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Good morning! Welcome to summer! Well, at least according to the temperatures. Hot and humid today -- and the rest of the week -- with a chance of storms. Highs in the 80s and possibly 90s. If you haven't already, check out this wildly funny video of two lynxes verbally squaring off. | Forecast
Adults failed abused Fergus Falls twins at nearly every step
The 6-year-old boys lived an often troubled life before one of them died, a victim of alleged violent abuse by a woman who'd hoped to be their legal guardian. Documents reveal the awful things that happened. They don't explain why. | 6-year-old duct-taped to wall, had injuries from head to toe
Dayton veto brings GOP counterpunch to governor's groundwater legacy

A state rule aimed at protecting drinking water sources from nitrate contamination originating from nitrogen fertilizer could be delayed for a year or more in a dust-up over agriculture policy at the Capitol.

Registrars losing millions since faulty rollout of MNLARS

One deputy registrar, who said he's lost nearly $100,000 in the last year, said if the state doesn't reimburse them, some offices will close.

Hennepin Healthcare offers 'Compressed Sense' MRI system. Our reporter gave it a try

If you need an MRI, remaining still in a narrow tube can trigger claustrophobia. Hennepin Healthcare's new system reduces the amount of time needed to create a quality image and lets patients pick a background or film to watch while they are being scanned. MPR News reporter Brandt Williams recently had his knee checked out in the new MRI.

Police: Mpls. school staffer had 'significant' injuries after a fight involving student

A Minneapolis high school student may soon face charges for allegedly assaulting a staff member at his high school.

Mpls. chief says officers may not wear uniforms in Pride parade

In a department-wide memo, Arradondo said his decision is based in part on "the adamant opposition" to law enforcement participation in the parade by some in the LGBT community.

Primary takeaways: Voters send parties further apart

Republicans and Democrats are heading in totally different directions, highlighted by Georgia's primaries for governor. And the progressive vs. establishment fight fizzled on the Democratic side.

'House of Tomorrow,' about a teenager raised in a dome, hits the screen
Shot in North Branch, the film adapts a novel by Macalester prof Peter Bognanni.
American novelist Philip Roth, author of 'Portnoy's Complaint,' dies at 85

Roth, one of the most influential novelists of the later part of the 20th century, is the author of "American Pastoral," which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and 1969's "Portnoy's Complaint."

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