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Vikings fire Zimmer, Spielman in team shake-up

Vikings fire Zimmer, Spielman in team shake-up

Team owners on Monday confirmed they fired head coach Mike Zimmer and general manager Rick Spielman following another disappointing season as the team missed the playoffs.
by Tim Nelson

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New era in Minneapolis as more power shifts to mayor

New era in Minneapolis as more power shifts to mayor

As Minneapolis elected officials are inaugurated Monday morning, they'll be taking office under a new city governmental structure which gives the mayor more executive authority. But exactly how that new structure is implemented will likely play out over the next few months or years.
by Jon Collins

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‘All hands on deck’: Hospitals report hundreds of staff out with COVID

‘All hands on deck’: Hospitals report hundreds of staff out with COVID

During the first week of the new year, hundreds of hospital workers around the state called in sick with COVID-19. The waterfall of absences is causing problems for hospital systems that are already stretched too thin.
by Catharine Richert

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How civil wars start and why it could happen again in America

How civil wars start and why it could happen again in America

A contemporary civil war in America wouldn’t much resemble the last one, says political scientist Barbara F. Walter in her new book. But it could happen again — and if you’re skeptical about that, she believes you suffer from a lack of imagination that puts the country at risk.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Active cases leap; hospitals 'literally full'

Latest on COVID-19 in MN: Active cases leap; hospitals 'literally full'

As the surge continues to whack Minnesota, state hospital leaders Friday begged people not to come to emergency rooms seeking COVID tests or other nonemergency care.
by MPR News Staff

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As gun fire increases in Mpls., women becoming more frequent targets

As gun fire increases in Mpls., women becoming more frequent targets

The city of Minneapolis saw an increase in gun violence victims that were women in 2021, even when accounting for a year of record gunfire.
by Nina Moini

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As COVID-19 surges in schools, will districts return to distance learning?

As COVID-19 surges in schools, will districts return to distance learning?

As the omicron variant races through Minnesota, we're seeing more kids getting sick, and school staff, too. MPR News education reporter Elizabeth Shockman joined host Cathy Wurzer with the latest on how schools across the state are managing the pandemic — and whether some might go back to distance learning.
by Cathy Wurzer

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MN sports roundup: Wave of COVID-19 cancellations continues

MN sports roundup: Wave of COVID-19 cancellations continues

Another week, another sports update. Wally Langfellow and Eric Nelson talked Vikings, Lindsay Whalen and the wave of COVID-19 cases and cancellations that continues to wash over all of sports.
by Cathy Wurzer

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