65-year-old woman allegedly steals taxi, picks up paying customers

If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers Top stories - 65-year-old woman allegedly steals taxi, picks up paying customers: Philadelphia police say Betty Thomas, 65, caught the cab around midnight Thursday and asked to be taken to the SugarHouse Casino. On the way, she asked the driver to make a stop at a gas station. It was at the station where police say the woman got into a dispute with the driver about a fare before [jumping into the driver's seat and driving off.]( - Minneapolis police chief breaks silence on Damond shooting: Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau on Thursday [called the shooting death of Justine Damond “unnecessary”]( and bluntly said it contradicted the mission and training given to her officers. The Twin Cities attorney hired to represent Damond’s family said Thursday that [the Australia native was an unlikely victim]( of what is “quite clearly an improper use of deadly force.” Hundreds of people dismayed by Damond's death [rallied and marched Thursday night in the south Minneapolis neighborhood]( where she lived and died, their numbers swelling as people emerged from their houses to join them and others gathered on lawns and sidewalks to watch. - Housing crunch hurts job, business prospects in Twin Cities suburbs: A lack of affordable housing and the labor shortage now throttling the growth plans of suburban-based employers such as FedEx, Shutterfly Inc. and Amazon.com are closely linked, and need to be addressed together if the Twin Cities metro region is to [avoid risking the loss of those jobs.]( - Sean Spicer resigns as Trump appoints new communications director: Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, resigned Friday morning, telling President Trump he vehemently disagreed with [the appointment of New York financier Anthony Scaramucci as communications director.]( - Trump lawyers seek to undercut Mueller's Russia investigation: Some of President Trump’s lawyers are exploring ways to [limit or undercut special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s Russia investigation](, building a case against what they allege are his conflicts of interest and discussing the president’s authority to grant pardons, according to people familiar with the effort. - GOP health care bill back from the dead, again: [Republican leaders pushed toward a Senate vote next Tuesday]( on resurrecting their nearly flat-lined health care bill. Their uphill drive was further complicated by the ailing GOP Sen. John McCain's potential absence and a dreary report envisioning that the number of uninsured Americans would soar. - Minnesota girl has surgery after being bitten 25 times in lake: Maren Kesselhon, 11, [suffered nine deep lacerations and tendon damage]( when she was injured while sitting on a paddleboard on Island Lake north of Duluth Wednesday. Maren's dad, Ryan Kesselhorn, says his daughter told him she could feel her foot in the mouth of a fish and kicked at it with her other foot to free herself. - New immunotherapy drugs unexpectedly darken cancer patients' gray hair: Cancer patients' gray hair unexpectedly turned youthfully dark while taking novel drugs, and [it has doctors scratching their heads.]( - U.S. to ban Americans from traveling to North Korea: The Trump administration will [ban American citizens from traveling to North Korea](, U.S. officials said Friday, following the death of university student Otto Warmbier who died in June after falling into a coma in a North Korean prison. - Hwy. 61 shutdown, sporting events could hamper weekend traffic: Fans heading to this weekend’s Lowertown Blues and Funk Fest in St. Paul's Mears Park might not be the only ones singing the blues. Drivers on Hwy. 61 in Cottage Grove where a bridge project [has the potential to spawn big backups might be, too.]( - Video shows teens watching, laughing as man drowns in Florida, police say: Jamel Dunn drowned in a retention pond in the city of Cocoa on July 9. Cocoa police say they later discovered a group of teens [recorded the 31-year-old's drowning on video.](  Watch this Russian fighter jet can do some pretty crazy tricks: At an airshow in Zhukovsky, Russia, earlier this week a pilot showed off a number of the fancy maneuvers the Su-35 fighter jet is capable of pulling off, including an incredibly tight somersault and hovering in a vertical position. Popular Mechanics has [a time-stamped list of the noteworthy tricks]( scattered throughout the accompanying video.  Talk to us! Send feedback on this newsletter, questions, story tips, ideas or anything else to [talkers@startribune.com](.  Trending - Rush on $10 senior lifetime national park passes causes shortage in Twin Cities: [The last day for the senior deal is Aug. 27](, when the lifetime pass goes from $10 to $80. The passes are available only to those age 62 and older, who are either U.S. citizens or permanent residents. - Weatherman Paul Douglas returning to Twin Cities airwaves: Starting Aug. 1, the longtime Twin Cities personality will [once again be spelling out the WCCO call letters](, but for the radio station, not the CBS-affiliated TV station that terminated him nine years ago. - Suburban chain serves big Juicy Lucys at low prices: You're familiar with Burger Friday? Plan ahead for Burger Monday, because at Willy McCoy’s, [the first day of the work week all about burgers](, beer and bargains.  Sports roundup - 2017 Twins draft picks could be on fast track to majors: Royce Lewis is the name everyone is focused on right now, but the first draft for Derek Falvey and his front office [could ultimately be judged on its depth.]( - The most important Vikings player of 2017 is ... [No surprises here.]( - Gambler takes big risk to win record payout at Canterbury: A bettor won $312,130.90 at Canterbury Park on Thursday night on the Final Five Jackpot, a wager requiring a single unique winning ticket. But it was [a case of huge risk and huge reward](, according to Star Tribune race handicapper Johnny Love.  Quote of the day “Justine didn’t have to die.” -- [Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau](, on the shooting death of Justine Damond by Officer Mohamed Noor.  Worth a click Salvador Dalí's remains exhumed for paternity test, mustache still looks great: "The mustache kept its classic 10-past-10 position," said Lluís Peñuelas, the secretary general of the foundation that oversees Dalí’s estate, [according to the New York Times.](  Talkers trivia Want to win a Star Tribune travel mug? Today is Friday, so it's time for a trivia question. The correct answer can be found in a story that appeared in Talkers this week. We can't prevent you from simply Googling the answer, so Googling is encouraged! E-mail your answer to [talkers@startribune.com]( by midnight on Sunday night. A winner will be selected at random from the correct responses. That lucky reader will receive an official Star Tribune travel mug, as well as a shout-out in Monday's newsletter. Here is this week's question: The bodies of two people killed in an accident 75 years ago were found last week on a glacier in which country? Good luck!  From the archives July 21, 1986: Darrell Bearson, center, owner of the Spring Lake Terrace mobile home park in Spring Lake Park, tells residents he will provide keys for the park's emergency shelter to each of the park's 100 mobile homes. Three days earlier, about 30 residents found themselves locked out of the shelter, with no manager on the premises, as warning sirens wailed and three tornadoes bore down on the park. With a funnel cloud approaching, a group of men found a crow bar and pried open the shelter's heavy metal door. 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