MPR News PM Update

Sept. 5, 2024

Notes of spring? Pop-up showers could arrive yet this evening, and cooler air arrives Friday and Saturday. Go to Updraft for the latest.
Twin Cities Jewish community gathers to mourn hostage deaths

Six hostages who were found dead in Gaza Sunday, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23: “Our own community is just one degree separated from the Goldberg-Polin family,” said Jewish Community Relations Council spokesperson Sami Rahamim.
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Former Minnesota Teacher of the Year charged with sexually assaulting student

The charging documents allege Abdul Jameel Wright, now 38, assaulted a 14-year-old student in 2017 while he was an eighth-grade English teacher at Harvest Best Academy in Minneapolis. The charges say the student’s mother reported it to police earlier this year.
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⚒️ East Phillips group gets 1-year extension to buy Roof Depot site
The city agreed last year to sell the empty warehouse to the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI), a local environmental group. But just over a week ahead of the deadline, EPNI was still $5.7 million short, after the state Legislature failed to pass the funding before the end of its last session.
🛶 The route less paddled: Minnesotans canoe to Arctic Circle in 105 days
Zach Fritz and Taylor Rau are no stranger to long canoe trips. Fritz started mapping out the route using old maps that traced back paths of fur traders and early explorers. He carved out a route that went 2,700 miles starting at his family cabin in Big Falls. ⁠
🏥 2 teens remain hospitalized after Burnsville shooting that injured 5
Two people remained hospitalized Wednesday after a shooting that injured five teenagers in Burnsville last Friday. Police have not yet made any arrests.
– Amy Felegy, MPR News
 

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