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Actually, Trump was NOT wearing his pants backward at a weekend rally

Actually, Trump was NOT wearing his pants backward at a weekend rally

Donald Trump's pants, it turns out, have legs. The unusual wrinkles in his attire raised an unlikely question: Could the former leader of the free world be wearing his suit pants backward?
by Bill Chappell

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Minnesota's tough new deadly force law gets second look

Minnesota's tough new deadly force law gets second look

The effort to enact more police accountability measures is proving difficult for Minnesota lawmakers. But there’s also a move afoot to revisit a stricter deadly force standard approved last summer in the wake of George Floyd's death.
by Brian Bakst

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MNHS History Forum: Steve Conn on the rural-urban divide in American history

MNHS History Forum: Steve Conn on the rural-urban divide in American history

Steve Conn of Miami University speaks at the Minnesota Historical Society’s “History Forum” about the urban-rural divide in America, throughout history.

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Justice Dept. says it'll no longer seize reporters' records

Justice Dept. says it'll no longer seize reporters' records

The Justice Department says it no longer will secretly obtain reporters’ records during leak investigations. It's a policy shift that abandons a practice long decried by news organizations and press freedom groups.
by The Associated Press

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Trump returns to campaign trail with election lies and dark warnings

Trump returns to campaign trail with election lies and dark warnings

Relitigating the election with baseless allegations comes as no surprise. It's been a focus of Trump's since leaving office. That was evident in an NPR analysis of nearly two months of his statements.
by Domenico Montanaro

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Trump suspended from Facebook for 2 years

Trump suspended from Facebook for 2 years

Facebook says former President Donald Trump is locked out of its platform and Instagram until at least Jan. 7, 2023. It will reinstate him only "if the risk to public safety has receded."
by Shannon Bond

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Hong Kong vigil organizer arrested on Tiananmen anniversary

Hong Kong vigil organizer arrested on Tiananmen anniversary

Police arrested an organizer of Hong Kong's annual candlelight vigil remembering the deadly crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, warned people not to attend the banned event and cordoned off parts of the venue Friday as authorities mute China's last pro-democracy voices.
by The Associated Press

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Pence: I'll likely never see eye to eye with Trump on Jan. 6

Pence: I'll likely never see eye to eye with Trump on Jan. 6

Former Vice President Mike Pence says that he isn’t sure that he and former President Donald Trump will ever see “eye to eye” over what happened on Jan. 6 but that he would “always be proud of what we accomplished for the American people over the last four years.”
by The Associated Press

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