| Good afternoon! Five teenagers from Loundoun County Va. are receiving an unusual punishment after they vandalized a historic building with racist graffiti — they all have to write book reports. The teens will visit the United States Holocaust Museum and the American History Museum's "The Day of Remembrance" exhibit — along with an assignment of one book report every month for the next 12 months, from an approved list of titles. | The Thread | Forecast |
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| In that same time, the Obama administration faced five suits; George W. Bush had four. Most of the suits against the Trump administration are about his temporary travel ban and refugee restrictions. | Minnesota, Washington state seek to block Trump travel ban |
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| Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton spoke out strongly against a proposed copper-nickel mine near the Boundary Waters during remarks Friday to the Minnesota Environmental Congress. | Dayton proposes new water quality goal without regulations |
| The U.S. military on Friday released a short clip of what it said were instructional videos seized in last weekend's Yemen raid, but it was unclear whether the video actually came from the raid. |
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| Now that he's declared his campaign for re-election, President Trump can continue to funnel money into his own businesses, but the payments will also face more scrutiny. |
| What a meme-maker and an investigative journalist teach us about the power of the Facebook empire, and how its opaque decisions harm real people. |
| Living most of life indoors can get your body clock out of phase. A fairly painless way to synch it is to spend a weekend camping, researchers say. Even the dim light of winter will do. |
| Every night in February, Michelle Courtright is hosting vegetarian dinner parties to share the message that animals raised for food in Minnesota put more greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere than passenger cars. Kellyanne Conway cited a 2011 "massacre" in Kentucky that never happened as a reason why the administration's temporary ban on immigration is necessary. |
