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In reversal, Walmart puts guns back on display
A U.S. flag waves over a Walmart parking lot in August in Oklahoma City. The company sells firearms in about half of its 4,700 stores in the United States.Sue Ogrocki | APWalmart is returning guns and...
Oct 30, 2020
StoryCorps: Pulling off a Halloween prank during a deployment in Iraq
"I think in a lot of ways, we survived that deployment in Iraq by sharing humor with each other," said former Army Spc. Garett Reppenhagen, seen at home in Colorado Springs, Colo.Courtesy of...
Oct 30, 2020
StoryCorps: A mother and daughter team up as poll workers to make a difference
Cherie DeBrest, left, and daughter Naima are planning on working at the polls on Tuesday in Philadelphia.Courtesy of Naima DeBrestCherie DeBrest, 50, cast her first ballot nearly 30 years ago and has ...
Oct 30, 2020
Actor Sean Connery, the 'original' James Bond, dies at 90
Updated: 10 a.m.Sean Connery, the charismatic Scottish actor who rose to international superstardom as the suave and fearless secret agent James Bond and then abandoned the role to carve out an Oscar-...
Oct 30, 2020
It's too late to mail ballots — but not to vote. Here are your options
Minnesota's secretary of state said Thursday it's too late for voters to mail back their absentee ballots if they want to make sure their votes count, after an appeals court ruling indicated...
Oct 30, 2020
By the numbers: Minnesota’s early voting surge continues
Four days before Election Day, nearly 1.6 million Minnesotans have already voted in the presidential election.The continued surge in early voting comes as a court ruling has thrown into question Minne...
Oct 30, 2020
Key Operation Warp Speed adviser's contract emerges
Moncef Slaoui, a former GlaxoSmithKline executive, speaks during the kickoff announcement for Operation Warp Speed in the White House Rose Garden on May 15.The Washington Post via Getty ImagesThe Depa...
Oct 30, 2020
In Focus: Racism in Housing Access
As part of ongoing conversations on race, identity, social justice and reform, join MPR News for In Focus: Racism in Housing Access.Inadequate access to housing is a growing problem in Minnesota, espe...
Oct 29, 2020
'We don't speculate': How AP counts votes and calls races
As it has for more than 170 years, The Associated Press will count the nation's vote in real time on Election Day and report the results of presidential, congressional and state elections on Nov....
Oct 28, 2020
A future of acceptance: Minnesotans share their hopes
We're only days away from Election Day. It has been a year with many unexpected, difficult events and changes. To better understand what people are thinking about as we look toward the future we asked...
Oct 28, 2020