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Good afternoon! Somebody has been tearing down and burning rainbow flags in Hudson, Wis. In response, the community rallied together a movement, with one family raising enough money for 60 flags and finding at least 45 neighbors to fly them. | NewsCut | Forecast
 

Orange cone season: MnDOT unveils $1B in 2017 road projects

State transportation officials rolled out their big list of Minnesota seasonal road and bridge construction projects on Thursday and pleaded for patience amid lane closures and detours.

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Minnesota firefighters brace for busy spring wildfire season

Areas of north-central and northwestern Minnesota are as much as an inch and a half below average precipitation levels, leading fire officials to predict higher than average fire activity.

Pentagon: U.S. dropped largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan

The Pentagon says U.S. forces in Afghanistan dropped the military's largest non-nuclear bomb on an Islamic State target in Afghanistan. | 'Misdirected' airstrike by U.S.-led coalition kills 18 allied fighters in Syria

Lawyer says man dragged off plane has concussion, lost teeth

Chicago's aviation officers are not part of the regular police force, unlike in many other big cities. They get less training than regular officers and can't carry firearms inside the airports.


 
 

Ocean world near Saturn hotter-than-ever contender for life

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected hydrogen molecules in the geysers shooting off the moon Enceladus, possibly the result of deep-sea chemical reactions between water and rock that could spark microbial life.

OK Google, Burger King hijacked your speakers ... and failed pretty quickly

The fast-food chain launched an ad Wednesday meant to wake viewers' Google Home speakers and use them for a makeshift promo. Sadly for Burger King, it wasn't long before the ploy hit some speed bumps.

At 92, director Peter Brook engages the world

Battlefield," now starting a brief run at the Guthrie, tells a story that's millennia old, and as fresh as this week's news.

3 measles cases confirmed in Minnesota

The patients are all children who are unvaccinated. None of them have an international travel history that would have exposed them to the virus.

Sculptor of Wall Street bull says 'Fearless Girl' horns in on his work

Arturo Di Modica is not happy that the Fearless Girl now staring down his Charging Bull has effectively turned it into a villain. He and his lawyer are now asking that the new statue be removed.

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