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Despite #MeToo, rape cases still confound police

Despite #MeToo, rape cases still confound police

The #MeToo movement is empowering victims of sexual assault to speak up like never before. But police departments in the U.S. are becoming less and less likely to successfully close rape investigations.
by Associated Press

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Supreme Court rejects Trump plea to enforce asylum ban

Supreme Court rejects Trump plea to enforce asylum ban

The Supreme Court won't let the Trump administration begin enforcing a ban on asylum for any immigrants who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg undergoes surgery for lung cancer

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg undergoes surgery for lung cancer

Short of complications in recovery, doctors say prospects look good for a full recovery for Ginsburg, 85. She hopes to be back on the court for the start of the new term in early January.
by Nina Totenberg

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Minnesota sues Comcast alleging overcharges, broken promises

Minnesota sues Comcast alleging overcharges, broken promises

The cable TV and internet giant overcharged customers for cable packages, charged consumers for unordered services and didn't deliver the prepaid Visa cards promised in its promotions, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson said Friday.
by MPR News Staff

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Trump Foundation to dissolve amid New York AG's investigation

Trump Foundation to dissolve amid New York AG's investigation

The New York attorney general's office detailed what it called "a shocking pattern of illegality" and said the foundation's decision to shutter was "an important victory for the rule of law."

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Archbishop Hebda bars Nienstedt from celebrating mass in Twin Cities

Archbishop Hebda bars Nienstedt from celebrating mass in Twin Cities

Archbishop Bernard Hebda says he is troubled by the Vatican's failure to conclude an investigation into allegations that former Archbishop John Nienstedt behaved inappropriately with young men.
by Martin Moylan

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Ex-judges to ICE: End immigration arrests at courthouses

Dozens of retired state and federal judges called Wednesday on U.S. immigration officials to stop making arrests at courthouses of people suspected of being in the country illegally.
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Minnesota man who drove into crowd gets 5 years in prison

A Minnesota man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for driving into a crowd of partygoers and injuring six of them.
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