Coach Tamara Moore is the first African American woman to head a men's college basketball program.
| Feb. 16, 2022 New district boundaries for the Minnesota Legislature created dozens of incumbent pairings where one member is drawn into the same district as another. In the Senate, many of those pairings involve women. Former Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch says that’s unfortunate given that there are far more men than women in the Legislature to begin with. She says it adds importance to finding more women to run. Four of seven GOP women in the Senate are paired, and one other isn’t running again. DFL Senate Minority Leader Melisa López Franzen was paired with colleague Ron Latz. Read our analysis of the new maps and use our finder to see how you were redistricted. Subscribe to our Minnesota Today podcast to get up-to-date Minnesota news twice daily. — Brian Bakst, MPR News | |
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| Floyd killing: Second ex-cop takes the stand in federal trial | | Former Minneapolis officer J. Alexander Kueng began testifying just before noon Wednesday, making his first remarks since Floyd’s killing in police custody. Earlier, prosecutors pressed ex-officer Tou Thao on his responsibility to help Floyd at the scene. | |
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| Truckers protesting in Canada end last U.S. border blockade | | The last of the truck blockades at the U.S.-Canadian border is moving out. A federal official says the final blockaders are leaving Emerson, Manitoba now and the Canadian Border Services hope to reopen the crossing into North Dakota Wednesday afternoon. | |
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