| Good morning! Partly cloudy south with isolated thunderstorms southeast this afternoon. Mostly sunny elsewhere. Highs in the 80s. The Mall of America is getting hit with the biggest yarn bomb ever. Over the next few days, Twin Cities yarn artist Eric Rieger, known widely as HOTTEA, is installing his largest-ever piece at the mall. He's hanging thousands of 60-foot lengths of brightly colored yarn from a frame suspended under the skylight of the atrium at the mall's northern entrance. The work is expected to finished sometime this week. See photos of the work in progress here. | Forecast | Updraft weather blog |
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| Bridge inspections and attention to their findings came under scrutiny when the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis collapsed in 2007. MnDOT says it has boosted its inspection ranks, invested in better equipment and changed how it handles quality control in the years since. | Inspectors find dozens of rail bridges need repair |
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| Current clean-up efforts are expected to result in a 6 to 8 percent improvement in water quality by 2034. DFL Gov. Mark Dayton says that's not enough. | Threats to drinking water supplies intensifying, health dept. says |
Conservatives across the United States are warning the GOP-led Congress not to abandon its pledge to repeal the Obama-era health law -- or risk a political nightmare in next year's elections. | White House to Senate: Pass health bill now or else |
Russian's Foreign Ministry on Friday ordered a reduction by Sept. 1 in the number of U.S. diplomats in Russia. |
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| President Trump hopes Retired Gen. John Kelly can bring some military order to an administration weighed down by a stalled legislative agenda, a cabal of infighting West Wing aides and a stack of investigations |
The controversial vote has culminated in more violence between protesters and police, with at least 10 deaths Sunday. Opposition activists see the election as a power grab by President Nicolas Maduro. |
| Police say Beverly Cory, 47, was killed Saturday afternoon. Police continue to search for a suspect. |
Girls are much less likely to be diagnosed with autism, but that may be because the signs of the disorder are different than in boys. And girls may be missing out on help as a result. |
