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TOP STORIES

• Quarter-billion dollar makeover in Hopkins: A plan has been approved to build a 14-story tower and a handful of low-rise buildings on a little used stretch of Minnehaha Creek and a long-vacant industrial site. It will feature 775 housing units including townhomes, market-rate and income-restricted rentals and 125 for-sale co-ops for senior citizens. They will be situated around a new pond and be connected to trails.
• Walz's COVID powers ended as part of budget deal: The Minnesota House and Senate voted overnight to end Gov. Tim Walz's emergency powers July 1, removing the authority the governor has wielded for more than a year to help the state contain the deadly COVID-19 pandemic.
• Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction overturned: Pennsylvania's highest court overturned Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction today after finding an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case.
• Trump business charges expected Thursday: Donald Trump's company and his longtime finance chief are expected to be charged tomorrow with tax-related crimes stemming from a New York investigation into the former president's business dealings, people familiar with the matter said.
• Discrimination case settled: A transgender student who alleged discrimination over restroom access and being isolated from classmates has won a $218,500 settlement from the Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose School District.
• At-home food consumption remains elevated: Golden Valley-based General Mills posted its best sales year ever during the pandemic, but is facing a return to a slow-growth environment for packaged foods.
• Latest from Surfside, Fla.: A former municipal official in Florida who assured condo board members that their building was in "very good shape" three years before it collapsed has left his new job. Meanwhile, four more bodies have been found in the rubble of a collapsed Florida condo tower, raising the death toll in the disaster to 16 people.

WATCH THIS

What's it like to see your kid nail a spot on the U.S. Olympic team? Roseville native Mason Ferlic dug deep down the stretch of the steeplechase final in Eugene, Ore., with a little help from his family.

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TRENDING

• Going into former O'Gara's location: The Yum! Kitchen and Bakery owner is launching her third venture in the street level of the Harper Apartments, a five-story mixed-use building at the southeast corner of Snelling and Selby avenues in St. Paul.
• Delayed by the pandemic: Minneapolis comic Ali Sultan made his network television debut Tuesday night, closing out "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" with a set he spent years honing in clubs in the Twin Cities.
• Prepared for new challenges: After 23 years of serving as a Star Tribune food critic, Rick Nelson is excusing himself from the table.

SPORTS ROUNDUP

• Donaldson vs. Giolito: After beating Twins last night, White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito calls Josh Donaldson's taunt a "classless move". Microphones caught Donaldson yelling, "It's not sticky anymore," when he wiped his hands as he crossed home plate following a home run in the first inning of Chicago's 7-6 victory.
• Kirill Kaprizov's Calder reaffirms value: Kaprizov ended up as the runaway winner of the league's top rookie honor, getting 99 of a possible 100 votes as the award was announced Tuesday. Next up for the Wild is figuring out how to secure Kaprizov's long-term future in Minnesota.
• Twins prospect on the rise: Jose Miranda had a spectacular 23rd birthday and Class AAA debut Tuesday night, going 5-for-6 with three home runs as the St. Paul Saints beat the Omaha Storm Chasers 15-4 at CHS Field.

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WORTH A CLICK

Looking at the role of the pool deck in the condo tower collapse: The Washington Post examined video and images from the deadly collapse of the high-rise apartment building outside Miami.

FROM THE ARCHIVES

June 30, 2011: Demonstrators opposed to a state shutdown deliver signs to Sen. Amy Koch's office at the Capitol. A wide-ranging state government shutdown bore down on Minnesota, threatening to shutter state parks on the brink of a holiday weekend and furlough thousands of workers if a budget deal wasn't struck by midnight. (Photo: Jeff Wheeler/Star Tribune)