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Good afternoon! This season is turning out to be the "Severe Summer of 2016" across Minnesota. Excessive heat and moisture surge north across Minnesota the next 72 hours. The inbound air mass is loaded with tropical energy capable of producing flash flood-triggering heavy downpours as the warm front oozes north tonight. So we have excessive heat and flash flooding. What next? Locusts? | Forecast
 

Fact check: The first night of the Republican National Convention

National security was front and center during the Republican National Convention's first night of programming. Here are the facts and context behind several high-profile claims in Monday's speeches. | Full coverage of Election 2016

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Trump campaign dismisses criticism of Melania Trump speech

The Trump campaign on Tuesday dismissed criticism that Melania Trump directly lifted two passages nearly word-for-word from the speech that first lady Michelle Obama delivered in 2008 at the Democratic National Convention, calling the complaints "just absurd." | Live updates: Breaking news from Election 2016

Brainerd Lakes authorities: Stay away from alligators

In the last week law enforcement in the Brainerd Lakes area took reports of three separate alligator sightings, and caught one near a bike trail.

Does subsidizing crops we're told to eat less of fatten us up?

We -- the U.S. taxpayers -- help subsidize farmers by paying part of the premiums on their crop insurance. This helps ensure that farmers don't go belly up, and it also protects against food shortages.


 
 

Open-carry, concealed-carry gun permits add to police nervousness

The fatal police car stop in Minnesota more than a week ago exposes a new reality in the gun rights era. Gun carriers and officers aren't being given consistent instructions on what to do to avoid the use of lethal force during interactions with police.

Police and Black Lives Matter hold a cookout, and praise rolls in

Photos show uniformed police officers talking with smiling residents, dancing and playing basketball at McAdams Park in Wichita, Kan.

ISIS claims responsibility for German train attack

Authorities say the teenager shouted "Allahu akbar" ("God is great") as he attacked people, and a hand-painted flag of ISIS was found during a search of his room.

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