Author Archives: Syndicated Content

Hardly any 1918 flu memorials exist. Will we remember COVID-19 differently?
Architecture firm Gmez Platero is leading a $1.5 million project to create a monument to the victims of COVID-19 - the world's first large-scale memorial to those lost in a pandemic - on the shor...
Homepage - MPR News Dec 08, 2020

What you need to know as MN prepares for COVID vaccine
Updated: 5 p.m.As COVID-19 cases continue to surge across Minnesota, with the state's death toll climbing above 4,000 people this week, Gov. Tim Walz offered a ray of hope today as he laid out a distr...
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Simon warns senators not to spread election lies
DFL Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon warned lawmakers Tuesday against spreading "politically-inspired lies" about election integrity.Simon testified before the Senate elections committee durin...
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Former cybersecurity chief sues Trump campaign and others, charging defamation
Former cybersecurity chief Christopher Krebs says he was defamed by the Trump campaign and attorney Joseph diGenova.Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagChristopher Krebs, who was fired by P...
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How do you stick a tracker on a polar bear?
Here's the problem. Polar bears live in some of the most inhospitable and inaccessible habitat on earth - tough for humans and practically anything people make. "They're in the Arctic. They're in and ...
Homepage - MPR News Dec 08, 2020

China condemns new US Hong Kong sanctions, Taiwan arms sale
China is lashing out at the U.S. over new sanctions against Chinese officials and the sale of more military equipment Taiwan
ABC News: US Dec 08, 2020

National panel recommends Burrell's immediate release
A national panel of legal experts recommended the immediate release of a Black man sentenced to life in prison as a teenager nearly two decades ago. They also said Minnesota police appeared to have su...
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'My Cause My Cleats' campaign has taken a foothold in NFL
The player-driven “My Cause My Cleats” campaign has taken a foothold in the NFL
ABC News: Sports Dec 08, 2020

'Full warning': Older basketball coaches at work in pandemic
Oklahoma basketball coach Lon Kruger has been spared from the coronavirus so far, even with his Sooners having to briefly shut down because of cases within the program
ABC News: Sports Dec 08, 2020
Loons' devastating loss can't dull Emanuel Reynoso's ascension
It would be tempting Minnesota-style sports fate to predict future playoff success, but there is no question Minnesota United has found its franchise player.
JIM SOUHAN Dec 08, 2020