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Here's the latest news from across the state to start your day.

WEATHER

🌡️ Tuesday will be cooler, especially across southern Minnesota. We’ll also see somewhat less humid air, though dew points will still be in the sticky low 60s across southern Minnesota.
🌧️ There will still be some lingering instability with a few showers in far southern Minnesota and isolated, pop-up showers possible in central and northern Minnesota Tuesday afternoon.
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Feds charge Boelter with murder, say he targeted 2 other DFL lawmakers Saturday

Vance Boelter had been planning attacks for “some time” and went to the homes of four DFL politicians Saturday intending to kill them, the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota said Monday. “It’s no exaggeration to say this is the stuff of nightmares.”

‘It feels different in here’: Walz returns to the Capitol after death of friend and colleague

Gov. Tim Walz called Rep. Melissa Hortman, who was fatally shot Saturday, his “closest ally” and praised her bipartisanship as a model for a divided country. Walz told MPR News he has asked his staff to prepare for the possibility of Hortman and her husband to lie in state at the Capitol.

The forest is recovering from last month’s wildfires but lakes and streams could suffer for years

The forest is already starting to regenerate in the area scorched by the Camp House Fire. But nearby lakes and streams could suffer for years.

NEWS ROUNDUP

🏛️ Congress holds emergency briefings on security after shootings. Members of Congress will attend emergency briefings this week after the killing of a Minnesota state lawmaker brought renewed fears and stoked existing partisan tensions over the security of federal lawmakers when in Washington and at home.
⚖️ Demuth says this is ‘not a time for partisanship’ as the House processes loss of Hortman. Rep. Demuth spoke with MPR News senior politics reporter Clay Masters about how she and the rest of the Legislature is processing Hortman’s death and what comes next.
🌪️ Tornadoes, hail and torrential rains slam Minnesota on Monday. It will take time to sort through the preliminary reports, but Monday saw widespread severe weather across Minnesota.
💻 Artificial intelligence and legislation: The latest in Minnesota. The use of artificial intelligence has become a hot topic in classrooms, around dinner tables and, increasingly in recent years, in state legislatures. What AI conversations did Minnesota legislators have this session?
🏅 Minneapolis' Bûcheron wins James Beard Award for best new restaurant. A south Minneapolis restaurant serving French-American food has claimed the top national honor for new restaurants . And in St. Paul, Myriel chef Karyn Tomlinson won Best Chef Midwest,
🧑‍⚖️ Jury finds MyPillow founder defamed former employee for a leading voting equipment company. The employee, Eric Coomer, sued after Lindell called him a traitor and accusations about him stealing the election were streamed on Lindell's online media platform.

MUST LISTEN

🎧 'This cannot be the norm': Minnesotans struggle with surge in political violence. Angela Davis and her guests talk about how Minnesotans are processing the news, the history of political violence in the United States and how it’s changing.
🎧 Lt. Gov. Flanagan remembers Melissa Hortman as ‘dedicated and selfless’ friend. Flanagan joined MPR News host Nina Moini to talk about the devastating events of the weekend and her relationships with Rep. Hortman and Sen. Hoffman.
🎧 Political violence is on the rise, expert says. Jillian Peterson is a professor of criminology and criminal justice at Hamline University and also co-founder of The Violence Project, which does research on mass violence. She joined Minnesota Now to talk about political violence.
🎧 Rep. Melissa Hortman’s mentor remembers her rise to House Speaker. Margaret Anderson Kelliher was the House Speaker from 2007 to 2011 — and was a close friend, colleague and mentor to Hortman, who was found with her husband Mark, both fatally shot in their home early Saturday morning.
🎧 Listen to today's headlines on our Minnesota Today podcast.

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