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The front line at home: Photos document a health care worker's new normal
The daughter of health care worker in the New York City area portrays her family during the pandemic. Her photography gives witness to her mother's determination to live fully in a new normal. - ...
Oct 31, 2020
U.K. says 4-week coronavirus lockdown may have to last longer
A new national lockdown in England may have to last longer than the planned four weeks if coronavirus infection rates don't fall quickly enough, a senior government minister said Sunday.The lockdown a...
Oct 31, 2020
More patients to gain easy, free access to doctors' notes about their care
More U.S. patients will soon have free, electronic access to the notes their doctors write about them under a new federal requirement for transparency.Many health systems are opening up records Monday...
Oct 31, 2020
Police arrest suspect after stabbings in Quebec City kill 2, injure 5
Police in Quebec City early Sunday arrested a man on suspicion of killing two people and injuring five others in a stabbing rampage on Halloween near the provincial legislature.They said a man in his ...
Oct 31, 2020
Police in N.C. arrest, pepper spray protesters during march to the polls event
Police in Graham, N.C., moved in on a march and rally to drive voter turnout on Saturday, using pepper spray and making several arrests on the state's last day of early voting. According to video...
Oct 31, 2020
The campaign to wipe out polio was going really well - until it wasn't
A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. Taliban opposition to vaccine campaigns have left millions of children unprotected against the virus.Jav...
Oct 31, 2020
Time for a change: Daylight saving time ends early Sunday
It's time for a change for most of the United States.The clock is running out once more for daylight saving time. Standard time begins at 2 a.m. local time Sunday.Until almost next spring, in sta...
Oct 31, 2020
Latest on COVID-19 in MN: 3,000+ new cases
DevelopmentsFrom around the stateTop headlinesFrom MPR NewsCOVID-19Tracking cases in MinnesotaThis vital news coverage is made possible by membersDonate todaySign upCOVID-19 updates in our morning new...
Oct 31, 2020
Trump blankets Pennsylvania, while Obama joins Biden in Michigan
President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Newtown, Pa., on Saturday - one of four stops in the crucial swing state.Chris Szagola/APWhile President Donald Trump made a four-stop blitz in Pen...
Oct 31, 2020
The American government once offered widely affordable child care - 77 years ago
Nicole Xu for NPRRachael Shannon gets nostalgic when she thinks of the life she lived in Germany until just a couple of years ago. While she and her husband worked, their children spent their days in ...
Oct 31, 2020