Buckle up for a summer of gridlock when I-35W closes for four months

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers Top stories - Buckle up for a summer of gridlock when I-35W closes for four months: MnDOT, city officials and many downtown employers are [bracing for epic traffic jams]( and urging commuters to take transit or work at home — and even dangling huge parking discounts for carpools. - Monday will be the warmest day in seven months: [Temperatures will rise into the middle 80s]( this afternoon, the National Weather Service said. It has not been that warm since Sept. 13 when the mercury hit 87 degrees. - Amazon to hire additional 200 people for Minneapolis tech office: While Amazon did not include Minneapolis on the list of finalists for its second headquarters, the online behemoth is still going to [more than double its corporate presence in the city.]( - Somali-American women in Twin Cities push back against online shaming: Minnesota and more than 30 other states have passed so-called “revenge porn” laws against sharing compromising images or video in recent years, but [Somali and other immigrant victims can face steeper hurdles]( in asking for help — and especially devastating consequences from humiliation on the internet. Now, cops and women’s advocates are urging them to come forward, even as the national #MeToo conversation and a starker spotlight on sexual misconduct have clashed with an imperative to stay silent about matters of sexuality. - Death of pioneering Minneapolis cop revives probe of daughter's unsolved killing: Deoloris “Dee” Dunn, Minneapolis’ first black female police officer, died in late January at age 74, [never knowing who shot her pregnant 20-year-old daughter](, Tahrita McKinnies, in November 1987 and left her body in a frozen Brooklyn Park cornfield. - Trump gives thumbs-down to comic who roasted press secretary: The reviews are in: President Donald Trump [panned the performance of the comedian who roasted]( his chief spokeswoman at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, offending present and past members of his administration, including one who walked out in protest. The organization's leader said she regretted that Michelle Wolf's routine may end up defining an evening that was designed to rally around journalism. - Ex-George W. Bush administration ethics lawyer to run for Senate as Democrat: University of Minnesota law professor Richard Painter, once an ethics lawyer under a Republican president, said Monday in [launching a U.S. Senate bid as a Democrat]( that the main target of his campaign would be President Donald Trump. - How Mexican cartels turned Minnesota into a meth hub: In case you missed it Sunday, [here's our special report on the other drug epidemic](. In the shadow of the opioid crisis, meth has roared back into Minnesota. And it's cheaper and deadlier than ever. Other remnants from the weekend: [A couple thousand gun-rights supporters rallied]( at the Minnesota Capitol on Saturday; and don't miss Rachel Blount's [excellent profile of Little Canada native Maggie Nichols](, the University of Oklahoma gymnast who helped expose former USA Gymnastics team physician and serial sexual abuser Larry Nasser before going on to win a national championship earlier this month.  Watch this Drivers surprised to find giant inflatable duck rolling down Des Moines street: A giant rubber ducky known as Quacky became untethered from its home in Des Moines last week and [casually rolled down E. 6th Street for a couple blocks]( as cars dodged the enormous waterfowl. Fortunately, nobody was injured and the duck was returned to its owners.  Talk to us! Send feedback on this newsletter, questions, story tips, ideas or anything else to [talkers@startribune.com](.  Trending - Mystery of the vanishing White House oak tree solved: The French president's office says there's nothing mysterious about [the disappearance of an oak tree he planted]( on the White House lawn with President Trump last week. - Korean-style fried chicken chain Bonchon opening two Minneapolis locations: The first, in the former Davanni’s Uptown location, [is slated to open in July](. In the fall, another outpost in the former Vescio’s location at 406 14th Av. SE. will follow. - For many, Facebook is a hard habit to break: Following the Cambridge Analytica data breach, tens of thousands of Facebook users threatened on Twitter to #DeleteFacebook. But some who actually try it are finding that [disentangling their lives from the social media behemoth]( is, well, complicated.  Sports roundup - Five questions still facing the 2018 Vikings: They will still have a chance to pick up a free agent or two, and they will continue to explore ways to improve various spots on their roster, of course. But the most significant player acquisition events on the league calendar — free agency and the draft — are done, and the 2018 Vikings, for the most part, are going to be what they are now. [Here are some of the biggest outstanding questions.]( - When Sano and Buxton sit, Twins' outlook sags: [To watch the Twins play without them]( is to be transported back to 2011, when the franchise had to adapt to life without a healthy and helpful Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau, writes Jim Souhan. - Brazilian surfer rides world-record setting wave in Portugal: The World Surf League says [Rodrigo Koxa has ridden the biggest wave ever surfed](. At the group's Big Wave Awards in Santa Monica, California, on Saturday, it said its judges determined that a wave Koxa surfed at Nazare, Portugal, on Nov. 8 was 80 feet high.  Did someone forward this newsletter to you? You can [sign up for Talkers here](.  Quote of the day “Opioids and prescription drugs are an issue — no doubt about it. But meth is still king here.” -- [Olmsted County Sheriff Kevin Torgerson](, on the resurgence of meth in Minnesota.  Worth a click Privacy experts have concerns about how the Golden State Killer suspect was caught: "Even as scientific experts applauded this week’s arrest of the Golden State Killer suspect, Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, some expressed unease on Friday at reports that detectives in California had used a public genealogy database to identify him. Privacy and ethical issues glossed over in the public’s rush to embrace DNA databases are now glaringly apparent, they said," [the New York Times reports.](  Trivia winner Congratulations to Linda Urbik! Linda was randomly selected from among the readers who correctly answered that barley is the Midwestern crop for which demand is falling among craft brewers in favor of Western varieties. She wins a Star Tribune travel mug. Be sure to check back Friday for another trivia question!  From the archives April 30, 1992: Highland Catholic School students delivered May baskets they made to 700 neighbors in St. Paul’s Highland Park area in celebration of May Day. The baskets contained poetry, candy, seeds and a spruce seedling. 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