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Good afternoon! "What's another day in June without a yearbook controversy in the nation's schools?" writes MPR News blogger Bob Collins. At Wall High School in New Jersey a yearbook adviser has been suspended after at least three photos of students wearing pro-Trump shirts were censored. | NewsCut | Forecast
 

Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee

The attorney general faces questioning from some of his former Senate colleagues about last week's testimony by James Comey, the FBI director who was fired by the president.

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Day 11 of Yanez trial: 'We will await your verdict'

The case against St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez went to the jury for deliberation Monday afternoon. Jurors are returning to the Ramsey County Courthouse Tuesday to continue their work. | 74 Seconds

Trump administration wants to shrink Bears Ears National Monument

Whether the new monument, considered sacred to Native Americans, should be abolished or reduced is the first part of a review of national monuments under an executive order by President Trump.

Tillerson: North Korea releases U.S. citizen Otto Warmbier

Warmbier is a University of Virginia student from suburban Cincinnati. He was sentenced in March 2016 after a televised tearful public confession to trying to steal a propaganda banner.

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Trump to tout apprenticeships as way to fill jobs gap

President Donald Trump and Labor Secretary Alex Acosta say the administration is focused on getting universities and private companies to pair up and pay the cost of such learn-to-earn arrangements.

APM Reports: Thurgood Marshall Before the Court

Listen to an APM Reports documentary, "Thurgood Marshall Before the Court." Marshall was nominated to the Supreme Court fifty years ago today, June 13, 1967, by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

MPR reporter manages to find humor after being Maced in 1972 protest

While covering an anti-war protest in 1972, MPR reporter Bob Potter was tear-gassed by a police officer. When he revisited the moment during a live show in 1992, he managed to find some humor in what happened to him.

Dog owners walk 22 minutes more per day. And yes, it counts as exercise

A new study finds dog owners on average walk 22 more minutes more per day compared to people without dogs. The benefits of walking include a lower risk of heart disease and premature death.

This baker makes internet trolls eat their words -- literally

Tempted to respond back to internet harassers? New York City baker Kat Thek does just that. Her company, Troll Cakes, will find your perpetrator and send them a cake with their words written on it.

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