Passengers on Amtrak Borealis stranded for more than 3 hours
Plus: Sen. Tina Smith on the Comstock Act; Twin Cities journalists from Somalia and Ethiopia worried about deportation; “The Great Gatsby” turns 100; Lamont Cranston co-founder Pat Hayes suffers stroke; and more. The post Passengers on Amtrak Borealis stranded for more than 3 hours appeared first on MinnPost.
Eva Herscowitz at the Star Tribune is reporting Amtrak’s Borealis train came to an unexpected halt in Hastings around 7 p.m. Saturday, stranding hundreds of passengers, including infants, older people and college students on break, just shy of St. Paul for more than three hours.
Katie Herchenroeder at Vanity Fair interviews Minnesota’s junior Sen. Tina Smith about how Donald Trump could use the Comstock Act to restrict access to abortion nationwide.
Dan Kaker at MPR News reports in early 2005, when PolyMet Mining first submitted its plans to the state to build what would be Minnesota’s first mine for copper and nickel, company officials were optimistic it could be built quickly. Now, 20 years later, the controversial mine in northeast Minnesota still hasn’t opened.
Mohamud Farah at Sahan Journal talks with several reporters who emigrated from Somalia and Ethiopia about their concerns the Trump Administration will deport them.
Mary Ann Grossmann at the Pioneer Press offers a number of ways to celebrate the 100th anniversary of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.”
Izzy Canizares at Bring Me the News reports Pat “Lamont” Hayes, the co-founder and lead singer of the Lamont Cranston Band, is recovering after suffering his second stroke in as many years.
Jon Bream at the Star Tribune lays out 10 inaccuracies he spotted in the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown.”
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