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First, today's weather: Mostly sunny and less humid. High: 86 Low: 66.

Here are the top 5 stories today in Minneapolis:

1. Minneapolis police are investigating the shooting death of a teenager Tuesday evening at METRO Blue Line's Nicollet Mall Station. The victim and shooter appeared to have known each other, according to investigators. (CBS)

2. Hours later, a man was shot and killed at a homeless encampment near W. 29th Street and Nicollet Avenue. It marked the city’s 56th homicide of 2022. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

3. Minneapolis is now a “safe haven” for abortion after Mayor Jacob Frey Wednesday signed an executive order Wednesday. Five of the state’s abortion clinics are located in and around the city. (Patch)

4. More than 30,000 Xcel Energy customers woke up without power Wednesday after a series of storms swept through the Twin Cities overnight. Downed trees were also reported in several Minneapolis roadways. (KARE11)

5. The Guthrie Theater has resumed its graduate actor training program after a four-year pause. Alumni of the “Guthrie Experience” include Emmy winner Sterling K. Brown and Oscar winner Mahershala Ali. (Paid source: Star Tribune)

Today in Minneapolis:

• Hear live music at The Commons (5 p.m.), Bryant Square Park (6:30 p.m.), Minnehaha Park (7 p.m.) and the Lake Harriet Bandshell. (7:30 p.m.)
• Country star Cole Swindell will perform the first-ever postgame concert at Target Field tonight after the Twins take on the Blue Jays. (6:40 p.m.)
• It’s movie night in Loring Park. (8:50 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The nonprofit DNA Doe Project has helped identify a woman whose body was pulled from the Mississippi River in 1977. (CBS)
• More than 40 new “brews and beverages” are on the menu at this year’s State Fair, which begins Aug. 25. (KARE11)
• The Parkway Theater will kick off a “Crazy for Swayze” retrospective tonight with a screening of “Ghost.” The vintage venue will show “Roadhouse” on Aug. 11, just after Amazon green-lit a remake starring Jake Gyllenhaal. (Parkway)

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That's all! See you tomorrow for another round-up of local news.

— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.