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Sept. 11 update on COVID-19 in MN: 13 deaths; moderate new case growth continues
Friday’s data release shows a significant jump in testing reported from the prior days — without an accompanying spike in new cases. If this proves to be more than a one-day outlier, it may suggest a real decline in new COVID-19 cases in Minnesota.
Students step in to refurbish computers as school needs rise
A middle school IT club has found a way to use their skills to revamp old computers at a time when distance learning has made such technology indispensable.
Photos: What going back to school looks like in a pandemic
It was an untraditional first week of school for thousands of students across Minnesota. Some returned to school buildings — wearing face masks and social distancing — for the first time since the spring, when the state suspended in-person learning as the pandemic took off. Others logged on to their laptops from home for distance learning. 
How are Minnesota's parents doing?
MPR News host Angela Davis dives into the realities Minnesota’s parents of school-age children are facing right now.
U drops men's track, tennis, gymnastics; cites need to cut costs, COVID-19
The University of Minnesota will end men’s indoor and outdoor track and field, men’s gymnastics and men’s tennis as it slashes costs to ease losses from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Big Ten’s move to postpone football.
Is more economic relief from Congress on the way?
Millions of Americans have taken a financial hit during the pandemic. As Congress returns from recess, is more economic relief on the way?
Some hospitals fail to set COVID-19 patients apart, putting others at risk
Nurses say COVID-19 patients have sometimes been housed in the same units as uninfected patients. While officials have penalized nursing homes for such failures, hospitals have seen less scrutiny.