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Good morning! Sunny and pleasant today, with highs in the 80s. Back at work today? Welcome to the club. That probably meant you had to mark July 4 with moderation, since the holiday fell on a Wednesday.It's hard to enjoy barbecues and fireworks when you have to be at work at 9 the next morning. |  Forecast
McNally Smith's bankruptcy closes major sale, but students and faculty owed money still in limbo

The mortgage holders on the downtown St. Paul school building are almost certain to get the building. But that doesn't mean students and faculty members owed money will get much, if anything, out of the liquidation of the music college.
Teen escapes car after driving into Minnesota sinkhole
The Renville County Sheriff's Office says the sinkhole formed after a culvert under the road washed out. The teen wasn't injured.
Rescuers race to drain water inside Thai cave before rains

A firefighter who has been working on draining the water said that levels in parts of a passage leading to a chamber where the boys and the coach were found after missing for 10 days was still flooded all the way to the ceiling, making diving the only way out.

Ex-auto dealer Denny Hecker released from re-entry center

He was sentenced in 2011 after pleading guilty to bankruptcy and wire fraud. Prosecutors say he took tens of millions from auto lenders, including Chrysler Financial, to live an opulent lifestyle.

Scientists hope lab-grown embryos can save rhino species from extinction

Only two northern white rhinos remain, and they're both female. But researchers said Wednesday that they successfully have created embryos using sperm collected from the males before they died out.

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Activists arrested protesting Trump's immigration policies at Statue of Liberty

A woman climbed to the base of the Statue of Liberty, remaining there for three hours before police brought her down. Activists earlier unfurled a banner to "Abolish I.C.E."

Caught in tariff war, U.S. distillers fear losing out on global whiskey boom

Whiskey distillers in the U.S. are concerned EU tariffs will take a big bite out of sales. Many have expanded to meet growing demand and worry what will happen if trade frictions aren't resolved soon.

With 'Leave No Trace,' Debra Granik again makes her mark
Eight years after she won Oscar nominations for writing and directing "Winter's Bone" -- the film that made Jennifer Lawrence a star -- Debra Granik is releasing her follow-up feature.
UK police investigating 2 new cases of deadly nerve agent poisoning

Police in Britain say two people have been exposed to Novichok, the same nerve agent that poisoned former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March.

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