Good afternoon. This past week, the Trump administration disbanded a climate change panel. Now, President Trump has lost another scientist. And in his resignation letter as the State Department's science envoy, Daniel Kammen made a little acrostic, apparently giving a one-word instruction for Congress. | NewsCut | Forecast |
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It's almost the end of summer, time maybe to get one last camping trip in before school starts. But if your favorite state park campground is booked, you now have another option: reserve your own personal site on private land. |
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David Rubenstein asks, and tries to answer, the question, "Are the Founding Fathers overrated?" He says they were talented and courageous people, who deserve all the credit they get for putting the country together and creating a durable constitution... but they could not figure out a way to deal with America's biggest original defect: slavery. |
An anti-racism panel denounced the U.S. response to "horrific events" in Charlottesville, Va. It did not mention President Trump by name, but referred to "failure at the highest political level." | Charlottesville covers Confederate statue with black shroud |
Art Blakey has been chief of police for the state fair for 37 years. This will be his last. As he gets ready to retire, he looks back on his long career in law enforcement and those hot summer days at the fair. | Click here to see the least-crowded day to go to the State fair |
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Every year, a panel of British citizens determines the funniest one-liner of the festival. This year, Ken Cheng took home the prize, with a quip about a coin. A burn of President Trump placed second. |
The pilot project would require boats to be checked, and decontaminated if necessary, at a regional inspection station in Annandale. It's part of an effort to combat invasive species that have infested about 5 percent of the Minnesota's lakes. | Volunteer 'detectors' will watch the water in invasive species fight |
Western music and dancing is taboo in Saudi Arabia, but such incidents in the past have not necessarily led to lengthy imprisonment or serious punishment. |
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