| Good afternoon! A senior software engineer reportedly has been fired by Google after a memo he wrote criticizing diversity initiatives was leaked and sparked protests on social media. Some are claiming that Google violated the man's First Amendment rights. "It should go without saying that there's no constitutional right in your private company to accommodate your misogyny, though it can hardly be surprising that James Damore believes he's got one," writes MPR News blogger Bob Collins. | NewsCut | Forecast |
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A draft report produced by 13 federal agencies directly contradicts President Trump. |
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The recalls continue from Polaris, which has issued them at a pace of more than one a month this year. |
New research suggests that when puppies have more attentive, active mothers, they're more likely to fail guide-dog training. | Abbie Girl takes top pooch in World Dog Surfing Championships |
| Alarm in Washington over North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's pursuit of a nuclear capability has intensified in the past month after the North conducted two tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles for the first time last month. |
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| Prosecutors say Jesse Lee Bonacci-Koski was supposed to be caring for his 11-month-old nephew while the child's parents were out; instead he went out to buy drugs. The house caught fire and the child was found dead in his crib. |
Nakajima played the iconic giant reptile in a dozen films, donning the suit that he says weighed about 220 pounds and wreaking havoc on model cities and rival monsters. He was 88. | Barbara Cook, Tony Award-winning actress and singer, dies at 89 |
| The new effort is one of many to understand how much money the Trump-led government is spending on businesses that he still owns. The Government Accountability Office is undertaking the most comprehensive study. |
It took former-Gov. Rudy Perpich and his family 10 years to get a portrait of Perpich and his wife Lola hung in the halls of the Minnesota State Capitol. | More stories from the archive |
