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Good morning, it’s Friday. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. 

Cloudy and a bit warmer. Metro highs in the mid 30s with nighttime lows in the upper 20s. Statewide highs in the mid 20s to lower 30s. More on Updraft. | Forecast

St. Paul leaders gathered last night after yet another homicide in the city. Most killings, nearly 90 percent, involved a gun. Police Chief Todd Axtell says he’s working with federal officials to prevent future gun violence. 

Twin Cities Muslim leaders are calling for hate crime charges after a Somali-American man was allegedly attacked in a Minneapolis suburb last week. Forty-nine-year-old Haarun Galbayte, of Eden Prairie, said on Oct. 27, he made a morning food delivery at a home in Excelsior and returned to his car. As he was about to drive away, a man came out, punched him several times in the head while yelling at him to go back to his country.

There’s money in pot. As MinnPost reports, Minnesota’s recreational marijuana industry could be $1.2 billion in just its first five years. One expert in the field says that means 20,000 jobs and $300 million in tax revenues. 

Get outside this weekend, even if it’s cold. There’s plenty to do, and as MPR News’ Mike Moen writes, exercise in the cold can build up your stamina for winter. 

What do you wish other Minnesotans knew about your cultural identity? Tell us here so we can tell better stories in the future. 

Cody Nelson, MPR News
HealthPartners decision illustrates a trend for pharmacies: Fewer of them
Dan Gunderson | MPR News
When HealthPartners closes 30 retail pharmacies and its mail-order pharmacy business early next year, about 300 people will lose their jobs, including 100 pharmacists. The retail pharmacy industry has been shrinking for more than a decade, starting with the closing of many independent pharmacies in rural areas.
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As gun violence continues, Carter asks St. Paul to look deeper than law enforcement
Nina Moini | MPR News
St. Paul city leaders are turning to residents to help curb a deadly surge in gun violence since the summer. There have been a total of 29 homicides including one police shooting death so far this year.
‘A ton of hammers in here’: Augsburg new women’s wrestling team kicks off season
Julia Franz | MPR News
When Augsburg University’s women’s wrestling team begins its season on Saturday, it does so with a completely blank slate. The program is the only varsity collegiate wrestling team for women in Minnesota, and it’s new this year.  
What's on the radio today

9 a.m. — 1A with Joshua Johnson 

America's political landscape has changed. Kentucky elects its first black attorney general. Tucson gets its first female and first Latina mayor. Catch yourselves up on a very busy week on the Friday News Roundup. 

Then, an international look: President Trump calls for a war on drug cartels after an ambush in Mexico kills nine Americans - including six children. Thousands of scientists say the climate crisis will lead to "untold human suffering,” the smog in Delhi can be seen from space. Meanwhile up in space, they're trying to bake cookies.

11 a.m. — MPR News with Angela Davis  

Saturday is the Minnesota firearms deer opener and thousands of hunters are expected to head to the woods. But there’s one big change this hunting season. The state is launching its new deer dumpster program in areas where Chronic Wasting Disease has been found in wild deer. The whole program nearly fell apart before it even started. MPR News reporter John Enger gives an update and shares other deer hunting news.

Then, Fayneese Miller is the 20th president of Hamline University and the first African American to hold the position. She’s been on the job for more than 4 years. She will join Angela Davis in the studio for a conversation about her work and some of the biggest topics surrounding higher education, including sexual assault, student debt and race relations. 

Noon  — MPR News Presents

For many Americans, their political identity is hard to separate from their faith. One of the topics next time on The Takeaway’s "Politics with Amy Walter” is an exploration of how Christian voters think about the candidates in the 2020 election.

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