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'Overlooked': Asian American jobless rate surges but few take notice

'Overlooked': Asian American jobless rate surges but few take notice

Asian Americans have traditionally enjoyed some of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. But the pandemic is taking a heavy toll — and President Donald Trump's blaming China isn't helping.
by Scott Horsley

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Can the U.S. use its growing supply of rapid tests to stop the virus?

Can the U.S. use its growing supply of rapid tests to stop the virus?

Some public health experts hope the growing availability of faster, cheaper tests could lead to a new strategy of widespread testing — one that could finally get the pandemic under control.
by Rob Stein

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Oct. 1 update on COVID-19 in MN: Total cases top 100K; 13 more deaths

Oct. 1 update on COVID-19 in MN: Total cases top 100K; 13 more deaths

The newest numbers come days after Minnesota’s COVID-19 death toll passed 2,000. State Health Department officials continue to warn Minnesotans that the pandemic is far from over.
by MPR News Staff

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Hospitals feel squeeze as coronavirus spikes in Midwest

Hospitals feel squeeze as coronavirus spikes in Midwest

Midwestern states are seeing some of the nation’s highest per capita rates of infection, and while federal health officials again urged some governors in the region to require masks statewide, many Republicans have resisted.
by The Associated Press

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Twin Cities educators seek assurances for safe return to classroom

Twin Cities educators seek assurances for safe return to classroom

Unions representing staff in Minneapolis and St. Paul district are asking for five things before switching the learning model in their districts from distance learning to hybrid models, which combine in-person and distance learning.
by Nina Moini

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Minnesota DNR to test deer tissue for ‘forever chemicals’

Minnesota DNR to test deer tissue for ‘forever chemicals’

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is working with bow hunters participating in special hunts near the Duluth airport south of Rice Lake Reservoir and near Oakdale in the east metro to voluntarily submit samples.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Juggling financial stress and caregiving, parents are 'very not OK' in the pandemic

Juggling financial stress and caregiving, parents are 'very not OK' in the pandemic

The pandemic economy is squeezing families with kids: 74 percent of those earning less than $100,000 report serious financial woes, in an NPR poll. Experts worry about lasting impacts on kids' mental health.
by Rhitu Chatterjee

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Sept. 30 update on COVID-19 in MN: 16 deaths; total cases near 100K

Sept. 30 update on COVID-19 in MN: 16 deaths; total cases near 100K

State officials continue to stress that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over and Health Department numbers continue to bear that out. Wednesday’s count of newly confirmed COVID-19 deaths was the highest in more than a month.
by MPR News Staff

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