🚤 Take a deep dive into lakeshore data. Inspired by MPR News’ series, “Trouble by the water: Minnesota’s vanishing natural lakeshores?” This supplement goes deeper into the trends and data, including some county- and even lake-level data about Minnesota's most beloved resource: our beautiful lakes.
💵 Minneapolis pays $275k to man beaten, choked by cop during riot. While the payout to Asante Simmons pales in comparison to those in other police misconduct cases, it pushes the total taxpayer cost since 2006 above $94 million.
🎥 Cube Critics discuss ‘Borderlands’ and ‘A Quiet Place: Day One.’ Cube Critics Jacob Aloi and Max Sparber discuss a mediocre adaptation of a video game and a horror film about aliens who don’t like city noises. They’re just like Max!
🎧 Listen: 10 expensive prescription drugs will cost less under Medicare. The Biden Administration announced that Medicare had walked away from its first negotiations with drug companies with discounts between 38 and 79 percent.
😷 COVID is on the rise this summer. Here’s why and what else you should know. A high or very high level of COVID-19 virus is being detected in wastewater in almost every state, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At least 10 other states have a high amount of COVID in the wastewater.
🗳️ Why the progressive 'Squad' is getting smaller after defeats this primary cycle. The primary losses for Reps. Cori Bush in Missouri and Jamaal Bowman in New York dealt a blow to the progressive faction. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota easily won her primary Tuesday despite voting similarly to Bush and Bowman over the last two years and being a vocal critic of Israel.
— Sam Stroozas and Anna Haecherl, MPR News | 
