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from doing chores around the house on national holidays. In observation of Columbus Day, digging, raking, vacuuming, mowing and hammering, among other things, are forbidden today. Lawmakers admit the edict is practically unenforceable, but at least the punishment is lenient...violators will be encouraged to - quote "put their feet up and relax."

the 35-year tradition of flying the Confederate flag over the state's capitol building. The governor's plan faces opposition from many state senators, who killed a similar plan two years ago. And in a recent poll, 52-percent of South Carolinians favor keeping the flag.

has ordered three days of hearings to resolve defense charges that the government is not disclosing vital information. The defense wants access to documents that might implicate foreign terrorists in the bombing. The prosecution says the government has turned over all the information it has...more than 20,000 documents.

of one of Detroit's most bitter labor disputes. More than two-thousand workers at the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press are striking over job cuts and wages. Despite the picket lines and the support of six unions, both papers have continued to publish by using replacement workers.

Of the 59 hospitals ranked in the state, only 11 got As in the spring report from the nonprofit The Leapfrog Group.

A report from the Justice Department's inspector general expected Monday will examine how the FBI handled the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election.

The problem was with spam, not the pizza. A class-action lawsuit seeking $250 million has been filed against the Papa John's pizza chain because of a 500,000 unwanted text messages sent to customers, CNN Money is reporting. The CNN story reported that Papa John's franchises sent blast text messages through a third-party services -- and, after ordering a pizza, some customers began getting dozens ads for pizza specials, sometimes in the middle of the night. The lawsuit alleges that such text blasts violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, the CNN story said. The corporate text messaging for Papa John's, which is based in Louisville, is not a part of the suit, CNN Money reports. Quoting Donald Heyrich, an attorney for the plantiffs, CNN Money said: The class-action lawsuit could lead to the largest damages awards ever recovered under the TCPA, according to Heyrich. The plaintiffs are seeking $500 per text, but they could be awarded up to $1,500 for each message if a jury rules that Papa John's willfully broke the law. "We have noticed text message spam is increasing in part because advertisers see it as a great way to get their material directly into the hands of customers," Heyrich said. "We hope this case keeps text message spam out of cellphones." The Atlantic Wire adds this point: Papa Johns also has a history of coming out on top in lawsuits like this. Beginning in 1998, Papa Johns defended itself against false advertising claims made by Pizza Hut over its tagline "Better ingredients. Better pizza." Pizza Hut denied that Papa Johns had better ingredients. The U.S. Supreme Court took Papa Johns side.

Now that special counsel Robert Mueller has delivered his report to the attorney general, we look at how politicians and the president are reacting.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with McClatchy reporter Greg Gordon, co-author of a story about investigations into whether Jared Kushner pointed Russians to weaknesses in Clinton support.

Law enforcement in San Bernardino, Calif., is responding to reports of an active shooter at a social services center. Local police have described multiple victims on Twitter.