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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
Tell us something good about 2020
It's been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. Nine months into the devastating pandemic, COVID-19 shows no signs of going away, while a bitter election season exposed just how divided A...
Dec 08, 2020
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...
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...
Dec 08, 2020
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...
Dec 08, 2020
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...
Dec 08, 2020
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 ...
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...
Dec 08, 2020