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Good afternoon! Where would kids competing in a fourth-grade robotics competition learn racism and bigotry? It happened to the Pleasant Run Panther Bots, who had just won the competition near Indianapolis. After their victory parents and students were waiting in the parking lot to tell the team to "Go back to Mexico." | NewsCut | Forecast
 


Hours-long hearing on alleged Russian election interference wraps up

FBI Director James Comey testified before the House Intelligence Committee on investigations into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. | Trump faces critical phase, as he tries to make his rhetoric reality

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Justice faults police response in 2015 Minneapolis protests

A federal review of an 18-day standoff outside the precinct following the fatal shooting of Jamar Clark, a black man, in 2015 has found problems with the city's coordination and communication. | Jamar Clark shooting

Michigan man dies, day after event to celebrate his life

Bob Eleveld died Sunday at age 80, a day after hundreds of people responded to his published invitation to attend an open house to celebrate his life.

Studies suggest cautious optimism about declines in teen opioid use

A pair of long-term studies found fewer children and teenagers are coming in contact with opioids, and that hospitalizations from the drugs are down. The same is not true for adults.


 
 

How the wealthy influence politics using "dark money"

New Yorker magazine reporter Jane Mayer discusses the political influence of billionaires like the Koch brothers. She titled her best-selling book "Dark Money" and says secret money is an invitation to corruption.

Is happiness a universal human right?

In celebrating the International Day of Happiness on March 20, we might do well to examine rather than reaffirm our tacit assumptions about happiness and its pursuit, says psychologist Tania Lombrozo. | Who's happy, who's not?

Google Glass didn't disappear. You can find it on a Minn. factory floor

When it was introduced a few years ago, Google Glass was labeled as the next big thing. But it flopped. Now, it's finding new uses with workers in manufacturing and other industries, including this farm equipment factory in Minnesota.

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