| Good morning! Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms south and west this afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s to mid-70s north, lower 80s south. So remember how the Stillwater Lift Bridge was stuck in the up position Tuesday into Wednesday? It turns out there was someone stranded on the bridge. Mike Schmidt, a 36-year veteran of the Minnesota Department of Transportation, passed the time by rereading the newspaper and playing Yahtzee. You're probably also wondering -- what about, um, you know, a bathroom? There isn't one. | Forecast | Updraft weather blog |
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| Refugees and Twin Cities attorneys are reacting to the revised Trump administration travel ban that is set to go into effect Thursday. | What's happening with President Trump's travel ban? |
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| City leaders are pushing a "city within a city" plan they say will deliver money, jobs and people to the old Ford truck plant site in Highland Park. But neighbors are divided. A public hearing is set for Friday. |
| Residents first learned it would close last April. The mobile home park, which once held more than 90 households, has gradually emptied over the last year. The new owner plans to demolish the park and build roughly 800 new units. | July 2016: One resident's $6 million, Hail Mary plan to save her mobile home park |
| The superheated argument over the Republican drive to overhaul health care has not been the finest moment for accuracy. | Senate leaders scramble for deal on health care bill |
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| Cardinal George Pell appeared before reporters in the Vatican press office to forcefully deny the accusations, denounce what he called a "relentless character assassination" in the media and announce he would return to Australia to clear his name. |
| An analysis examining mortality among millions of Americans concludes that a tiny decrease in levels of soot could save about 12,000 lives each year. | Environment |
| Too many people are "wish-cycling" -- throwing things into bins that aren't actually recyclable in the hopes that they can somehow be recycled. Newsflash: They can't, so please stop. | Reduce, reuse, remove the cellophane: Recycling explained |
| This week on Art Hounds: Jonathan Thunder's paintings, a murder mystery on stage, and "Everything is Flammable." | Someone stole the St. Paul Ballet's portable dance floor, and they want it back |
