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Cheapest solution to space junk? Just keep dodging.

It's more cost-effective than the fanciful alternatives, a new study finds. (Minimizing new junk, of course, helps.) ...

Are we actually arguing about 14-year-olds working in meatpacking plants?

Rollbacks on child labor protections are happening amid a surge of child labor violations. ...

Banning TikTok won't fix our online privacy problem

A U.S. ban on TikTok wouldn't meet the challenge of limiting harm to users of all platforms. ...

A rationale for student debt relief

A college education is a hybrid between a public good and a private good. ...

The vice president- Executive branch or legislative?

Kamala Harris's political defense could benefit from the logic of Mike Pence's subpoena defense. ...

Editorial cartoon- Jeff Koterba on Michelangelo's David

Follow the StarTribune for the news, photos and videos from the Twin Cities and beyond. ...

International

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Security concerns behind proposed US ban of TikTok

WASHINGTON D.C.: US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy has said that lawmakers will move forward on legislation aimed at ...

In first, US tribal university to offer PhD degree

CROWNPOINT, New Mexico: Navajo Technical University, located on the largest Native American reservation in the US, has become the first ...

Seven dead, ten injured after chocolate factory explodes

WEST READING, Pennsylvania: An explosion occurred at a chocolate factory in Pennsylvania, killing seven people and seeing ten staff members ...

US, Canada looks to close border roads to migrants

OTTAWA, Canada: US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have announced a plan to close a loophole ...

Migrants found in hot Texas freight train; two die, 10 hospitalized

UVLADE, Texas: Texas police stopped a Florida-bound freight train this week and discovered two migrants had died in a freight ...

Officials confirm 25 dead in Mississippi tornadoes, dozens injured

ROLLING FORK, Mississippi: A powerful tornado has struck Mississippi, killing at least 25 people, injuring dozens, flattening entire blocks and ...