Good afternoon. Former President Barack Obama showed up to a downtown Chicago courthouse for jury duty on Wednesday morning. Unsurprisingly, he was not selected to serve on the jury. | NewsCut | Forecast
Minneapolis City Council member Jacob Frey emerged Wednesday from a crowded field of contenders as the winner of Tuesday's mayoral election, a contest in which the city's ranked-choice voting system added to the drama. | St. Paul picks Carter for mayor
Minneapolis voters chose two transgender candidates to the council: Andrea Jenkins and Phillipe Cunningham. They are the first out transgender candidates elected to a major American city council. Cunningham defeated City Council president Barb Johnson.
Some First Amendment advocates joined a suit against the president for blocking people from his Twitter account -- and they are making a novel argument about the right to communicate in a digital age.
Get ready for a taste of January for the next 48 hours. But the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota stand a good chance of reaching into the 50s in the next 10 days.
Democrats are feeling buoyed by big wins Tuesday in Virginia while Republicans are being hobbled by a deeply unpopular president -- with control of the House on the line.
