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Report knocks MN House over sex misconduct investigations

A formal inquiry into sexual harassment charges against former Rep. Tony Cornish concludes that House policies on harassment are not clear and that some lawmakers believe they won't face discipline.

President Trump to meet with Kim Jong Un, White House says

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un asked President Trump to talks, in an invitation conveyed by South Korean officials. The White House press secretary said the president will accept the invitation.

Former Starkey executive, associate convicted in fraud scheme

Federal jurors in Minneapolis Thursday convicted a former hearing aid company executive and one of his business associates in a multi-million dollar fraud scheme.

Your yard is a powerful force against climate change
City yards are more than just idle patches of grass. They're also powerful traps of carbon -- a primary cause of the warming climate, put into the atmosphere as a gas by human activity.
School shooting calls released; gun bill on governor's desk

As a gun-control bill sits on the governor's desk, the Broward County Sheriff's Office released 12 minutes of radio transmissions from its deputies and a neighboring police agency highlighting the chaos during the Feb. 14 attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Childbirth risks rise when rural hospitals end delivery services

University of Minnesota researchers say they found disturbing increases in health risks for child-bearing women in remote rural counties that lost obstetric hospital services.

Ten Commandments plaque removed from Hibbing courthouse

County Administrator Kevin Gray says the northeastern Minnesota county received a letter last month from the Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, questioning the plaque.

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Augsburg professor faces possible deportation

Immigration officials have ordered a tenured Augsburg University professor to show up for a meeting to review his case and discuss a "plan for removal" Friday, and colleagues and others who fear his deportation plan to rally around him.

'Trying to expand what music is and can be' with the SPCO
This weekend SPCO artistic partner Martin Frost will present the world premier of a piece where not only will he conduct and play the clarinet, he will use a motion control device to create sound with his body movements.
Obama in talks to produce shows for Netflix, report says

The former president is in negotiations to produce a series of high-profile shows for Netflix, according to The New York Times. The number of episodes and show formats have not been decided.

Hometown heroes: Vadnais Heights honors Olympic hockey sisters
Marissa and Hannah Brandt gained an international following as sisters who played on two different hockey teams in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. On Thursday, it was time to celebrate at home.
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