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Jimmy Fallon to Parkland graduates: 'That was you choosing hope over fear'

Jimmy Fallon to Parkland graduates: 'That was you choosing hope over fear'

As a surprise speaker at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School graduation, The Tonight Show host offered the Class of 2018 a hopeful message, months after a shooter killed 17 classmates and teachers.
by Emma Bowman

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One woman's Facebook success story: A support group for 1.7 million

One woman's Facebook success story: A support group for 1.7 million

Inspired by the kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls, Lola Omolola started a Facebook group that soared in size and quickly became a support network for women around the globe.
by Aarti Shahani

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Students graduate from Texas school where shooting killed 10

Students graduate from Texas school where shooting killed 10

The Santa Fe High School seniors gathered on the artificial-turf field to become the school's first to graduate since two substitute teachers and eight fellow students died in a mass shooting May 18.
by Associated Press

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Minneapolis high school plans to reopen Monday after threat

School district officials didn't provide details of the threat. But spokesperson Dirk Tedmon says classes were canceled Friday because there was no time to complete an investigation.
by The Associated Press

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Scripps Bee winner out-spells record 515 contestants

Scripps Bee winner out-spells record 515 contestants

Karthik Nemmani, 14, won with the word "koinonia," referring to Christian fellowship or communion. All three finalists hail from Texas.
by Scott Neuman

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Juxtaposition Arts has designs on a bigger, bolder future

Juxtaposition Arts has designs on a bigger, bolder future

The north Minneapolis nonprofit is embarking on a major expansion of its offerings, which it hopes will allow its students to move from designing products to building them, too.
by Marianne Combs

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Meet the Minnesota kids at the National Spelling Bee, and the words that took them down

Meet the Minnesota kids at the National Spelling Bee, and the words that took them down

There is nothing quite so simultaneously sweet, inspiring and heartbreaking as the Scripps National Spelling Bee. This year seven Minnesota students made it to the competition. None of them made it to the final round.
by Marianne Combs

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Law school reckoning: University of Minnesota wants more subsidies to stay selective

Law school reckoning: University of Minnesota wants more subsidies to stay selective

The University of Minnesota is finally seeing a slight increase in enrollment after a huge decrease in the early 2010s. But the school is still hurting financially and relying on subsidies to maintain its stature.
by Peter Cox

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