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Minneapolis holiday market showcases local businesses [Video]

Palma Delights was one of 40 vendors featured at the Field and Festival Holiday Market.

MINNEAPOLIS — At the Field and Festival Holiday Market in Minneapolis, flavors from around the world are on display. This holiday season, Palma Delights founder and owner Alyaa Sonbol is bringing a taste of the Middle East to Minnesota.

“All of these [desserts] are based off of my background, which I’m very proud of because it brought me to thinking of this and coming up with this idea,” Sonbol said. The full-time architect and mother of two moved to the United States from Egypt at 11 years old.

Sonbol’s vendor stall is filled with a variety of vegan and gluten-free chocolate-covered desserts, which she creates in her home kitchen using various ingredients such as dates, figs and various nuts.

Working around the clock to bring her business to life, Sonbol officially created Palma Delights six …

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Asian markets begin week on front foot, bitcoin rally stutters [Video]

Asian markets rose Monday following a record close on Wall Street as traders welcomed Donald Trump's pick for Treasury secretary, while bitcoin's push to $100,000 ran out of steam after coming within a whisker of the mark at the end of last week. The gains came ahead of the release of key US data that

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Likelihood of Trump abuse draws opponents to bill that would facilitate shutting down non-profits [Video]

Rachel Maddow reports on the return of a bill that would make it possible to punish a non-profit organization by labeling them as being in support of terrorism. While many lawmakers were ok with the idea initially, the return of Donald Trump to the White House is causing second thoughts about how the law could be abused by someone looking to eliminate opposition to their power.