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A Russian government-appointed ombudswoman says the three commanders of the Ukrainian vessels captured near the Russia-annexed Crimean Peninsula last weekend are being transferred to Moscow. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2zwCumY https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Ukraine has banned Russian adult men aged 16-60 years from entering Ukraine, the head of the border service Petro Tsygykal says. from Breaking News | Daily Telegraph https://ift.tt/2P9H6o4 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

I don’t want to be that guy who can’t stop writing about the next election, even when there are still votes being counted from the last one. (There is still one U.S. House race in California in which Republican David Valadao has not conceded to Democrat T.J. Cox, although most observers have called the race for Cox.) But New York Times columnist Thomas Edsall’s piece this morning is too interesting not to pass along. The headline: “Donald Trump’s Dimming Prospects,” makes clear that even the careful Edsall can’t resist looking toward 2020. The good news for Trump, according to one of the Ohio-based analysts that Edsall quotes, is that Ohio, which for many cycles has been one of the two key swing states, has become redder. He writes: [cms_ad:x100] Herb Asher , professor emeritus of political science at Ohio State and a longtime observer of local politics, was not optimistic about Democratic chances in the state in 2020. In an email, Asher wrote: ‘In statewide contests in Ohio, inc

Big award. The St. Cloud Times’ Alyssa Zaczek reports: “A Stearns County District Court judge has awarded Jared Scheierl over $17 million in a civil lawsuit against Danny Heinrich, according to court documents. … In a ruling dated Tuesday, Judge Andrew R. Pearson ordered Heinrich pay over $17 million in damages to Jared Scheierl, who he assaulted when Scheierl was 12 years old.” It’s happening. MPR’s Jiwon Choi and Briana Bierschbach write: “Key public officials will be on hand in Hopkins Friday for the ceremonial groundbreaking of Southwest Light Rail — a project that almost never happened. … It took more than a decade, but on Friday, key stakeholders and public officials will break ground on the Southwest Light Rail line. ” New parks boss. KSTP’s Jay Kolls reports: “The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board has voted to start negotiations to hire Al Bangoura as the new park superintendent in charge of the city’s 6,000 acres of parkland, 550 employees and 180 parks.” St. Pau

The fight over Minneapolis 2040 is nearing an end; Minneapolis City Council members are finalizing the draft comprehensive plan, which means it is almost a done deal. Next week, the council will formally approve recent changes and adopt the entire document with a vote. Here are main takeaways from the council’s meetings on the plan this week; council members’ rationale for amendments and modifications; and how the massive document will guide future policie s on development, infrastructure, transportation and more . The plan allows triplexes everywhere To no surprise, Minneapolis 2040’s most contentious item — a llowing multifamily housing in areas reserved now for only single-family homes — spurred debate among council members . Council Member Linea Palmisano , who has been a vocal critic of the idea, led a last-minute effort to dial back the zoning proposal by changing triplexes to duplexes. That amendment did not pass. [cms_ad:x100] The zoning proposal was at the core of cam

It’s rare that President Donald Trump, both of Minnesota’s Democratic U.S. senators, Rep. Jason Lewis, and a constellation of political groups, from the Koch brothers’ right-wing advocacy network to the American Civil Liberties Union, give their stamp of approval to legislation addressing a controversial topic. The bill in question: the so-called First Step Act, which aims to begin overhauling the criminal justice system by making sentencing fairer for those who have committed nonviolent offenses, and implementing reforms to reduce criminal recidivism and tackle the country’s overincarceration problem. The legislation is the product of a years-long process of compromise involving people across the political spectrum, which is a big departure from historical dynamics on the issue: It used to be the case that one thing Democrats and Republicans could agree on was a “tough on crime” approach that championed harsh, punitive punishments for drug offenses as the best way to tackle the prob

The youngest children in a classroom are more likely to be diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than their older classmates, according to a study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). That finding is troubling, for it means that the excessive activity, impulsiveness and other behaviors attributed to ADHD may, in many cases, have more to do with the age a child enters school than with any underlying neurological disorder. “Our findings suggest the possibility that large numbers of kids are being over-diagnosed and overtreated for ADHD because they happen to be relatively immature compared to their older classmates in the early years of elementary school,” said Timothy Layton , the study’s lead author and an assistant professor of health care policy at Harvard University, in a released statement . Rising numbers, growing concerns As background information in the study points out, the rate of ADHD diagnoses among children in th

This story was published by  FairWarning , a nonprofit news organization based in Los Angeles that focuses on public health, safety and environmental issues. As the dim early light washed over the Appalachian countryside, Jason Kingsley began his climb up the side of an 80-foot silo. Kingsley was not a morning person. But he was also broke and unemployed. So when a dairy farmer named Ronald Wood called to ask him to help to rescue a piece of machinery that had accidentally been buried under tons of hay and legumes, Kingsley said yes. Not long before, Kingsley, 26, had been making good money in the Pennsylvania natural gas fields that dot the Marcellus Shale. But the work dried up, and he was forced to move back to his father’s house in the little town of Mansfield in the far north central part of the state. In the silo, Kingsley’s boots crunched on the mixture of wet hay and legumes used to feed Wood’s dairy cows. Wielding pitchforks, he and another worker, Eric Stone, tossed clumps

On Nov. 21, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rebuke to President Donald Trump after the president attacked a federal judge as an “Obama judge.” The chief justice affirmed, “We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges. What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them. That independent judiciary is something we should all be thankful for.” Neil Kraus But let’s travel back in time to Oct. 8 of this year. On that date, the chief justice and the rest of the Supreme Court sat in the front row as Trump led a  ceremonial swearing-in  for newly minted Justice Brett Kavanaugh at the White House. The president, who had attended Kavanaugh’s actual swearing-in ceremony at the Supreme Court, was flanked by outgoing Justice Anthony Kennedy and Kavanaugh and his family as he called the event a “ momentous occasion.”  He then apologized to the new justice “on behalf o

In the Star Tribune, Mukhtar Ibrahim says, “A $1 million pledge from Bank of America has moved the Minneapolis Parks Foundation closer to its $18 million fundraising goal for riverfront parks and trails in Minneapolis. The grant will support the foundation’s RiverFirst campaign, which has so far raised $15.9 million that will fund a Water Works riverfront near Mill Ruins Park and another project at 26th Avenue N. that would increase North Side access to the river.” KSTP-TV reports : “There is not a trace of bitterness in former Republican U.S. Senator Norm Coleman regarding his historically narrow loss to Democrat Al Franken in the 2008 election. … But while there is no bitterness, make no mistake: Coleman still believes he won the 2008 election.’I do, I do believe,’ he said in an interview in his Minneapolis law office. ‘Do I believe there were more votes for Coleman than there were Franken? I do.’ A hand recount of millions of ballots and legal challenges over thousands of absent

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Japan is preparing an order for roughly 100 US-designed F-35 stealth fighter jets in a deal that could potentially upend the balance of power in Asia, according to sources familiar with the process. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Rp3lYP https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

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The US Navy sailed the guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville near contested islands in the South China Sea Monday, less than a week before US and Chinese leaders are due to meet for a high-stakes summit at the G20 in Argentina, two US officials told CNN. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2TRRcNM https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

China has suspended the research activities of the scientists who claimed to have created the world's first gene-edited babies, state-run Xinhua news reported Thursday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Ax9bQY https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A South Korean train arrived in North Korea Friday for the first time in more than a decade ahead of a potential rail link up of the divided peninsula, with the team on board carrying their own fuel and supplies in order to conform with stringent sanctions still in place against Pyongyang. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2BHxVYy https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Police in Austria are searching for three men in connection with the theft of a landscape painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2RnvVtV https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Thousands of Australian children skipped school on Friday in defiance of the prime minister to protest for greater action on climate change. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Q5xG1W https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

More than 200 runners have been disqualified from the Shenzhen marathon after widespread cheating was uncovered following the race on November 25, Chinese state-run media Xinhua said. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2KGHOby https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Music producer DJ Khaled and boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. were charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday with promoting investments in initial cryptocurrency coin offerings without revealing that they'd been paid. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2BGymSU https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A Japanese pilot found to be more than nine times over the legal alcohol limit before a scheduled flight from London Heathrow in October has been sentenced to 10 months in prison, police said Thursday. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2SfLjbA https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Less than 11 months after Cameron Underwood underwent a face transplant, the 26-year-old is revealing himself to the world. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2E423j0 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Chinese internet companies have started keeping detailed records of their users' personal information and online activity. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Rp4Zd5 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

The postponed Copa Libertadores final between Boca Juniors and River Plate, two major rival teams in Buenos Aires, Argentina, has been rescheduled for December 9 and will be played at the Real Madrid Stadium in Madrid, according to the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOLl). from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2E54iCP https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Tents cover most of the dirt on the baseball diamond. Pants are hanging out to dry on top of the bleachers. And the scoreboard at Little Padres Park is blank. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2E4KPCb https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

With humor, wit, and sometimes despair, Hassan Al Kontar narrated on Twitter the remarkable odyssey of being stuck in the transit area of a Malaysian airport -- for seven months. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2rc2uzp https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

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A British lawmaker revealed in Parliament on Thursday that he is HIV-positive. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2E4gnYQ https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A crane drops a giant clock, almost hitting workers beneath it. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports that time almost took them out. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Paf6Ay https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

A church in the Netherlands is holding an around-the-clock service that has lasted more than 800 hours, to shield a family from deportation. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Q1O3Nk https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Philippines news website Rappler and its chief executive have been indicted on tax evasion charges, the latest in a case that free speech and civil liberties advocates have warned is part of a wider crackdown on dissent by President Rodrigo Duterte's administration. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2FNEM6M https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Measles cases around the world surged 31% from 2016 to 2017, according to a new report jointly published by the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2re6W0q https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

As some of the most senior members of the Trump Administration sought to fend off a Congressional effort to stop US support for the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis in Yemen, the administration is showcasing evidence of what it says is Iranian support to the Houthis and other militant groups in the region. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Slamdd https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Video shows a cyclist in the Netherlands narrowly avoiding an oncoming train as he passed through an unguarded crossing. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Q2kRFN https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

BMW is considering building a second plant in the United States. President Donald Trump is heralding that as proof his trade policies are creating American manufacturing jobs, but BMW says its plans date back years and remain uncertain. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Sh7j5S https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

For decades, India's Sikhs have longed to reach one of their holiest sites, a soaring white temple, built on a river bank. A new corridor will allow them visa-free access to the temple. (Image credit: Diaa Hadid/NPR) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2SnMqGp https://ift.tt/2SiiRG0

"The roots and the bottoms of the utility poles are just kind of swimming," Cal Fire spokesman Rick Carhart said on Thursday. Rescue teams worked to save motorists stranded on flooded roads. (Image credit: Rich Pedroncelli/AP) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2Pclc3k https://ift.tt/2E5AiGH

The Trump administration offered states specific examples Thursday of how they could change the way they implement the Affordable Care Act. Critics say Trump's plan could drive up premiums for many. (Image credit: Getty Images) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2Q2HAkZ https://ift.tt/2SiiOdi

The September 2017 acquittal of a white police officer charged with killing a black suspect led to protests during which the beating outlined in the indictment occurred. (Image credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2Q38vgD https://ift.tt/2E5AOon

Charities often debate how the subjects of their fundraising ads are portrayed — but those discussions rarely include the people in the pictures. (Image credit: Save the Children/CARE/Dubai Cares) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2rc4cAE https://ift.tt/2SohR3r

Patrons have always been banned in theory from viewing pornographic content over the company's Wi-Fi, but there was no technological filter in place. Starbucks will have one in 2019. (Image credit: Ted S. Warren/Associated Press) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2Rq0wqA https://ift.tt/2E5NjjS

The incoming far-right president said he requested the change. Environmentalists are worried about how the Bolsonaro administration will handle environmental issues. (Image credit: Felipe Werneck/AP) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2zym5hQ https://ift.tt/2SohLJ7

Sen. Tim Scott, the lone black Republican in the Senate, said he would not support Thomas Farr. The nominee came under scrutiny over possible voter suppression efforts in North Carolina. (Image credit: Alex Brandon/AP) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2zuqLVJ https://ift.tt/2E4f5gx

A busy week has brought a flurry of twists and turns in the often difficult-to-understand story lines of the special counsel's investigation. Here's a breakdown of what happened and what it means. (Image credit: Julie Jacobson/AP) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2Qwyigu https://ift.tt/2SohFBf

Harold Levy, the former head of New York City public schools, worked to give all students access to college. "Harold wanted to know us, he wanted to hear us," one student says. (Image credit: Johnny Nunez/WireImage/Getty Images) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2KI535f https://ift.tt/2E7FABV

As illegal meth use has made a comeback across the U.S., pregnant women have not been spared, doctors say. New research shows rural areas in the South, Midwest and West have been hit hardest. (Image credit: Theo Stroomer for NPR) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2DRbFg5 https://ift.tt/2SohDt7

During a sting operation, officials successfully bought one item banned from purchase under state law and were offered three more, leading to a search warrant and the large bust. (Image credit: Hilary Nemchik/San Diego City Attorney's Office) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2BGvLIr https://ift.tt/2E6Vk86

Food Business Pathways is a free course that gives low-income participants a leg up in turning their ideas into successful businesses through training, mentoring, access to services and space to sell. (Image credit: New York City Housing Authority) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2AxntRl https://ift.tt/2AwBe2E

People with symptoms suggesting depression felt better immediately when tiny pulses of electricity reached a brain area called the lateral orbitofrontal cortex. (Image credit: Getty Images) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2zy4Tci https://ift.tt/2SiixHi

"These sobering statistics are a wakeup call that we are losing too many Americans, too early and too often, to conditions that are preventable," says CDC Director Robert Redfield. (Image credit: Rick Bowmer/AP) from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2PbStf0 https://ift.tt/2E76GsN

Syrian air defenses shot down "hostile targets" on Thursday, state media said, in an area regional intelligence sources said contains Iran-backed assets, while Russian media said no Israeli jet had been downed as earlier reported. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Rpgam3 https://ift.tt/HDXIyB