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Too many storms, not enough names
Buildings and homes were flooded after Hurricane Laura hit near Lake Charles, La., in August. Five named storms came ashore in Louisiana in 2020 - part of a record-setting Atlantic hurricane season.Da...
Nov 30, 2020
IRS says its own error sent $1,200 stimulus checks to non-Americans overseas
An error at the IRS caused thousands of non-Americans living overseas to mistakenly receive $1,200 stimulus checks last spring.Miami Herald | TNS via Getty ImagesThe IRS now acknowledges that its own ...
Nov 30, 2020
Latest on COVID-19 in MN: More than 200 deaths reported over holiday weekend
DevelopmentsFrom around the stateCOVID-19Tracking cases in MinnesotaSign upDaily analysis on COVID-19 in MN This vital news coverage is made possible by membersDonate todayMinnesota health officials r...
Nov 30, 2020
So you traveled over Thanksgiving. Now what?
A traveler waits for a flight at Portland International Airport in Oregon last week. Public health experts say it's important that people who traveled or gathered with others are especially caref...
Nov 30, 2020
More Americans pay rent on credit waiting for relief
Housing activists gather in Swampscott, Mass., in October to call on the state's governor to support more robust protections against evictions and foreclosures during the pandemic.Michael Dwyer/A...
Nov 30, 2020
As hospitals fill, medical reinforcements hard to find
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, right, tours a temporary hospital site in April with his wife Maria Lee. The overflow hospital, intended to help with the surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations, won't be abl...
Nov 30, 2020
Virtual charter schools are booming, despite a checkered reputation
A mother works from home while her son attends school remotely in an arranged photograph taken in Miami in September.Jayme Gershen | Bloomberg via Getty ImagesParent Mandii Brower vividly remembers wh...
Nov 30, 2020
Pivot to distance learning takes over most of MN
With COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations at or near record highs, roughly 60 percent of Minnesota K-12 students are currently in distance learning - more than double the rate from early Octobe...
Nov 30, 2020
Podcast takes aim at 'toxic masculinity' in Hmong culture
This story comes to you from Sahan Journal, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to providing authentic news reporting about Minnesota's new immigrants and refugees. MPR News is a partner with Sahan Jo...
Nov 30, 2020
Minnesota gives final green light to disputed oil pipeline
Minnesota regulators approved the final permit Monday for Enbridge Energy's Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement across northern Minnesota, giving the company the green light to begin construction on...
Nov 30, 2020