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Trump: Puerto Rico put budget 'out of whack' but lives saved
President Donald Trump highlighted Puerto Rico's relatively low death toll compared with "a real catastrophe like Katrina" as he opened a tour of the island's devastation Tuesday.
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Las Vegas massacre prompts musician to call for gun control: 'Enough is enough'

Caleb Keeter, a guitarist for the Josh Abbott Band, says, "my biggest regret is that I stubbornly didn't realize it until my brothers on the road and myself were threatened by it." | GOP leader says NRA-backed bill shelved

Lapse in federal funding imperils children's health coverage

Ten states will start to run out of money for the Children's Health Insurance Program by the end of the year, including Minnesota. Most states will be out of CHIP cash by the summer of 2018, if Congress doesn't act.

Kevin Johnson took care of vet, beat the government

Fewer words ever written were more accurate than these: Life is not fair.

Notes from the field: Good reporting starts with listening

Reporter Elizabeth Dunbar has been covering the environment for several years, but she's trying a different approach for a project looking at the future of agriculture. | Clueless consumers motivate agriculture educators

'This play should not be well-behaved': feminism, humor stir 'Revolt'

Frank Theatre director celebrates the piece as "completely, unabashedly feminist."

Race for state auditor gets another DFL candidate

Jack Dickinson, a small business owner from Minneapolis, became the second announced DFL candidate for state auditor.

That time #Ramona made everyone smile for a few minutes

A snafu on NPR's Facebook account on Monday night revealed how some people needed something else to focus on in the aftermath of Las Vegas, Puerto Rico, Florida and Houston.

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