Good morning! A cooler start today -- it was a record-breaking 34 degrees this morning in International Falls -- with highs in the 70s. But fret not, for summer's heat is back tomorrow. Speaking of heat, a new report finds that 2017 was one of the hottest years ever recorded. NOAA's latest State of the Climate report found that greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are at the highest concentrations ever and the global surface temperature is near-record high. The sea surface temperature? Also near-record high. | Forecast
According to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, since 2010, wet weather has had an effect on wastewater treatment operations an average of 143 times a year, resulting in raw or partially treated sewage overflowing or being discharged into the environment. | Minnesota cities say they need $5 billion to fix aging sewers
After hours of receiving heckles and comments from residents and activists, a Minneapolis council committee voted to move the proposed charter amendment to the full council. The amendment would give the Minneapolis City Council and mayor shared oversight of the police department.
Followers of the "QAnon" conspiracy theory appeared at President Trump's campaign rally in Florida Tuesday. And, Wednesday, the White House press secretary was asked about the fringe group.
The new teaching, contained in Catechism No. 2267, says the previous policy is outdated, that there are other ways to protect the common good, and that the church should instead commit itself to working to end capital punishment.
For trans Americans, the policy landscape has changed under the Trump administration, making it harder to get the cost of treatments such as gender confirmation surgery covered.
