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Block that click! High school sports goes digital
At least a few Minnesota schools have begun to treat gaming as an organized, competitive sport.
Rename Calhoun? Most at meeting say yes

Supporters of the move say it's wrong to honor a man who was an ardent supporter of slavery and he drafted the Indian Removal Act, while others say the name is woven into the community. | How to say Lake Calhoun's Dakota name: 'Bde Maka Ska'

Democrats to Attorney General Sessions: Don't duck our questions

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will testify at a Senate oversight hearing Wednesday. Lawmakers have questions about his contacts with Russia and his reversals on civil rights positions.

Senate health care deal in doubt as Trump says he's opposed

A bipartisan Senate deal to curb the growth of health insurance premiums is reeling after President Trump reversed course and opposed the agreement and top congressional Republicans and conservatives gave it a frosty reception.

U.S. Rep: Trump says fallen soldier knew what he signed up for

President Trump told the widow of a soldier killed in an ambush in Niger that her husband "knew what he signed up for," according to a Florida congresswoman who says she heard part of the conversation on speakerphone.

St. Paul school board votes for later start time for older students

The St. Paul school board voted to push high school and middle school start times to 8:30 a.m., citing research that teenagers are biologically programmed to sleep later.

In Somalia, hope fades in desperate search for missing

With nearly 400 people wounded, with some burned beyond recognition, international aid arrived to help overwhelmed hospitals.

Officers fired after forcible removal of United Airlines passenger

David Dao, a 69-year-old Kentucky doctor was injured as he was dragged from a United Express flight in April. Video taken by fellow passengers went viral, sparking outrage.

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