FDA rules Hennepin Healthcare flouted patient safety rules in ketamine study

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers Top stories - FDA rules Hennepin Healthcare flouted patient safety rules in ketamine study: A board that approves research at Minnesota’s largest safety-net hospital [failed to follow federal rules designed to protect patients]( when it fast-tracked studies on powerful sedatives, including ketamine, according to inspection reports from the Food and Drug Administration. - Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect appears in court: The man accused in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was released from a hospital and [turned over to federal authorities for a court appearance]( Monday on charges he killed 11 people in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. Federal prosecutors set in motion plans to seek the death penalty against Bowers, who authorities say expressed hatred of Jews during the rampage and later told police that "I just want to kill Jews" and that "all these Jews need to die." About 1,500 people of all ages and faiths attended [an hourlong service held amid tight security Sunday at Temple Israel]( in Minneapolis. It began with a moment of silence and ended with a call for harmony and healing after an anti-Semitic shooting in Pittsburgh the day before. - Trump again calls media "enemy of the people" after synagogue shooting, bomb plot: President Donald Trump [escalated his attacks on the news media]( Monday following a week of election-season violence, arguing that "fraudulent" reporting was contributing to anger in the country and declaring that the press was the "true Enemy of the People." More than 23,000 people have signed an open letter to the president from the leaders of a Pittsburgh-based Jewish group who say [Trump will not be welcome in the city unless he denounces white nationalism]( and stops "targeting" minorities after the massacre.. - Control of Minnesota Senate hangs in balance in St. Cloud-area special election: It is hard to distinguish between Republican Jeff Howe and Democrat Joe Perske on many of the issues that matter to voters in this state Senate district that curves around St. Cloud, extending north, south and west into farm territory. It’s a piece of the state that will have [an outsized impact on the balance of political power]( at the State Capitol in 2019. - Is the U's search for a new president moving too fast? University officials say a brisk pace means the U can beat the annual presidential hiring season rush and draw high-caliber applicants reluctant to enter a protracted search. But some on the faculty and others have voiced concern that the timeline [might not allow enough time to recruit candidates]( who are not actively job-hunting — or to thoroughly vet those who apply. - Indonesia says survivors unlikely from Lion Air plane crash: [A Lion Air plane crashed into the sea]( just minutes after taking off from Indonesia's capital on Monday, likely killing all 189 people on board. The accident was a blow to the country's aviation safety record after the lifting of bans on its airlines by the European Union and U.S. - Passenger dies in crash after car hits deer in Maplewood: A woman died Sunday evening when the vehicle she was riding in [struck a deer on a busy east metro highway and crashed](, the State Patrol said. - Downtown Minneapolis gridlock is weighing on drivers: Utility work has a block of 8th Street closed between Hennepin and LaSalle avenues in downtown Minneapolis, and it’s wearing on motorists. For the past month, drivers and Metro Transit buses have been detoured to 10th Street and the result has been [gridlock extending well past the typical end of the morning rush hour.](  Watch this This football play was a real rollercoaster: The announcers' nonchalance aside, [this double-turnover 75-yard touchdown]( during Saturday's William & Mary-Rhode Island game was pretty wild.  Talk to us! Send feedback on this newsletter, questions, story tips, ideas or anything else to [talkers@startribune.com](.  Trending - Shake Shack opens second Twin Cities location at Southdale this week: The follow-up to the burger chain’s Mall of America location, located at the northwest corner of the Southdale shopping center parking lot [has a few nods to local tastes.]( - Twin Cities fans will get another goodbye Kiss: Almost 20 years after the original lineup of Kiss went on its farewell outing, what’s left of the self-proclaimed Hottest Band in the World is saying goodbye to fans in 2019 with its End of the Road Tour, which includes [a March 4 date at Target Center.]( - Minnesota artists remember World War I's 'enormous sacrifice': It will soon be 100 years since World War I ended at the “11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month.” Minnesota arts groups know that’s long enough ago to forget. But they want you to remember. [To mark the anniversary of the signing of the armistice](, they’re staging plays, performing a new, epic symphony and bringing back a favorite opera.  Sports roundup - Vikings' losses can be tied to their turnovers: The Vikings are [fumbling and throwing interceptions at their highest rate]( since Mike Zimmer became coach, and haven't won any games this season when they've turned over the ball more than their opponents. - Aaron Rodgers, new head coach of the Packers? Given Green Bay’s struggles so far this season, [a gaffe by a Milwaukee TV station]( is worth at least a laugh. - LeBron James makes first visit to Target Center as a Laker: King James will be [leading a team that has some promising young players]( in Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram and Kyle Kuzma and such veterans as Rajon Rondo, Lance Stephenson and JaVale McGee.  Did someone forward this newsletter to you? You can [sign up for Talkers here](.  Quote of the day “We know that the antidote to this violence can’t stop at increased security.” -- [Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman]( of Temple Israel in Minneapolis, at a vigil honoring the 11 people murdered in an ant-Semitic shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue.  Worth a click Why Mr. Rogers' "Look for the helpers" is bad advice for adults: "Once a television comfort for preschoolers, 'Look for the helpers' has become a consolation meme for tragedy. That’s disturbing enough; it feels as though we are one step shy of a rack of drug-store mass-murder sympathy cards. Worse, Fred Rogers’s original message has been contorted and inflated into something it was never meant to be, for an audience it was never meant to serve, in a political era very different from where it began. Fred Rogers is a national treasure, but it’s time to stop offering this particular advice," [writes Ian Bogost for the Atlantic.](  Trivia winner Congratulations to Sue Clair! Sue was randomly selected from among the readers who correctly answered that incoming Twins manager Rocco Baldelli is a big fan of the jam band Phish. She wins a Star Tribune travel mug. Be sure to check back Friday for another trivia question!  From the archives Oct. 29, 1966: Higgins, a 4-year-old cockapoodle who co-stars in TV's "Petticoat Junction" rehearses pressing his paw into cement the day before the dedication of the new Animal Humane Society of Hennepin County building. Higgins and Gyp, an 11-year-old black lab who saved the life of his owner in a house fire, were the guests of honor at the ceremony. The canines cast their pawprints in cement, making the building something like the Grauman's Chinese Theatre of the animal world. 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