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Temperatures will be warmer Thursday, back to normal levels with highs in the low to mid-80s south and upper 70s north. Get the latest weather news on Updraft.

📖 MPR News is asking readers about their favorite summer books. Email tell@mpr.org and share the read you reach for every summer at the lake or the beach.

🎙️Coming up on Morning Edition: The proposed merger between Sanford Health and Fairview would impact thousands of patients, health care workers and taxpayers across Minnesota. And another major merger was announced yesterday — St. Luke’s and Aspirus Health.

A new law outlines how Minnesota’s Attorney General can oversee hospital deals, but how that will work remains to be seen. Bill author Rep. Robert Bierman joins host Cathy Wurzer to talk about that regulation, and the evolving future of health care in Minnesota.

🎧 For many people, pets are a part of the family. Sometimes they drive us wild, but overall, they can fill a house with joy. They give comfort and a cuddle when we’re feeling down and don't judge us for anything.

Coming up at 9 a.m. on Thursday, we revisit the conversation MPR News host Angela Davis had with Dr. Jody Lulich about our relationships with animals.
 
Minneapolis cafe, worker-run since 1974, reopens with new vision (and brunch)

Seward Cafe has been a prominent part of south Minneapolis history for nearly 50 years. After its closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, collective members have focused on ushering in a new age of the cooperatively-owned venue.

"Earth Brunch" will be held Friday, July 14, and Saturday, July 15, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for $15 a plate. (Their normal hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.) They will offer weekend breakfast and brunch, with limited items available during the week.
 
What else we're watching:
Upcoming reggae festival in Duluth is a destination for African diaspora. The Bayfront Reggae & World Music Festival is expected to draw 3,500 people to Duluth on Saturday.

Art Hounds: Broadway, Shakespeare and 48-hour bands. This week, the Art Hounds recommend “A Chorus Line” by actors 55 and up, “Twelfth Nightt” in a parking lot and a music festival in St. Peter.

Nineties Black cinema returns to Minneapolis this summer. The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, with the guidance of poet and New York Times bestseller Hanif Abdurraqib, is set to host a public summer screening series of five influential films from the ‘90s by Black filmmakers.

Iowa's new abortion ban is challenged in court, a day after it was passed by GOP lawmakers. The bill was passed with exclusively Republican support in a rare, one-day legislative burst lasting more than 14 hours. That's despite the vocal — and sometimes tense — objections from Democratic lawmakers and abortion advocates protesting at the Capitol.

— Sam Stroozas, MPR News
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