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A major heat wave is building into the Upper Midwest. A ridge of high pressure will amplify in the upper atmosphere across the central United States this week. Minnesota will ride the top of this heat dome. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

🎙️Coming up on Morning Edition: With extreme drought and heat come health concerns and an uptick in emergency room visits. Joining us this morning is Dr. Laalitha Surapaneni from the University of Minnesota Medical School and M Health Fairview to talk about staying healthy during dangerously hot conditions and bouts of poor air quality.

🎧 Coming up at 9 a.m.: The way domestic violence cases are handled in Minneapolis is drawing criticism after a study found some big gaps in the process . MPR News host Angela Davis talks with the author of that report and the head of an anti-violence organization in Duluth to discuss how the “Duluth model” became the most common intervention program for domestic abuse in the United States.

We want to hear from you, too. Are you a survivor of domestic abuse or do you know someone who is? Is there someone in your life you would like to support? Call 651-227-6000 or 800-242-2828 during the 9 a.m. hour of the show.
 
New marijuana law likely to ignite legal challenges

Legal marijuana in Minnesota poses a range of issues around traffic stops and criminal cases that stem from use or possession. Prosecutors, police chiefs and defense attorneys are already looking at what might happen in court. 

“For alcohol, we have a 0.08 standard. There isn’t a quantitative threshold like that for marijuana where it’s going to be against the law per se,” said Bill Lemons, the traffic safety resource prosecutor for the Minnesota County Attorneys Association. “We’re going to have to prove that they were impaired by the marijuana.” 
 
What else we're watching:
Districts focus on mental health, teacher training to raise student achievement. Student academic achievement is down after the height of the pandemic. Districts say they are seeing progress, but recovery efforts go far beyond tutoring. 

Poll: A majority of Americans support universal background checks, gun licensing and an assault weapons ban. The latest Mood of the Nation Poll shows that a bipartisan majority of Americans support universal background checks and gun licensing. A majority supports an assault weapons ban even while nearly half support eliminating most current gun laws.

Carlos Correa's RBI single in the 10th inning gives Twins a 4-3 win over Mariners. The Twins are 9-2 since the All-Star break, including three wins in five meetings with Seattle, and have gone from a half-game behind Cleveland in the AL Central to four games ahead of the Guardians.

U.S., European heat waves 'virtually impossible' without climate change, new study finds. Global temperatures have increased nearly 2 degrees Fahrenheit since the start of the Industrial Revolution. Now, July is likely to be the hottest month on Earth since records have been kept.


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