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November 19, 2018 1:57 PM

Limiting screen time for your kid? It's harder than it looks

Parents in many American households are finding the power struggles — tantrums, withdrawal and, in some cases, even school and discipline problems — difficult, especially as more kids get access to screens at younger and younger ages.

by Associated Press

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November 19, 2018 5:50 AM

Virginia could be the state to give women equal rights nationwide

A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in Virginia is working to make the state the 38th and final state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

by Whittney Evans

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November 17, 2018 6:00 PM

Migrants get cool reception in Mexican border town

Many of the nearly 3,000 Central American migrants who have reached the Mexican border with California via caravan said Saturday they do not feel welcome in the city of Tijuana, where hundreds more migrants are headed after more than a month on the road.

by Associated Press

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November 17, 2018 5:25 PM

St. Paul Chipotle manager fired after refusing to serve customers

The manager of a Chipotle restaurant in St. Paul has been fired after a video was posted online of employees asking a group of African-American men to prove they could pay before taking their order.

by MPR News Staff

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November 17, 2018 12:15 PM

Facebook increasingly reliant on A.I. to predict suicide risk

Ten times a day, on average, Facebook's artificial intelligence-driven detection system alerts authorities to someone who may be about to harm themselves.

by Martin Kaste

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November 17, 2018 9:45 AM

The Green Book: Celebrating 'the bible of black travel'

For African-American families in the Jim Crow era, planning a vacation was like planning a military campaign. This guide book was essential for traveling safely.

by Karen Grigsby Bates

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November 16, 2018 7:16 AM

Police in many U.S. cities fail to track murdered, missing indigenous women

Seattle-based researchers examined the disappearances and murders of Native American women in 71 U.S. cities. They found information on 506 documented cases — and huge, troubling gaps in the data.

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November 16, 2018 6:03 AM

Michelle Obama's miscarriage story may help other women share theirs

A memoir from the former first lady is bringing fresh attention to miscarriages and could help illuminate and normalize the common loss of a pregnancy.

by Emmarie Huetteman

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November 15, 2018 4:32 AM

Before presidential honor, Alan Page honors Diane Sims Page's work

Days from being awarded the highest civilian honor a president may bestow, retired Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan Page joined those whose lives were changed by a foundation he founded with his late wife, Diane Sims Page.

by Tim Pugmire

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November 14, 2018 5:03 PM

Warming tents go up at site of long-standing encampment in Minneapolis

The city gave permission for the warming tents because new shelter space is not ready. Temperatures have been well below freezing in recent days.

by Max Nesterak

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