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Plaintiffs sue to keep Minneapolis cops on the job

Plaintiffs sue to keep Minneapolis cops on the job

A group of north Minneapolis residents is suing the city to compel it to maintain the legal minimum of police officers on the force. Group members say the number of cops has already dropped below that level.
by Brandt Williams

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Aug. 20 update on COVID-19 in MN: School guidance map shifts again

Aug. 20 update on COVID-19 in MN: School guidance map shifts again

In the latest batch of calculations released Thursday, 11 counties saw their recommendations change for the worse if school started today, away from in-person learning for all students, while six counties saw improvements. Here’s the latest map.
by David H. Montgomery and MPR News Staff

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Aug. 19 update on COVID-19 in MN: As deaths rise, a plea to 'do the right thing'

Aug. 19 update on COVID-19 in MN: As deaths rise, a plea to 'do the right thing'

“We’re very concerned about the kind of messages — ‘Well, you can just keep testing and people can use their BC, before COVID, behavior,’” the state’s epidemiologist said Wednesday. “We have to work together.”
by MPR News Staff

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Loans for first-time homebuyers see record delinquencies

Loans for first-time homebuyers see record delinquencies

It's a sign that minority, lower income, and first-time home buyers are getting hit hard financially amid the pandemic. But a vast majority are protected by Congress from foreclosure.
by Chris Arnold

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Teen drowns after rescuing children from Clearwater Lake

Witnesses told deputies a group of children had been swimming near the dam when some of them were caught up in the churning water that was coming over the dam. The water level at the dam was considerably higher due to the large amount of rain recently, according to officials.
by The Associated Press

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In Grand Forks, giving dignity to a man denied justice

In Grand Forks, giving dignity to a man denied justice

A Black man who was lynched in Grand Forks, N.D., more than a century ago will be memorialized this month, decades after the idea was first raised.
by Dan Gunderson

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Aug. 18 update on COVID-19 in MN: 9 more deaths; total cases top 66K

Aug. 18 update on COVID-19 in MN: 9 more deaths; total cases top 66K

Despite some recent stability in the data, Minnesota’s count of active, confirmed cases remains near its late-May high. Public health leaders believe that while the state may be at the crest of the current wave, more waves are coming.
by MPR News Staff

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Once unwanted, historic bridge now pursued by suitors

Once unwanted, historic bridge now pursued by suitors

For roughly 30 years, the Kern Bridge sat unused, unstable and unwanted. But fans of the bowstring-arch bridge never stopped trying to save it from collapse. Last year, funding was obtained to dismantle it and put it in storage in the hopes that someone somewhere might want to reassemble it as a pedestrian bridge. Turns out there was.

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Aug. 17 update on COVID-19 in MN: Testing tops 1M; 567 new cases

Aug. 17 update on COVID-19 in MN: Testing tops 1M; 567 new cases

“We’re at a place where things are stable, but the concern is we’re stable at a high rate of cases,” Kris Ehresmann, the state’s infectious disease director, told reporters Monday.
by MPR News Staff

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