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Good morning! A preview of what's to come in September today, with lower temperatures with a high expected to be around 73 and mixed clouds and sun. Showers possible in the evening. Minnesota health officials say severe lung damage has been reported among young people linked to vaping. The Health Department is asking health care providers and parents to be on the lookout for vaping as a cause of unexplained breathing problems.
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Native American tour is designed to educate teachers on historical trauma

Minneapolis Public Schools is partnering with the Native American community in the Twin Cities on a new kind of professional development for teachers, designed to help educators become more culturally proficient.

Lake Nokomis beaches closed after E. coli outbreak identified
Three children are sick from E. coli bacteria after swimming in a Minneapolis lake, state health officials said Tuesday. The children have tested positive for the same strain of E. coli after swimming at Lake Nokomis beaches between July 26 and Aug. 2.
Wet, wild and high: Lakes and rivers wreak havoc across Midwest, South
Parts of the Mississippi River have been above flood stage for months. All of the Great Lakes are at or near record-high levels. It's halting barge traffic, damaging infrastructure and eroding shorelines.
Bipartisan meetings, informal conversations seek common ground on Minnesota's energy future
Despite meeting a renewable energy standard passed a dozen years ago, some Minnesota elected officials from both parties are trying to figure out how to do more to cut emissions that contribute to climate change.
Hong Kong airport resumes operations after court injunction limiting protests
Flights were beginning to return to normal after police in riot gear and armed with pepper spray forced out most of the protesters staging a sit-in at one of the world's busiest aviation hubs.
Trump official: Statue of Liberty poem is about Europeans
A top Trump administration official says that the famous inscription on the Statue of Liberty welcoming immigrants into the country is about "people coming from Europe" and that America is looking to receive migrants "who can stand on their own two feet." | Immigration chief on Tuesday:  'Give me your tired, your poor who can stand on their own 2 feet'
Do Trump officials plan to break centuries of precedent in divvying up Congress?
Recent remarks raise concerns the Trump administration won't follow more than 200 years of precedent in dividing up seats in Congress based on population counts that include unauthorized immigrants.
As stigma lessens, prescriptions of anti-overdose meds surge

Doctors are prescribing naloxone more frequently in Minnesota and across the nation.

'Cadillac tax' on generous health plans may be headed to congressional junkyard
The tax on an employer's generous health plan — originally envisioned as a way to get patients to avoid unneeded care — has never been implemented. Now Congress is considering a bipartisan repeal.
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