Good morning! Cold again but warming to the mid-20s later today. By tomorrow -- 40s and possibly even 50. Break out the shorts! U.S. Rep. Jason Lewis is facing backlash after writing in the Wall Street Journal that the late Arizona Sen. John McCain was to blame for Republican losses in last week's midterm elections. The piece was published on the national observance of Veterans Day. McCain was a Navy pilot who spent more than five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. | What's on MPR News today? | Forecast
Forty-two of the confirmed deaths were in a huge blaze in Northern California. Officials said their teams have been sifting through ash and debris for remains.
The Baraboo School District is looking into a photo that went viral of what appears to be a group of mostly white male high-school students posing with outstretched right arms.
Jay Alix, a corporate turnaround specialist who serves on the board of Mayo Clinic, is donating $200 million to the medical school, which will be renamed the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in his honor.
A growing number of schools are building greenhouses or in some way getting into local food production. While the locally grown food isn't a big money saver, it has increased healthy food choices for students and increased student interest in where the food they eat comes from. | Minnesota farm-to-school nutrition programs grow, along with challenges
The St. Louis County Historical Society on Monday installed the replica Medal for Maj. Henry Courtney, who was killed in 1945 while leading his command of Marines on an assault of the strategically important Sugar Loaf Hill in the Battle of Okinawa.
Sinema is the first woman Arizona has elected to the Senate ever, and the first Democrat the state elected to the chamber in 30 years. She'll make history as the first openly bisexual senator.
Amazon is expected to divide its second headquarters between the Long Island City neighborhood in Queens and the Crystal City area in Northern Virginia, according to a person familiar with the plan.
To the hometown team that drafted him, the St. Paul native offered thanks for a career that included three Gold Gloves, three American League batting championships, and the 2009 AL Most Valuable Player award.
