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COVID-19 spread at Amazon Eagan warehouse scares workers

COVID-19 spread at Amazon Eagan warehouse scares workers

Some employees at the facility say the retail giant isn’t doing enough to protect them after six co-workers tested positive. They fear the disease will spread beyond the warehouse walls into their communities. The company calls the allegations “unfounded.”
by Mukhtar M. Ibrahim

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Metro Transit investigating assault at Green Line station

The incident, captured on video and confirmed by security cameras, shows a young man kicking an elderly Asian American woman in the face.
by Brandt Williams

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Rent is due, but millions of Americans won't be paying

Rent is due, but millions of Americans won't be paying

Housing activists are enlisting renters who can and can't pay rent starting May 1 to sign a pledge with the goal of putting pressure on landlords and policymakers.
by Marisa Peñaloza

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Judge: Sherburne Co. ICE detainees should stay in jail

Judge: Sherburne Co. ICE detainees should stay in jail

A federal judge has recommended the denial of a petition for release by several dozen ICE detainees held in the Sherburne County Jail. 
by Brandt Williams

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Who's hit hardest by COVID-19? Why obesity, stress and race all matter

Who's hit hardest by COVID-19? Why obesity, stress and race all matter

Data shows people with certain chronic conditions are more likely to get severe COVID-19 symptoms. Why are they hit harder and what explains the disease's disproportionate affect on African Americans?
by Allison Aubrey

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Did gender keep Democratic women from winning the primary?

Did gender keep Democratic women from winning the primary?

Elizabeth Warren says she would serve as Joe Biden's running mate. Whether gender blocked her own path to the nomination is a key question for many Democrats — and a complicated one.
by Danielle Kurtzleben

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