Frey, other west metro mayors endorse Don Samuels over Rep. Ilhan Omar

Plus: Why is Lake Superior "remarkably cold" this year? ͏ ͏ If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers TOP STORIES - Frey, other west metro mayors endorse Don Samuels over Rep. Ilhan Omar: Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Thursday endorsed Democrat Don Samuels' primary election bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, backing the congresswoman's challenger after she supported his mayoral opponents last year. The two-term congresswoman has party backing and the endorsement of numerous legislators and Minneapolis council members. [Read more.]( - Walz, Jensen get heated over COVID in first governor debate: The candidates went head-to-head at the annual agriculture exposition Farmfest, debating for more than an hour in front of a standing-room-only crowd. While questions focused on their plans to help farmers and rural areas thrive, the conversation repeatedly veered back to COVID-19, with the candidates trading sharp remarks over their responses to the pandemic. [Read more.]( - Feds charge 4 police officers in fatal Breonna Taylor raid: The U.S. Justice Department has charged four Louisville police officers involved in the deadly Breonna Taylor raid with civil rights violations. [Read more.]( - Cedric Alexander will serve as Minneapolis' first community safety commissioner: Alexander was confirmed by the city council to take the helm of the new community safety office, aiming to better coordinate the city's police, fire, 911, emergency management and violence prevention programs. City officials still need to pass additional measures to create the office and flesh out details of its operations. [Read more.]( - WNBA star Britney Griner sentenced to nine years in Russian prison: A judge in Russia convicted American basketball star Brittney Griner of drug possession and smuggling Thursday and sentenced her to nine years in prison. [Read more.]( WATCH THIS Alex Jones finds out in court that his lawyers accidentally sent two years of text messages to the opposition: [A bombshell moment in the conspiracy theorist's defamation trial]( yesterday when Mark Bankston, a lawyer for parents of children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, revealed text messages from Jones' cell phone showing he had withheld evidence in the lawsuits. Bankston told the court he had received a digital copy of Jones' cell phone from his lawyers days earlier, apparently in error. *** Talk to us! Send feedback on this newsletter, questions, story tips, ideas or anything else to [talkers@startribune.com](. *** TRENDING Why is Lake Superior "remarkably cold" this year? Compared to the previous 40 years of data, Lake Superior in 2022 is running substantially colder than usual — especially compared to last year's unusually warm temperatures. [Read more.]( SPORTS BLINK Twins fans should have no complaints after Falvey's deals: On Wednesday, the Twins' revamped bullpen showed that if the team fails to win the American League Central, the president of baseball operations won't be at fault, Patrick Reusse writes. [Read more.]( *** Did someone forward this newsletter to you? You can [sign up for Talkers here](. *** WORTH A CLICK How the rest of America might have voted on the Kansas abortion referendum: After Kansas voters resoundingly rejected a constitutional amendment that would have allowed state legislators to ban abortion, election watcher Nate Cohn of the New York Times compared the demographics of the reliably Republican state with the rest of the country in an attempt to gauge the electoral potency of the issue nationally. [Read more.]( FROM THE ARCHIVES Aug. 4, 2020: Becky Moran Cusick, front center, the master instructor for the Mexican Folklore dance group Los Alegres Bailadores, led a socially distanced dance practice at Harriet Island Regional Park in St. Paul. (Photo: Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune) Connect with Star Tribune [facebook]([twitter]([pinterest]([instagram]( [Manage email preferences]( • [Subscribe to Star Tribune]( • [Privacy Policy]( • [Unsubscribe]( This email was sent by: StarTribune, 650 3rd Ave S, Suite #1300, Minneapolis, MN, 55488 © 2022 StarTribune. All rights reserved. We value your opinion! [Give us your feedback.](