Minneapolis police will no longer ticket for broken taillights or turn signals

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers Top stories - Minneapolis police will no longer ticket for broken taillights or turn signals: Minneapolis police officers will no longer ticket motorists for broken headlights or turn signals, instead [handing out vouchers to pay for vehicle repairs]( under a new department policy unveiled Wednesday. - Delta to issue new uniforms after lawsuits over worker illnesses: Delta Air Lines, facing mounting pressure from employees who say their uniforms are making them sick, [will issue an entirely new garment line]( for 35,000 flight attendants and airport customer service agents by late next year. - Minneapolis council member Abdi Warsame picked to lead public housing agency: Warsame is stepping into the role as [the agency copes with the upkeep of hundreds of aging properties](. The deaths of five people in a November blaze in one of the authority’s high-rises drew attention to the aging building’s lack of sprinklers, while the authority has struggled to assuage fears that residents will be displaced by MPHA property renovations. - Minnesota companies starting to feel sting of coronavirus outbreak in China: Companies in Minnesota and across the U.S. are [starting to see disruptions caused by the fast-growing outbreak]( of a pneumonialike coronavirus that has shut down business in some of China’s largest cities. [China on Thursday raised the death toll to 170]( and more countries reported infections from the worrisome new virus, as foreign evacuees from China's worst-hit region returned home to medical tests and even isolation. - Rice County priest apologizes for anti-Islam sermon: [Rev. Nick VanDenBroeke apologized Wednesday]( for describing Islam as “the greatest threat in the world,” both to the United States and Christianity itself, in a recent sermon. - Alan Dershowitz says his Trump impeachment defense was "distorted": In a day-after tweet, the former Harvard Law professor complained Thursday about the portrayal of his testimony at Trump's Senate Trial that a president, if he believes his re-election is in the “national interest,” [is essentially immune from impeachment]( for actions in support of that idea. - Elle columnist who says Trump raped her seeks his DNA: Lawyers for a woman who accuses President Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s [are asking for a DNA sample](, seeking to determine whether his genetic material is on a dress she says she wore during the encounter. - New landlord forces out tenants in New Brighton apartment complex: On New Year’s Day, nearly all the residents in Pike Lake’s 60-plus apartments [got notices from Fridley-based Qt Property Management to vacate](, many as soon as Feb. 29 — leaving them to find new places to live in the dead of winter, with limited budgets and in a tight rental market. - Record high water, ice jams could bring rare winter floods to southern Minnesota: Parts of southern Minnesota, Wisconsin and northern Iowa are at risk of rare winter floods as [the Mississippi River runs faster and higher than it ever has]( this early in the year. - Xcel quarterly profits up 35%: [Rate increases in several states]( helped drive fourth quarter earnings. Xcel is Minnesota's largest electric utility and its second-largest gas utility.  Watch this Guest on "Antiques Roadshow" in N.D. collapses after learning watch worth up to $700K: A type of watch made famous by Hollywood legend Paul Newman is [making an internet star out of a military veteran.](  Talk to us! Send feedback on this newsletter, questions, story tips, ideas or anything else to [talkers@startribune.com](.  Trending - 12 rules every concertgoer should follow (especially tall, chatty or gassy ones): It’s a rock ’n’ roll show, folks. It’s supposed to be chaotic. It’s not supposed to have rules. Lighten up if someone or something is bothering you. Then again, concerts are also supposed to have a communal spirit, and let’s face it, idiots and over-spirited bozos are all too common on any given night. [Here are some suggested rules for everyone to follow]( so everyone can have a good time. - Minneapolis' first "dog bar" opens today: Adjacent to the Minneapolis Farmer's Market, Unleashed Hound and Hops is [two-thirds off-leash play area for canine companions]( and one-third enclosed bar and eating area, where you can bring a leashed pup and watch the play area from behind sound-proof glass. Once the weather warms up, a large, outdoor enclosure will also be available for dogs to roam and romp. - Sauna Village is the new hidden hot spot in the Twin Cities: It consists of [wood-fired saunas of varying sizes]( in which visitors — some regulars, some first-timers — get heated up and then run outside to roll in the snow, dump cold water on themselves or even jump into a water tub (make sure to break up the ice on the surface first).  Sports roundup - Will the Vikings pay Anthony Harris? Keep Xavier Rhodes? Xavier Rhodes’ hefty contract [could be an initial domino to fall]( as the salary cap-strapped Vikings seek room to make roster moves. They also need to make a decision on free-agent safety Anthony Harris after his excellent season. - Hopkins star is first female high school basketball player featured on Slam magazine cover: In the first 24 hours after it went up on YouTube, [the Slam magazine video on Hopkins basketball star Paige Bueckers]( amassed more than 41,000 views. The video dropped Wednesday at the same time that the monthly basketball magazine released its latest print edition, which was the first one in its 226-issue history that featured a female high school basketball player on the cover. - Rising freshman Ben Meyers spurs Gophers' recent revival: Meyers spent two years in the USHL before entering college, so [he's not the typical freshman.](  Did someone forward this newsletter to you? You can [sign up for Talkers here](.  Quote of the day “I'm still loading the bus. So the age thing doesn't really come up that much. It's more how many years you've been here.” -- [Gophers forward Ben Meyers](, on one of his main responsibilities as a freshman, even though he is one of the older team members and previously played in the USHL.  Worth a click How a health records company made a secret deal with a drugmaker to push opioid prescriptions: "Big tech companies have large-scale plans to reinvent health care, promising to revolutionize areas such as electronic records, which are a crucial source of data about consumer health. But the Practice Fusion case shows how such plans can be exploited and even provide a new avenue for financial interests to influence treatment," [Bloomberg reports.](  From the archives Jan. 30, 1983: Bob Watson, defending St. Paul Winter Carnival Scrabble champion, plots his next move. 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