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Good afternoon! Here's an update now on James Wiitamak, the man with cancer who took out an ad in a local newspaper asking for cards and letters at the VA hospital in St. Cloud, Minn. It's working. | NewsCut | Forecast
 

Fed lawyers deciding next step in Trump travel ban fight

"We may appeal. We may not," attorney Erez Reuveni said. "All options are being considered." It could appeal the restraining order on Trump's travel ban to the U.S. Supreme Court or it could attempt to remake the case in the district court. | Next steps

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Longtime Mpls. public housing chief leaves job, but not mission

For 25 years, Cora McCorvey has essentially been the landlady for tens of thousands of Minneapolis public housing residents. Friday's her last day running the housing authority, but she plans to continue advocating for public housing.

Protest marks public school visit by new education secretary

Angry activists shouted "stand up, fight back" and one protester was arrested, as Betsy Devos made her first visit to a public school Friday as education secretary.

Minnesota man dies in kitchen fire day before birthday

Austin Fire Chief Jim McCoy says Michael James Langan died in the house fire just outside of Austin on Thursday night. Friday would have been Michael Langan's 59th birthday.


 
 

Greeks prepare to evacuate 75,000 to defuse WWII bomb

Authorities in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki distributed fliers and put up posters Friday as part of preparations to evacuate about 75,000 people in order to defuse a 500-pound unexploded World War II bomb.

Mild winter melts hope for Apostle Islands ice caves visit

Rangers at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore on Friday threw cold water on hopes for Wisconsin's Lake Superior coast freezing enough to let hikers walk to and through the caves this season. | Updraft

After years of uneventful check-ins, Arizona woman is arrested, deported

During the Obama administration, Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos, who is a mother of two, was not considered a priority for deportation. But President Trump's executive action sets a different standard.

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