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A 12-year-old Twin Cities boy had some stern words for Ben Carson, who said this week that a Muslim should never become president. Yusuf Dayur, who according to MPR News is a middle-schooler from Eden Prairie, was so affected by the controversial remarks that he recorded his own video response to the GOP presidential candidate – which has so far been seen more than 117,000 times on Facebook.

Look, drugs are bad. But there's a new bad boy on the block, and its name is flakka. Not to be associated with rapper Waka Flocka Flame, flakka has authorities on high alert due to the alarming effects it has on people who consume it. So — what are flakka's side effects? Well, you could experience such high levels of anxiety, hallucinations, psychosis, and paranoia that you lose your sense of reality and your awareness of your surroundings. With that serious of a state of mind, you might not even know what you're doing or where you are.

The distortion of reality that accompanies the onset of Alzheimers is one that seemingly all families and individuals would want to avoid. And now, a virtual reality test just may aid in that endeavor. According to a team of scientists led by Lukas Kunz of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, one’s performance on a virtual maze could determine risk for the neurodegenerative disease, and “may provide a neurocognitive explanation of spatial disorientation in Alzheimer’s disease.”

President Trump said Tuesday that Iran had "fully and completely" agreed to allow nuclear inspections, but Tehran said there were "no plans" for IAEA inspectors to return to its bombed enrichment sites. Vice President JD Vance said Monday that U.N. inspectors could return as soon as this week, though Mr. Trump said Tuesday there was "no rush."

Michael Lotito discusses the National Labor Relations Board’s decision on joint-employer classification.

The next three weeks are interesting times for amateur and professional skygazers with at least two events that would have astronomers using their telescopes more often.

Heart failure is one of the most common medical conditions in the United States, accounting for approximately 5.1 million cases of affected individuals throughout the country. Heart failure is a condition characterized by the weakening of the heart, due to which the heart fails to pump the amount of blood needed to meet the body’s requirement.

The Forth bridge is likely to join the wine cellars of Champagne and the Uruguayan birthplace of Fray Bentos tinned pies in being welcomed into the hallowed ranks of Unesco world heritage sites, following the 39th session of the UN’s heritage committee in Bonn this week.

Volkswagen will recall almost 500,000 vehicles released from 2009 to 2015 in the United States after the carmaker allegedly violated the law by using illegal software, which helped it go past environmental restrictions.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released startling data Thursday on suicide rates among young people. The report looked at men and women ages 10-24 and compared data from 1994 through 2012. Some of those key points include:

Elmerelda Rossi of Chandler, Arizona, clad only in a towel when police arrived at her home, says she felt "helpless and violated" during the episode, which was filmed by her teenage daughter and posted online.

In his second term in office, President Trump has initiated a D.C. makeover, attempting to leave his mark on the capital and prompting multiple legal battles.