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Good morning! Feels more like July today than September. Sunny with highs in the 80s. Behold: the "fatberg." If you're eating breakfast right now, you might want to hold off on reading this story until after you're done. Maybe even wait an hour after that. | Forecast
 

'Not invisible anymore': Standing Rock a year after pipeline protests

The massive demonstrations against the Dakota Access pipeline didn't stop the oil from flowing, and problems on the reservation remain. But protest leaders say they're stronger for what happened last year and are focused on the future. | The protests at Standing Rock: Oil, water, race and treaty rights

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Process for U.S. work visas suddenly gets harder

Attorneys who work with businesses that employ foreigners under the H1B program say the government is demanding evidence it doesn't need. | Trump targets visa program he says hurts American workers

St. Catherine U security officer wounded; police seeking shooter

Police rushed to the St. Paul campus Tuesday night after a security officer was shot in the shoulder and received a non-life threatening wound. A little after midnight, police ended the immediate search for the shooter without locating a suspect.

Governor: 'Work to do' for Florida to recover after Irma

Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Brock Long said preliminary estimates suggested that 25 percent of the homes in the Keys were destroyed and 65 percent sustained major damage.

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Video shows aftermath of cop's killing; suspect makes court appearance

Beth Freeman, a Mound woman accused of striking and killing a Wayzata police officer, made her first court appearance Tuesday and was assigned a public defender.

St. Paul's Dai Thao cleared in alleged bribery case

Prosecutors have declined to file charges against Dai Thao, a St. Paul City Council member who came under suspicion after bribery allegations were leveled against him in May.

'Run for your lives!' Remembering Minnesota's worst mine disaster

Crow Wing County today opens a park, years in the making, dedicated to 41 miners killed nearly 100 years ago. For people in Crosby, Minn., with ties to that day, the painful stories are still fresh.

Census Bureau: Median incomes rose and poverty levels fell in 2016

The number of people covered by health insurance also ticked up. The bureau says the income growth is driven by more people finding jobs rather than increases in salaries.

Target bumps up holiday hiring by 40 percent this year

Target says it plans to hire about 100,000 workers for the holiday season, up from the 70,000 it hired a year ago.

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