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COVID-19 in MN: As vaccines near, who gets priority?
DevelopmentsFrom around the stateTop headlinesFrom MPR NewsCOVID-19Tracking cases in MinnesotaSign upDaily analysis on COVID-19 in MN Even as they brace for another wave of COVID-19 cases, hospitaliza...
Dec 02, 2020
UK approves Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for emergency use
The U.K. has approved the Pfizer and German biotechnology company BioNTech's coronavirus vaccine for emergency use.Joel Saget | AFP via Getty ImagesUpdated: 4:30 a.m. ETThe U.K. has formally appr...
Dec 02, 2020
Talk of 'preemptive' pardons by Trump raises questions: What can he do?
President Donald Trump is being urged to pardon some of those closest to him preemptively, including son Donald Trump Jr.John Bazemore | APPresident Donald Trump is being urged to use his remaining ti...
Dec 02, 2020
Social distancing plummeted in lead-up to fall surge, survey finds
The Museum of Modern Art reminds visitors to practice safe distancing, in August in N.Y.C. Efforts to fight COVID-19 "decreased dramatically" over the summer, researchers say.Cindy Ord/Getty...
Dec 02, 2020
Jeanelle Austin: Preserving George Floyd's memorial
This is part 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 trans...
Dec 02, 2020
CDC shortens its COVID-19 quarantine recommendations
A sign reminds motorists of Los Angeles County's stay-at-home regulation. On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rolled out its revised guidelines for people potentially exp...
Dec 02, 2020
COVID-19 claims life of Hmong American community leader
A Hmong community leader and former Secret War lieutenant colonel died on Thanksgiving Day after several weeks in the hospital fighting COVID-19.During the Vietnam War, as the CIA funded a covert oper...
Dec 02, 2020
Trump vows to veto defense bill unless shield for Big Tech is scrapped
President Trump tweeted late Tuesday that he is considering vetoing the must-pass defense authorization bill unless Congress approves changes to the legal shield that protects tech companies from liab...
Dec 01, 2020
Justice Department investigating possible bribery-for-pardon scheme
The Justice Department is investigating possible schemes to exchange money for a presidential pardon, according to a document filed in federal court.Jacquelyn Martin | APUpdated: 10:53 p.m. ETThe Just...
Dec 01, 2020
U.S. women's soccer team settles part of gender discrimination suit
Megan Rapinoe (center) and Alex Morgan (right), pictured celebrating with U.S. women's soccer teammates in New York after a ticker tape parade, on July 10, 2019. "We are pleased that the USW...
Dec 01, 2020