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Good morning! Partly cloudy today with highs in the mid-70s. Looks like it'll be a pleasant end to July, with highs in the upper 70s and low 80s most of the week. Here at AM Newsletter Land, we love happy endings -- especially when they involve our pets. A northwestern Indiana family is celebrating their dog’s return, nearly six months after the beloved pet was stolen from their yard. Josephine Lopez filed a police report but had little hope of seeing Zino, a Maltese mix, after the dog was taken from her East Chicago yard in February. But The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports that Zino was recently found on the streets of St. Cloud, Minn, some 500 miles away. | Forecast

23 and who? Your DNA test results and the law
Companies that sell DNA tests have hired lobbyists as Minnesota legislators eye regulating who has access to the results. 
4 dead, including 1 shooter, at Northern California food festival
Police also say 15 people are injured after the shooting which took place at an annual garlic festival in Gilroy, Calif., Sunday. Authorities are looking for a second suspect.
Hands-free phones for drivers tops Minnesota new laws list
Minnesota motorists will be required to use hands-free devices if they want to talk on the phone while driving. Slower drivers must move over to let faster drivers pass. Groping a person's clothed buttocks without consent will become a crime. And vaping in public indoor spaces and workplaces will become as illegal as cigarette smoking in them. | How does the hands-free law work? | 5 ways to follow the new hands-free cellphone driving law
A new old way to combat toxic algae: Float them up, then skim them off
Massive blooms of blue-green algae are choking Florida's waterways. On Lake Okeechobee, the Army Corps of Engineers is testing methods based on wastewater treatment to remove the green slime.
Debate may be last-ditch effort for struggling Democrats to stay alive
As of now, just six candidates meet the requirements to make the Democratic debate stage in September: Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg and Beto O'Rourke.
Dan Coats, who challenged President Trump, is leaving top intelligence job
The departure of the director of national intelligence means that almost every senior member of President Trump's original national security team is gone from his or her job.
Looking for stories along the Mississippi, she's found love
The Relay of Voices project aims to connect river towns with each other, but those aren’t the only connections it has made. 
More records, another gold for Minnesota swimmer Regan Smith at world championships
Minnesota teen Regan Smith's stellar showing at the world swimming championships continued Sunday with two world records and another gold medal.
Watch Lizzo's Tiny Desk concert
Backed by a band assembled just for this occasion, the breakthrough pop icon performs three joyfully showy songs from “Cuz I Love You.”
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