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Rivers of Oil
Good morning! Who turned up the heat? Hot today, with highs near 90. Then really, really hot tomorrow, with highs approaching 100. An excessive heat watch is in effect for much of central and southern Minnesota Friday. For months now, We Rate Dogs on Twitter has been an oasis in a world of nonsense and bickering. Need a break from life? There’s nothing a dog can’t do. So it’s distressing to the nth degree that We Rate Dogs became its own battleground this week after it was revealed that it changes the names of dogs to “common old man” names (translation: white). | Forecast
Trump rallies in Fargo, drumming up Republican support for ND Senate seat
Trump said Wednesday's announcement that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy will retire makes control of the U.S. Senate one of the critical issues of our time.
Mpls. decision to release body cam video breaks new ground
Mayor Jacob Frey said the footage needs to be made public in the interest of transparency. | The shooting death of Thurman Blevins
MNLARS fixes haven’t stopped complaints

MNLARS is still generating plenty of complaints from deputy registrars about the system's performance.

Battle lines already being drawn on Kennedy's successor

Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement is setting off a momentous confirmation battle for President Trump's next Supreme Court nominee that is certain to consume the Senate, inflame partisan tensions and shape the outcome of the midterm elections.

Reuniting families separated at the border proves complicated

A volunteer in Baltimore spends her days trying to reconnect migrant children and parents who have been separated and detained. One story illustrate why it is not necessarily simple.

Saving moms' lives during childbirth just got easier

A new formulation of an old drug could save tens of thousands of women each year, the World Health Organization says, by preventing them from bleeding to death after labor.

Art Hounds: Guthrie stages a timely production of 'West Side Story'
Plus, Art Hounds recommends music festivals in Winona and on Madeline Island.
Tropical forests suffered second-worst loss of trees on record last year

In 2017, 39 million acres of tree cover disappeared, an area as big as Bangladesh. "The report is telling a bleak picture," researcher Mikaela Weisse said. "What we are doing right now isn't enough."

Weather satellite gives Minnesotans a new view of home from the other side of the clouds
Operated jointly by both NASA and NOAA, the GOES-16 weather satellite shows updated time-lapses of the Earth's Western Hemisphere every five minutes.
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