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August 3, 2018 6:10 AM

Report: Japanese medical school deducted points from exam scores of female applicants

Tokyo Medical University says it is investigating the reports. The points deduction was apparently aimed at keeping the number of female students at about 30 percent of the class.

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August 3, 2018 4:00 AM

Dozens of runners head for sobriety powwow, 200 miles away

A few dozen runners are traveling 200 miles from the Red Lake Indian Reservation to the powwow grounds on the Fond du Lac reservation.

by John Enger

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August 2, 2018 5:56 PM

New law gives MN financial advisers more clout in fighting elder fraud

A Minnesota law that took effect Wednesday gives advisers some news tools to report suspicious activity tied to the financial accounts of potentially vulnerable seniors.

by Gabriel Kwan

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August 2, 2018 4:38 PM

Out of spotlight, tribes keep fighting Dakota pipeline

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington, D.C., is weighing whether the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers adequately considered effects on the tribes before approving the Dakota Access pipeline. He is expected to rule by Aug. 10.

by Reuters

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August 2, 2018 4:14 PM

Video: ICE arrest tactics roil Twin Cities courthouses

Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are increasingly finding their arrest targets inside local courthouses. But one arrest caught on video last Thursday in St. Paul has immigrant advocates crying foul.

by Riham Feshir

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August 2, 2018 6:11 AM

San Francisco squalor: City streets strewn with trash, needles and human feces

The city's streets are so filthy that at least one infectious disease expert has compared San Francisco to some of the dirtiest slums in the world.

by Samantha Raphelson

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August 2, 2018 5:57 AM

Shifting federal policies threaten health coverage for trans Americans

For trans Americans, the policy landscape has changed under the Trump administration, making it harder to get the cost of treatments such as gender confirmation surgery covered.

by Emmarie Huetteman

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August 1, 2018 6:53 AM

Why it's still OK to 'trash' poor white people

A lot has changed in the U.S. over two centuries. One thing that hasn't? How we talk about poor white people.

by Leah Donnella

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August 1, 2018 12:00 AM

Amy Chua and J.D. Vance: Can Americans resist the pull of tribalism?

J.D. Vance and Amy Chua addressed a question posed at the 2018 Aspen Ideas Festival: "Can Americans resist the pull of tribalism?"

by MPR News Staff

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July 31, 2018 4:03 PM

Muslim group welcomes probe of Minnesota student's suicide

A Muslim advocacy group says it welcomes the Minnesota Department of Education's decision to open an investigation into a student's suicide.

by The Associated Press

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