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2 MLB games postponed as Marlins deal with virus outbreak

2 MLB games postponed as Marlins deal with virus outbreak

Two major league games scheduled for Monday night have been postponed after more than a dozen Miami Marlins players and staff members tested positive for the coronavirus in an outbreak that stranded the team in Philadelphia. 
by The Associated Press

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Target to close on Thanksgiving, ending Black Friday kickoff

Target to close on Thanksgiving, ending Black Friday kickoff

The move come as stores are rethinking the Black Friday in-store bargain shopping as they try to curb the spread of the coronavirus, which has seen a resurgence in a slew of states. Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, announced the move on Tuesday, and at the time, analysts expected more would follow.
by The Associated Press

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Virus vaccine put to final test in thousands of volunteers

Virus vaccine put to final test in thousands of volunteers

The world's biggest COVID-19 vaccine study got underway Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the U.S. government — one of several candidates in the final stretch of the global vaccine race.
by The Associated Press

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July 27 update on COVID-19: Minnesota in 'vulnerable state' as cases climb

July 27 update on COVID-19: Minnesota in 'vulnerable state' as cases climb

With more than 2,000 cases confirmed over the past three days, officials on Monday implored people to do better. "We're not asking Minnesotans to mask up for the Health Department,” Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm said. “We're asking them to mask up for their own health.”
by MPR News Staff

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A 'Lost Boy' teaches a lesson for the pandemic: How to be resilient

He'd been separated from his parents. He was living in a refugee camp in Sudan. And then a snake bit him. Manyang Reath Kher, now living in the U.S., shares his moment of deepest despair — and how he pulled through.
by Malaka Gharib

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Florida COVID-19 case count surpasses that of New York

Florida COVID-19 case count surpasses that of New York

According to data from Johns Hopkins University, 423,855 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in Florida as of Sunday, compared to 411,736 in New York.
by Rachel Treisman

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Wisconsin reports 957 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

Wisconsin health officials on Sunday reported 957 more confirmed cases of the coronavirus and one new death. The percentage of positive tests was nearly 9.6 percent.
by The Associated Press

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