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Man with loaded gun arrested at checkpoint near Donald Trump's weekend rally in Southern California

Man with loaded gun arrested at checkpoint near Donald Trump's weekend rally in Southern California

Authorities say a Nevada man with a shotgun and a loaded handgun in his vehicle was arrested at a security checkpoint outside Donald Trump’s rally Saturday night in the Southern California desert.
by The Associated Press

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Inside the TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting ‘attractive’ people

Inside the TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting ‘attractive’ people

A trove of secret documents show teens’ increasingly reliant on TikTok and how executives were acutely aware of the potential harm the app can cause young people, but appeared unconcerned.
by Bobby Allyn, Sylvia Goodman and Dara Kerr

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This year's 'October surprise' may be no surprise at all

This year's 'October surprise' may be no surprise at all

It is not uncommon for political commentators to call a late-breaking story during a presidential election an "October surprise" — even when there is little evidence that it mattered all that much.
by Ron Elving

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Hunting for male voters: Walz steps into the field for the pheasant opener

Hunting for male voters: Walz steps into the field for the pheasant opener

Gov. Tim Walz had more pheasant hunting companions than usual for this year’s opener near Sleepy Eye, on Saturday. Flanked by a team of earpiece-wearing Secret Service agents and roughly a dozen members of the press, Walz and his 4-person hunting party set out into a golden, sunlit field on private land as soon as the season officially opened at 9 a.m.
by Ben Hovland and The Associated Press

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Walz returns to Mankato to reprise role as coach, deliver football pep talk and campaign a little

Walz returns to Mankato to reprise role as coach, deliver football pep talk and campaign a little

The governor stopped through on a campaign visit marking the 25th anniversary of the season the Mankato West football team won the state championship with him as assistant coach. He will attend the Governors Pheasant opener in Sleepy Eye Saturday.
by Hannah Yang

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Battle to shore up bases remains as Election Day nears

Battle to shore up bases remains as Election Day nears

MPR News politics editor Brian Bakst and his guest talks about deadly conflicts in the Middle East and how those have factored into domestic politics. Plus, we follow up with two Generation Z voters about how they’re approaching the election.
by Brian Bakst, Matthew Alvarez and Ellie Roth

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Minnesota’s ‘uncommitted’ voters go into election unsatisfied over lack of cease-fire, conflicted over Harris

Minnesota’s ‘uncommitted’ voters go into election unsatisfied over lack of cease-fire, conflicted over Harris

Minnesota sent the most “uncommitted” delegates to the Democratic National Convention in protest of President Joe Biden’s stance toward Israeli’s military actions in Gaza. Now, with current Vice President Kamala Harris atop the ticket but tied to the prior administration’s policies, those voters face hard choices at the ballot box.
by Clay Masters

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