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December 7, 2018 8:11 AM

MPR News photojournalist took one of the world’s 100 best pictures of 2018

We are in the time of year when we organize annual lists of top stories. Time today issued its list of the 100 best photos of 2018. MPR News photojournalist Evan Frost made the impressive cut with this one. If you don’t know the story of the raccoon, we welcome you from your slumber. It’s…

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December 7, 2018 7:07 AM

Undocumented housekeeper who blew whistle on Trump resort gives up job

We know a little more today about what's going to happen to Victorina Morales, the undocumented worker in one of President Trump's resorts, who came forward in yesterday's New York Times to suggest the resort knows she's undocumented while the president speaks ill of such people.

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December 7, 2018 3:20 AM

On the challenge of assessing a politician’s 94 years

Nobody is in a more precarious position in assessing a person who hasn't been buried yet than the nation's journalists, as NPR ombudsman Elizabeth Jensen makes clear this week in her column.

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December 7, 2018 2:32 AM

MN man can’t get driver’s license even though he did nothing wrong

Mark Brown, of Apple Valley, should just drive without a license. Then ask for a jury trial when/if he's nabbed by the gendarmes. If there's justice in the world, a small group of honest men and women will let him skate.

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December 7, 2018 1:09 AM

‘Enemy of the people?’ A rebuttal from the scene of a massacre

Having patted himself on the back (according to White House sources) for keeping a civil tongue during the days of services for former President George H. W. Bush this week, President Trump returned to the security blanket of Twitter late Thursday.

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December 7, 2018 12:10 AM

What’s on MPR News – 12/7/18

Here are the stories, topics, and guests you'll hear today on MPR News.

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December 6, 2018 2:20 PM

Buddy the Elf in random pillow fights

It'd be OK with us if Brendan Evans' idea catches on and becomes a holiday sensation; the world can use a little of whatever he's having.

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December 6, 2018 7:55 AM

A housekeeper in a Trump hotel risks everything to speak her truth

Victorina Morales isn't just any member of a housekeeping staff at a hotel. Victoria Morales is a member of a housekeeping at a Donald Trump hotel.

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December 6, 2018 5:19 AM

Kicked off bus for bullying, girl forced to walk

It was a long walk to school this week for Kirsten Cox, of Swanton, Ohio, who got kicked off the school bus for bullying and was forced by her dad to walk to school instead. That's his story, anyway.

by Bob Collins