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TEENAGE BUDDHIST LAMA

For US teen Buddhist lama, it’s faith, school, football

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — In most ways, Jalue Dorje is a typical American teen — he grew up in a suburb of Minneapolis, loving football, Pokémon and rap music. Yet a few years from now, he’s expecting to say goodbye to his family and join a monastery in the foothills of the Himalayas. At a young age, Jalue was recognized by the Dalai Lama and other Tibetan Buddhist leaders as a reincarnated lama. Now 14, he has spent much of his life training to become a monk, memorizing sacred scriptures and learning the teachings of Buddha. He plans to join the monastery after graduating from high school, but hopes to return to America to teach.

SHOOTING DEATH-CHARGE

Murder charge filed in shooting outside Elks Club

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis man has been charged in a fatal shooting outside the Elks Club in June. Deandre D. Turner was charged Thursday in Hennepin County District Court with one count of second-degree murder with intent in the June 30 killing of Andrew T. McGinley. The Star Tribune reports Turner was charged via arrest warrant and was not in custody as of Friday afternoon. McGinley died of multiple gunshot wounds. The charges against Turner did not cite a motive, but they noted that McGinley and several others had gathered for a vigil for someone who had recently died.

WILDFIRES-SMOKE

Smoke triggers pollution alerts in US West, Midwest

DENVER (AP) — Air quality alerts were posted on Sunday for numerous areas of the U.S. West and Midwest as wildfire smoke continues to linger over much of the country. The alerts came across the northern U.S. Rockies, including portions of Colorado, Wyoming, Washington state and Idaho. Further to the east, smoke from fires burning in Canadawas drifting for hundreds of miles and triggering pollution alerts in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. Wildfires emit huge volumes of microscopic smoke particles that researchers say canbe harmful if breathed in, leading to both immediate and long-term health impacts. Children, the elderly and people with underlying health conditions are particularly at risk.

AP-US-WOMAN-BEHEADED-MINNESOTA

Man charged with beheading woman in Minneapolis suburb

SHAKOPEE, Minn. (AP) — A man is charged with beheading a woman while they were in a car in traffic in a Minneapolis suburb. Alexis Saborit was charged Friday with second-degree intentional murder in the knife attack on America Thayer, which happened Wednesday afternoon in Shakopee. Several people witnessed the attack. When police arrived, they found Thayer’s body and head. A machete-style knife was in an alley a few blocks away. Authorities have not said what motivated the attack, but Soborit has a criminal history that includes a domestic assault conviction for an attack against Thayer in 2017. At that time, she said they had been dating seven years.

MINNESOTA LAWMAKER-ETHICS

Embattled Minnesota lawmaker will apologize to colleague

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Rep. John Thompson has agreed to publicly apologize for calling a colleague a racist during a debate on the Minnesota House floor last month. The embattled St. Paul Democrat agreed to apologize to Republican Rep. Eric Lucero, of Dayton, he next time the House convenes. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports the deal was approved by a House ethics panel Friday. In return, an ethics complaint Lucero filed against Thompson will be dismissed. The complaint was unrelated other controversies dogging Thompson. Top Democrats called for his resignation this month after police reports resurfaced alleging he committed domestic violence, which he has denied.

AIR QUALITY-MINNESOTA

Minnesota extends statewide air quality alert until Tuesday

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has extended an air quality alert until noon on Tuesday for the entire state due to what authorities are calling an “unprecedented significant air quality event.” Minnesota has been dealing with smoke from Canadian wildfires that has created some of the highest particulate readings on record. An air quality alert was set to expire Friday afternoon, but it was extended. The MPCA says fine particle levels are expected to reach a level that’s considered very unhealthy for everyone, across north central and south central Minnesota. That area includes Hibbing, Brainerd, St. Cloud, and the Twin Cities.

PONZI SCHEME-PETTERS

Receivership closes; $722M recovered for Petters’ victims

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The job of recovering money for the victims of Minnesota businessman Tom Petters’ Ponzi scheme has come to an end, as a federal judge has closed the receivership, which recovered $722 million. Petters, of Wayzata, is serving a 50-year prison sentence for defrauding investors out of $1.9 billion. Receiver Doug Kelley and his team have spent more than a decade searching for and liquidating Petters’ assets to compensate as many victims and creditors as possible.

AP-CAR-IOWA-SPEEDWAY-ANNOUNCER’S-RANT

Racetrack promoter sorry for backing announcer’s racist rant

FAIRMONT, Minn. (AP) — An auto racing announcer in southern Minnesota will sit out for the rest of the season following a racist rant in Iowa last month. And a track promoter who supported him is now apologizing. Fairmont Raceway promoter Jon McCorkell says he’s sorry for comments he made in support of longtime announcer Lon Oelke. Oelke was fired from an Iowa racetrack after he complained about people who don’t stand for the national anthem. McCorkell initially said he agreed with Oelke. But now he says he’s learned a lot about the issues behind the protest that takes a stand against racial inequity. The raceway says Oelke will take a leave of absence.