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For a few hours, a sculpted dog was urinating on the 'Fearless Girl'

For a few hours, a sculpted dog was urinating on the 'Fearless Girl'

The statue of a defiant girl has confronted Wall Street's "Charging Bull" for months, much to the chagrin of the bull's sculptor. Briefly Monday, another sculptor made clear which side he's on.
by Colin Dwyer

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Walker expected to announce 'Scaffold' fate Wednesday

Walker expected to announce 'Scaffold' fate Wednesday

Officials were meeting with Dakota elders in an effort to resolve the controversy that has postponed the Sculpture Garden's reopening.
by Euan Kerr

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When schools meet trauma with understanding, not discipline

When schools meet trauma with understanding, not discipline

Children in New Orleans suffer from trauma at high rates. Now, several schools there are focused on catching and helping students whose behavior may be a response to their suffering.
by Eve Troeh and Mallory Falk

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Sports writer loses job over tweet on Japanese Indy winner

Sports writer loses job over tweet on Japanese Indy winner

A veteran sports writer is no longer working with The Denver Post after he posted on Twitter that he was "uncomfortable with a Japanese driver winning the Indianapolis 500 during Memorial Day weekend.
by The Associated Press

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Baltimore mayor considers removal of Confederate monuments

Baltimore mayor considers removal of Confederate monuments

Mayor Catherine Pugh says she wants to "take a closer look at how we go about following in the footsteps of New Orleans," which removed its confederate monuments earlier this month.
by Jim Kane

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Finding the middle in the incivility war

Finding the middle in the incivility war

An assault of a reporter by Montana's Republican congressman-elect appears to have hurled the public into a new realm of political incivility, raising the question: Have we crossed an invisible line?
by Vanessa Romo

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Celebrating Water in a Time of Climate Change | Fond du Lac Water Gathering | Nagaajiwanaang Nibi Maawanji'idim

Celebrating Water in a Time of Climate Change | Fond du Lac Water Gathering | Nagaajiwanaang Nibi Maawanji'idim

Scientists, elders and community members from the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa spoke at a May 17 gathering called "Water in A Time of Climate Change," produced as a collaboration between the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Resource Management Division and MPR News.

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In some rural counties, hunger is rising, but food donations aren't

In some rural counties, hunger is rising, but food donations aren't

Pantries in southwest Virginia -- where poverty is rampant and coal jobs are vanishing -- will take whatever they can get to stock bare shelves. Some also offer help with health care and job training.
by Pam Fessler

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