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Good morning! It's rainy, it's snowing, it's a little bit of everything as a winter storm moves across Minnesota. Moderate to heavy snow will continue in west-central Minnesota, while southeastern Minnesota -- including the Twin Cities -- should mainly see rain Thursday. A winter storm warning remains in effect for northern and parts of west-central Minnesota until noon Friday. Stick with MPR News for continuing coverage. | What's on MPR News today? | Forecast
Train to somewhere: Delays done, Southwest light rail rolls forward
After plenty of setbacks and delays, 2018 was the year the Southwest Corridor light rail project finally broke ground. 
Program seeks to persuade Somali women to get cancer screenings

Somali women may forgo breast and cervical cancer screening thinking that it's immodest. Persistent cancer screening disparities have prompted an effort to reach out to the community with culturally-aware messages and support.

Citing moon phases, Noor's defense team requests access to squad car in Rusczcyk case

Former police officer Mohamed Noor is scheduled to go on trial in April for shooting and killing of a 911 caller Justine Ruszczyk, also known with the surname Damond, in July 2017 last year.

Indonesia extends exclusion zone around volcano that caused tsunami

Anak Krakatau, whose partial collapse is blamed for triggering Saturday's tsunami that killed at least 430 people, remains active -- spewing ash over a large area around the Sunda Strait.

For 125 years, this Minnesota family has been keeping an eye on the weather
The Opjorden family in Milan, Minn., is among only a handful in the country who has continuously supplied data to the National Weather Service for so many years. 
Some Japanese-Americans wrongfully imprisoned during WWII oppose census question

In the 1940s, the U.S. government used census data to locate and wrongfully incarcerate Japanese-Americans. Some are now speaking out against plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

Boy, 12, survives avalanche that buried him for 40 minutes

Rescue workers described the operation as "miraculous" because they said chances of survival are minuscule after 15 minutes under the snow. Police said among the reasons the boy survived is that his airways were not blocked by snow.

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