Author Archives: Syndicated Content
‘Route out’ of pandemic: UK gives 1st COVID-19 vaccine doses
A retired British shop clerk received the first shot in the country's COVID-19 vaccination program Tuesday, signaling the start of a global immunization effort intended to offer a route out of a pande...
Dec 08, 2020
Officers face 2 more misdemeanors stemming from protests
Two Virginia police officers now face more misdemeanors stemming from their actions during May protests against police brutality and racial injustice
Dec 08, 2020
Biden plans to tap Rep. Marcia Fudge as housing secretary, Tom Vilsack for agriculture
Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, at the Capitol in 2018.J. Scott Applewhite/APPresident-elect Joe Biden is expected to name Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development...
Dec 08, 2020
COVID-19 in MN: Vaccines near but 'hardest weeks' ahead
DevelopmentsFrom around the stateTop headlinesFrom MPR NewsCOVID-19Tracking cases in MinnesotaSign upDaily analysis on COVID-19 in MN Gov. Tim Walz and a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday are e...
Dec 08, 2020
St. Cloud City Council Approves 2021 Budget
The budget includes money for the police department's body-worn camera program
Dec 08, 2020
Supreme Court rejects GOP bid to reverse Pennsylvania election results
The U.S. Supreme Court turned back an effort to reject Pennsylvania's election results.Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court Tuesday rejected an effort to overturn the results of the ...
Dec 08, 2020
What changes minds about masks? In this small town, it was a child's death
In August, local officials in Washington, Mo., a small city an hour west of St. Louis, voted against requiring residents to wear masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.On Nov. 23, with COVID-1...
Dec 08, 2020
Mpls. council has votes to pass police budget changes
The Minneapolis city council Monday approved a series of cuts to the police department budget, that Mayor Jacob Frey says he may veto if the budget moves forward.The cuts are part of a proposal introd...
Dec 08, 2020
Minnesota officials expected to detail COVID-19 vaccine plan
Sign upDaily analysis on COVID-19 in MNThe latest on COVID-19Key week as pandemic death toll tops 4KWith cases of COVID-19 still surging throughout Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz is expected to announce the...
Dec 08, 2020
As COVID-19 spreads in Minn. prisons, loved ones worry
Sign up Latest COVID-19 updates in our morning newsletterUnderstanding COVID TodayAnalysis of COVID-19 numbers in MinnesotaJust before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States, Russell Swanson repo...
Dec 08, 2020