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Good afternoon. Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Oscar-nominated actor and celebrated author whose plays chronicled the explosive fault lines of family and masculinity in the American West, has died. He was 73. | Forecast
 

Scaramucci out of White House job as John Kelly takes charge

In the words of the White House announcement, he was leaving because he "felt it was best to give Chief of Staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team." The two-sentence release concluded, "We wish him all the best." | 'No chaos,' Trump insists as he swears in new chief of staff

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Minnesota's health insurance rates set to stabilize for 2018

State regulators announced preliminary rates for next year that range from a 15 percent decrease to an 11 percent bump compared to premiums in 2017.

For first time, millennials and Gen-X were a majority of electorate in 2016

The youngest two generations of voters finally outstripped the number of older voters in 2016 -- a sign of how politicians will have to grapple with winning over a fast-changing electorate.

BCA investigating shootout with police in SE Minnesota

The early morning incident followed a police chase that started in Hokah, Minn. Two suspects were arrested. One is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.

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Timeline: Foreign efforts to hack state election systems and how officials responded

For all the focus in 2016 on the cyberattacks against the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, less attention was paid to what was happening in the states.

New Florida law lets residents challenge school textbooks

The new bill was pushed by a conservative group critical of the way evolution, climate change and government were being taught in Florida schools.

Airport vehicle crash kills runway worker in Fargo

Officials say a vehicle driven by an airport employee struck a paint rig, killing the driver.

U.S.-Russia ties at new low with expulsions of diplomats

Russian's Foreign Ministry on Friday ordered a reduction by Sept. 1 in the number of U.S. diplomats in Russia.

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