Nation
Active shooter reported at Illinois industrial park
City officials say there is an active shooter situation at an industrial park in Aurora, Illinois. The city sent a tweet Friday afternoon saying police are on the scene.
Business
EPA outlines plan for water with toxic chemicals, including 3M's
3M last year settled a state of Minnesota lawsuit related to PFAS, and faces litigation in other states. Environmental and consumer groups immediately challenged the EPA's decision not to push immediately for lower limits on the chemicals in drinking and groundwater.
US says ex-intel official defected to Iran, revealed secrets
A former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran despite warnings from the FBI has been charged with revealing classified information to the Tehran government, including the code name and secret mission of a Pentagon program, prosecutors said.
Business
Online dating scams cost Americans $143 million last year
No other type of scam wreaked as much financial havoc as those rooted in romance.
Minneapolis
'I got taken': Mpls. marijuana activist in fight with Oregon partners files for bankruptcy
Randy Quast is embroiled in a messy court battle in Oregon and listed a $5 million liability as a result.
West Metro
Richest city in U.S. got even richer for third straight year, data show
Also, the west-metro suburb of Medina made its debut in the top 100 of the annual Bloomberg Richest Places index.
NASA rover finally bites the dust on Mars after 15 years
NASA's Opportunity, the Mars rover that was built to operate for just three months but kept going and going, rolling across the rocky red soil, was pronounced dead Wednesday, 15 years after it landed on the planet.
Nation
Anti-vaxxers use Facebook to spread conspiracy theories
But when it comes to policing misleading content about vaccinations, the site faces a thorny challenge.
Wichita teen dies at home, two weeks after ending 457-day hospital stay
A girl who was the first at a Kansas City hospital to walk while on an invasive form of life support has died, less than two weeks after returning to her Wichita home.
Nation
Idaho woman converts 110-year-old tree into magical Little Free Library
Little Free Libraries come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors, but few are as whimsical as the mini-library in this front yard.
Diocese finds Kentucky students didn't start confrontation
Investigators hired by a Kentucky diocese have found that Catholic school boys didn't instigate a confrontation at the Lincoln Memorial that went viral on social media.
Nation
Mars rover declared dead after 15 years
NASA's longest-running rover on Mars, Opportunity, is no more. Officials declared the 15-year-old rover Opportunity dead Wednesday, eight months after by a ferocious dust storm. Flight controllers sent one final series of recovery commands Tuesday night, accompanied by one last wake-up song, Billie Holiday's "I'll Be Seeing You." There was no response from space, only silence.
Smaller tax refunds surprise those expecting more relief
Changes to deductions and the IRS withholding tables mean some filers are getting an unexpected bill, even though they may be paying less overall.
Nation
NY police: Friendly fire apparently killed detective
New York City police say a detective was killed by friendly fire while responding to a report of an armed robbery. Police say Det. Brian Simonsen was shot at a T-Mobile store in the Richmond Hill section of Queens at about 6 p.m. Tuesday. The 42-year-old detective was a 19-year veteran.
World's oldest known wild bird hatches chick on Midway Atoll
The oldest known wild bird in the world has become a mother again at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. wildlife officials said.
Trump calls Rep. Omar apology 'lame,' says she should resign
Freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar has apologized for tweets suggesting that members of Congress support Israel because they are being paid to do so. But President Donald Trump on Tuesday called her apology "lame" and said she should resign from Congress or at least not be allowed to serve on committees.
Lake Superior could soon reach its record high water level set in 1980s
Experts are predicting higher-than-normal water levels on the Great Lakes this summer, some of which may set records.
AP sources: Prosecutors probing Enquirer after Bezos report
The National Enquirer's alleged attempt to blackmail Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos with intimate photos could get the tabloid's parent company and top editors in deep legal trouble and reopen them to prosecution for paying hush money to a Playboy model who claimed she had an affair with Donald Trump.
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