Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Research: Older people resilient, but stressed by COVID-19 isolation
Sign up Latest COVID-19 updates in our morning newsletterFull coverageCOVID-19 in MinnesotaBack in March, as the pandemic forced people to isolate, two gerontologists at North Dakota State University ...
Nov 25, 2020
COVID spread causes 'surreal' staffing problems
COVID-19Tracking cases in MinnesotaThe latest on COVID-19Hopes grow for aid package as cases climbSign upDaily analysis on COVID-19 in MNLong-term care in Minnesota is in dire need of staffing support...
Nov 25, 2020
The call for justice at 38th and Chicago persists
This is the start of a month-long series looking at how the community has transformed the site of George Floyd's killing - 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis - and at the people behind its ...
Nov 25, 2020
Major sports headlines from the year you were born
Major sports headlines from the year you were born Sports fans live their entire lives remembering where they were when their favorite ballplayer crushed a grand slam when it mattered most, when their...
Nov 25, 2020
Walz says food relief is 'hand up' not 'handout'
Gov. Tim Walz said Wednesday that he's hoping to reach a deal for COVID-19 relief in the state by next week, including proposals for additional food assistance. The food relief group Second Harve...
Nov 25, 2020
Biden and Trump offer jarring contrast minutes apart on Thanksgiving Eve
President-elect Joe Biden delivers a Thanksgiving address Wednesday at the Queen Theatre in Wilmington, Del.Mark Makela/Getty ImagesThe day before Thanksgiving offered a jarring contrast between Presi...
Nov 25, 2020
Trump pardons Flynn, taking direct aim at Russia probe
President Donald Trump pardoned former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Wednesday, taking direct aim in the final days of his administration at a Russia investigation that he has long insist...
Nov 25, 2020
See you online: How to 'gather' digitally
Gov. Tim Walz along with state health officials are urging Minnesotans to stay home with their immediate households and refrain from social gatherings for the next few weeks. This applies to outdoor g...
Nov 25, 2020
Bringing anti-racism to the Thanksgiving table
Marchers perform a Stomp Dance in Pilgrim Memorial State Park during the 48th National Day of Mourning in Plymouth, Mass., on Nov 23, 2017. Since 1970, Indigenous people have gathered at noon on Cole&...
Nov 25, 2020
Prosecutor offers to cut Burrell's prison term
A Minnesota prosecutor said Wednesday that he has offered to reduce the sentence of a Black man who is serving life in prison in the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old girl.Myon Burrell was 16 when he w...
Nov 25, 2020