MPR News Update

MPR News Update for Aug. 5, 2015

TONIGHT IN MINNEAPOLIS: Reflections on Race, One Year After Ferguson
Aug. 9 marks one year since Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Mo. — and the beginning of a national conversation about race, policing and inequality. Join MPR News host Tom Weber to reflect on the year, and look to what's next. | Details: 7-8:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.), Neighborhoods Organizing for Change, 1101 W. Broadway Ave., Minneapolis

Questions linger as MN nears end to gas pump, online lottery sales Appetites: Eating your way down Central Avenue Vandals attack vacation home of MN dentist who killed Cecil the lion NHL unveils ticket prices, details for Minneapolis Winter Classic S&P: Minnesota's fiscal picture brightening, top debt rating may return Book briefs: Bookstore offers refunds for 'Go Set a Watchman' Controlled burns may hold the key to manageable wildfire seasons Minneapolis nonprofit focuses on food to train, heal