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Brains and Losses: The bottom line on aging and financial vulnerability

Brains and Losses: The bottom line on aging and financial vulnerability

Neuroscientists and gerontologists see evidence that people aging normally can become more vulnerable to financial exploitation. Marketplace's David Brancaccio and his team have identified fraud victims and their families who have been willing to tell their stories.
by MPR News Staff

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Documentary traces how Vietnamese-Americans developed the nail salon industry

Documentary traces how Vietnamese-Americans developed the nail salon industry

If you got a manicure lately, chances are your nail salon was run by Vietnamese-American entrepreneurs. In "Nailed It," director Adele Free Pham investigates how refugees built a multi-billion-dollar industry.
by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

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Watch: Defunct steelmaker's 21-story headquarters imploded

Watch: Defunct steelmaker's 21-story headquarters imploded

Sixteen thousand tons of Bethlehem Steel collapsed in a matter of seconds Sunday as a demolition crew imploded Martin Tower, the defunct steelmaker's former world headquarters in Pennsylvania.
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A big, hairy solution to restoring Minnesota's prairies

A big, hairy solution to restoring Minnesota's prairies

Bison will again roam a 170-acre swath of land at Belwin Conservancy near the Twin Cities this summer, where their presence benefits the restored tallgrass prairie.
by Cody Nelson

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Flooding disrupts barge traffic on the Mississippi River

Flooding disrupts barge traffic on the Mississippi River

Many of the locks and dams on the Mississippi that closed due to flooding that started in March have reopened, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers doesn't expect the river to be fully unimpeded until possibly June.
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Duluth to dig up a section of Superior Street - again

Duluth to dig up a section of Superior Street - again

Less than a year after wrapping up construction on the first phase of a massive rebuild of the main route through downtown Duluth, the city plans to begin digging up that section of the street again next week to repair a water leak.
by Dan Kraker

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U.S. will lift tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada and Mexico

U.S. will lift tariffs on steel and aluminum from Canada and Mexico

The Trump administration has reached a deal to lift tariffs on steel and other imports from Canada and Mexico, in a move that could make it easier to ratify the USMCA trade pact.
by Bill Chappell

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McCollum seeks study on Twin Metals' potential to pollute Canada

McCollum seeks study on Twin Metals' potential to pollute Canada

DFL Rep. Betty McCollum wants the federal government to examine the pollution risk posed to Canada from a proposed copper-nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota near the Boundary Waters.
by Dan Kraker

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Trump delays auto tariffs for 6 months

Trump delays auto tariffs for 6 months

The Trump administration announced Friday that it will delay tariffs on cars and auto part imports for six months while it negotiates trade deals with Japan and the European Union.
by Avie Schneider and Camila Domonoske

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