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Trump moves to ban bump stocks

A senior Justice Department official said Tuesday that bump stocks will be banned under the federal law that prohibits machine guns.
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The Trump administration moved Tuesday to officially ban bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like automatic firearms, and has made them illegal to possess beginning in late March.

Permit denied for large hog feedlot in southeastern Minnesota

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Decision by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency upset opponents of the facility, who had hoped for a stringent environmental review of the land and the proposal's impact.
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Joan Gabel was voted the University of Minnesota's new president.

U regents choose Joan Gabel as school's first female president

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The Board of Regents voted unanimously to name Joan Gabel, currently the provost at the University of South Carolina, to the University of Minnesota's top job.
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