| Good morning! Mostly sunny and breezy with highs near 30. With just a few days to go until Dec. 25, are you dreaming of a white Christmas? You're in luck. The forecast looks merry and bright this year. | Forecast | Updraft weather blog |
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| German Chancellor Angela Merkel described herself as "shocked, shaken and deeply saddened" after what she said the government must assume was a "terrorist attack." | Truck rams into German Christmas market, killing 12 people |
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| Russian investigators are working to determine whether the assassination was the work of a lone gunman or part of a wider conspiracy. |
| After Gopher football players announced and later rescinded a boycott over the suspension of 10 players following a sexual assault investigation, the campus reaction was varied. | Claeys says he risked job by backing players |
| The Electoral College gathered in 50 states to formalize results of last month's election amid increased scrutiny. Despite pressure on Trump electors, more defected from Clinton than the Republican. |
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| With a Republican-majority Legislature and a DFL governor, there's little room for progress on climate change in Minnesota this session. | Environment |
| Donald Trump says he will double the U.S. growth rate; that requires getting more people into the workforce. The president-elect also plans to limit immigration, the biggest source of new workers. |
| An industry-funded study questions the evidence behind guidelines on daily sugar intake. Public health experts call the controversial findings an industry attempt to undermine scientific consensus. |
| The term was created to identify women's frustrations of being interrupted and underestimated, but it has come under fire from critics who claim it is sexist. Books can be delightful, mind-blowing, memory-making, world-changing gifts. Plus, they're easy to wrap. | The Thread A team of scientists at the University of Toronto has taught a computer to compose and perform its own Christmas song -- one perhaps destined to be on a "Westworld" soundtrack. |
