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Good afternoon! While it's no "Shark Repellent Bat Spray," this Batman inspired invention is still very cool, and useful for the U.S. Army and utility companies alike. | Forecast
 

Trump ends 'Dreamers' immigrant protections, tells Congress to act

The Obama-era program will expire in six months, the administration said on Tuesday. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals granted legal protections to roughly 800,000 people.

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Court upholds dismissal of challenge to teacher tenure law

The appeals court judge affirmed the previous decision out of Ramsey County District Court, saying the complaint is an issue for the Legislature, not the courts.

Powerful Hurricane Irma bears down on Caribbean

Residents on the East Coast were urged to monitor the storm's progress in case it should turn northward toward Florida, Georgia or the Carolinas. | Climate gone wild

A black food historian explores his bittersweet connection to Robert E. Lee

Michael Twitty's enslaved ancestors witnessed the Confederate general's surrender, the significance of which weaves through his new memoir as he seeks 'culinary justice' for African Americans.

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Minn. pheasant numbers plummet as rural habitat disappears

Minnesota's pheasant population fell dramatically in the past year, the result of an ongoing decline in nesting areas as farmers pull land from conservation programs and into crop production, the DNR said Tuesday.

News organization says photographer shot by sheriff's deputy

Photographer Andy Grimm was setting up his tripod and camera near a traffic stop when a sheriff's deputy mistook the camera for a weapon and fired, the newspaper said.

Paying your hotel bill an 'emolument'? Maybe at Trump D.C.

The word -- at the heart of a suit about the Trump D.C. hotel -- now seems obscure and technical. It was more common, and had a more general meaning, when the Constitution was drafted, a scholar said.

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