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August 20, 2015 at 4:44PM
O'Shea Jackson Jr. stars as Ice Cube in "Straight Outta Compton." (Photo courtesy Universal Pictures/TNS) ORG XMIT: 1172232
O’Shea Jackson Jr. stars as Ice Cube in “Straight Outta Compton.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Who's up The astounding $60.2 million earned by "Straight Outta Compton" made it the biggest R-rated August opening ever.

Who's down Meanwhile, moviegoers in Compton have to go elsewhere to view it, as no theaters are left in the city. The area "has been heavily de-invested in," a USC sociology professor explains.

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Eviction filings up in Minnesota amid ICE surge

FILE -- A rent deposit slot at an apartment complex in Tucker, Ga., on July 21, 2020. As an eviction crisis has seemed increasingly likely this summer, everyone in the housing market has made the same plea to Washington: Send money — lots of it — that would keep renters in their homes and landlords afloat. (Melissa Golden/The New York Times) ORG XMIT: XNYT58
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It’s too soon to tell how much the immigration crackdown is to blame.

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How do Minnesota pros prepare for a game? Collier, Faber, Gobert and others showed us.

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