Iran fires at apparent Israeli attack drones near Isfahan air base and nuclear site

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An apparent Israeli drone attack on Iran saw troops fire air defenses at a major air base and a nuclear site early Friday morning near the central city of Isfahan, an assault coming in retaliation for Tehran's unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on Israel.
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Andover High School teacher Amna Kiran led the push to change Minnesota law so that driver’s permit tests will be written in clear, direct English.
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Andover High School teacher leads effort for more understandable driver's tests

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3M dumped PFAS sludge in the Washington County landfill for years. It's one of two sites that seeded underground chemical pollution that state officia
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3M dumped PFAS sludge in the Washington County landfill for years. It's one of two sites that seeded underground chemical pollution that state officials now say is migrating.

A plume of PFAS chemicals under the east metro is moving. The state has a new plan to stop it.

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Preliminary plans would include a broad and complex system of wells to control the underground flow.
Bobby Byrne, a senior, listens to Gloriana Ye, also a senior, as she leads a discussion Wednesday during a Death Cafe meeting at St. Olaf College in N
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