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GOP proposes work requirement for public health care
A group of House and Senate Republicans introduced a bill Monday that would require Medical Assistance enrollees to work at least 80 hours a month, seek employment or enroll in job training programs. | Trump stronghold bridles at talk of Medicaid cuts
What you need to know about the national school walkout Wednesday
Students and teachers are expected walk out of their classes for 17 minutes to honor the victims of last month's school shooting in Florida and to call for tougher gun-control laws. | How school walkouts test student rights and school responsibilities
Trump will visit U.S.-Mexico border to tout long-promised wall

Some local border residents say the president is focused on building a wall when closer economic ties between the U.S and Mexico seem to call for another approach.

Sheriff: 8 injured when school van, semi collide near Benson, Minn.

Swift County Sheriff John Holtz says seven schoolchildren have been injured along with the woman who was driving the van they were in. He says all eight have been taken to hospitals but details about their injuries are not clear.

Top state official involved in MNLARS development fired

A top state official involved with developing the troubled computer system for vehicle licensing has been fired.

Should crop insurance program help preserve family farms?

A Land Stewardship Project study says crop insurance needs changes to help preserve what's left of the nation's family farm tradition.

Can you believe it? On Twitter, false stories shared more widely than true ones

An MIT study tracked 126,000 stories and found that false ones were 70 percent more likely to be retweeted than ones that were true. Twitter is asking outside experts to help it deal with the problem.

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Report: Case Keenum to sign with Broncos

Case Keenum plans to sign with Denver when free agency opens Wednesday, ESPN reported. The 30-year-old is considered the second-best QB available on the open market.

UConn, Irish, Louisville, Miss State top seeds in women's NCAAs

Minnesota will play Green Bay in the first round this Friday in Eugene, Ore.

National Geographic reckons with its past: 'For decades, our coverage was racist'

If National Geographic's April issue was going to be entirely devoted to the subject of race, the magazine decided it had better take a good hard look at its own history.

Stormy Daniels offers to pay back 'hush money' to speak about alleged Trump affair

The adult film actress says she had an affair with Trump in 2006 and signed a nondisclosure agreement on the eve of the 2016 election. President Trump's personal lawyers have until Tuesday to respond.

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