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Good morning! Partly cloudy with highs in the 50s and 60s today. Well, consider yourselves warned. It's going to be a jam-packed weekend in the metro area this weekend, what with Twins, Vikings, Gopher football games and the Twin Cities Marathon all taking place Saturday or Sunday. But good luck getting there. Interstate 35W is closing down between Interstate 94 and Highway 62 from 10 p.m. tonight until Monday morning. Ouch. | Forecast
Line 3 protesters
At Line 3 pipeline hearing, it's environment vs. jobs
Hundreds of people attended public hearings Thursday on Enbridge's proposed Line 3 pipeline, with many voicing opposition to the project. | Does Minnesota really need a new oil pipeline?
NewsCut: ‘If you can’t treat someone with dignity and respect, get out!’

Lt. Gen. Jay B. Silveria, who runs the Air Force Academy, conducted a clinic on Thursday for any leader on how to respond to racial and sexual harassment.

Maplewood woman sentenced to more than 14 years in opioid overdose deaths

Beverly Burrell was convicted of third-degree murder for selling heroin to Luke Ronnei and Max Tillitt. Both overdosed and died from the drug.

2 top execs leave medical marijuana manufacturer LeafLine Labs

LeafLine Labs said its chief medical officer and chief financial officer have left the company, effective Thursday, the company's CEO said in a statement.

In Puerto Rico, containers full of goods sit undistributed at ports

At the port in San Juan, row after row of refrigerated shipping containers sit humming. They've been there for days, goods locked away inside. | Now even money is running out in storm-hit Puerto Rico

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2 days, 2 dangerous rock falls at Yosemite National Park

A massive new hunk of granite broke off Thursday at Yosemite National Park's mountaineering mecca of El Capitan, injuring an elderly man. The slide came a day after a giant slab of granite plunged from the same formation, killing a British man and injuring his wife.

HHS secretary Tom Price to pay portion of charter flight costs

"The taxpayers won't pay a dime for my seat on those planes," the health and human services secretary said on Friday. Tom Price will pay about $52,000 of the reported $400,000 cost of the trips.

StoryCorps: A little girl's journey to the U.S., without authorization

Sandra Portilla tells the story of coming to the U.S. with her family 24 years ago.

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