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UnitedHealth Group studies COVID-19 risks with sickle cell

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The new study, financed by Minnetonka-based UnitedHealth Group, asks if there's also a greater risk for carriers of sickle cell trait — a much larger group that includes about 8% of Black Americans.
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In first year, University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel leads school through health and social crises

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Mussel project could lure wildlife back to stretch of Mississippi

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The voting will end Nov. 3. The legal battle probably won't.

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Storms featuring high winds cause damage in west-central Minnesota

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President Donald Trump, seen Friday, signed four executive orders on Saturday, Aug. 8, at his private golf club in Bedminster, N.J.
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President Donald Trump, seen Friday, signed four executive orders on Saturday, Aug. 8, at his private golf club in Bedminster, N.J.

Trump allows some unemployment pay, defers payroll tax

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Seizing the power of his podium and his pen, President Donald Trump on Saturday bypassed the nation's lawmakers as he claimed the authority to defer payroll taxes and replace an expired unemployment benefit with a lower amount after negotiations with Congress on a new coronavirus rescue package collapsed.
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Young cannibis plants in a growing room Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, at Leafline Labs in Cottage Grove.

Why is recreational marijuana not legal in Minnesota?

Since 2012, 11 states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for recreational use ­— that includes other Midwestern states like Michigan and Illinois. But not Minnesota.
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Edmund Burke published “Reflections on the Revolution in France” in 1790.

Reflections on the revolution in America

Edmund Burke wrote about the French Revolution, but his warnings against tear-it-all-down theories still matter today.

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