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Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope to close in blow to science
The National Science Foundation announced Thursday that it will close the huge telescope at the renowned Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico in a blow to scientists worldwide who depend on it to search...
Nov 18, 2020
As Georgia's hand recount concludes, vote count shows Biden still ahead
Fourteen auditors began the manual recount of around 71,000 presidential ballots in Macon, Ga., on Friday, part of a statewide recount of about 5 million votes cast across Georgia.Grant Blankenship/GP...
Nov 18, 2020
Not just COVID: Nursing home neglect deaths surge in shadows
When COVID-19 tore through Donald Wallace's nursing home, he was one of the lucky few to avoid infection.He died a horrible death anyway.Hale and happy before the pandemic, the 75-year-old retired Ala...
Nov 18, 2020
Officers search for suspect who punched state trooper
Law enforcement officials are asking people who live near St. John's University in Stearns County to lock their doors and windows Thursday as they search for a man who assaulted a state trooper a...
Nov 18, 2020
Trump targets vote certification in late bid to block Biden
Getting nowhere in the courts, President Donald Trump's scattershot effort to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's victory is shifting toward obscure election boards that certify the vote as...
Nov 18, 2020
What you should know about MN's latest COVID guidelines
Sign up Latest COVID-19 updates in our morning newsletterFull coverageCOVID-19 in MinnesotaAs Minnesota's COVID-19 cases continue to surge, Gov. Tim Walz has rolled out new curbs intended to stem the ...
Nov 18, 2020
2020's National Book Awards strive for inclusivity
This year's National Book Awards ceremony was an evening with a message: We can do better.The online-only event included a montage of Black winners past - narrated by LeVar Burton - with an embar...
Nov 18, 2020
As vaccine approvals loom, U.S. funds a back-up plan for delivery
ApiJect makes a disposable injection device that the company says can be mass produced to deliver vaccines and medications around the world.ApiJectAs the nation gears up for a massive vaccination effo...
Nov 18, 2020
Trump fires CISA director Chris Krebs, who corrected voter fraud disinformation
Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Christopher Krebs seen on Capitol Hill last year.Carolyn Kaster/APUpdated at 6:48 p.m.Christopher Krebs, the D...
Nov 18, 2020
New Ulm moms connect for monument to infertility, loss
From left, Ann Vote, Samantha Gappa-Domeier, Lynn Fink, Dena Iverson, Trisha Homan, Rachel Lang and Paige Hawkins are the women responsible for bringing a monument to the New Ulm cemetery that will ho...
Nov 18, 2020