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It's prompting some to question whether he's eligible for that role.

From member station WRKF, Brooke Thornton reports.

It was a shortened week on Wall Street because of the holiday.

Monday, the Dow, the Nasdaq, and the S&P all finished higher as tech stocks finished stronger.

Commodities also touched a high.

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President Trump has named Louisiana's Governor Jeff Landry to be the special envoy to Greenland, prompting some to question whether he's eligible for that role.

From member station WRKF, Brooke Thorrington reports.

Legendary entertainer Barry Manilow says he has early stage lung cancer and will undergo surgery to remove a cancerous tumor, a spot he says that is on his lung.

Manilow says he will reschedule concerts as a result of that surgery.

Manilow had recently been battling a persistent case of bronchitis, and during an MRI, doctors found a cancerous growth that they say can be treated with surgery later this month.

Manilow, who has been performing since the late 1960s, is a multiple Grammy award-winning performer.

He has held concerts that were scheduled.

They will now be scheduled for February.

The chief of police at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, has been put on administrative leave.

This is campus officials review security procedures following last week's mass shooting that left two people on the campus dead.

The former police chief for the city of Providence has been named the acting chief of police as the investigation takes place.

Meanwhile, the U.S.

Department of Education is also investigating whether the university was in violation of federal campus security requirements.

Monday, hundreds gathered in Birmingham, Alabama to remember one of the victims who died from that shooting.