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Morning Edition

Cathy Wurzer
Cathy Wurzer
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Morning Edition, with Cathy Wurzer in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington and Los Angeles, brings you all the news from overnight and the information you need to start your day. Listen from 4 to 9 a.m. every weekday.

Morning Announcements | Weather chats with Mark Seeley

Twins aim to break playoff win drought on Monday

Twins aim to break playoff win drought on Monday

The Twins have lost 15 playoff games in a row, including 12 straight to the Yankees. One more loss and Minnesota will join the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks as the only major North American professional sports team to lose 16 consecutive playoff games.
by Brian Murphy

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Innocence Lost: explained

Innocence Lost: explained

In the series of articles and radio reports beginning today titled “Innocence Lost,” MPR News aims to offer the fullest telling to date of the sexual abuse that plagued Children’s Theatre Company in the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s.
by Eric Ringham

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Minnesota monk to deliver prestigious lecture in Washington

Minnesota monk to deliver prestigious lecture in Washington

Father Columba Stewart, executive director of the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library at St. John’s University in Collegeville, will give the Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities. Past honorees include Toni Morrison and Arthur Miller.
by Mohamed Ibrahim

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Innocence Lost: A culture of abuse

Innocence Lost: A culture of abuse

Allegations of abuse at the Children's Theatre Company date back to 1972, an arrest was made a dozen years later and some survivors are only now finding justice.
by Marianne Combs

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October is already off to a wet start

The wet weather didn’t stay behind in September. Some parts of the state saw three inches of rain this week, while others had their first snow of the season. MPR News host Cathy Wurzer ran down the week in weather with retired University of Minnesota meteorologist and climatologist Mark Seeley.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Mankato author draws on childhood experience to write YA novel on cults

Mankato author draws on childhood experience to write YA novel on cults

Megan Cooley Peterson says an experience with her family when she was a teenager spurred her interest in cults, and led to her writing her first young adult novel "The Liar's Daughter."
by Euan Kerr

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Bombas vs. Bombers: Here’s why Twins-Yankees series will be like no other

Bombas vs. Bombers: Here’s why Twins-Yankees series will be like no other

The division series games that start Friday feature two evenly matched, high-octane offenses that helped make 2019 the year of the long ball. This Twins squad is eager to help bury Minnesota’s sad playoff history in New York.
by Brian Murphy

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