Good morning! Happy Friday -- and a pretty decent one at that! Partly cloudy with highs in the 70s (some places may even reach 80!). I think we can all agree that sometimes, some jobs just aren't a good fit. That seems to have been the case for a certain canine trainee named Lulu at the Central Intelligence Agency. The black Labrador flunked out of bomb-sniffing school (but she's still a good doggo). Not to worry -- she's been adopted by her handler and is currently living her best life playing with her kids and sniffing out rabbits and squirrels in the backyard. | Forecast
The GOP on Thursday narrowly backed the budget plan, a prerequisite to major tax legislation. The final vote was 51-49 with deficit hawk Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky the lone opposing GOP vote.
A U.S.-backed Syrian force declared victory over the Islamic State group in its former "capital" of Raqqa on Friday, declaring the northern Syrian city free of any extremist presence after a four-month battle that left it in ruins.
Environmental pollution -- from filthy air to contaminated water -- is killing more people every year than all war and violence in the world. More than smoking, hunger or natural disasters. More than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.
A bog the size of a professional baseball field is on the move in North Long Lake. The 3-acre piece of wetland has destroyed docks while bouncing around the lake near Brainerd.
Amid an acute shortage of affordable housing, nearly $350 million in private and public funds will go to building or renovating some 1,800 residential units.
