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Vegas gunman had booked hotel overlooking Chicago's Lollapalooza fest
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Trump Justice Dept ends transgender workplace protections

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said "this is a conclusion of law, not policy." And he said the move should not be construed to condone mistreatment of transgender people.

GOP lawmakers reject state worker contracts

A Minnesota legislative panel Thursday voted down two recently-negotiated contract agreements covering more than 30,000 state workers.

Seven of the most haunted houses in literature

What's your favorite haunted house in fiction? Where would you never spend the night? The Thread looks at some of the most nightmarish literary locales.

South Dakota St. Bernard has record-longest tongue for a dog

Mochi's owner, Carla Rickert, says seeing her dog's picture in the record book is going to make all those years of cleaning up slobber worth it.

Judge: Wells Fargo executives, board must face lawsuit over fake accounts

A federal judge said current and former Wells Fargo & Co officers and directors must face nearly all of a lawsuit by shareholders seeking to hold them personally liable for sales abuses and the creations of millions of unauthorized accounts.

House passes GOP budget in key step for upcoming tax debate

The plan, passed by a near party-line vote of 219-206, calls for more than $5 trillion in spending cuts over the coming decade, promising to slash Medicaid by about $1 trillion over the next 10 years.

New head of ACLU-MN says protecting Constitution is critical

Longtime Twin Cities attorney John Gordon was named executive director of the organization's Minnesota chapter Thursday.

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