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Congressional tour of Texas border facility
The visit to a facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas, comes as the Biden administration faces a growing humanitarian and political challenge at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Activism is on the rise in Minnesota's Asian American communities
Long silent about racist slurs and slights, young people are speaking out.
Nation
New doubts over roles for Southern Baptist women
For many women of the Southern Baptist Convention, the topic of gender became more volatile this month when popular Bible teacher Beth Moore said she no longer considered herself Southern Baptist.
Nation
Minnesota hopeful on Biden vaccine goal
Minnesota Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm made the comment in a public briefing led by U.S. Sen. Tina Smith and Rep. Dean Phillips.
Politics
Sen. Amy Klobuchar faces down GOP barrage on voting rights act
She said the sweeping voting rights bill "simply tries to make it easier to vote."
Nation
Deadly fire at N.Y. assisted living facility
A firefighter who was trapped in a blaze that swept through a suburban New York assisted living home was found dead Wednesday, a day after the fire caused a partial collapse of the building and killed one resident.
Sports
Recording Registry adds albums by Janet Jackson, Nas
Janet Jackson's socially conscious album "Rhythm Nation 1814," Louis Armstrong's jazzy "When the Saints Go Marching In" and Nas' debut release "Illmatic" are among 25 recordings being inducted to the National Recording Registry.
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Texas law enforcement adds to US border response
The Texas Department of Public Safety, whose responsibilities do not include enforcing federal immigration laws, offered news media tours of aerial and river patrols of the Rio Grande Valley.
Nation
D.C. statehood group looks to Klobuchar for help
The Minnesota senator says Congress needs to pass separate legislation granting D.C. statehood.
Nation
Psaki: Children fleeing violence 'is not a crisis'
The White House said Monday it is "working to finalize details" of a plan to allow press access to the southern border facilities where migrants are being held.
Nation
Police: 10 killed in Colorado supermarket shooting
A shooting at a Colorado supermarket killed 10 people Monday, including a police officer who was the first to respond to the scene, authorities said.
Business
Miami's South Beach confronts disastrous spring break
Florida's famed South Beach is desperately seeking a new image.
Health
Colorado suspect got assault weapon 6 days before shooting
The suspect accused of opening fire inside a crowded Colorado supermarket was a 21-year-old man who purchased an assault weapon less than a week earlier, authorities said Tuesday, a day after the attack that killed 10 people, including a police officer.
Local
Groups push climate change study of upper Mississippi River
Environmental groups are calling on Midwestern governors to produce a climate change study of the Upper Mississippi River Basin.
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Fencing around U.S. Capitol removed as threats ease
Lawmakers in Congress had pressed officials for weeks about when the fence would come down.
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Protesters rally in Atlanta against hate
While the suspect, a 21-year-old white man, hasn't been charged with hate crimes, advocates and scholars say race is an inherent component in Tuesday's killings.
Nation
Lives taken in Atlanta: Dreamer, striver, mother
The eight slain had come a long way to the storefronts of metro Atlanta, in pursuit of the American dream.
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CDC updates school guidance for in-person learning
The revised recommendations represent a turn away from the 6-foot standard that has sharply limited how many students some schools can accommodate.
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