MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Thursday was a historic night for Republicans in Cleveland. The billionaire real estate developer and reality TV star Donald Trump accepted the party’s nomination, promising to kick-start the economy for Americans he says have been ignored by Washington politicians.

“These are the forgotten men and women of our country – and they are forgotten, but they’re not going to be forgotten long,” said Trump. “These are people who work hard but no longer have a voice. I am your voice.”

Many Republicans expected Trump to pivot from his controversial pre-convention proposals. He did not. He called for banning immigrants – presumably Muslims – from countries associated with terrorism.

Delegates chanted “build that wall!” as he promised “a great border wall” between the U.S. and Mexico.

Hit: Trump’s Acceptance Speech

Trump did what he needed to do Thursday. He was aiming for anxious voters who think America is spinning out of control. He described vividly a country he says is in crisis.

It was such a dark speech about America that President Obama felt compelled Friday to say it doesn’t match reality – that violent crime, police shootings and illegal immigration are actually way down.

Miss: Trump’s response to Ted Cruz’s snub

Trump moved on Friday in another unexpected direction, lingering for a long time on the Ted Cruz convention snub. At a thank you event for volunteers, Trump commented at length about Cruz getting booed off the stage and refusing to endorse him. Trump now says now he doesn’t even want his endorsement.

“Somebody got booed the hell out of the place by thousands and thousands of people. There wasn’t one person in the room, not one,” Trump said.

“And you know he’ll come and endorse over the next little while. He’ll come and endorse, because he has no choice. But I don’t want his endorsement. What difference does it make? I don’t want his endorsement.”

Trump’s reaction Friday seemed more like the old Trump, while Thursday’s speech seems like the new Trump.

Trump also brought up the conspiracy theory linking Cruz’s father to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Now that the RNC has concluded, Hillary Clinton will get to make her case to the American public when the Democratic convention kicks off in Philadelphia Monday.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Lynx have a home game Friday night against the Seattle Storm.

It is a big one, because it is their final game before the Olympic break.

Yes, Seimone Augustus admits, it is a little weird in the midst of a pursuing a WNBA title to stop cold and put that on hiatus for a month-long break.

“It’s weird, but at the same time, some of these ladies need a break,” Augustus said. “Everybody’s banged up and beat up at this point in the season.”

Seimone Augustus (credit: CBS)

Augustus, however, will not be getting a break. Neither will Lindsay Whalen, Maya Moore or Sylvia Fowles — the four Lynx players on the Olympic team headed to Rio.

But first, one more game, and a need to avoid losing focus

“We’ve just got to lock in, got to start off aggressive, be on attack mode, dictate action,” Augustus said.

This might not be a great time to take a month-long break. The Lynx are playing probably their best basketball of the season. They have won their last five in a row, and four of those have been by 18 points or more.

But the Olympics, Augustus says, are even bigger than that.

“You want to win WNBA titles and whatever else, accomplishments that are out there to win, but whenever you’re able to hang a gold medal around your neck, that means a little bit something, you know, a little bit more special than some of the other things,” Augustus said.

Besides — the Olympics do not happen nearly as often as the Lynx win a title.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A fire truck was caught in the crossfire of a shooting in south Minneapolis Friday.

The shooting took place at East 28^th Street and Bloomington Avenue South just before 5 p.m.

According to Sgt. Catherine Michal of the Minneapolis Police Department, two cars engaged each other and the fire truck was caught in the middle.

Michal said it’s unclear if both cars were shooting at each other, but people in one of the cars were shooting at the other and hit the fire truck. She said the fire truck was not the intended target.

No one was injured. At this time, police have no suspects.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It was another steamy day in Cannon Falls as Frank Vascellaro and Amelia Santaniello headed out for this week’s Goin’ To The Lake trip.

The Hi-Quality Bakery & Historic Murals

There’s a great spot to stop in downtown Cannon Falls if you need a coffee and a sweet treat. The Hi-Quality Bakery has been open in downtown Cannon Falls for more than 60 years. WCCO Radio’s Dave Lee and Mike Lynch were broadcasting there live Friday morning. Joe and Julie Disch have been the proud owners since 1992. You can find the bakery on North 4th Street.

After you grab your baked goods at Hi-Quality, enjoy the historic murals. There are five large ones, and four of them were the brainchild of the Cannon Falls Historical Society. The works of art are based on actual photographs from Cannon Falls history. The harvest mural depicts the area’s proud heritage of wheat production. The Stone Mill Mural shows the Little Cannon Mill that was built in 1856.

Canoeing Down Cannon River

When you mention the Cannon River to friends, you’ll probably hear that it’s a great river for tubing. It’s also great for canoeing and rafting, so Frank and Amelia headed to Cannon Falls Canoe and Bike Rental to check out the river. Cannon Falls Canoe and Bike Rental is a family-run business. Brothers Joe and Ben Lacefield lined up the trip.

Local Products At Ferndale Market

Minnesota is the number one turkey producing and processing state in the U.S., and there’s a place in Cannon Falls where you can find Minnesota turkey and other fresh, local products. Ferndale Market is a family-owned business founded by Fern and Dale Peterson, now run by the third generation. They raise Minnesota turkeys and have an on-farm store where they carry their own products, along with goods from more than 70 area farmers and food producers. Make sure to try their turkey sausages and smoked turkey breast.

Althoff Hardware Has All The Right Tools

Located on North 4th Street, the family-run (sensing a theme?) Althoff Hardware has been open since 1933. Besides hardware, paint and appliances, the store also has a wide variety of local crafts and other souvenirs. It’s such a friendly place there are stools where you can grab a seat at the checkout counter. We also found out this trip wasn’t the first time WCCO has been to Althoff Hardware. There’s a picture on the wall of  WCCO Radio’s Bob Dehaven when he stopped by the store in 1947 to cover an expansion and remodeling.

A Romantic Way To Ride

The Cannon Valley Trail runs for 20 miles between Cannon Falls and Red Wing. It’s very popular for hiking, biking and rollerblading, so Frank and Amelia decided to check it out on a bicycle built for two. Again, they hit up Cannon Falls Canoe and Bike Rental for the trip. You need a “Wheel Pass” to use the trail; it costs $4. In the winter, you can cross country ski on the trail.

If you’re looking for somewhere to get outdoors and enjoy Minnesota’s natural beauty, our state parks can’t be beat.

But only one park can be crowned the Best of Minnesota. You told Natalie Nyhus your favorites and she narrowed it down to three options. Vote below and the winner will be featured on next week’s Best of Minnesota!

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Authorities have recovered the body of a man who fell into the St. Croix River last week.

Andrew Remley, 26, slipped on a rock and fell into the river on July 15. Crews searched Friday night and Saturday morning before suspending the search due to dangerous conditions.

Crews resumed searching Sunday, saying focus had shifted from rescue to recovery.

The Chisago County Sheriff’s Office said Remley’s body was recovered south of Rock Island at 3:12 p.m. Friday.

WASHINGTON (CBS) — Hillary Clinton announced Friday night that Democratic Senator Tim Kaine will be her running mate.

I'm thrilled to announce my running mate, @TimKaine, a man who's devoted his life to fighting for others. -H pic.twitter.com/lTVyfztE5Z

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) July 23, 2016

Sen. Kaine’s name has come up before for a presidential election. He was on the short list of possible VP picks for Barack Obama back in 2008.

But did you know he is also a Minnesota native? As a matter of fact, he was born in Minnesota’s state capitol, though he grew up in the Kansas City area.

Here are a few other things you may not have known about the senator from Virginia:

He may appeal to a broad array of voters.

Sen. Kaine is popular with Independents and some Republicans because of his abortion and gun-control positions that lean to the right, as well as his strong Christian faith. His fluency in Spanish and attendance at a predominantly black church attracts minorities.

He met his wife at Harvard Law and lives in Richmond.

Kaine met his wife, Anne Holton, during a study group at Harvard. The couple married in 1984, a year after Kaine graduated with his Juris Doctor. Kaine and his wife settled down in the Northside neighborhood of Virginia where the two still live today. They have three children named Annella, Woody, and Nat, all of which attended public school in Richmond.

He has executive and legislative experience.

Before he was elected to the Senate in 2012, Kaine was the governor of Virginia from 2006 to 2010. He was also the mayor of Richmond from 1998 to 2000. Kaine is one of only 20 people in America to serve as a mayor, governor, and a senator.

He accepted monetary gifts while governor. It’s legal in Virginia.

Yep, that’s right. It’s not against the law to accept gifts in Virginia. Kaine accepted $160,000 in gifts while governor. His campaign emphasized that he has gone way above disclosure agreements.

He cut his pay as governor of Virginia.

Kaine worked to cut 667,000 overall expenses of the executive’s office. This included a 5 percent reduction in his own salary.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — If you are heading into St. Paul this weekend, there is a major road closure you need to know about.

Interstate 94 is closed Friday night between Lexington Parkway and Interstate 35E, and down to one lane in each direction between Highway 280 and Lexington Parkway as crews remove the pedestrian and bike bridges.

The closure will impact fans heading to the Xcel Energy Center for Duran Duran Saturday night, and Drake on Sunday. Organizers are encouraging concert goers to allow extra time to get there.

The road is scheduled to reopen at 5 p.m. Sunday night.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — To those that knew Denny Green well — and those who coached against him — he was held in high regard.

Related: Ex-Vikings Coach Denny Green Dies

The Vikings won games while Green was at the helm. They were competitive every season, and respected by the league to be sure.

“His teams were always tremendously prepared,” said Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer. “And they had fun, too, when they played. They were that type of team.”

Dean Dalton was on his coaching staff. He remembers a family man.

“[Green said] ‘Look out for your family.’ You know, coaches get that grind mentality, and Denny would threaten me if I stayed too late,” Dalton said. “He would call me on my phone at my desk and say, ‘I’m going to call your house. Deany, you better get home. I know how far you live away from, you know, the facility, and if Dawn answers she’s going to be upset.’ Because if you work too late, he wanted you sharp.”

Jeff Robinson played for him in college at Northwestern, and worked with him as a scout for the Vikings.

Related: Fans React To Coach Denny Green’s Death

“He always treated everybody fairly. He always looked for the good in everyone, and through that process he wanted everyone to have a fair chance,” Robinson said. “You know, it wasn’t about, you know, this guy is better than this guy.”

He was not a media favorite, but he was respected by most of his colleagues.

“He wanted you to do your job, and he gave you the space to do it, allowed you to be creative, and he treated everyone the same way in that regard,” said Brad Madison of Vikings Community Relations.

He was a successful coach, and a complicated man.

“He truly engaged people, so some people didn’t get to know Denny, or Dennis Green the man. They saw him as the coach, or the sheriff,” Dalton said. “And so in some ways he used that energy for that us-against-the-world mentality. And other ways … he was super engaged.”

BOSTON (AP) — After an ominous beginning, Kyle Gibson put a decisive end to Boston’s two-game hitting outburst.

Gibson allowed a pair of hits in the first inning, then none over the next seven as the Minnesota Twins edged Boston 2-1 Friday night.

“This team is a good team — a really good team,” Gibson said. “That’s a tough lineup to navigate.”

Gibson navigated it better than anyone else has lately against the Red Sox, who had won three straight and nine of 10. Mookie Betts homered for Boston on the second pitch and Xander Bogaerts singled during a brief scare that Gibson got himself out of, then pitched seven more stellar innings.

“Kind of as a rule of thumb, a solo homer is not gonna beat you whether it’s the first guy or in the seventh inning,” Gibson said. “You just get it out of your mind and get back to attacking guys and making pitches.”

Brian Dozier hit a solo home run for the Twins in the second inning and Miguel Sano added an RBI single in the sixth. It was all the scoring Minnesota needed as Gibson (3-6) did the rest before Brandon Kintzler took over and survived a wild bottom half of the ninth.

Kintzler got his seventh save, preserving the lead in a wild bottom half of the ninth. Michael Martinez and Dustin Pedroia started the inning with consecutive singles and Bogaerts walked to load the bases with nobody out and slugger David Ortiz coming up next.

Ortiz hit a grounder to second, which Dozier threw home for the force out and catcher Juan Centeno doubled up Ortiz at first.

“You don’t want really want Papi to come up in the situation, but he’s still a groundball away from two outs,” Kintzler said.

“It’s not like I drew it up like that. But that’s what it is. It’s one of those moments where either he’s going to beat me or I’m gonna get him.”

Hanley Ramirez lined out to right to end the game and Boston’s three-game winning streak.

The Red Sox got a leadoff homer Betts for the second straight night. Dustin Pedroia struck out, but reached first safely when catcher Juan Centeno couldn’t stop a wild pitch and Bogaerts followed with a single. That was the last hit for Boston until the Red Sox threatened in the ninth.

“Gibson was the story,” Twins manager Paul Molitor said. “He settled down, minimized the damage in the first, and then he just started making pitch after pitch, inning after inning.”

The Red Sox had 33 hits in their previous two games, including 17 Thursday night in a 13-2 rout of the Twins. Gibson quickly cooled off Boston’s batters after the scare in the first.

“I don’t know but he should keep on throwing it the rest of the season,” Ortiz said when asked what Gibson threw that was so effective. “If the game would have been that easy, it wouldn’t be the way it is. They know how to get a hitter out. They know how to get that done. It’s not always going to work in our way. Sometimes it’s going to work in their way, too.”

Eduardo Rodriguez (2-4) allowed two runs on six hits and struck out eight and walked one over 5 1-3 innings for Boston. Joe Mauer was the only batter Rodriguez walked, reaching with one out in the sixth before Heath Hembree took over for the Red Sox.

TOUGH TWINS

Gibson’s performance was exactly what the Twins needed after the humbling results in the series opener Thursday.

“Coming in here and facing this team, as hot as they are, and the way they are swinging the bats and the way we got pummeled last night, I thought it was a really impressive rebound by him to help us get back on track and give us a chance to win,” manager Paul Molitor said.

MISSING MOOKIE

Betts did not take the field with the Red Sox in the top of the fifth. Martinez took over in right field and the Red Sox announced a few minutes later that Betts had left the game with soreness in his right knee.

Betts, an All-Star Game starter, leads the Red Sox with 127 hits and is second on the club with 20 home runs and 63 RBIs. He was considered day-to-day and manager John Farrell wasn’t sure when he could return to the lineup.

“We wouldn’t take any risks with Mookie, certainly,” Farrell said.

TRAINERS ROOM

Twins: C Kurt Suzuki was not in the starting lineup for the Twins, getting some rest and avoiding the heat. The temperature at gametime was 92 degrees. Manager Paul Molitor said Suzuki should return Saturday.

Red Sox: Betts left the game in the fifth inning with soreness in his right knee. RHP Junichi Tazawa (right shoulder impingement) returned to the roster after being activated from the 15-day DL.

UP NEXT

Twins: RHP Ricky Nolasco (4-8, 5.02) gets his team-high 20th start. Nolasco also shares the team lead for losses, picking up his eighth Monday despite holding Detroit to one run on three hits and three walks in six innings.

Red Sox: LHP David Price (9-7, 4.36) gets his first start since taking the loss Sunday when the Yankees ended Boston’s six-game winning streak. Price struck out just one batter in 5 2-3 innings, ending a string of three straight starts with at least 10 strikeouts.

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Maya Moore scored 21 points, Sylvia Fowles had 20 points and 12 rebounds and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Seattle Storm 79-72 on Friday night for their sixth straight victory.

Related: Lynx Set For Month-Long Olympic Break

Fowles was 8 of 10 from the field and had three steals and two blocked shots. Natasha Howard scored 14 points on 7-of-10 shooting for the Lynx (21-4).

Howard and Moore scored six points apiece during a 14-2 run that made it 68-51 with 9 minutes left and Minnesota held on from there.

Breanna Stewart had 18 points and eight rebounds for the Storm (9-15). Sue Bird and Jewell Loyd scored 16 points apiece and Alysha Clark had 10. Bird added eight assists.

The Lynx, ranked second in the AP WNBA power poll, had 21 assists on 29 field goals.

The 10th-ranked Storm shot 38.6 percent (22 of 57) from the field.

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Twin Cities teenager stood on a ledge; ready to jump onto the interstate below.

A 911 caller first spotted her. Two officers knew the severity from the start.

“Obviously given the call type, we went there immediately fearing the worst,” Eagan Police Officer Joe Moseng said.

A 17-year-old girl had climbed over the fence that separates the Diffley Road Bridge from Interstate 35E.

Moseng knew they might not have much time.

“Ma’am? My name is Joe. I’m a police officer with the city of Eagan, OK?” Moseng said in dash cam video. “We’re here to help you.”

“There’s nothing that you can really say in that moment,” Moseng said. “Alls I could do is just tell her it was OK.”

Officer Joe Moseng (credit: CBS)

Lately, Moseng says he cannot help but think about the scrutiny his profession is under on every call. A band over his badge shows he is mourning officers recently killed in other states.

“Throughout the state and the country, we’re family,” he said.

All are working in a career where some, like Moseng, are used to seeing people at their low points.

“Nobody ever calls you to say, ‘Hey, I had a good day. You want to come over and have dinner with us?’ I mean, people are calling us because life isn’t going well for them,” Moseng said.

And life may have ended for a teenager on Monday morning, had two officers not responded exactly how they did.

“Once she had reached the top of the fence and swung her leg over, I grabbed her leg and her arm and helped pull her back,” he said. “Soon as I set her feet on the ground, she instantly grabbed onto me and hugged me and started crying into my chest. Just so happen that Officer Tesra and myself happened to be right there and were able to make that difference in her life. And hopefully she gets some of the help that she needs.”

The teenager was taken to a hospital for a mental health evaluation. Her dad reached out to the department to thank the officers for saving his daughter’s life.

Click here for resources on how to help children and adults with mental illness.

Also, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-TALK(8255).

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Sandy from Fridley wants to know: What causes heat lightning?

Heat lightning is known as the flashes in the sky without thunder or rain.

According to the National Weather Service, those flashes are lightning, but lightning from a storm far away.

In some cases, lightning can be seen from up to 100 miles away.

The sound of thunder does not usually travel more than 10 miles.

The reason many people associate it with heat is because often it is often seen on warm nights in the summer.

Barb from Robbinsdale wants to know: Who pays for the political conventions?

For years, the conventions got some public funding, but a new law ended that money in 2014.

The parties can now raise many into a special account specifically for the convention. Individuals can give up to $100,200 to that account. The data can be looked up here.

Host committees also raise the bulk of the funding from individuals or groups like unions and corporations. Those donations could be cash or in-kind — like technology, phones or computers.

Terry from Apple Valley asks: Who pays for the political conventions?

According to Allan Metcalf, author of “OK: The Improbable Story of American’s Greatest Word,” “OK” started as a grammar joke in the “Boston Morning Post” in 1839.

Abbreviations were popular at the time, and the paper wrote that “OK” stood for “Oll Korrect.”

Presidential candidate Martin Van Buren used “Vote OK” as a campaign slogan a year later. “OK” stood for “Old Kinderhook,” Van Buren’s hometown and nickname.

BELOIT, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin teenager died on a church mission trip to Panama this week, Panamanian authorities confirmed Friday.

The body of 16-year-old Malachi Taylor, of Beloit, was found on the beach in the town of Las Lajas on Thursday evening after an intensive search that lasted nearly two days. The regional civil defense director in Chiriqui province, Francisco Santamaria, told The Associated Press that the youth was participating in a religious mission in the community of Potrerillos, but had a day off and went to the beach.

The youth’s mother, Lisa Talyor, told the Beloit Daily News that her son disappeared after saving a young woman from drowning in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday.

The area is about 280 miles west of Panama City. The rest of the group from Good News Christian Church remained in Panama on Friday. They’re scheduled to return home Saturday.

Taylor said she received a distorted phone call from Panama on Tuesday, but wasn’t fully aware that anything was wrong with her son until she received a visit from their pastor, Clifton White, who told her Malachi had gone missing.

“I’m just devastated. It’s hard to swallow,” Taylor said. “He begged me for over two months to go on this trip and now he’s dead.”

Taylor described her son as “very biblical” and said he devoted a great deal of his time to his faith.

“He went to church every Sunday, and would read his Bible all the time,” she said.

White told the newspaper that his church will support the family in any way it can.

“Malachi was a very special young man. I loved him dearly,” White said.

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A 74-year-old man was found dead in his Eden Prairie home Friday afternoon, according to police.

Officers were called to the scene on the 7900 block of South Bay Curve at about 3:22 p.m.

This is a developing story. Stay with WCCO.com as more details become available.

After a hot and humid week, cool down with some of the places and activities Rachel Slavik and Mike Augustyniak covered on WCCO Saturday Morning!

Ribfest

Aquatennial

Disc Golf

DeRusha Eats

Sensory-friendly performance of “The Lion King”

Lowertown Blues Festival

NEW YORK (AP) — WNBA President Lisa Borders applauds the league’s players for taking a stance on social issues. She just wishes the activism was kept off the court.

Borders spent the past two weeks talking with the union and its executive council, trying to come up with ways that both the league and its players could constructively address the Black Lives Matters movement. Nothing concrete was decided.

“We were making every effort to engage our players,” she told The Associated Press by phone Friday night. “We made an effort to support them and we were trying to get them to come to the table to have a conversation. The players have an open invitation with the league.

“Our players are important to us. We believe in them. We want them to be the people they are and we’re proud of them. We want to make sure they play well on the court and they are happy off the court.”

Right now, the players aren’t happy.

On social media and in postgame interviews, players are showing their solidarity after the league fined the Indiana Fever, New York Liberty and Phoenix Mercury players $500 each this week for wearing plain black warmup shirts that violated the league’s uniform policy. The normal fine for a uniform violation is $200. Each team also was fined $5,000.

The Rev. Al Sharpton said Saturday his organization, the National Action Network, will pay the $500 fines. He called the penalty unacceptable.”

Washington Mystics players had shirts saying “Black Lives Matters” in the locker room after their game Friday night. Seattle Storm and Minnesota Lynx players tweeted out pictures of their teams wearing black T-shirts featuring a Martin Luther King Jr. quote before their game. They didn’t wear those shirts on the court to avoid getting fined.

“We’re sick and tired of waking up every morning and seeing something like this (shootings) happen,” Mystics player Ivory Latta said after her team played its final game before the Olympic break. “We need change and we have a platform to speak. Don’t tell us we have a platform and then you penalize us for our platform for speaking and showing our actions. That’s not right.”

Borders, who has been on the job for four months, disagreed with the notion that the league was suppressing its players’ voices following the shootings by and against police officers.

“We want the players to know that we have supported them in the past, support them today and will continue to support them in the future,” she said. “We’re not trying to stop them from expressing themselves.”

The league just doesn’t want them to do it on the court if it violates the WNBA uniform rules. The shirts that the players were fined for wearing were the Adidas brand — the official outfitter of the league. WNBA rules state that uniforms may not be altered in any way.

“The Adidas black shirts are not regulation,” Borders said. “They are sponsor appropriate, but the Adidas plain black shirt would not be a regulation-issued shirt.”

The union felt it was unnecessary for the league to issue a memo this week reminding the players of the uniform policy. Because of that memo, the players and union weren’t surprised by the fine. They were just disappointed.

“This isn’t about a shirt, but that was the starting point,” Terri Jackson, the new operations director of the WNBA Players Association, told the AP. “The players want to blog about (Black Lives Matter), tweet about it, do videos. They want to raise visibility and keep the conversation going. They don’t want this to die out.”

Jackson said the union’s legal team is looking into what it can do about the fines, which she called excessive. She said the union proposed letting the players have a limited time to express their opinions on the court.

“We talked about doing it pregame at the 10-minute mark or the 15-minute mark and they’d go back and put on their regulation warmup. Wear the regulation warmups for the national anthem and life goes on. That was declined by the league.”

While the league begins its monthlong break Saturday, its top players will be playing in Rio at the Olympics. U.S. coach Geno Auriemma said he was proud of their social activism.

“I respect Tina (Charles) and the players in the WNBA for their concern and their voices and the passion that they have and for their beliefs. I really do,” he said, citing the Liberty star for wearing her warmup shirt inside-out Thursday. “I’m really proud of some of my former players and the way they’ve stepped forward and spoken their conscience and express their feelings.”

The league was still undecided on whether Charles would be fined.

Auriemma said if players take actions at the Olympics it would be a difficult balancing act.

“As far as USA Basketball is concerned, you know, that’s a very delicate subject,” he said. “Obviously each player has an opportunity to be who they want and say what they feel, but at the same time, you are representing the United States of America, and you are part of the Olympic team. … I’m sure it’ll come up, and we’ll have to deal with it.” He said the matter would largely fall to U.S. Olympic and basketball authorities.

Both the league and the union hope for constructive conversations during the break. Borders said she’ll be in Rio for two weeks but will participate in the monthly conference call between the two groups on Aug. 1. She missed the one on July 11 when the shirts initially were discussed.

“I love this league and its players. I’d never do anything to harm the league, franchises or players,” Borders said. “I want them to understand we’re here to support them. We’ve hit a bump in a road. This too shall pass.”

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — If you’re heading into St. Paul this weekend, there’s a major road closure that could impact your drive.

Interstate 94 is closed between Lexington Parkway and Interstate 35E, and down to one lane in each direction between Highway 280 and Lexington Parkway.

Crews will be removing the pedestrian and bike bridges.

The closure will impact fans heading to the Xcel Energy Center for Duran Duran Saturday night. The road is scheduled to reopen at 5 p.m. Sunday and shouldn’t have a big impact on the Drake concert, which begins at 6:30.

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — There’s plenty to get out and do Saturday. Here are some ideas, courtesy of Mike Augustyniak and Rachel Slavik on WCCO Saturday Morning!

1. Forget about real golf and hit the links in a new way. Afton Alps is having a grand opening party for their new championship-caliber disc golf course. It costs $10 to play unlimited rounds. Guests can also purchase one disc golf pass and receive a second one free. There’s going to be music, food specials, beer and yard games as well. The party is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

2. How about some world class barbecue? The Great Midwest Rib Fest continues Saturday at Mystic Lake. Bib up and chow down on some of the best ribs in the country. After the feast, stay for the fun with live entertainment all weekend, including free outdoor concerts. The event goes from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

3. It’s time to boogie down at the Lowertown Blues and Funk Fest in St. Paul’s Mears Park. It includes blues and soul staples like Booker T. Jones, Corey Stevens and the Brother Jon Band. The festival runs from noon to 10 p.m. and it’s free.

4. It’s the last day of Aquatennial in Minneapolis. Events include Twin Cities Cari-fest, featuring caribbean food, music arts and crafts. The Mess Hall will also have great food and locally produced beverages like craft beer. Saturday night is the pre-fireworks event with live music, food and more. Finally, Aquatennial is capped off by Target Fireworks, considered one of the top five annual displays in the nation at 10 p.m.