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Good morning! It's going to be a warm one today with temps in the Twin Cities staying in the 80s this afternoon. But it might not be a good idea to spend too much time outside. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has reported an air quality alert for ozone pollution for southern, eastern and parts of central Minnesota today. | Forecast
 

Improvised bomb injures 22 on London subway train

Police have confirmed that the explosion that hit the Parsons Green station during the morning rush hour is being treated as a terrorist incident.

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'Engineering marvel': New bridge brings excitement to the Iron Range

The new 200-foot tall U.S. Highway 53 bridge over an abandoned iron ore pit next to the city of Virginia is the tallest in the state. It was built to make away for the expansion of a nearby operating taconite mine.

St. Anthony Lock to light up with art, river history

There's going to be an extra glow in the sky in Minneapolis in coming weekends as two artists "Illuminate the Lock" using the massive wall of the Upper St. Anthony Lock as a giant projection screen.

Father and daughter discuss racism, books and unstoppable love

Lou Bellamy, creator of St. Paul's Penumbra Theater, and his daughter Sarah recently sat down for a conversation about memories, both fond and difficult.

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Schools seek to help immigrants amid mixed signals on DACA

Nearly sixty college and university presidents sent a letter urging congressional leaders to make the program permanent out of "moral imperative and a national necessity." | Deal or no deal?

More than 100 Ramsey County Jail inmates sickened

Health officials are exploring the possibility of food poisoning that affected about a fourth of the jail population. Lab test results could take several weeks.

This once-obscure fruit is on its way to becoming pawpaw-pawpular

You won't find the pawpaw, which tastes like a cross between a mango and a banana, in most grocery stores, even though they're native to North America. But the locavore food movement has embraced it.

North Korea fires another missile over Japan

Japanese and South Korean officials have confirmed another missile test by North Korea Friday morning local time. This is the 15th North Korean missile test this year and the first to come after Pyongyang tested its most-powerful nuclear bomb yet.

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