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On Day 1 of stay-at-home order in Minnesota, the streets go quiet

A worker wore a protective mask and gloves as he cleaned the light-rail platform outside Union Depot on Saturday in St. Paul.
Anthony Souffle, Star Tribune
A worker wore a protective mask and gloves as he cleaned the light-rail platform outside Union Depot on Saturday in St. Paul.
In a region embarking on a deep lockdown to keep a potentially deadly virus at bay, the mood was solemn and subdued, the landscape a still life largely devoid of humans and hundreds of businesses dark.
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