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What's new in the new Minneapolis 2040 plan?

What's new in the new Minneapolis 2040 plan?

The City of Minneapolis released a new draft of its comprehensive plan called Minneapolis 2040 on Friday. For a city planning document, it received a lot of feedback: more than 10,000 comments on its initial draft.
by Max Nesterak

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The American Dream is harder to find in some neighborhoods

The American Dream is harder to find in some neighborhoods

A new data tool finds a strong correlation between where people grew up and their chances of climbing the economic ladder. Charlotte, N.C., hopes to use it to improve residents' economic mobility.
by John Ydstie

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Latest hurdle in grueling U.S. daycare hunt: wait-list fees

Latest hurdle in grueling U.S. daycare hunt: wait-list fees

With demand for high-quality preschools seemingly insatiable yet supply starkly limited in America's most expensive cities, nonrefundable waiting list fees are becoming routine.
by Associated Press

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Airport workers in New York, New Jersey to receive minimum of $19 per hour

Airport workers in New York, New Jersey to receive minimum of $19 per hour

It's being called the highest minimum wage in the country. Thousands of airport workers in New York and New Jersey — baggage handlers, cabin cleaners, people at concession stands — will see their hourly pay rise to $19 by 2023.
by Sasha Ingber

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Sexual assault, memory, details and the brain

At the heart of the divide over Christine Blasey Ford's allegations of sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh are the details, or lack of details, in her account. NPR's Rachel Martin spoke to an expert on how the brain processes details in the trauma of a sexual assault.

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Funding the immigration crackdown at the 'unsustainable rate'

Funding the immigration crackdown at the 'unsustainable rate'

The deportation and detention of immigrants in the wake of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown is costing the government millions, and forcing reallocations of funds.
by Joel Rose and John Burnett

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Massacre clouds story of the soldier on Minnesota's pedestal

Massacre clouds story of the soldier on Minnesota's pedestal

Josias King, honored as the first soldier to volunteer for the Union, was a close aide to the commander of an Indian massacre.
by Eric Ringham

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David Brooks calls for community building and redemption in America

David Brooks calls for community building and redemption in America

David Brooks told a Minnesota audience Monday night that the country is "lost in a valley of our hostilities and resentments," but he has faith in human nature to seek redemption, and for the American people to come together.
by MPR News Staff

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Taken for a ride: M.D. injured in ATV crash gets $56,603 bill for air ambulance trip

Taken for a ride: M.D. injured in ATV crash gets $56,603 bill for air ambulance trip

After an accident in an all-terrain vehicle crushed a doctor's left arm, he was whisked by air ambulance to the closest trauma center for specialized care. Soon he was fighting over the $56,603 bill.
by Alison Kodjak

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