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Warren makes first Minnesota stop in 2020 presidential bid
Elizabeth Warren drew thousands of Minnesotans to St. Paul’s Macalester College for a campaign speech Monday, her first trip to the state as she seeks the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
Accused mosque bomber's attorneys say hate crime law doesn't apply to Hari's case
Attorneys for a man suspected in the firebombing of a suburban Twin Cities mosque two years ago say that the most serious charges against their client should be dismissed. Michael Hari’s defense team claims the laws their client is charged with breaking are unconstitutional.
For black mothers and babies, prejudice is a stubborn health risk
Noya Israel said the disrespectful treatment she felt at her child's birth didn’t surprise her. “I figured it was just natural, it was normal,” she said. “At that age, I didn't question my doctors." When it came time to deliver her third child  — and again, most recently, with Kezia — Israel went to Roots Community Birth Center in Camden, a predominantly African-American neighborhood of north Minneapolis. 
Omar: Israel's treatment of Palestinians ‘not consistent with being a democracy’
U.S. Reps Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan sharply criticized Israel for blocking them last week from a visit and for its treatment of Palestinians in the occupied territories.
Poll: Americans, including Republicans and gun owners, broadly support red flag laws
Strong majorities of Americans from across the political spectrum support laws that allow family members or law enforcement to petition a judge to temporarily remove guns from a person who is seen to be a risk to themselves or others, according to a new APM Research Lab/Guns & America/Call To Mind survey.
White House insists 'fundamentals' of U.S. economy are strong
The "fundamentals" of the U.S. economy are solid, the White House asserted, invoking an ill-fated political declaration of a decade ago amid mounting concern that a recession could imperil President Donald Trump's reelection.
U.S. tests missile with a range prohibited by now-abandoned treaty

The Pentagon says it tested a modified cruise missile that flew "more than 500 kilometers" — a distance prohibited under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty scrapped earlier this month.

Britain's Boris Johnson appeals to EU to drop 'Irish backstop' demand
The prime minister, in a letter to EU Council President Donald Tusk, calls the backstop deal reached by his predecessor "anti-democratic and inconsistent with the sovereignty of the U.K."
Cigarettes can't be advertised on TV. Should Juul ads be permitted?
Though tobacco ads have been banned from TV for about 50 years, the marketing of electronic cigarettes isn't constrained by the law. Public health advocates consider that a loophole that hurts kids.
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