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Good morning! Another picture perfect July day -- sunny with highs in the mid-80s. Let this be a lesson to question your GPS directions from time to time. | Forecast

Robert Mueller to take center stage at Russia probe hearings
Back-to-back Capitol Hill appearances, Mueller's first since wrapping his two-year Russia probe last spring, carry the extraordinary spectacle of a prosecutor discussing in public a criminal investigation he conducted into a sitting U.S. president. | 6 questions Congress may ask | Testimony could be critical inflection point for impeachment push
Andover reckons with past pollution as landfill’s hazardous waste cleanup begins
In the 1970s, Minnesota allowed hazardous waste to be dumped at a site in what was then the far outskirts of the Twin Cities. Today, the landfill is surrounded by homes, ball fields and a creek. The state is paying $22 million to clean it up.
Justice Ginsburg: 'I am very much alive'
The Supreme Court justice sat down for an interview with NPR's Nina Totenberg and said that despite battling cancer for a third time earlier this year, she's not going anywhere any time soon.
Trump-Omar feud ratchets up as her critics seek ethics probe
First-term Minnesota U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar on Tuesday attracted more attention from her critics and President Trump, who says she’ll be a factor in his 2020 campaign.
As climate changes, taxpayers will shoulder larger U.S. payouts to farmers
That's good for farmers but bad for taxpayers, who subsidize government-backed crop insurance. The fate of research that forecasts these costs is in doubt as economists and scientists leave the USDA.
Wisconsin tribe sues Enbridge to force Line 5 pipeline removal
The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa argues that the 66-year-old pipeline could rupture on the reservation and easements for the line expired in 2013. The lawsuit seeks an injunction forcing Enbridge to stop using the line and remove it from the reservation.
Paying 'until I die': Rochester teacher sees no end to student loan bills
With a decade’s experience teaching and two masters degrees, she makes about $70,000 annually. Her current income-based student loan payments are $400-500 every month. | Share your student loan debt story
MN researchers roll out revolutionary approach to school safety training
A pair of Minnesota researchers launched an alternative approach to school safety training. Instead of focusing on run-hide-fight or lockdown techniques, they are training teachers, sheriffs and school leaders on crisis intervention, de-escalation and suicide prevention.
How to help your anxious partner — and yourself
Anxiety can be consuming, and it doesn't have an easy solution. But psychiatrists and therapists say there are ways to help your partner navigate their challenges while also taking care of yourself.
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