| Good morning! Have you always wanted to have your own news blog? Well today is your lucky day. MPR News blogger Bob Collins is letting you write NewsCut. "The only guideline is whatever you contribute today, it can't leave us feeling hopeless, anxious, or angry," he writes. You can submit your post in the comments of the blog post or email your story to [email protected] if you'd like to make it a separate post entry. "No pressure, but don't let us down. We're all counting on you." | Forecast |
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| The Senate early Friday rejected a measure to repeal parts of former President Barack Obama's health care law after a night of high suspense in the U.S. Capitol. |
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| In a pull-no-punches, impromptu CNN interview that he said was authorized by the president, Anthony Scaramucci went after chief of staff Reince Priebus in graphic terms. | Top Trump aide says ethics filings discourage potential government employees |
| NPR's Shankar Vedantam hosts his Hidden Brain podcast live at the Aspen Ideas Festival. He talks with Kate Darling of MIT about how we interact with machines, and what her research tells us about empathy, intelligence, consciousness, and the way humans relate to other humans. |
| The poultry industry may be on the verge of adopting ambitious new animal-welfare standards, giving chickens more space and daylight, and even returning to older, slower-growing chicken breeds. |
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| Tuesday is the first day for candidates to officially file for city races, but there are five running for St. Paul mayor already raring to go. Here's a look. |
| Both sides involved in a racially charged parking lot confrontation are expressing regret amid calls for a dialogue about race relations in the Fargo-Moorhead area. |
| MnDOT offered few details about the nature of the damage. |
| A fatal amusement ride accident this week at the Ohio State Fair has prompted the Mall of America to shut down one of its rides in Nickelodeon Universe. A coalition of African American church and civil rights leaders called for Minneapolis officials to approve Medaria Arradondo as the city's first black police chief. | Police board declines to name training fund in Castile's honor |
