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'An abundance of caution': Across U.S., city storefronts boarded up ahead of election
A man walks past a boarded-up window of a Louis Vuitton store in San Francisco on Sunday.Jeff Chiu/APPlywood window coverings have blanketed high-end shopping areas of big U.S. cities ahead of Tuesday...
Nov 02, 2020
2 children pulled alive in dramatic Turkey quake rescues
When firefighter Muammer Celik reached a 3-year-old girl trapped for three days under the rubble of a deadly earthquake in a Turkish coastal city, his heart sank. She was lying motionless, covered in ...
Nov 01, 2020
Trump promises court fight over Pennsylvania absentee votes
President Donald Trump and his reelection campaign are signaling they will pursue an aggressive legal strategy to try to prevent Pennsylvania from counting mailed ballots that are received in the thre...
Nov 01, 2020
Stillwater prison inmate dies after testing positive for COVID-19
Minnesota corrections officials announced late Sunday that an inmate at the Stillwater prison died after testing positive for COVID-19.The 61-year-old man who died Sunday morning is the third COVID-re...
Nov 01, 2020
COVID-19 forces some poll workers home during Election Day, as others take their place
Sign up Latest COVID-19 updates in our morning newsletterClosing days of the campaignMinnesotans rally, vote, wait, worryFull coverageElection 2020Rita Chamblin won't be watching the news Tuesday nigh...
Nov 01, 2020
Fact check: Trump falsely claims that votes shouldn't be counted after Election Day
President Donald Trump told supporters during a rally in Dubuque, Iowa, that the results of the presidential race should be known on election night.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump is d...
Nov 01, 2020
After a bitter election, can Americans find a way to heal their divides?
Maren Bruin for NPRAs the nation careens into the 2020 presidential election amid a damaged economy and a surging pandemic that has infected more than 9 million people and killed more than 230,000, Am...
Nov 01, 2020
Video of Minnesota event altered to make it look like Biden greeted wrong state
It's an awkward moment when a presidential candidate greets the audience at a rally and names the wrong state.Fortunately for Democratic nominee Joe Biden, that DIDN'T happen to him this week, de...
Nov 01, 2020
Cook's 4 TDs help Vikings knock off Packers
Dalvin Cook gained 226 yards from scrimmage and became the first Viking in over four decades to score four touchdowns in a single game as Minnesota defeated the Green Bay Packers 28-22 on Sunday.The V...
Nov 01, 2020
Nearly 1.7 million Minnesotans have cast ballots in early voting
Almost 1.7 million votes have been cast already in Minnesota, the state's top election official said Sunday. Secretary of State Steve Simon told MPR News that 1.68 million votes - about 57 percent of ...
Nov 01, 2020