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Twitter keeps some measures it says slowed election misinformation
Twitter said extra steps urging people to think before sharing tweets were helping curb the spread of false claims about the election.TwitterTwitter said on Thursday that it would maintain some of the...
Nov 12, 2020
Despite ACA coverage gains, millions still suffer 'catastrophic' health care costs
Health care costs - including for things such as an insulin kit, for instance - can be catastrophically high for millions of Americans, even those with health insurance, a study finds.Kerem Yucel | AF...
Nov 12, 2020
Art Hounds explores art 'out of the box'
Kathy Howell, an educator from Bloomington, says the current exhibition at Modus Locus in Minneapolis "stopped her in her tracks." The "outstellation"- multimedia paintings viewable from the outside, ...
Nov 12, 2020
The cider-sipping, mitten-wearing guide to 2020 holiday movies
There are three Vanessa Hudgens characters in the sequel "The Princess Switch: Switched Again."Mark Mainz | NetflixEvery year, a barrage of holiday films arrives to fill our lives with sweat...
Nov 12, 2020
State regulators approve Line 3 permits; move pipeline closer to construction
State environmental regulators issued several key permits Thursday that move Enbridge Energy closer to building its controversial Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project.The Minnesota Department of Na...
Nov 12, 2020
A guide to navigating the holidays and COVID-19
Sign up Latest COVID-19 updates in our morning newsletterFull coverageCOVID-19 in MinnesotaThanksgiving can be a wonderful time of year: A time for family, a time for tradition - a time when older fam...
Nov 12, 2020
As COVID-19 takes dire turn, Minn. lawmakers avoid clash
Amid Minnesota's worsening coronavirus outbreak, the state Legislature met briefly Thursday for a special session where lawmakers largely avoided what's become a routine but symbolic debate on whether...
Nov 12, 2020
What a divided Congress could mean for Biden's climate agenda
President-elect Joe Biden has already laid out his policy agenda on climate change. But whether he'll have to pass that agenda through a divided Congress won't be known until two Senate seats are deci...
Nov 12, 2020
Fever, symptom screening misses many coronavirus cases
Temperature and COVID-19 symptom checks like the ones used at schools and doctor's offices have again proved inadequate for spotting coronavirus infections and preventing outbreaks.A study of Mar...
Nov 12, 2020
9 injured in fiery pileup crash during snow squall on Interstate 94
Updated: 10 p.m.A fiery pileup crash involving nearly 30 vehicles along Interstate 94 in central Minnesota on Thursday morning sent nine people to local hospitals and closed a stretch of the freeway f...
Nov 12, 2020