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Target gains steam heading into crucial holiday season
Target is the latest big U.S. retailer to show that it's prospering during the pandemic.The Minneapolis company reported Wednesday that its online sales surged 155 percent in the three months tha...
Nov 18, 2020
Pfizer: COVID-19 shot 95% effective, seeking clearance soon
Pfizer says that more interim results from its ongoing coronavirus vaccine study suggest the shots are 95 percent effective and that the vaccine protects older people most at risk of dying from COVID-...
Nov 18, 2020
ChangeMakers: Marlena Myles, educating through art
Throughout November, MPR News is featuring Indigenous Minnesotans making history to celebrate Native American Heritage Month.Marlena Myles, 35, is a self-taught professional artist. She is Mohegan, Mu...
Nov 18, 2020
Former St. Cloud costume shop owner who 'touched so many lives' remembered for creative spirit
Through conversations with their family members, colleagues and close friends, MPR News is remembering the lives of the people we've lost, too soon, to COVID-19. If you'd like to share the story of so...
Nov 18, 2020
Walz to announce new measures to curb COVID-19
Sign up Daily analysis on COVID-19 in MNFull coverageCOVID-19 in MinnesotaEight months into the coronavirus pandemic, Minnesota's latest round of COVID-19 restrictions is on the way. Gov. Tim Walz is ...
Nov 18, 2020
COVID-19 in MN: 'If we don't act now, God help us'
DevelopmentsFrom around the stateTop headlinesFrom MPR NewsCOVID-19Tracking cases in MinnesotaSign upDaily analysis on COVID-19 in MN This vital news coverage is made possible by membersDonate todayA ...
Nov 18, 2020
As U.S. reaches 250,000 deaths from COVID-19, a long winter is coming
A sign on a San Francisco bus advises that passengers are required to wear masks. Health officials have renewed pleas for Americans to protect themselves and others from the coronavirus as the death t...
Nov 18, 2020
How Biden won: Ramping up the base and expanding margins in the suburbs
Residents of Gwinnett County in Georgia hold Biden-Harris campaign signs on Election Day in Norcross, Ga. President-elect Joe Biden ran up the margins in Atlanta's diversifying suburbs.Jessica Mc...
Nov 18, 2020
FDA approves first at-home coronavirus test
The federal government has approved the first at-home coronavirus test. Pictured is a more-typical testing site in Salt Lake City on Tuesday. The at-home tests could provide faster results.Rick Bowmer...
Nov 18, 2020
Trump shakes up the military, but to what end?
President Trump speaks to U.S. troops at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on Thanksgiving Day 2019. The Trump administration says it's cutting U.S. forces from 4,500 to 2,500 troops in Afghanistan, ...
Nov 18, 2020