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Paris dazzles with a rainy Olympics opening ceremony on the Seine River

Paris dazzles with a rainy Olympics opening ceremony on the Seine River

More than three hours into the show, French President Emmanuel Macron declared the Games open. In a gaffe before that, the five-ring Olympic flag was raised upside down at the Trocadero across from the Eiffel Tower.
by The Associated Press

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Boar's Head recalls 200,000 pounds of deli meat linked to a Listeria outbreak

Boar's Head recalls 200,000 pounds of deli meat linked to a Listeria outbreak

The Food Safety and Inspection Service made the announcement Friday. There are 34 cases of Listeria from deli meat across 13 states, including two people who died of Thursday, according to the CDC.
by Lola Murti

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Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Sweet Blue Distance’ and ‘The Frozen River’

Ask a Bookseller: ‘The Sweet Blue Distance’ and ‘The Frozen River’

Call the midwife: Jolie Hughes of Morgan Hill Bookstore in New London, N.H., recommends two recent historical fiction books that both feature midwives — one real, one fictional — set at different points within American history.
by Emily Bright

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Hmong senator en route to Paris to support Suni Lee, helped bring gymnastics trials to Minnesota

Hmong senator en route to Paris to support Suni Lee, helped bring gymnastics trials to Minnesota

About two dozen Minnesotans — including gold medalist and St. Paul native Suni Lee will attend the unconventional and unprecedented Opening Ceremony of the Summer Games in Paris. Sen. Foung Hawj, DFL-St. Paul is also on his way to France to support Lee and he hopes to witness Olympic history.
by Cathy Wurzer and Gracie Stockton

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COVID-19 hospitalizations rise for fifth consecutive week in Minnesota

COVID-19 hospitalizations rise for fifth consecutive week in Minnesota

Over 150 people were admitted to hospitals throughout the state with COVID-19 during the week ending July 6. Preliminary data for the week ending July 13 already shows 155 COVID-19 admissions, which is five consecutive weeks of increases.
by Craig Helmstetter

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From ‘Cork Truck’ to ‘Garden-Rainbow-Space-Mushroom-Whatever’: The Minnesota ArtCars Parade Celebrates 30 Years

From ‘Cork Truck’ to ‘Garden-Rainbow-Space-Mushroom-Whatever’: The Minnesota ArtCars Parade Celebrates 30 Years

In Minneapolis, children at Articulture’s ArtCar camp creatively transform a Toyota hatchback as part of a local tradition where art cars, decorated and driven daily, partake in a vibrant parade celebrating its 30th anniversary around Lake Harriet.
by Alex V. Cipolle

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Critical DMs: The brat and the brät, or the semiotics of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

Critical DMs: The brat and the brät, or the semiotics of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

MPR News’ Max Sparber and Alex V. Cipolle discuss the presidential campaign in terms of aesthetic and generational coding, highlighting how Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, though close in age, symbolize different generations — Gen X and Boomer, respectively — through their public personas and stylistic choices.
by Alex V. Cipolle and Max Sparber

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