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Good afternoon! For the second straight weekend, the Minnesota Department of Transportation will shut down both directions of Interstate 35W in Minneapolis from downtown to Minnesota Highway 62 to demolish the Franklin Avenue bridge. Which is bad news for commuters, but a man who lives nearby is making the most of the closed road. | NewsCut | Forecast
1 dead after small plane crashes near Hwy. 212 in Eden Prairie
The experimental aircraft crashed Wednesday morning shortly after taking off from Flying Cloud Airport. The pilot, who'd reported a fire on board just after 11 a.m., is dead, police say.
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Michigan woman goes to jail for not immunizing son

In Michigan, parents are allowed to avoid having their children immunized if it conflicts with their religious or personal beliefs. But Rebecca Bredow is going to jail anyway because she reneged on a deal with her ex-husband to have their 9-year-old son vaccinated.

Trump visits Las Vegas on 'sad day' after mass shooting

Declaring it a "very, very sad day" for himself and the nation, President Donald Trump traveled Wednesday to the city where a gunman killed 59 people at a concert.

Senate panel OKs bipartisan children's health bill

No states are expected to immediately run out of funds for the program, which provides health insurance for 8.9 million children.

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Tillerson doesn't deny calling Trump a 'moron,' says he never considered resigning

The secretary of state denied a report that he considered stepping down, but did not deny that he called the president a "moron" after a hotly political speech before the Boy Scouts over the summer.

Joe Biden writing foreword for transgender activist's memoir

Former Vice President Joe Biden is writing the foreword to a memoir by transgender activist Sarah McBride, who made history when she addressed the Democratic National Convention last year.

Minnesota man sentenced to jail in revenge porn case

Michael Weigel was sentenced to four months in jail and three years of probation under a new state law that seeks to hold people accountable for revenge porn.

Equifax and Wells Fargo apologize to Congress; lawmakers not buying it

Equifax's former CEO Richard Smith and Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan both said "sorry" for the harm their companies have inflicted on consumers. But lawmakers scolded them in two different hearings.

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