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Minnesotan designed a smartwatch app to help stop his dad's PTSD-related nightmares
Tyler Skluzacek (right) helped develop a smartwatch app to help disrupt his father Patrick's nightmares. The app recently won approval from the Food and Drug Administration.Carmen FerderberTyler ...
Dec 06, 2020
One dead, two injured in stabbings in Hudson
Police in Hudson, Wis., are investigating stabbings early Sunday that left one man dead and two other people injured.Authorities are searching for suspects, but Hudson Police Sgt. Todd Pearson said &q...
Dec 06, 2020
Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Death toll nears 4,000
DevelopmentsFrom around the stateTop headlinesFrom MPR NewsCOVID-19Tracking cases in MinnesotaSign upDaily analysis on COVID-19 in MN Minnesota health officials reported another 64 COVID-19 deaths on ...
Dec 05, 2020
U.K. gears up for huge vaccination plan watched by the world
Final checks were taking place Sunday on the deliveries of the coronavirus vaccine developed by American drugmaker Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech before its rollout to hospitals across the U.K. in supe...
Dec 05, 2020
Nearly 85 percent of California residents to be under stay-at-home orders through Christmas
People drop their test kits into an intake receptacle at a COVID-19 testing site in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Saturday. With coronavirus cases surging at a record pace, Gov. Gavin ...
Dec 05, 2020
St. Cloud sidewalk chalk artist spreads joy with masked paintings
An artist in St. Cloud is spreading a little cheer during the COVID-19 pandemic through sidewalk chalk murals of classic paintings - with their famous subjects wearing masks.Karen Krey is an artist wh...
Dec 05, 2020
New map lets Crow Wing County residents track snowplow progress
Residents in Crow Wing County in north-central Minnesota can now track where snowplows are on county roads during winter storms. The web-based mapping tool, called "Where's My Snowplow," use...
Dec 05, 2020
Will the U.S. ever have a national COVID-19 testing strategy?
As the coronavirus epidemic worsens, U.S. health experts hope Joe Biden's administration will put in place something Donald Trump's has not - a comprehensive national testing strategy.Such a...
Dec 05, 2020
Trump continues attacks on election results at Georgia Senate runoff rally
President Trump attended a rally in support of Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler on Saturday, in Valdosta, Ga., ahead of a crucial runoff election that will decide who controls the U.S....
Dec 05, 2020
Trump's legal losses come fast and furious
Supporters of President Trump attend pro-Trump marches outside the Supreme Court building in Washington on Nov. 14. The Trump team was dealt several losses in multiple courts Friday.Jacquelyn Martin |...
Dec 05, 2020