MPR News Update

MPR News Update for May 9

Good morning! Cloudy and breezy today, with a chance of showers and thunderstorms throughout the state. Highs in the lower 60s to lower 70s. Stargazers, ready your (solar-filtered) telescopes: Mercury is passing directly across the sun for the first time in nearly a decade. Here's how you can see it. | Forecast

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