| Good morning! Mostly cloudy today with light easterly winds this morning and highs near 30. Do you have trouble staying awake on New Year's Eve? Well, this year it's getting just a tiny bit harder. To keep our system of time in sync with Earth's rotation, the world's foremost timekeepers are adding an extra second to 2016. | Memorable stories of 2016 | Forecast |
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| In a Cold War-era style diplomatic showdown, the United States unleashed a string of sanctions and ordered expulsion of 35 Russians in retaliation for alleged cyber-meddling against the U.S. election. | Klobuchar says Russia sanctions are 'just the beginning' |
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| The FBI's latest report, released in November, says there were 5,850 hate crimes in 2015. But law enforcement officials, including U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, will tell you that number is not exact. |
| The Republican-led Congress returns to work next week as Washington prepares for a presidential changeover like no other. Minnesota's U.S. House members are already scoping out issues where they'll agree with Trump and where they'll fight. | With Trump's victory, GOP hopes to overhaul Medicaid |
| The church and abuse victims have competing bankruptcy plans. | Betrayed by Silence |
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| In a hopeful sign for northern Minnesota's mining industry, U.S. Steel said Thursday it will reopen the Keetac Plant in Keewatin after recently securing deals to supply iron ore pellets. |
| The Timberjay, an award-winning northern Minnesota paper, was sued by its part-owners in what the publisher labeled an act of retaliation. |
| The sessions, to be held Jan. 9-11, come six months after Philando Castile, an African-American man, was killed by Officer Jeronimo Yanez during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights. |
| The state is joining a federal lawsuit already in court that seeks to halt the project until it satisfies environmental requirements. "Pengci" is an ancient scam that is being updated for modern times in China. |
