COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have dipped below 300 a day for the first time since the early days of the disaster in March 2020, while the drive to put shots in arms approached another encouraging milestone Monday: 150 million Americans fully vaccinated.
Five people were shot near the corner of 14th Avenue SE. and 4th Street on Friday night, and three of the victims were U students. More officers from the Minneapolis Police Department and the University of Minnesota's police force will begin patrolling Dinkytown this week.
00:58Thanks to high vaccination rates, summer weather and the lifting of Minneapolis and St. Paul mask mandates, June has marked a reanimation ofMinnesota's urban core after more than a year of COVID-induced inactivity.
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