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Chinese spacecraft lands on moon's far side
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A petition to the White House suggests giving Minnesota's scenic Northwest Angle to Canada.
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Swedes end year with no formal government in place
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U allowed atmosphere leading to alleged rape by Chinese billionaire, lawyers claim
Accuser's attorney contends U officials ignored "sexually hostile environment."
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Minneapolis
Chinese billionaire won't be charged with rape, county attorney says
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced Friday that Chinese billionaire Richard Liu will not be charged with rape in connection with an incident involving a University of Minnesota student.
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Twin Cities community leaders call for end to deportations of Vietnam War-era refugees
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German journalist admits to fabricating 2017 article on Fergus Falls
Claas Relotius no longer works for Der Spiegel, a news magazine that said he fabricated at least 14 of nearly 60 articles.
Trump pulling all US troops from Syria, declaring IS defeat
President Donald Trump is pulling all 2,000 U.S. troops out of Syria, officials announced Wednesday as the president suddenly declared victory over the Islamic State, contradicting his own experts' assessments and sparking surprise and outrage from his party's lawmakers who called his action rash and dangerous.
Local
New business aims to mend broken family trees, from Sweden to Minnesota
New business helps make genealogy links, guides tours for Minnesotans.
Music
Dutch government doing all it can to support family of slain Minn. blues musician
Mother expected to bring daughter's body home from Rotterdam this week.
Nation
Instagram was a bigger Russian election tool than Facebook, Senate report says
The troll farm that sought to divide Americans with misinformation and meme content around the 2016 election received more engagement on Instagram than it did on any other social media platform.
Nation
Russian 2016 influence operation targeted black voters
Researchers discovered many examples of the Russian operators building an audience with one theme and then shifting to another, often more provocative, set of messages.
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