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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.
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Appeals court orders review of 'irregularities' in PolyMet permit
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Minneapolis
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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
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Angry residents confront Buttigieg at town hall
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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.
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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.
Judge orders special prosecutor to examine Smollett probe
A judge decided to appoint a special prosecutor Friday to investigate the decision by Cook County prosecutors to dismiss all charges against actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of lying to the police by claiming he was the victim of a racist and homophobic attack in downtown Chicago in January.
Wis. Dems look to other lawsuits to block GOP lame-duck laws after court ruling
Wisconsin Democrats trying to undo laws passed by Republicans during a lame-duck session just before Gov. Scott Walker left office are putting their hopes behind a federal court challenge following a resounding legal defeat Friday.
Minneapolis
Minneapolis law firm wins death sentence reversal for Arkansas man with intellectual disability
"This is a groundbreaking and just outcome," said Dorsey & Whitney attorney Steven Wells.
Survey sees biggest US honeybee winter die-off yet
Winter hit U.S. honeybees hard with the highest loss rate yet, an annual survey of beekeepers showed.
Trump could have tough time meeting his deportation threat
President Donald Trump could have a tough time making good on his threat to deport millions of people living in the U.S. illegally. But maybe that wasn't his point.
Business
Lawsuit says feds improperly seeking loan repayments from students of defunct school
Suit challenges federal collection for Minnesota School of Business and Globe University.
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