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Walz to announce new measures to curb COVID-19
Sign up Daily analysis on COVID-19 in MNFull coverageCOVID-19 in MinnesotaEight months into the coronavirus pandemic, Minnesota's latest round of COVID-19 restrictions is on the way. Gov. Tim Walz is ...
Nov 18, 2020
COVID-19 in MN: 'If we don't act now, God help us'
DevelopmentsFrom around the stateTop headlinesFrom MPR NewsCOVID-19Tracking cases in MinnesotaSign upDaily analysis on COVID-19 in MN This vital news coverage is made possible by membersDonate todayA ...
Nov 18, 2020
As U.S. reaches 250,000 deaths from COVID-19, a long winter is coming
A sign on a San Francisco bus advises that passengers are required to wear masks. Health officials have renewed pleas for Americans to protect themselves and others from the coronavirus as the death t...
Nov 18, 2020
Warning of famine, UN releases $100M to seven countries
The United Nations humanitarian office is releasing $100 million in emergency funding to seven countries at risk of famine in Africa and the Middle East amid conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic
Nov 18, 2020
How Biden won: Ramping up the base and expanding margins in the suburbs
Residents of Gwinnett County in Georgia hold Biden-Harris campaign signs on Election Day in Norcross, Ga. President-elect Joe Biden ran up the margins in Atlanta's diversifying suburbs.Jessica Mc...
Nov 18, 2020
FDA approves first at-home coronavirus test
The federal government has approved the first at-home coronavirus test. Pictured is a more-typical testing site in Salt Lake City on Tuesday. The at-home tests could provide faster results.Rick Bowmer...
Nov 18, 2020
Trump shakes up the military, but to what end?
President Trump speaks to U.S. troops at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on Thanksgiving Day 2019. The Trump administration says it's cutting U.S. forces from 4,500 to 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, ...
Nov 18, 2020
Pelosi reelected speaker by House Democrats despite party's losses
Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., broke barriers when she was the first woman elected speaker of the House in 2007. Democrats lost the majority in 2011, but she regained the gavel in 2019 when Democrats ousted ...
Nov 18, 2020
Prosecutors: Chauvin knelt on 14-year-old boy’s back
Prosecutors in the case against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin want to present at trial a pattern of behavior that they say proves intent to harm George Floyd when he knelt on his nec...
Nov 18, 2020
Former Army Green Beret pleads guilty to espionage charge
A former Army Green Beret has pleaded guilty to divulging military secrets to Russia
Nov 18, 2020