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Noble or trouble? 'Fight club' tests Minneapolis parks

Noble or trouble? 'Fight club' tests Minneapolis parks

The Minnesota Fight Club's founder sees the unsanctioned bouts he stages at Bde Maka Ska and other parks as healthy outlets for aggression. Others see problems and potential danger in the public fights, which may be illegal.
by Brandt Williams

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DHS asks for 'positive gems' about war-torn countries to justify returning immigrants

DHS asks for 'positive gems' about war-torn countries to justify returning immigrants

Before ending temporary protected status for immigrants whose home countries suffer from war or disasters, officials tried to show the countries were getting safer, even when that was not true.
by Bobby Allyn

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GoFundMe investigating campaign for homeless Good Samaritan

GoFundMe investigating campaign for homeless Good Samaritan

A homeless man who received an outpouring of support after he helped a stranded motorist in Philadelphia said he is panhandling once again and using drugs, and he has no access to the money raised on his behalf.
by Associated Press

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Officials scrap plan to close most polling places in predominantly black Georgia county

Civil rights groups and black lawmakers said black voters would be disenfranchised if the voting locations were shuttered. Census figures show the county, about 160 miles south of Atlanta, is more than 61 percent black, double the statewide percentage.
by The Associated Press

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Parents were 'coerced' to waive reunification rights with children, complaint says

Parents were 'coerced' to waive reunification rights with children, complaint says

Lawyers for immigrants filed a complaint on Thursday with Homeland Security. They contend that parents, amid cruel treatment, did not understand the forms they were being forced to sign.
by Sasha Ingber

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Here's the story behind that Trump tweet on South Africa -- and why it sparked outrage

Here's the story behind that Trump tweet on South Africa -- and why it sparked outrage

Outrage quickly followed the president's tweet about "the large scale killing of farmers" in South Africa. But why? The thorny history involves apartheid, white supremacists and plenty of acrimony.
by Colin Dwyer

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Minneapolis officials pledge action to help residents of homeless encampment

Minneapolis officials pledge action to help residents of homeless encampment

Minneapolis officials said Thursday that the number of people at a homeless encampment on the city's south side has doubled in a week — and the city outlined steps it plans to take to help the camp's residents.
by Nina Moini

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