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Watchdog sues White House for Twin Metals lobbying details
The group's goal is to shed light on how Antofagasta, the powerful Chilean mining company that owns Twin Metals, lobbied to get its crucial mining leases renewed after the Obama administration ruled that the mine posed too many environmental risks.
Trump calls out Rapinoe for comments about White House visit
President Donald Trump called out U.S. women's national team co-captain Megan Rapinoe after a months-old video was posted on social media in which she used profanity when she said she wasn't going to the White House if the team wins the Women's World Cup.
Local
Minneapolis pastor faces unprecedented defrocking over LGBT stance
The Evangelical Covenant Church is voting over whether to evict a Minneapolis pastor and his entire church over support of the LGBT community. If evicted, it would be the first time in the denomination's more than 130-year history that a minister and congregation have been forced out.
Nation
A grim border drowning underlines peril facing many migrants losing hope of asylum
The man and his 23-month-old daughter lay face down in shallow water along the bank of the Rio Grande, his black shirt hiked up to his chest with the girl tucked inside. Her arm was draped around his neck suggesting she clung to him in her final moments.
Local
Freed from Alaskan glacier's decades-long grip, Minnesota airman's remains heading home
Air Force mechanic Verne C. Budahn died in a plane crash in Alaska in 1952.
Border official resigns amid uproar over migrant children
The acting head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection resigned Tuesday amid an uproar over the discovery of migrant children being held in pitiful conditions at one of the agency's stations in Texas.
Duluth
Appeals court orders review of 'irregularities' in PolyMet permit
Ruling raises additional questions about the proposed copper mine on the eve of PolyMet's shareholder meeting in Toront
Smoke from US wildfires boosting health risk for millions
Climate change in the Western U.S. means more intense and frequent wildfires churning out waves of smoke that scientists say will sweep across the continent to affect tens of millions of people and cause a spike in premature deaths.
Minneapolis
'There is no safe space,' Latinos say, as threats of ICE raids linger
Business is down in a thriving immigrant hub in Minneapolis and residents are on high alert as President Trump steps up his threat of deportations.
Knitters' social network bans posts supporting Trump from website
A free, 8-million strong social network for knitters, crocheters and others in the fiber arts has banned any mention of support for President Donald Trump and his administration.
Nation
Angry residents confront Buttigieg at town hall
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg faced criticism Sunday from angry residents of South Bend, Indiana, at an emotional town hall meeting a week after a white police officer fatally shot a black man in the city where he is mayor.
Nation
Wallendas safely cross Times Square on high wire
Two siblings from the famed Flying Wallendas safely crossed Times Square on a high wire strung between two skyscrapers 25 stories above the pavement.
Business
Deals by UnitedHealth, other health giants set off antitrust alarms in D.C.
Vertical integration in health care has set off alarm bells.
Local
Minn. think tank official suspended over comments to New York Times
Kim Crockett has apologized after criticizing Minnesota's influx of Somali immigrants
Court tosses black man's murder conviction over racial bias
The Supreme Court on Friday threw out the murder conviction and death sentence for a black man in Mississippi because of a prosecutor's efforts to keep African Americans off the jury. The defendant already has been tried six times and now could face a seventh trial.
Nation
Missing for nearly 70 years, Korean War veteran's body is finally returned home
The private was honored at the N.C. Capitol and will be buried at Arlington.
After calling off strikes on Iran, Trump suggests patience
President Donald Trump said Friday he abruptly called off the swiftly planned military strikes on Iran because the likely deaths of 150 Iranians would have been so out of proportion to the shootdown of an unmanned American surveillance drone. He also indicated he still hopes for talks with Iranian leaders rather than any escalation of military conflict.
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