Nation
October 15, 2020
On #MeToo anniversary, leaders focus on inequality

On #MeToo anniversary, leaders focus on inequality

Founder Tarana Burke is working to make sure it remains inclusive.
Nation
October 15, 2020
West Coast fires expose millions to pollution

West Coast fires expose millions to pollution

Wildfires churning out dense plumes of smoke as they scorch huge swaths of the U.S. West Coast have exposed millions of people to hazardous pollution levels
Coronavirus
October 14, 2020
Nursing assistant Monica Brodsky, left, and nurse Taylor Mathisen worked at a drive-through testing site for COVID-19 at the UW Health Administrative

Wisconsin sees record hospitalizations

The 1,017 people hospitalized beat the previous high of 950 set just a day before.
Nation
October 14, 2020
Caitlin Harjes, left, and Angel Santiago, place their ballots inside an official Orange County Registrar of Voters ballot Drop Box for the 2020 Presid

California GOP says it won't remove unofficial ballot boxes

With more than 1.5 million votes already cast in California, state Republican Party leaders on Wednesday said they will not comply with an order from the state's chief elections official to remove unofficial ballot drop boxes from counties with competitive U.S. House races.
Nation
October 14, 2020
Trump: Son 'fine' after testing positive for COVID

Trump: Son 'fine' after testing positive for COVID

President Donald Trump said his son 14-year-old son, Barron, is "fine" after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Nation
October 14, 2020
Wisconsin opens field hospital due to virus spike

Wisconsin opens field hospital due to virus spike

A field hospital in Wisconsin opened Wednesday at the state fairgrounds near Milwaukee as a surge in COVID-19 cases hits the state.
Nation
October 13, 2020
3 denied bond in alleged plot to kidnap Mich. governor

3 denied bond in alleged plot to kidnap Mich. governor

Five Michigan men accused of plotting to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer had a hearing.
Outdoors
October 13, 2020
Bike commuters and recreational riders cruised through a stop sign on the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis in 2010. Bicyclists in Washington state can

Bicyclists in Washington state can now slowly roll through stop signs

The new law went into effect Oct. 1, legalizing a practice frequently used already by cyclists.
National
October 12, 2020

California orders GOP to remove unofficial ballot boxes

California's chief elections official on Monday ordered Republicans to remove unofficial ballot drop boxes from churches, gun shops and other locations and Attorney General Xavier Becerra warned those behind the "vote tampering" could face prosecution.
Business
October 11, 2020
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari, seen in 2015, EMAIL
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The U.S. economic recovery has "flattened out" and is in v

Kashkari says economy needs more fiscal support to aid recovery

Nation
October 10, 2020
A truck drive through floodwaters in a neighborhood in Lake Charles, La., Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, after Hurricane Delta moved through on Friday. (AP

Hurricane Delta brings flooding to Lake Charles

Nearly every home and building in the Louisiana city already been damaged in late August by a city where Hurricane Laura.
Coronavirus
October 10, 2020
President Donald Trump speaks from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House to a crowd of supporters, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, in Washington.

Trump delivers remarks to the public at White House

Trump on Saturday said he was "feeling great" in his recovery from the coronavirus.
Nation
October 9, 2020
Hurricane Delta weakens to Category 1 storm

Hurricane Delta weakens to Category 1 storm

Delta blew ashore in an area where devastation remains widely evident from Hurricane Laura.
Nation
October 9, 2020
Storm-ravaged Lake Charles prepares for Hurricane Delta

Storm-ravaged Lake Charles prepares for Hurricane Delta

Residents in south Louisiana braced to relive a nightmare.
Nation
October 9, 2020
Michigan governor: Trump giving hate groups 'safe harbor'

Michigan governor: Trump giving hate groups 'safe harbor'

Gretchen Whitmer called for a stronger stance against extremism targeted at state officials.
Coronavirus
October 9, 2020
On Monday, President Donald Trump holds his mask after removing it from his face as he stands on the Blue Room Balcony upon returning to the White Hou

Fauci: Trump rally would be within CDC guidelines

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's top infectious disease expert, didn't join critics of the Trump campaign timeline to resume.
Nation
October 8, 2020
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich., Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020.

Michigan governor thanks those who helped to foil bomb plot

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in a Thursday on-camera statement that she hopes that convictions will bring "these sick and depraved men to justice."
Local
October 8, 2020
George Floyd as a baby, in the arms of his mother, Larcenia Floyd.

How systemic racism shaped George Floyd's life and hobbled his ambition

Local
October 7, 2020
Some of the more than two dozen firefighters spoke to the media after returning to Minnesota after volunteering to help fight wildfires in Oregon. In

Minnesota firefighters return from two-week tour fighting mountainous Oregon fire

Flatlander crews found terrain, altitude challenging in Western mission.
Coronavirus
October 7, 2020
In a new White House video posted Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump said his illness had shed light on an experimental antibody cocktail that

Trump: Experimental therapy 'a cure for me'

The president attributed how well he was feeling to the antibody therapy he got from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.

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