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• Can already taste it: The Minnesota State Fair is back after a one-year hiatus because of the pandemic and announced that it has 27 new foods and four new food vendors for the 2021 Great Minnesota Get-Together.
• Guilty plea in gun incident at fitness center: A 64-year-old man has pleaded guilty to pointing a handgun at a Maplewood fitness club manager while complaining that members were exercising without wearing face masks during a pandemic.
• Headquarters move to West End: Radisson Hotel Group Americas will move its headquarters next year from Minnetonka into the newly completed 10 West End building in St. Louis Park, the company announced.
• Biden in Wisconsin: President Joe Biden will look to sell voters on the economic benefits of the $973 billion infrastructure package while in Wisconsin today, hoping to boost the bipartisan agreement that is held together in large part by the promise of millions of new jobs.
• Ruling on immigrants: The Supreme Court ruled today that the government can indefinitely detain certain immigrants who say they will face persecution or torture if they are deported to their native countries.
• Housing market still red hot: U.S. home prices jumped in April at the fastest pace in more than 15 years, and economists said there is little sign that the housing market's blistering price increases are likely to cool off soon.
• Major SUV recall: General Motors is recalling more than 380,000 older SUVs in the U.S., many for a second time, to fix a suspension problem that can cause them to sway at highway speeds.

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Two pots of gold? A double rainbow brightens a gloomy sky in western Minnesota.

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TRENDING

• Should we shake on it? The handshake — part gesture of respect, part germ spreader — went on hiatus during the pandemic, and some doctors hope it's gone for good.
• Older the better: Turning 25 is a good thing for Franconia Sculpture Park. The anniversary of the free, 43-acre outdoor art space near Taylors Falls signals a new phase of its life.
• A bird paradise: We joke that the state bird is a mosquito, but Minnesota's buggy summers are a huge draw for birds some coming from thousands of miles away.

SPORTS ROUNDUP

• MLB needs to take away control of 'rainouts' from home teams: Baseball's rule book says the home team is the "sole judge" in making a decision on postponements before a game starts. If teams keep bending the rule to their advantage, RandBall says MLB should intervene.
• Hockey New Year!: After getting scrapped last year, the NHL's Winter Classic will return on New Year's Day 2022 with the Wild taking on the St. Louis Blues at Target Field. The teams were supposed to face off last Jan. 1 before the season was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Wolves have 4 Olympians: The Timberwolves will have four players — Josh Okogie, Juancho Hernangomez, Ricky Rubio and Leandro Bolmaro — participate for other countries in the Olympic Games in Tokyo.

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How weird is the heat in the Northwest? The recent weather that's been smothering the Pacific Northwest has little precedent in at least four decades of record-keeping.

FROM THE ARCHIVES

June 29, 2013: Abdulkadir Hassan, a St. Paul reserve officer, held a raffle for a soccer ball as St. Paul police hosted their first halal cookout and police fair aimed at fostering relationships with the city and the East African community. (Photo: Richard Sennott/Star Tribune)