Walz's clean-car emissions rule survives legal challenge from auto dealers

Plus: Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, but property crime rises, FBI report finds ͏ ͏ If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may [see it online](. [Star Tribune]( Talkers TOP STORIES - Walz's clean-car emissions rule survives legal challenge from auto dealers: Minnesota's vehicle emissions standards are poised to take effect next year, after the U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to take up a lawsuit filed by Minnesota auto dealers challenging the new state rule. [Read more.]( - Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, but property crime rises, FBI report finds: Violent crime across the U.S. decreased last year — dropping to about the same level as before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — but property crimes rose substantially, according to data in the FBI's annual crime report released Monday. [Read more.]( - Judge imposes limited gag order on Trump in 2020 election interference case: The federal judge overseeing the 2020 election subversion case against Donald Trump in Washington imposed a narrow gag order on him on Monday, barring the Republican former president from making statements targeting prosecutors, possible witnesses and the judge's staff. [Read more.]( - Prison for member of prominent Minnesota horse-racing family who cheated investors out of millions: Jason D. Bullard, 59, of Shakopee, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis to 4 1⁄4 years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud in connection with a Ponzi scheme that cheated investors out of more than $3 million between 2014 and 2021. [Read more.]( - Humanitarian aid stuck at Gaza-Egypt border as Israeli siege strains hospitals, water supply: Palestinians in besieged Gaza crowded into hospitals and schools on Monday, seeking shelter and running low on food and water. More than a million people have fled their homes ahead of an expected Israeli ground invasion aimed at destroying Hamas after its fighters rampaged through southern Israel. [Read more.]( HEY, LOOK AT THIS How this weekend's solar eclipse looked over Bryce Canyon National Park: "In 1923, Bryce Canyon experienced a partial eclipse during a total solar eclipse that passed along the Pacific coast. For our centennial year we've now come 'full circle' with today's 'Ring of Fire' eclipse," reads the parks tweet featuring this composite image of the moon passing in front of the sun captured on Saturday by Peter Densmore of the National Park Service. [See the photo.]( *** Talk to us! Send feedback on this newsletter, questions, story tips, ideas or anything else to [talkers@startribune.com](. *** TRENDING Minneapolis fire captain talks inequality, toxic masculinity and what the firefighters really do: Capt. Jeremy Norton's new book "Trauma Sponges" is an attempt to encourage conversations about health care and injustice. [Read more.]( SPORTS BLINK Reusse on unwatchable Vikings, Twins' concerns and Wild's problems: Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse and Daily Delivery podcast host Michael Rand discuss Sunday's 19-13 Vikings victory, what the Twins will do in 2024 and the Wild's two big problems. [Listen here.]( *** Did someone forward this newsletter to you? You can [sign up for Talkers here](. *** WORTH A CLICK The great cash-for-carbon hustle: "Offsetting has been hailed as a fix for runaway emissions and climate change—but the market's largest firm sold millions of credits for carbon reductions that weren't real," Heidi Blake reports for the New Yorker. [Read more.]( TRIVIA WINNER Congratulations to Brenda Apfelbacher! Brenda was randomly selected from among the many readers who correctly answered that Eagan is the city where a property owner's recent death has set off a legal battle for ownership of one of the city's last big green spaces. Brenda wins a $15 gift card. Be sure to read Talkers on Friday for another trivia question! FROM THE ARCHIVES Oct. 16, 2019: The downtown Minneapolis skyline was seeen from Farview Park in the Hawthorne neighborhood on the North Side. (Photo: Leila Navidi/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 © 2023 StarTribune. All rights reserved. We value your opinion! [Give us your feedback.](