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Good afternoon! Don't you just hate it when you're driving at night and a barred owl lands on your windshield wipers? A Duluth police officer was responding to a report of an injured owl by the side of the road when the bird in question landed on his squad car. It wasn't injured; it was curious. You know how owls are. | Forecast
 

Charges: South Washington Co. school bus aide molested young girls

A bus aide who works with special needs children in the South Washington County Schools has been charged with second-degree sexual assault for allegedly molesting six girls ages 3 to 5.

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White House adviser 'counseled' after brand promotion

House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz says a counseling session was not enough, calling what Kellyanne Conway did "wrong, wrong, wrong, clearly over the line, unacceptable." | Trump vs. Nordstrom

Lawmakers work on putting to rest a tax on viewing caskets

Minnesota lawmakers are working to get rid of a tax on viewing caskets and temporary urns.

Minnesota State board rejects chancellor finalists, picks interim

Despite an extensive search yielding three finalists, the Minnesota State colleges and universities system board Thursday decided instead to tap a former Metropolitan State leader as interim, and keep searching.


 
 

Trump lashes out at McCain for comments on deadly Yemen raid

President Donald Trump on Thursday lashed out at Republican Sen. John McCain, accusing the veteran of emboldening the enemy for disputing the administration's insistence that the deadly U.S. military mission in Yemen was a success. | Thousands more troops needed to break Afghanistan 'stalemate,' general warns

Minnesota health insurance signups rise to record levels

Rising health insurance premiums and Minnesota's novel financial help program have driven record enrollment in private health plans.

Crab teases anemone, anemone splits in two, crab and anemone live on

Researchers have found the first known case of one animal, a boxer crab, stimulating another animal, a sea anemone, to reproduce asexually.

How Trump & Co. have moved to quash tighter financial rules

Just three weeks into his administration, President Donald Trump and his allies are moving quickly to dismantle the web of regulations the government passed after the 2008 financial crisis. | About that bill abolishing the Department of Education

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