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Good afternoon! At age 27 and 28, Angela and Andy McLaughin quit their jobs, sold their possessions and hit the road. Becoming the envy of the cubicle farms of Minnesota, but also learning some valuable lessons about planning and about what's important in life. | NewsCut | Forecast
 

Watch: Graham-Cassidy health care hearing starts with eruption of protests

The Senate Finance Committee is holding a hearing on Republicans' last-ditch effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Supporters of the bill cannot afford to lose any more GOP votes. | Biggest flash points

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Thread Book Hour: Sherman Alexie on the aftermath of the 'Native American Apocalypse'

MPR's Kerri Miller interviews author Sherman Alexie as part of the "Talking Volumes" series at the Fitzgerald Theater. He's written a memoir about his mother, "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me." | MPR News Presents

North Korea's top diplomat says Trump has 'declared war'

North Korea's top diplomat says President Donald Trump's tweet that leader Kim Jong Un "won't be around much longer" was a declaration of war against his country by the United States.

Drunk driver charged in fatal Amish buggy crash in NW Minn.

An Amish woman was killed Saturday night when her buggy was rear-ended by a pickup truck. The driver of the truck was allegedly intoxicated, and faces felony charges.

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Supreme Court removes cases over Trump's travel ban from calendar

Parties in the two cases -- Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project and Trump v. Hawaii -- have until next Thursday, Oct. 5, to file new briefs over whether parts of the case are now moot.

Is curiosity a positive or negative feeling?

Not all feelings of curiosity are the same. A study finds that one factor affecting the balance of negative and positive when it comes to curiosity is time, says psychologist Tania Lombrozo.

Infant delivered prematurely following attack has died at Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Authorities say the woman drove herself to the Rochester hospital after suffering abdominal pains. Doctors delivered the baby by emergency cesarean section. The child was on life support until Sunday night.

Minnesota wolf population appears to rise 25 percent

Minnesota's wolf population remains well above both the state's minimum goal of at least 1,600 and the federal minimum goal range of 1,251 to 1,400.

North Dakota's bill for oil pipeline protest costs now at $39 million

State Emergency Services spokeswoman Cecily Fong says 11 states provided law enforcement help to North Dakota, and some bills are only now arriving. | Standing Rock a year after pipeline protests

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