Kids & Family
Five Things You Should Know Today: May 2
Potential for rain, World Press Freedom Day, and a few local events.
1. Enjoy the morning because there is a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Overall, the day should be partly sunny with a high near 78.
2. Are you a mother? Join other moms at at an event with the Twin . Listen to journalist and mother Katy Read, whose work on mothers' lives has been featured in the Star Tribune, Working Mother, Brain, Child Magazine, Salon and other national publications.
3. On this day in 1933, a Scottish newspaper published the first news story ever written about the so-called Loch Ness Monster after a couple claimed to see a creature in Lake Loch Ness.
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4. Every year, May 3 is World Press Freedom Day, a celebration of the fundamental principles of press freedom. The day was created by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
5. If you're looking for a new kind of workout, go to a in Woodbury tonight at 6 p.m. Register for the workout by emailing cfwoodbury@me.com.