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Stories from May 24, 2024

FBI number crunchers track taxpayer cash to house, vehicle purchases in Feeding Our Future trial

FBI number crunchers track taxpayer cash to house, vehicle purchases in Feeding Our Future trial

A final witness for the prosecution in the Feeding Our Future trial told jurors how she traced the defendants’ alleged purchases of vehicles, property and airline tickets back to taxpayer-funded child nutrition programs.
by Matt Sepic

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4 ways George Floyd’s murder still reverberates 4 years later

4 ways George Floyd’s murder still reverberates 4 years later

May 25 marks four years since a Minneapolis police officer killed Floyd as he lay handcuffed and face down on the pavement, pleading that he couldn’t breathe. From police changes to local activism to Lake Street, here’s a look how that day continues to reshape Minnesota.
by Cathy Wurzer, Nina Moini, Aleesa Kuznetsov, Alanna Elder and Jon Collins

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Prayers begin a weekend of George Floyd remembrances

Community leaders started a weekend of memorials to the man whose death at the hands of Minneapolis police sparked worldwide reaction and reckoning. George Floyd was murdered four years ago Saturday. Also, the Minnesota Department of Health says there were three confirmed cases of measles among siblings discovered this week. This is the afternoon MPR News Update hosted by Jacob Aloi with theme music by Gary Meister.
by Jacob Aloi

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NCAA, leagues back $2.8B settlement, setting stage for major change in college sports

NCAA, leagues back $2.8B settlement, setting stage for major change in college sports

The NCAA and the nation's five biggest conferences announced Thursday night that they have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a host of antitrust claims, a monumental decision that sets the stage for a groundbreaking revenue-sharing model that could start directing millions of dollars directly to athletes as soon as the 2025 fall semester.
by NPR Staff

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The top U.N. court has ordered Israel to stop its Rafah military operation

The top U.N. court has ordered Israel to stop its Rafah military operation

The United Nations’ highest court ordered Israel Friday to halt its offensive in Rafah, citing “immense risk” to the population of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who have sought refuge in the southern Gaza city. But the court did not call for an end to Israel’s wider offensive across the Gaza Strip.
by NPR Staff

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‘Top of their game’: PWHL Minnesota coach lauds team, reflects on season

‘Top of their game’: PWHL Minnesota coach lauds team, reflects on season

The Professional Women’s Hockey League Minnesota team is gearing up for Game 3 in a best-of-five series Friday night, skating against Boston for the inaugural Walter Cup. Each team, fourth and third seed respectively, has a win under its belt.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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Native students at Hinckley-Finlayson High School to host powwow after graduation

Native students at Hinckley-Finlayson High School to host powwow after graduation

After their request to have a tribal drum group perform at the Hinckley-Finlayson High School’s graduation was denied, Native American students now plan to host a powwow in the school parking lot after Friday’s ceremony.
by Dan Kraker

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Feel like the restaurant industry is failing? It may just be moving

Feel like the restaurant industry is failing? It may just be moving

The gut punch of losing a favorite dinner spot and the constant drum beat of restaurant closure news can make it feel like the industry isn’t doing well. But a new report suggests that might not be entirely true.
by Emily Reese and Lukas Levin

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Weekend of George Floyd memorials begins with prayer service

Weekend of George Floyd memorials begins with prayer service

Faith leaders from local churches, mosques, and synagogues gathered in downtown Minneapolis on Friday for a morning of prayers. They opened a weekend of events marking the day that George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police four years ago Saturday.
by Estelle Timar-Wilcox

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May squashes drought with trend of wet weather and brings strong winds

May squashes drought with trend of wet weather and brings strong winds

Drought nearly disappears from the state as rain continues to pour throughout the month of May. Climatologist and meteorologist Mark Seeley discusses the wet weather in his weekly weather chat.
by Cathy Wurzer and Lukas Levin

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Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who skewered fast food industry, dies at 53

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who skewered fast food industry, dies at 53

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar nominee whose most famous works skewered America’s food industry and who notably ate only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died of cancer.
by The Associated Press

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Norfolk Southern will pay $15 million fine as part of federal settlement over Ohio derailment

Norfolk Southern will pay $15 million fine as part of federal settlement over Ohio derailment

Residents were generally underwhelmed by the deal the Environmental Protection Agency and Justice Department announced Thursday, two days after a federal judge signed off on the railroad’s $600 million class action settlement with residents.
by The Associated Press

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More severe weather forecast in Midwest as Iowa residents clean up tornado damage

More severe weather forecast in Midwest as Iowa residents clean up tornado damage

Residents of the small city of Greenfield, Iowa, are working to clean up days after a destructive tornado ripped apart more than 100 homes in just one minute, took the lives of four residents and injured dozens more.
by The Associated Press

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Final witness in Feeding Our Future trial. Timberwolves look to bounce back in Game 2

Prosecutors in the Feeding Our Future trial are expected to call their final witness on Friday. And the Timberwolves are looking to bounce back from their Game 1 loss in the Western Conference Finals against the Dallas Mavericks — Game 2 tips off Friday at 7:30 p.m.
by Alex Simpson

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High on an Austrian mountain, a Minnesotan finds pieces of his family’s past in a WWII bomber wreck

High on an Austrian mountain, a Minnesotan finds pieces of his family’s past in a WWII bomber wreck

Conversations with his mom led MPR News photojournalist Ben Hovland to the family story of Richard Rossman, a mischievous Minneapolis kid who learned to fly, and a journey to Austria to see where he died piloting the Powder Ann on a freezing December night in 1943.
by Ben Hovland

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Construction projects bill stumble leaves entities seeking building aid searching for workarounds

Construction projects bill stumble leaves entities seeking building aid searching for workarounds

After lawmakers failed to get a construction projects package approved, entities that had money riding on it are looking for alternatives to keep their infrastructure initiatives on track. Gov. Tim Walz pledges a bigger plan next year.
by Dana Ferguson

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After four-year hiatus, underground mine tours resume at Soudan State Park

After four-year hiatus, underground mine tours resume at Soudan State Park

For the first time in four years — after the COVID-19 pandemic and then a $9.3 million reconstruction project — public tours of the Soudan Underground Mine in northeast Minnesota are poised to start up again on Memorial Day weekend.
by Dan Kraker

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