Minnesota Iditarod finisher encourages more women of color to get outdoors and explore
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Emily Ford, the 34-year-old native of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, who now calls Duluth home, spent 13 days mushing her dogs along the Yukon River in Alaska in this year's Iditarod race.
Ford says it was a rigorous, yet peaceful course.
"You [and the dogs] are an entire team moving together across the landscape," said Ford. "It's not like you're running a machine, or you have a motor. These dogs are near silent going across the land. It's kind of mesmerizing. It's such a cool way to move around the world."

Another winter storm may be headed toward the East Coast of the United States this weekend, on the heels of a powerful and deadly system that blanketed huge swaths of the country in snow and ice. The effects of that original storm have lingered for many areas in its path, and will likely remain as repeated bouts of Arctic air plunge downward from Canada and drive temperatures below freezing. Nikki Nolan contributed to this report. In:

Washington — The Senate is set to take a procedural vote Thursday morning on a package to fund the remaining government agencies and programs, with less than two days to avoid a partial government shutdown. But Democrats say they won't allow the package to move forward without reforms to immigration enforcement. Caitlin Huey-Burns contributed to this report.











