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President Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis to quell ongoing protests against ICE, but local leaders say it's the White House that's escalating the situation.

A recent surge in federal agents and Trump-friendly social media influencers to Minnesota is part of a White House communication strategy that emphasizes online content to influence policy.

A recent increase in violent incidents between ICE agents and residents in cities like Minneapolis has raised questions about how federal immigration agents are trained and the protocols they follow.

More people participating in the citizen science project Globe At Night could help fill gaps in what astronomers know about the extent of skyglow.

Although the U.S. Congress recently passed a law banning female circumcisions in this country, doctors at a public hospital in Seattle are considering offering a "symbolic nick" -- a modified form of the procedure to Somali families who've asked to have their daughters circumcised. KPLU reporter Christine Arrasmith says the hospital wants to deter the new immigrants from having the more radical surgery performed, but critics say the compromise implies tolerance of a practice that should be stopped.

David Hecht reports from Senegal on a unique educational program which has been quite successful in getting whole villages to renounce the traditional practice of female circumcision. The approach is built around a series of two-month courses which focus on a range of topics, from hygiene to human rights. The program goes on for a full year before the subject of female circumcision is even raised. Facilitators do not say it is wrong, or that it inhibits sexual pleasure; they merely focus on the procedure's health risks.

The Unit 5 teacher’s union is opposed to the district’s decision to reject a Parkside Elementary learning behavior specialist’s resignation.

El representante de Central Illinois, Eric Sorensen, afirmó que no apoya el financiamiento para el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS), un punto de conflicto principal que pone en juego un nuevo cierre del gobierno.

Organizaciones sin fines de lucro en todo Illinois han firmado una carta pidiendo al gobierno estatal que resista las políticas de la administración Trump que perjudicarían los objetivos de sus organizaciones.

Car insurance premiums have increased at twice the rate of overall inflation. They've stabilized, at least for now, but more than half of Americans say the costs are painful.