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Art exhibit is a COVID retreat with layers of meaning
When artist Candice Lin looked for ways to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, she began building. The resulting structure — part tent, part retreat and part history lesson — is now on display at the Walker Art Center. 
Film documents efforts to protect people hardest hit by COVID
An aptly timed documentary film called “Trusted Messenger” highlights efforts to build confidence among Black, Latino and Indigenous communities about vaccines.
Here's where masks and vaccines are required in Minnesota
The highly contagious delta variant is spreading fast across the country, leading to a flurry of reinstated mask rules and mandatory vaccination announcements. Here’s where you’ll need to mask up in Minnesota, and which colleges and employers are requiring vaccines.
Cousins returns to Vikings quarterback room after quarantine
Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins was activated from the COVID-19 reserve list on Thursday, having completed the NFL's required five-day quarantine for unvaccinated players deemed a high-risk close contact with an infected person.
Sturgis bike rally revs back bigger, despite virus variant
Crowds of bikers are rumbling their way toward western South Dakota, raising fears that COVID-19 infections will be unleashed among the 700,000 people expected to show up at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. The rally starts Friday.
Why WHO is calling for a moratorium on COVID vaccine boosters
The director general is asking for a halt for at least two months. His hope is to use all available doses to vaccinate 10 percent of the population in every country by the end of September.
Delta variant spreads worry as school reopenings near
The COVID-19 delta variant is leading a new surge of infections nationwide leaving families and school officials to face a complicated reopening of classrooms. 
Without emergency powers, local leaders respond to latest COVID wave
COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in Minnesota and across the country, but with most restrictions lifted and Gov. Tim Walz’s emergency powers gone, the response to this latest spike is in the hands of local leaders and businesses.
Lawmakers face tough math in pandemic pay plan
State lawmakers are grappling with how to best reward those who took the biggest risks to help others during the pandemic. One sector gave a $96 million estimate of need.