at joining them? As part of the Winter Play series MPR News’ Amy Felegy took to a snowy, wooded path in northwestern Minnesota to give you the scoop on winter birding for the first time.
 
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Columbia Heights students mark World Hijab Day. A group of students at Columbia Heights High School came up with a unique way to mark World Hijab Day, giving their peers a chance to ask questions about the traditional head covering or even try one on. 

Duluth 14-year-old has slept outside for 1,021 straight nights, and still counting. Fourteen-year-old Isaac Ortman has slept outside for more than 1,020 consecutive nights in his backyard hammock. He isn't doing it for notoriety, to raise money or to set records — he’s just having fun.

Listen: Can $50 million close the racial wealth gap in Minnesota and the Dakotas? According to a 2016 Federal Reserve report, white families posted the highest median family wealth at $171,000. Black families, in contrast, had a median family wealth of $17,600. That leaves many Black households without a personal safety net when an unexpected crisis comes along.

— Sam Stroozas, MPR News
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