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Minnesota Somalis plan vigil for those impacted by bombing

Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar is hosting a vigil in the heart of a Minneapolis Somali neighborhood on Monday evening to pray for the people of Mogadishu and families who lost loved ones.

Corruption probe prompts reviews of NCAA teams

More than two dozen universities with major hoops programs have responded to news of the sport's bribery scandal by conducting internal reviews of their compliance operations.

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Trump, McConnell insist they're together for GOP agenda

The two took questions at length from a quickly assembled White House press corps that stood bunched together on the lawn since there wasn't time to set up chairs. | More headaches for struggling Congress

At least 3 killed as historic storm Ophelia hits Ireland, turns U.K. skies red

The remnants of post-tropical cyclone Ophelia hit parts of Ireland with wind gusts of more than 90 miles per hour. The storm knocked out power to some 360,000 customers.

EPA OKs new curbs on controversial weed killer

Farmers using dicamba next summer on their soybean fields will face new restrictions, the EPA says. One of the biggest changes: only trained workers can apply the herbicide.

Federal jury in N.Y. convicts man for 'crimes of terror' in Chelsea bombing

Ahmad Khan Rahimi "now faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison," says acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim.

Justices to hear government's email dispute with Microsoft

The case is among several legal clashes that Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft and other technology companies have had with the government over questions of digital privacy and authorities' need for information to combat crime and extremism.

White House: $4,000 more a year for families with business tax cuts

Spread across every U.S. household, the White House analysis claims it would generate "conservatively" an income jump totaling $504 billion, or about $200 billion more than the revenues currently generated by the corporate income tax.

'To Kill a Mockingbird' taken off Mississippi school's reading list

School board vice president Kenny Holloway says the district received complaints that some of the book's language "makes people uncomfortable."

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